The boys and girls are back to school and they are keen and eager and ready to start their learning. Mrs McKay and all of the staff are thrilled to be back and what a joy it is to see all of our pupils so smartly dressed in their school uniforms!
The website committee will be keeping our website up to date so keep your eyes peeled for events and exciting news!
Well we are nearly at the end of another year! The staff and children have had another busy year and there have been lots of memories made during the last 11 months. We have welcomed some new pupils and said ‘keep in touch!’ to others. We have also waved a sad farewell to Miss Dawson-Bowman, Mrs Roy and of course, Miss Bradley.
The staff would like to wish all the pupils and their families a fantastic summer break and we look forward to seeing lots of familiar (and new!) faces on Monday 15th August 2016.
We hope to see you at the Church tomorrow for our ‘Achievements Celebration’ which will be our final, fond farewell to our Primary 7s.
The service will start at 12 o’clock (no lunches in school tomorrow).
Happy Holidays everyone! Here are some highlights from 2015/2016!
A huge well done to all the pupils of Uplawmoor Primary who, completed their sponsored run during health week and raised a wonderful £1051.96!
This money will go to Save the Children which will make a huge difference to children who are not as fortunate as us.
Well done team Uplawmoor!
Our Primary 7s enjoyed their last supper as Uplawmoor Pupils at the Canny Man tonight. Thank you to the Uplawmoor Parent fundraising group who kindly paid for our dinner which we all thoroughly enjoyed.
Mrs McKay and I had a lovely evening with a fantastic group of children (who were polite and as chatty as ever!)
We’ll miss you P7!
So it was our annual Staff vs P7 pupils netball match today and the crowds turned out in their masses to support the Primary 7s (and teachers).
It was a tough match and there was some dirty play and fighting talk. I hope the Primary 6s are getting in some early training!
The children exceeded our expectations this week with their performances of ‘400 Years Dead’ celebrating the life and work of William Shakespeare. For the past three months, children have been studying the scripts and language of Shakespeare and our thanks go to Zoe Brooks and actors Jenni Green and Charles Donnelly, who have worked tirelessly with the children to bring these stories to life.
Primary 1-3 performed ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, Primary 4/5 ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and Primary 6/7 brought Hamlet and MacBeth to the stage.
We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did and we would like to say a huge thank you to Bazooka Arts (Zoe), Jenni and Charlie for their collaboration. Also to Matt who has been working hard behind the scenes to ensure the staging and setting matched the quality of our of actors and actresses.
If you would like to order a copy of the DVD at £10 please contact the school, if you have not already!
Adieu 
The boys and girls took part in a Relax Kids session with Vicky Mulholland today. The children learned about some techniques which they can use to keep themselves calm and relaxed when they may feel stressed, or just need some time to chill out.
Our week finished with our annual Sports Day which saw Libo win first place! The children took part in a carousel of activities and competed in relay races at the end. A great way to top off a wonderful week!
As part of our Health Week learning, the Glasgow Science Centre came to work with the children. They learned about their internal organs and how our body copes with the food we eat. The Primary 6s and 7s learned all about digestion and the journey food takes through their body.
The boys and girls are continuing their Health Week activities and have been learning about food and fitness.
“We went to Tesco and we learned about the journey food makes to the food to the shelves. We also talked to the workers and they let us in to the big freezer! We held some fish at the fish counter which was cool!” Ashley P6
“We did a sponsored run outside with Mrs Orr. They measured out 200m and we could run as many laps as we wanted. I did 26 laps so that was over 2k. The money we raised is going to ‘Save the Children’ to help children who are not as lucky as us.” Mary P6
“Kilmarnock Football Club” came to see us and we learned some football skills and played a game in 4 teams. We then went into the hall and learned all about water and how it is good for your bones and your health. It helps the flow of oxygen to through your body too.” Dylan P6
Mrs Crawford has been busy planning and preparing another wonderful health week for the boys and girls of Uplawmoor Primary. It kicked off today with Paul, the chef from the Uplawmoor Hotel and another Paul, the chef from the Travellers Rest.
The Primary 7s worked as their sous chefs and were divided into team Yellow Peppers, and team Red Tomatoes. The rest of the children watched the chefs chop, boil, stir, mix and dish up some fantastic plates of food.
In the end, the Red Tomatoes won the votes with Paul’s Nachos, Pizza and Eton Mess dishes. Paul from the Uplawmoor hotel was pipped at the post with his delicious steak salad, fruit cocktail and chocolate covered strawberries. Thank you so much to both chefs for taking time out of their day to come and work with the children. We had a wonderful time watching you cook, tasting your food and you have certainly inspired some of our pupils to become chefs when they are older!
Primary one, two and three would like to thank everyone for supporting our bake sale last week. We raised the fantastic amount of £60 which we are going to donate to UNICEF.
We had great fun making and selling cakes. Thank you also to all the mums and dads who kindly supported this event.
Primary 1/2/3.
Thank you to Sheila and Lorna who came to Uplawmoor Primary today to judge the Uplawmoor Gala Day art competition.
After much deliberation, the judges chose Mhairi Carslaw’s design as the winning image and her artwork will feature on the front cover of the program.
The brief was to incorporate the theme of Shakespeare, so Mhairi (Primary 5) decided draw a portrait of William Shakespeare himself.
The Gala Day, will be on Saturday 11th June from 1pm – 4pm and there will be lots of fun and games! The program costs £2 which will go towards our school fund.
Congratulations Mhairi and we look forward to buying your program this week!
So, our time at Broomlee is coming to an end. We have had our breakfast and we are completing our final activities before lunch. We hope to be back at school around 3.30pm after dropping off our friends at Crookfur.
We’ve had a wonderful week and have made some lifelong friends. I would personally like to say it has been an absolute pleasure spending the week with Josh, Dean, Amy, Lauren, Emma and Emily. They have made me very proud to have been their teacher and it has been a wonderful way to end their primary school journey.
The P7s have been busy working with their new friends to build their confidence and face their fears! Emma has been been trusting her leader on a blind trail, Amy and Emily have been climbing an inclined log and Lauren has relied on the support of her new friends to tackle the ‘Mohawk walk’. Dean and Josh have been learning about safety in archery and we have all come together at supper time to reflect on our outdoor learning experiences whilst writing up our John Muir journals.
What will tomorrow bring?!
So, we arrived safe and sound and P7s have been busy finding old friends and meeting new ones! So far there has been tree climbing, orienteering, crate stacking and team building. The food is great and there’s plenty of it! The dorms are comfy and we all had a good night’s sleep after a day of fresh air and exploring. The weather has been kind to us so far, so let’s keep our fingers crossed for more dry weather!
Keep your eye on the website as we will be blogging about our trip to Broomlee!
Congratulations to Hamish and McKenzie who represented Uplawmoor Primary School at the East Renfrewshire Schools Tennis Championships on Thursday. The boys played extremely well and managed to get themselves into the finals which will take place at the end of the month. Well done boys!
P6/7 are combining our food technology and maths skills by making scones for our healthy eating project. We were given a choice of plain scones, cheese scones and raisin scones.
We had to use our maths skills to know how much of each ingredient we needed. It was very fun and we got to eat our scones. They were delicious!
By Adam Pollok
Mrs Orr’s class have been working hard in their technology lessons, developing their own brands of chocolate. On Friday, the children used citrus, raisins, marshmallows, strawberries and white chocolate to create some delicious chocolatey treats! We cannot wait to taste these creations!
What a superb achievement for Ashley, Amy, Mary, Lauren, Adam, Josh, Dylan and Matthew who all came 2nd in the school relay races at today’s Neilston Show.
Another huge congratulations to Josh, Dean, Abi, Ashley, Chris, Alex, Carly and Mhairi who came 2nd place in the Tug O’ War competition. What a fantastic achievement and all of your hard work paid off! A big thank you to Mr Grierson who came into school to help the team prepare! Well done team UPLAWMOOR!!
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