It has been a very busy and fun-filled week at Balornock as we get ready for the festive season! We are all getting ready for the P1 Nativity next week, had a trip to Barmulloch library for Sleeping Beauty Panto and finished the week off with our annual Christmas Fayre! Here are some of Santa’s little helpers (a.k.a our House Captains) decorating our school’s Christmas tree!
Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected for this year’s House and Vice-Captains. Clyde Tay Forth Kelvin Captain: Darci Simpson Captain: Emily Wilson Captain: Joseph Christie Captain: Tamta Chobalauri Vice-Captain: Kaian Murrie V-C: Dylan Grant V-C: Chloe McLaren V-C: Muhammad Alley We wish you every success in leading your teams to victory!!
On Tuesday afternoon we invited our families to come and join us for Art! This term we have been learning about the Rainforest, last week we learned that there are different layers of the Rainforest. Each layer has different species of animals. We worked in groups and with the adults that joined us to paint a tiger, a gorilla, a toucan, insects, spider monkeys, create trees and vines and we
Sports day will take place on Friday 4th May at 9.30am in our playground. All parents, carers and family friends are invited to come along and support their house on the day. Sport your house colours with pride for Sports Day!
Throughout the week we will be offering Wake Up, Shake Up sessions to help us feel energised for the day ahead. Sessions will run from 8.30-9am (Tuesday-Friday) and all parents, carers, pupils and staff are welcome to come along and take part…see you there!
Learning for Sustainability Week at Balornock will begin on Monday 30th April. This will be an all encompassing themed week for our pupils addressing learning within Eco Schools, RRS and HWB. Pupils will be undertaking various activities including nature walks, yoga, designing a school mascot, etc. This is sure to be an exciting week for everyone with lots of fantastic learning experiences for our pupils. Remember to follow us on Glow
On Monday afternoon our P7s joined forces with the P7 class from St Martha’s and participated in the first of three workshops on sectarianism. Two visitors called Mark and Scott talked to us about different words relating to sectarianism such as: Prejudice, discrimination, and sectarianism. We had to work together with St Martha’s to discuss and brainstorm all these different meanings, and share examples with the rest of the group. Prejudice
This week, the boys and girls took part in an Eco competition. We had to design stickers for ‘Clean Up Scotland’ to help them say thank you to all the volunteers who are helping to keep Scotland beautiful. The winning design will be made into stickers which will be included in the ‘Clean Up’ kits that are used. Thank you to all the classes that took part this week and good luck to everyone!
The Eco Heroes had a meeting with Tom Armstrong to discuss the topic of reducing food waste in our school. We recognise that there is a problem as a lot of food is being put in the bin instead of being eaten. The Eco Heroes worked together to think of possible solutions to this problem. Here are some of the ideas that they came up with: Every class to have access
Welcome back to school everyone! It has been an excellent break and we are all rested and raring to go again. Today we practiced our news and our writing and revised our addition in maths. Here is our Domino Addition The whole class working very hard! All of us in P1b wish you all the very best for the new year.
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