P7 Launch a Lunch time Take-Over!

Primary 7 have been showing their responsible, caring and generous side, by giving up some of their lunch time to give other classes a wee treat. This week Poppy and Eilidh started their Primary 2 Art Club for children who have been working super hard in class. The girls organised a fantastic craft activity that P2 absolutely loved! Take a look at the fab puppets they made. Next week we’re going

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eco posters

  P.2b  have the responsibility this year of helping keep the infant playground litter free. We designed posters to help  promote this.

Pets

We enjoyed sharing our research work about pets. Thank you to parents and families for their support. We have started our new topic all about Transport.

Sumdog Parent Workshop

This session our pupils will be using Sumdog to enhance their learning experiences in Maths. Sumdog is used in thousands of schools worldwide. As the children play, they answer questions. Sumdog personalises these questions for each pupil, and tracks their progress through the school curriculum. And the best bit? Lots of Sumdog is completely free. We would like to invite you to a Sumdog Parents Information Workshop on the 31st of

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Paired reading

Mr Harte brought the Primary 6/5 class to visit Primary 2b and we paired up to read some books. The older children were very helpful in giving hints for reading and the younger children were very keen to show off their books and their reading skills. Leah (P2b): “I like reading books.” Chloe (P6/5): “When my partner got stuck I broke up the words to make it easier.” Billy: “My

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Balornock Uniform Bank- Multi Jacket Swap Shop

BALORNOCK UNIFORM BANK Multi Jacket Swap Shop Bring in a child’s jacket and swap it for another Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th September 2017 2.30-3.00pm in Balornock Primary or Wednesday 27th September 2017 1.30-4.00pm at the Community Fellowship Northgate Road   Supporting Zero Waste Scotland’s Recycle Week Helping Balornock Primary School maintain their Eco Schools Scotland Green Flag Status  

Balornock Primary Rag Bag Appeal

Balornock Primary Rag Bag Appeal The ‘Rag Bag’ recycling scheme has been developed to provide regular fundraising for schools in Scotland. The scheme increases awareness about textile recycling and by increasing recycling rates we can help the environment by ensuring less material goes to landfill. We will be collecting in school from Tuesday the 26th of September 2017. Please fill the bag provided with any wearable clothing, paired shoes, handbags

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Internet Safety

At Balornock Primary we want to ensure that all of our pupils are safe. As part of our Health and Wellbeing Curriculum we explore ways in which children can keep themselves safe online. As a school community we also want to ensure our parents and carers understand more about how to keep their children safe online. Please click on the red links below to access factsheets created by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command (CEOP)

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