Last week the Singing Children of Africa choir visited our school to help raise funds for their charity. We were so excited to meet them after hearing all about them from Miss Watt. Some of the children visited our classroom and explained what life and school was like in Africa. Our lives are very different. one of the main differences was that the African children had to walk 5 miles to go to school whereas we get the bus to school if we live more than 1 mile away. In the afternoon they treated us to a spectacular concert with lots of singing and dancing. Our favourite songs were Flower of Scotland and Can’t Stop the Feeling. We had a great day and would love to meet our friends again.
Joseph showing his friend how to play Sumdog maths games on our laptops.
On Thursday 23rd February, we organised school fundraising ‘Dance-a-thon’ event to raise funds for Malawi.
The P4-P7 children got a dance lesson from a dance teacher from Le Dance Studio in Barrhead. We danced to a song from the Trolls movie, called September. We had so much fun and managed to complete a dance routine for the song- we were great!
We went round each of the classes in groups of 3 and taught our water dance to other children. We had already practiced how we would teach the dance and what instructions we would give to make sure it was easy to learn. The classes did really well and managed to learn the dance by the time we had finished. A great effort!
The infants went to the gym hall to do ‘Just Dance’. Their favourite dance routine was to Ghost Busters. They were really enthusiastic and enjoyed themselves.
Whole school dancing
We ended the day in the gym hall and our parents came to join us. P4-P7 performed our Trolls dance routine and then the whole school did two Just Dance routines. It was so so much fun!! We managed to raise more than £140 for a great cause.
Yesterday, we had a visit from Amy, from the Scottish SPCA. Amy told us about her job and how to help look after Scotland’s animals. We played a card game which helped us learn about some of the animals in Scotland. We also watched videos which were very interesting.
Today, 11 December, our school held a Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save the Children. Last week, we had a visit from a Save the Children volunteer (Mrs Strang) who told us all about the work that the charity does for children and their families all over the world.
She told us that a £1 donation is enough to buy two small sachets of Plumpy Nut, which is a high protein food that can save the life of a child.
Today, we all wore our Christmas jumpers and made a donation to the charity. We had fun while helping save other children around the world.
