Join us tomorrow, 10.30am at Newton Mearns Baptist Church for our Easter Service.
All welcome
Hot Press at IMS
Read all about it!
Check out tomorrow’s edition of the Glaswegian newspaper.
We have a 2 page spread all about our wonderful Science Week that took place at Isobel Mair School last week.
This was a great learning experience for all our pupils who enjoyed being young scientists for the week!
Happy Easter
Early Closure
The school closes at 2.30 pm on Thursday 28th March and no Afterschool will be available.
We reopen at 9.00 am on Monday 15th April.
Enjoy the holiday!
Zumbathon with Susan @ IMS
Zumba with Susan
Many thanks to everyone who supported our Zumbathon today.
Our Zumba Instructor Susan, (Mrs Kidd’s sister) took 3 classes with the pupils this morning and they all had great fun, getting fit and having fun at the same time!
This afternoon it was the turn of the parents…………….
They were put through their paces and all took part enthusiastically, even during some of the more intricate moves!
Many thanks to everyone who turned up for the event and help support Amy get closer to her fundraising target for her rhythmic gymnastics.
We will update you tomorrow how much was raised.
Science and Engineering Week 2013
Science Week 2013
This week we are celebrating Science and Engineering week.
All the classes have been busy with individual topics in classes but have also had the opportunity to work with invited guests, sharing their skills and knowledge.
Monday:- we made amazing sculptures from newspaper. Everyone taking part enthusiastically with team work and lots of great ideas!
Wednesday: – we had a Chemistry lab as part of Science week. We had great fun experimenting with chromatography and made a bouncing ball from PVA. All great fun and learning lots of new skills.
On Friday we are having a Science Fair in our MOD. Classes are displaying their topic work to show to all the classes and parents in the morning and some of the cluster schools are visiting us in the afternoon.
Zumbathon @ IMS
Get Fit with Zumbathon @ IMS
A reminder about the Zumbathon taking place in the school tomorrow.
We are holding a Zumbathon on Thursday 21st March.
We would like to invite pupils, staff and parents to donate £1.00 and join us to help raise some more money to enable one of our pupils Amy Clark to compete in the Special Olympics with her rhythmic gymnastic team.
Every competitor has to raise their own funds to support the travel and accomodation cost at these events.
Pupils will participate in ZumbAtomic in the morning.
Parents will be given a full and sweaty workout 1.30pm-2.00pm.
Staff will be put through their paces 3.15pm-3.45pm.
Please join us in what is to be a great day for a great cause. Please complete the form sent home with your child if you wish to join us for some fun and help a good cause..
Cross Country
Cross Country 2013
Congratulations to some of our senior pupils who braved the cold weather yesterday to take part in the Cross Country event at Bellahouston park.
Everyone who completed finished the course but we had 2 medal winners:
Tonye won 2nd place and Cassie won 1st place.
Well done everyone who took part.
Red Nose Day 2013
Red Nose Day 2013
Thank you to everyone who donated and participated in all our fundraising events for Comic Relief. IMS Student Council, supported by the Family Centre, worked really hard to organise a number of activities for Red Nose Day including a raffle, a chocolate fountain and a Nail Bar. Pupils also came dressed in red and were able to have their faces painted too. Two of our hairier teachers, Mr McLaughlin and Mr Holmes had their legs waxed, which helped to raise lots of money and also gave staff and pupils a good laugh!
The most successful event had to be the Pie Throwing, which involved cream and a whole lot of messy faces!! The pupils got to throw cream pies at their favourite teachers, just to show their appreciation! Thanks to Mr Crossan,Miss Scrimgeour, Mrs Clarke, Mrs Blackbourn and Miss Turner for volunteering their faces!!
The day culminated in an ‘IMS has Talent’ show, where many of the pupils performed their favourite songs. What a talented bunch!!
All in all, IMS managed to raise over £400 and once again, we thank all of those who donated as well as the seniors involved in organising all the events. Well done!!
mAIRwavesfm and Red Nose Day
mAIRwaves fm have posted a new recording.
Listen to our wonderful reporters from classes Whalsay and Tiree as they tell you what we are going to be doing tomorrow for Red Nose Day, you can even hear them singing……………
“Let’s Do Something Funny for Money”
Mary’s Meals
Classes Tiree and Arran have been learning about the work of Mary’s Meals, a Scottish Charity set up to help feed and educate children all over the world.
They shared this information with rest of school during one of our assemblies and set up a challenge to encourage pupils to donate some bags filled with accessories like toothbrush, brush, pencils, paper etc which would be used to help others less fortunate.
The classes managed to donate 30 bags plus extra supplies and raised £38.00.
Thank you for all your help and well done classes Tiree and Arran.
Suggestions and Ideas for Parents
Looking for ideas?
Are you always looking for ideas for places to go with your young person at weekends and during the holidays?
We have created a page for Parents and Carers with links to ideas and suggestions for our young people.
If you have any suggestions of places to go, parks or clubs that you attend, could you possibly let us know so that we can populate the page and share with other families who might be struggling with ideas.
This information can be given via the school diary or contact the school office.
Thank You
The Yard Adventure Playground
Looking for something exciting to do during the holidays? Why not visit The Yard………………..
The Yard is a purpose built indoor and outdoor adventure playground in Edinburgh for children and young people with additional support needs and children in the community.
For more information click here
Red Star Athletics Club
Red Star Athletics Club
One of our parents has recommended a new athletics club for athletes with disabilities.
Red Star AC is a small Glasgow-based athletics club for athletes with disabilities. Athletes are all ages and disabilities. They currently have around 50 members. So whether you want to run for fun or want to aim for the elite level, they can help you on your way.
For more information click on the following link, Red Star Athletics Club
Red Nose Day @ IMS
We will once again be supporting RED NOSE DAY 2013 at Isobel Mair School and are trying to raise as much money as possible to help support other children at home or abroad.
Here are some of the fun activities that we will taking part in on the day.
Wear Something RED for Money
We want everyone to enjoy Red Nose Day by wearing something RED. This can be anything from a pair of red socks, a red nose or hair accesory. All we ask for is a donation.
Pie Throwing
The student council have made a request for staff willing to take a pie in the face – all for the sake of charity!
We had a bigger response than we thought, so there will be plenty of opportunity to hit one of your favourite teachers in the face.
If youy child would like to lob a pie in their direction then they can buy one for £1.
Red Hamper Raffle
We have been collecting items for a hamper raffle. Tickets are £1 if you would like to be in with a chance of winning this fabolous prize. Tickets wil be on sale from Wednesday.
Nail Bar
Spoil your fingers! Get pampered and get your nails painted by the very experienced Cassie and Chloe from S5. A plain colour will cost £1 and a funky design will cost £1.50.
Leg Waxing
Some of our hairier members of staff ( Mr McLaughlin and Mr Holmes) have agreed to a sponsored leg wax!
Not only will we get to see them squirm, other staff members will be able to pull a strip off……………… for a small donation of course!
Chocolate Fountain and Cakes
There will be a chocolate fountain with a variety of things to cover in chocolate, as well as yummy home made fairy cakes.
Face Painting
If you haven’t already bought a red nose, or just fancy a funny face, get your face painted with your favoutite design!
Thanks for all your help in supporting us to achieve our aim of raising money for Comic Relief and Red Nose Day 2013
World Book Day
Thank You to everyone involved who helped make our World Book Day a huge success.
Every class embraced this celebration with a host of activities taking place throughout the day.
We had an outdoor activity, “Going on a Bear Hunt”, Storyteller, Puppet show from Class Orkney, Treasure Island Sensory experience form Class Arran, a visit to the Library and pupils interviewing other pupils about their favourite books amongst others………. a very busy day indeed!
Our day was complete with many of the staff and pupils dressing up as their favourite characters to raise money for book aid international.
Some of the costumes were very innovative……… we had Granny Island from Katy Morag, Ladybirds from “The Ladybird who heard and saw”, butterfly, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, and Cinderella amongst others.
For every £2 Isobel Mair school raises, Book Aid International can send one more book to Africa
Everyone had a fun and educational World Book Day.
ISS@IMS Red Nose Day Raffle
Iss@IMS Tuesday group have been working hard on their Red Nose Day 2013 project.
They collected lots of gifts for the raffle and sold raffle tickets to all the staff.
At 2pm the group all worked together, selecting the winners, using the tannoy to call out the winners and stick the appropriate tickets on the many prizes.
A wonderful event for a great cause, well done everyone.
World Book Day
We are celebrating World Book Day Tomorrow.
Pupils can bring £1 and dress up as their favourite story character.
Who will Mrs Wallace be dressed up as this year?
We will be holding special events throughout the day, including a Puppet show from class Orkney, a story teller and Mrs Stevens is going to show us a Braille story.
mAIRwavesfm have posted a new recording
mAIRwavesfm
mAIRwavesfm have posted two new recordings this month.
We have some collaborative work taking place between Tiree and Whalsay classes who have joined together to make joint recordings for mAIRwavesfm.
Can you recognise some of our new reporters?
Our topic for the recording on 25th February was our Community Unity event which took place at Newton Mearns Baptist Church.
Out topic for March 4th recording was World Book Day…………………………… have a listen to find out what the pupils say and what they are dressing up as.
Click here to listen to mAIRwavesfm
Spring Holiday Activities Programme 2013
Spring Holiday Activities Programme 2013
Did you know that your child can access a free place on the Education Departments Spring Holiday Activities Programme.
The programme is co-ordinated by East Renfrewshire Council’s Active Schools, Sports Development and Health and Well-being Teams, and offers fantastic opportunities for all children to be active over the Spring Holiday period.
More information can be found here
Coffee and Chat
Coffee and Chat
Coffee and Chat will take place on Thursday 7th March at 10am for parents and carers.
Staff from Cosgrove and ACES will be available to chat and answer any question you may have.
