Merry Christmas!!
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Happy Holidays!!
WOAH!! It’s Christmas time. We cannot believe how quickly this term has flown past.
What a fantastic day we had today- Mr Cook most definitely enjoyed WINNING twice at Twister with the P7s. Thank you to whoever took these fantastic photographs and left them on Mr Cook’s desk!
Thank you to everyone who gave us such lovely gifts. We have so many that we will all need our own tree in our houses.
Have an excellent Christmas and New Year break. You can let us know how you’re getting on by posting on the blog!
See you on MONDAY JANUARY 7th at 8.50am!!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
The biography finalists are in…
Thank you to the parent/carer helps who assisted at the CCC today for our Christmas assembly. Well done to Molly and Rosie for their fantastic readings.
We will have games and DVD rooms tomorrow. You can bring U-rated DVDs and board games.
NO ELECTRONIC GAMES ARE ALLOWED
At the beginning of this term each person completed a biography on their hero for homework. Some of the presentation was absolutely fantastic; as the judges found out when marking them agains the criteria.
The criteria the judges marked them against were:
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Eye-catching front cover
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Balance between images and information
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Sub-headings
We have chosen 3 winners in both P6 and P7. The winners are as follows:
P6
1st- Orrin B for his biography on the inspirational Albert Einstein. Orrin’s biography had catchy sub-headings, an interactive display of information, and eye catching images.
2nd- Finlay M for his biography on Bill Gates. Finlay’s biography had an array of personal touches which made it stand out from the crowd.
3rd- Aimee F for her biography on Zara Phillips. Aimee used chapters within her biography to enhance her layout. The balance between images and information is just right.
P7
1st- Cody C for her biography on Jessica Ennis. Cody’s biography was well presented meeting all the criteria which the judges marked against. Her front cover uses sparkle, which instantly catches the reader’s eye.
2nd- Catherine H for her biography on Mary King. Catherine’s passion for horseriding shone through in the amount of effort she put into her biography.
3rd- James H for his biography on Mohammed (Mo) Farah. The layout of James’ biography using sub-headings, images and information, which was both interesting and eye-catching secured him a place in the top 3.
This was an extremely hard decision, and we are very impressed with the work that people put in. Our next step is to get all of the biographies into one display which you can read at your leisure.
See you tomorrow, for our LAST day!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
P7 Party!
What a FANTASTIC P7 party night it was- I think we can safely say, it has definitely been the best school Christmas party the P7s have had this year! 🙂
Thank you to all of the staff who came along to support the party. As we have more boys than girls, it was excellent to have the staff dancing with us. We’d also like to thank parents/carers for their food donations. We still have a surplus after the party, so aim to demolish this tomorrow/Thursday. In addition to this, we’ll send our thanks to Domino’s for the fantastic pizza!
There are some brilliant photographs from tonight below. Some of these will most definitely make the year book.
See you tomorrow- bleary eyed!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Santa Recruitment!!
REMINDER: P7 PARTY- TONIGHT AT 7pm-9pm
Over the last fortnight, we had the job of applying to become one of Santa’s elves. Unfortunately his poor elf Dobby lost his Christmas spirit, and took early retirement from the North Pole.
Fortunately for us though, Santa needs a little bit of extra help before the big day.
He sifted through the application forms from all of P6/7. He was overly impressed with the standard that was given. Therefore he hasn’t only hired one elf, but TWO new elves. There is a catch however, he has informed us that he needs to check out the references and qualifications before he can confirm a start date.
The two lucky people to join Santa are: Elfis Presently (James.H) and Jeangle McBells (Ellie)
Check out the Santa information we received today by email:
P6- we will see you tomorrow & P7- get your party clothes on, we’ll be seeing you at 7pm.
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Last Monday!
Here it is, the last Monday of P6/7 2012!! Only a couple of more days until the holidays! A few things however still going on before the end of term.
Tuesday 18th December – P7 Party!
The P7 party begins at 7pm, and will finish at 9pm. Pupils should be dropped off and picked up from the reception area.
Wednesday 19th December- Christmas Assembly!
The Christmas assembly will be at the CCC. We are currently monitoring the weather conditions. We will review this on Wednesday to ensure that the assembly can go ahead at the CCC. If not, the alternative arrangments will be within the school hall.
Thursday 20th December- Last day!
School will close at 3pm for P6/7 pupils.
Play the ‘Spot the difference’ Christmas game which Mrs MacLeod showed us today. It’s quite tricky to get the five differences first time!
Santa Spot The Difference- CLICK HERE!
See you all tomorrow,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Last Chance!!
Lost Property- Christmas 2012
There are many un-named items in lost property. Most of them have been there for at least the past term. These items will be available in the school reception area from 2:30-3pm Mon 17th Dec – Thu 20th Dec. Following this all unclaimed items will be put to the Blysthwood box.
Items include numerous gym shoes, hats, gloves, scarves, school jumpers, school polos, drinks bottles, lunch boxes as well as those listed previously on the website.
Remember the best way to avoid lost property is to put your childs name on all items that come to school with them.
Have a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.
Sharon McArthur (Parent Council)
P7 Choir at Drummond
This week our P7 choir have been supporting the Drummond School pupils in their annual Christmas concert. The choir pupils have been rehearsing each week with Mrs Hunter in preparation for the concert. They had two rehearsals on Tuesday and Wednesday, finishing their week with the concert this afternoon. Staff and parents from both Lochardil and Drummond commented on how fantastic our Lochardil pupils were. You were all excellent ambassadors for the school- Well Done!!
Have a fantastic weekend- sledge safely!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Christmas around the world!
This week, as part of our Religious and moral education (RME) we have been looking at Christmas around the world. We have looked at the traditions which various countries have at Christmas, as well as the links to Bethlehem within the New Testament within The Christmas Story.
The following website suggests the Christmas traditions across the world:
Christmas Around The World: CLICK HERE!!
The Russian story about Babushka can be watched by clicking the link below. This is a story which is told to children in Russia:
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Some of the Bethlehem themed art work can be seen below. Check out our mosques and minarets!
See you all tomorrow,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
We like, we like to party!!
P6 Christmas Party!!
Today, the Christmas spirit was in full swing at the P6 party. Everyone had a fantastic time doing their Scottish country dances, playing party games, and having some of that fantastic party food. Thank you to parents/carers for their donations- some left overs will see the P6s through to the end of term no doubt!
Our forfeits went down a treat in Pass the Parcel- even the mistletoe. Mr.Cook and Mrs.Prentice did look a little silly when doing the demonstration for the matchbox and orange passing.
Three very tired teachers, all partied out,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Bah Humbug!
Mr Cook was a bit of a scrooge yesterday, but Mrs MacLeod and Mrs Prentice have both twisted his arm into liking coloured Christmas lights, and tinsel! You never know, he might even put one of these up in his house this year!!
A Christmas tree covered in coloured lights!!
Party season is about to begin!
P6 Christmas party- Please bring your party clothes to school, and you will change into these tomorrow after lunch and before your party. Remember Christmas food donations, as we’ll be setting up the food at lunchtime!
P7 Christmas party- You can order more than one piece of pizza if you wish. Pizza money is to be in by Monday 17th December!
The P7 choir had their first rehearsal with the Drummond children today. They will have their dress rehearsal tomorrow, and then the concert on Friday. Thank you to Mrs McRobert for volunteering to help!
See you all tomorrow,
Mr Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
P6/P7 Party Reminder: Remember you food donations for the Christmas parties tomorrow. P7 can pay for pizza each day up until Monday
Today our busy little elves frantically filled out their application form for a chance to work with Santa Claus this Christmas. Fingers crossed he chooses someone from Lochardil!
There are some strong contendors, just remember never to make the mistake that Mr Cook made.
‘I like to eat Santa’
‘I like to eat, Santa’
PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES!
The Christmas post-box is here!!
There is a post-box in the P6/7 building for Christmas post. Please feel free to drop your Christmas cards into this box, and it will be sorted out every day; with your mail being delivered to the appropriate classes. Remember to put the person’s name and class!
See you all tomorrow,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
What’s on?
With another extremely busy week in P6/7 over; what’s coming up next week?
P7 Choir at Drummond- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday. Pupils will be leaving at 12.40pm, so school/packed lunch only on these days, Thank you!
P6 Party- Wednesday 12th December 2012 1.30pm – 3pm
P7/S1 Transition talk- Mr Fyffe from the IRA will be coming to talk to P7s on Friday morning about moving on up in 2013!
Pupil of the Month
Well done to our NOVEMBER Pupil of the Month recipients! You’re all excellent ambassadors for Lochardil!
James and Morven– James and Morven took on the leadership role this month of organising the book fair, with minimal guidance. Everyone agreed that they did an excellent job, the event being a fantastic success.
Danni– Danni has been described as a ‘fantastic friend who is always there for you’. A great friend to his peers, as well as polite and helpful to his teachers.
Well Done from everyone in P6/7!
Have a fantastic weekend!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Carols for Clic Sargent!
Clic Sargent phoned to let us know that a massive £89.01 was collected while the choir were singing at Tesco. They are extremely grateful of the support which the P6/7 choir members gave them on Tuesday. A certificate will follow from Clic Sargent which will be displayed in reception.
Thank you to everyone involved!
Feeling HOT HOT HOT!!
A festive joke from Mrs Mac…
Q: What currency does Santa pay with?
A: Jingle Bills
This afternoon we had a visitor, Robert from Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). He came to talk to us about climate change and global warming within the energy industry.
Robert was very impressed with all the prior knowledge that the pupils had, he awarded some FANTASTIC prizes to those who answered his questions well.
He told us some top tips about to save energy around the home- these were some of the tips that we came up with when making our global warming pamphlettes.
Our challenge now is to show our Rock Challenge audience what we mean by global warming. The technologic scene at the beginning will take into consideration some of the things that Robert mentioned.
See you all tomorrow,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs Prentice
Christmas Parties!!
It’s time again to spread some FESTIVE CHEER, and how better to do that than a Lochardil Christmas Party!!
Yesterday we sent out our letters, telling you about our Christmas parties. Copies of these can be found below if they’ve managed to come loose on the way home.
The dates are as follows:
P6: Wednesday 12th December 1.30pm – 3pm
P7: Tuesday 18th December 7pm – 9pm (Night time extravaganza!!)
P6 Party Letter
P7 Party Letter
We’re looking forward to it- and you never know, Mrs MacLeod might even bring the mistletoe!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Open Afternoon!
Thank you to those that came to Open Afternoon today, it was great to see the pupils playing the games that they had made. We had on show the fantastic biopgraphies produced by the children, as well as some of their art work in our gallery.
We’re also really happy to see Mrs MacLeod back- we all missed her!!
Some Christmas Art by Specialist Group A with Mrs.P
The FANTASTIC biographies by the P6/7 pupils
The groups playing the ECO board games this afternoon
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod
and Mrs.Prentice
Christmas Carols!
OPEN AFTERNOON:
Tomorrow, Wednesday 5th December 2pm-3.15pm
Today the P6/7 choir pupils were excellent ambassadors representing the school at the Clic Sargent event at Tesco Inshes this morning. Well done to all those who took part!
Thank you to Mrs Hunter for teaching the choir the songs, and the parent/carer helpers for taking them on their excursion!
Missing Jacket
We have a missing jacket which has gone walkabouts in P6/7. If anyone has taken home a black Helly Hanson waterproof jacket, with grey panels on the arm, and the initials BK by mistake, could it be returned ASAP.
See you in the morning!
Mr.Cook, Mrs MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
M&M Monday!
Today we had M&M Monday in Lochardil. We kicked off the day with M&Ms production of Pinocchio! Their use of popular songs in their show was fantastic, including songs from some of our favourites- Katy Perry and One Direction!
The underlying message from the production was:
– Don’t talk to strangers.
– Say NO! to bullying.
It was great to see all of the effort people went into when creating their biographies. Today we got to look over the biographies that others had made. When Mrs MacLeod is back, we will be choosing our 3rd, 2nd and 1st place winners for P6 and P7.
SONG CHANGE:
We will now be using the first minute of this song, instead of the ‘Singing in the Rain’ version we had at the start of Rock Challenge.
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