Classes Jura and Tiree worked very well today during rehearsals for the Community Unity drama performance “Harmony” with St Cadoc’s and Crookfur Primaries in conjuction with Pace Theatre Group.
More rehearsals tomorrow in preparation for the grand performance on Wednesday evening at Newton Mearns Baptist Church.
Read all about our Science Week in this week’s edition of the Glaswegian.
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
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
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.
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
Congratulations to Cassie, one of our senior pupils who recently took part in the Cross Country event at Bellahouston Park.
Cassie was delighted with her run and was awarded the gold medal for coming in first.
Congratulations Cassie.
Good Luck to classes Tiree, Whalsay and Orkney who are taking part in the Community Unity Scottish event at Newton Mearns Baptist Church this evening at 7pm.
Our pupils are excited to show off their skills and perform with friends from St Cadoc’s and Crookfur Primary schools who are also part of Community Unity.
Last night a special event took place at Glasgow City Chambers. Several schools from local authorities represented their schools at the Holocaust Memorial Day in the presence of Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Our Reels on Wheels, Scottish Country Dance group were invited to perfrom at this special event.
So late last night a group of pupils and staff from classes Arran, Cumbrae and Sanda performed two dances, the Circassian Circle and Flowers of Edinburgh and they all rose to the occasion absorbing the atmosmphere and enjoying the performances.
This was a great achievement for our pupils and they all made us so proud.
Well done everyone.
Everyone looking forward to the Christmas Party this afternoon organised by the sixth year pupils from Williamwood High School.
Party games, dancing, nibbles and of course Santa will be making a guest appearance.
Photographs to follow later.
The Williamwood Christmas Party will take place on Monday 17th December.
Party outfits can be sent into school for pupils to change after lunch.
Read all about Justin from CBeebies show “Something Special” when he visited Isobel Mair School.
This morning the premier of the tv show took place and staff, parents and pupils all came together to watch it.
Click here for more on Justin’s visit to IMS.
Parents, staff and pupils from the school and Family Centre all came together this morning to watch the premiere of the “Something Special” series which some of the pupils took part in.
The title of the series was “Ceilidh” and the pupils took part in scottish country dancing and making shortbread with Justin. Freya and Anna also used Makaton to sign and speak with Mr Tumble.
The children loved seeing themselves and we are all so proud of them.
“Something Special ” with Justin was recently filmed at Isobel Mair School.
A reminder to watch some of our pupils performing with Justin from “Something Special” series on CBeebies.
The premiere of the episode will be shown on Friday 14th December at 9.45am and then repeated again in the afternoon at 1.50pm where we will see some of our stars in action.
You can watch it on BBC2 and CBeebies website
“Something Special ” with Justin was recently filmed at Isobel Mair School.
Justin worked with pupils from the school and Family Centre and they were so excited………………. but star struck!
Once the filming was finished Justin took some time out to meet the pupils and we even had a photo opportunity.
The premiere of the episode will be shown on Friday 14th December at 9.45am and then repeated again in the afternoon at 1.50pm where we will see some of our stars in action.
You can watch it on BBC or CBeebies website
Loch Awe staff and pupils have put on their thinking caps to come up up with a creative idea for the annual £10 challenge set by Mrs Wallace.
They decided to raffle a St Andrew’s day hamper…………. staff from Loch Awe very kindly donated scottish items to fill the hamper and tickets have been sold to all the staff and parents and to date they have raised………………………………………… top secret
We will reveal the total once the raffle has been drawn at assembly on Friday.
Tickets still available from Loch Awe up until Friday lunchtime.
Classes Jura and Orkney are off to the Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock this morning to see Snow White……………… oh no they’re not!
We had some very excited pupils in classes this morning as they prepared for their outing to the pantomime.
Hopefully some of the pupils will give us an audio blog about the visit on return to school.
Well done to all the classes that participated in our Dance – a-Thon sponsor enterprise activity.
It was a great success with all the classes taking part with great enthusiaism, we had reels on wheels, scottish country dancing, free expression and hip hop which was a favourite with our senior pupils.
Have a look at our photos below
Congratulations to Fabio who is attending the Head Boy Awards at Eastwood House today.
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