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Everybody likes a compliment ✨

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One of the most meaningful things you can say to someone is to offer a compliment. A compliment about something they’ve done, or created can make a person’s day. We have lots of caring young people in our class.

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One of the things we have been focusing on since starting in Primary 6 has been to spot others giving genuine compliments for no other reason than to be kind.

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Giving a compliment not only makes you feel good, it makes the person receiving the compliment feel great! You usually receive a smile or thanks in return or a conversation is started and the person leaves thinking you are a pretty nice person! Not bad for such a small effort.

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Each time we spot someone giving a compliment, we get to add a paperclip to our compliment chain. The aim is to have it reach the floor! When it does, a class treat is coming our way!

Building our 'Toolbox of Skills', GPS Groups, Health and Wellbeing

A Try For Gourock!

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Over the past few weeks, Primary 6 have been taught Rugby tactics by coaches Brendan and Sam. The coaches have been teaching us the essential skills needed to play rugby.

We interviewed Hollie and she said “I have really liked learning how to pass and dodge”.

For the first month, Primary Six trained out in the school field. We learned the basic skills and techniques for passing the ball, how to tackle, a scrum etc.

Matthew showing off his tackling skills!
Matthew showing off his tackling skills!

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On Wednesday 1st October, a few schools competed against each other in a Rugby Festival for the boy’s trophy and girl’s trophy. After a few bumps, bruises and sprains, (and lots of fun!) it was time to announce the winners! All the schools had performed amazingly well, but there could only be one winner!

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The girls with their positive role models from Greenock Wanderers Woman's team
The girls with their positive role models from Greenock Wanderers Woman’s team

1st place for the girls was St Ninian’s Primary, great job!

Gooooooo Aimee!
Gooooooo Aimee!

It was a rough day for the boys as there were a lot of tries and bumps and bruises but they fought on until the end. The overall winners in the boy’s category was, in 1st place… MoorfootPrimary! Congrats!

Conor: 'Peter can't keep me down!'
Conor: ‘Peter can’t keep me down!’
The boys showing off their Rugby faces!
The boys showing off their Rugby faces!

Thank you to all the schools who competed in the tournament and a special thanks to Brendan and all the other staff who organised festival. We had such a brilliant day!!!

Our class celebrating after their tiring but rewarding day!
Our class celebrating after their tiring but rewarding day!

We hope you have enjoyed our first blog post!

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Building our 'Toolbox of Skills', GPS Groups, Health and Wellbeing

Global Citizens – 90kg Rice Challenge

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Gourock Primary first embarked on Just Trading Scotland’s 90kg Rice Challenge earlier this year and has a dedicated team of pupils who market the fairly traded Kilombero rice to our school community.

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This has been a huge success and we have now sold 3 batches of the delicious Kilombero rice. Our Global Citizen group are very enthusiastic about the challenge and are passionate about selling because they believe they can make a huge difference to Malawian child’s life.

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The pupils have gained many skills for learning, life and work. They are only too aware of how important education is for creating opportunities in a child’s future and decided to produce a rice recipe book to accompany each bag sold, alongside an information leaflet which educates customers about the benefits of buying. We’re ready to receive our next batch!

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Cyber Safety – Staying Safe Online

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"Stay SMART online and you'll be fine" Matthew
“Stay SMART online and you’ll be fine” Matthew

Our school believe it is important to learn about staying safe, both in and out of school. It is important that we know how to stay safe in all environments including when we are online using the internet. In class this week we have been learning how to safe online. We had a visitor from CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) come to our class to give us advice about keeping our personal information safe and private, how to protect ourselves from potential dangers like cyber bullying and avoiding contact with strangers.

We took part in various activities such as; creating online safety slogans, discussing examples of how to stay safe online and answering questions to demonstrate our understanding. When using the internet we must remember:

  • Never to give away any personal details:                                                                                                                           This is really important because some of the strangers who might try to talk to children online may be dangerous. Some things should only be shared with close friends and family, not everyone needs to know everything. We must be always think twice about who might be looking at what we post. We learned that some people may use your details for hacking your account and using it inappropriately. Some online games help nasty people disguise themselves as potential friends when really they might be trying to harm you. Never tell an online gamer your real name, where you live, your phone number, the school you go to, your age or places you regularly go.

 

  • Always keep any online profiles PRIVATE.                                                                                                                    If you keep your profile private, the only people who will be able to see your posts will be people you allow to follow you (Twitter) or be your online friends (Facebook). Keep personal discussions for when you are face to face with friends.

 

  • Protect Passwords:                                                                                                                                                               Make your password hard to guess but easy to remember! (a great tip from Orla) Protect your password by making it a complex code of letters and numbers (i.e. don’t use your date of birth or your name as this is too obvious) Never share your password with anyone other than your parents. Log out of any sites when you are finished using them.

 

  • Photos:                                                                                                                                                                                     Never use your own photo as your profile picture or make sure that it is a group shot. Never post a picture wearing your school uniform or people may be able to identify where you live or which school you go to. Never post pictures of yourself in swimming costumes, underwear or inappropriate clothing.

 

  • Treat others the way you want to be treated. THINK before you tweet! Is it:

        T = is it TRUE?

        H = is it HELPFUL?

        I = is it INSPIRING?

       N = is it NECESSARY?

       K = is it KIND?

  • Treat others with respect.                                                                                                                                                    Think twice about posting a picture or status about anyone who may be offended by your post. Don’t post anything that might be offensive or disrespectful to others.

 

  • Cyberbullying:                                                                                                                                                                                      If you are a victim of cyber bullying then the advice is to take a screenshot of the conversation, share your feelings and worries with an adult and get support from your friends. If you are getting messages from a stranger then you should use the websites facility to block them from your account. Remember, this isn’t you being rude, it is you keeping yourself safe! IMG_3686-0.PNG

Useful websites:

Parents may wish to visit CEOP’s website which gives useful tips on how to help your child stay safe online:

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Primary/

Alternatively the NSPCC also has useful information for parents which can be found here: http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

stay SMART
stay SMART
Guest Writer: Grace Thomson (with help from my Primary 6 pals!)