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mAIRwaves have posted a new recording.

Interviews by the Head Girl

At our recent GIRFEC Conference ( getting it right for every child) our Head Girl Chloe had the repsonsiblity of not only introducing the conference but interviewing some of the keynote speakers and guests.

She interviewed Mrs Shaw, Director of Education, Mr Smiley, Senior Psychologist, Campus Cop based at Eastwood High School, parents and staff.

Chloe did a great job as she put them on the spot, asking what GIRFEC meant to them and what they would take away from the conference. 

Listen here to Chloe’s report:…….

Audio part 1


Audio part 2

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Open Morning

“The Enormous Turnip”

Classes Staffa and Jura invited their parents and grandparents into school for an open morning on Friday 15th February.

The highlight of the visit  was to watch the premier of  “The Enormous Turnip”.

All the pupils took part with great enthusiasm. Prior to the performance the children all read the story and made up a storyboard with audio for the audience to introduce the story, this was then shown on the large screen.

Then the fun began………………… Mark was the farmer and Amber was his wife. They told the story and each character was introduced in turn as they tried to pull out the turnip.

This was a great achievement for all the pupils and the open morning created an opportunity for them to become successful learners and confident individuals performing infront of a live audience.

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mAIRwaves FM have posted a new recording

Classes Whalsay and Tiree are continuing with their Science topic – Electricity.

This week they have been looking at renewable energy in more depth. The class split into 3 groups and rotated round 3 different work stations with various learning internions set out for the pupils to work through.

Mrs Clark, our Depute Head Teacher joined us for this lesson as it was part of our Science monitoring.

Listen to mAIRwaves FM from last week as the pupils discussed renewable energy and have a look at how they have now generalised this infomation into this weeks tasks.

Station 1 was the SMART Table
Learning Intentions
To review your knowledge of renewable energy
To work as part of a group.
Success Criteria
I can answer questions about renewable energy.
I can work with my peers to answer questions.

Station 2 was labelling images
Learning Intentions
To label the different types of renewable energy.
To work as part of a group.
Success Criteria
I can label 2 types of renewable energy.
I can work with my peers to label the renewable energy sources

Station 3 was building a wind turbine using lego/kinex
Learning Intentions
To design a wind turbine or solar panel using different materials.
To work as part of a group.
Success Criteria
I can build a wind turbine or a solar panel.
I can work with my peers to label the renewable energy sources..

 

 
 
 

 

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GIRFEC Conference

GIRFEC

Our GIRFEC Conference, Getting it Right for Every Child will take place tomorrow from 9:30am – 12:35pm.

A very informative day is planned with guest speakers explaining the GIRFEC message and we also have workshops, stalls and chat with visiting specialists form East Renfrewshire Council.
Staff from PAMIS, Inclusive Support, Cosgrove, School Health, Sleep Scotland, Sensory Support Service are amongst some of the services who will be on hand to offer advice and support.

Everyone welcome and you can drop in for some of the sessions if you are unable to attend the whole event.

Please note children are not allowed to attend this event.

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Sign2Sing

Inspiring a generation to sign……..

Today we took part in a world record challenge  with Sign2Sing to encourage as many people as possible to learn to sign and inspire a generation by teaching the importance of good signing.

We all gathered in the Mod and the children from the Family Centre joined us to take part in the challenge. Everone took part with great enthusiasm and some fantastic signing and singing, so well done everyone.

Pupils and staff wore a scarf and donated £1 which  will be sent to SignHealth foundation to help transform the lives of deaf children and adults.

At the end of the sign2sing challenge all the children helped Mrs Wallace count the money and we are delighted that we raised just over £100.

Parents

GIRFEC Conference

Getting it Right for Every Child

Isobel Mair School are hosting an event on Friday 7th February 2014 to focus on how GIRFEC impacts on the lives of the children and young people who attend the school.

There will be a number of workshops available as well as visiting specialists from other agencies who can provide detailed information about the services they offer in relation to GIRFEC for IMS pupils.

The event will run from 9.00am until 1.00pm, including time for refreshments.

Please feel free to attend or drop on for some of the sessions. If you require more nformation please contact the school office.

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Family Fun Day at CALL Scotland

Family Fun Day

Are you interested in a Family Fun Day and find out more about communication technologies that might support young people with ASN, then have a look at the info below from CALL Scotland

Saturday 26th April 2014, 11am – 4pm

Location: CALL Scotland, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

Run by specialist staff (CALL Scotland, FAACT, KEYCOMM, SCTCI, TASSCC and others) and funded by Augmentative Communication in Practice: Scotland, the day is a chance for families of children with additional support needs to try out and learn about the software, hardware and specialised communication technologies that might help support them.

The day is FREE and refreshments will be provided. Drop in, or stay all day!

The day will include:

  • Time to chat with experienced staff about technology and software
  • Demonstrations
  • ‘Hands on’ time with computers and toys
  • Games
  • Snacks
  • Smart Wheelchair rides
  • Information
  • Prizes, music and much, much, more!

If you are interested please book a place through the CALL Scotland web site

- Achievement

Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day

Today we welcomed two very special visitors to school to  help us learn more from the Holocaust Memorial Day.

We were delighted when Carol Gillespie from Education Scotland told us that  Arn Chorn Pond, a Cambodian genocide survivor, flautist and human rights activist and Dr Racelle Weiman, a Holocaust educator from USA, would be visiting the school to give first-hand accounts of what it is like to experience such atrocities and pupils then had the opportunity to ask questions to help them understand the impact of these significant historical events.

Our visitors toured the school and then were treated to a performance from Reels on Wheels and 2 wonderful songs from our senior choir. Thanks to Dylan and Gemma for their solo performances. We were then delighted to listen to Arn as he played a Cambodian lullaby for us on his flute.

This was followed by a question and answer session in class Orkney.  We were so proud of our young people as they listened to the stories from Arn and Rachelle and asked lots of relevant questions.

This afternoon classes Orkney and Shetland  participated in the GLOW TV event  as Arn discussed more about his life in Cambodia and what he had to do to survive.

Look out for mAIRwaves FM next week as we will share some of our question and answer session with you.

Have a  look at some of the photos from the event and read the lovely comments left in our visitors book from Arn and Racelle.

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Burns Assembly

Celebrating Burns Day

All classes have been learning about Robert Burns and to celebrate the end of this topic, they will showcase what they have learned during assembly tomorrow afteroon. This will take the form of art work, poetry, dance, song and a quiz.

If possible could pupils wear or bring in something tartan.

Have a look at some of our art work from last year.

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Thank You Scottish Power

Thank You

 

On Friday 17th January, we welcomed visitors from Scottish Power who came to school to present the children with a very generous donation of £700.

The staff at Scottish Power had been involved in fundraising events and decided to donate some of the money to the school.

Mr Crossan and Mrs Clark took the visitors on a tour of the school to meet the pupils and then they were introduced to our Head Boy and Girl to recieve the presentation.

We would like to say a big “Thank You” to everyone at Scottish Power and will use the money to purchase new educational equipment for the school.

Parents

Parent Learning

Join us today for another Parent session with the Speech and Language Therapists.

Parent Learning with the Speech and Language Therapists will take place on Monday 20th January  1:30 – 2:30pm.

Our topic this week is Expanding Understanding of Language.

All welcome

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