Speycraft visit Inveravon

Mr Morris and a  group of 3rd year girls from Speyside High School visited us to day to tell us about there enterprise. There enterprise is called Speycraft, they sell Fair Trade products a the girls told us they do this in there own time (parent evenings,break and lunch times and any school events)   The girls had made a PowerPoint presentation and told us all about what they do and also told us about  an opportunity that our school  may want to take part in. This involves coming up with a idea and then a business plan it will then be submitted and the best one from all the entries will be awarded £100 to go towards a new business idea.

This was also a great opportunity to let the Speyside pupils know about our Micro Tyco and the processes we went through also for our enterprise.

Grow Well Choices

Every Monday afternoon Sammy and Kristy come and do Grow Well Choices . All the P4-7 ‘s do this. We have learned about sugary foods,  and the eat well plate. We also do games at the end. The games are always fun!

Our homework was to keep a healthy life diary, we were to try and do 60 minutes of exercise a day and eat 5 portions of fruit and veg.  On a Monday morning we would review our diaries and highlight what we could do better. If it was orange it means we could improve it, if it was green it means we have done it and if it was red it means we didn’t do it.

Written by Fraser MacDonald,P4

May 2013

May 2013

 Dear Parents and Children,

 Thankfully the weather is beginning to at least pretend that it is spring and when the sun shines it is lovely. I do hope this continues.

 Having enjoyed a brief period when Colin was able to get the children to school for the start of day “they” start digging up the road again at Marypark and we are back to delays and traffic lights. I am sure though it won’t last long this time and since Fulcrum and Carrillion employees came in to school to explain what they are doing to the children it all makes much more sense to them. In fact the children were fascinated by some of the information they received regarding the costs and timescales involved in carrying out such a task. The children also gained some very useful insight into career pathways and opportunities provided by these companies.

We also received a donation to help us develop our garden area so it turned out to be a very worthwhile afternoon for everyone.

 Transition

Time is marching on and the diary is filling up quite quickly now. Our P1 induction days will start soon and James Grant will join us on Friday mornings to get a taste of what it will be like in P1. Knowing James I am sure he will have a great time and he will be made very welcome by his future classmates.

 Our P7 boys have just embarked on a series of visits to and from Speyside High which started last week when Mr Picksley (Depute Head) showed them how to set up their e profile. Mrs Duncan will support them over the next few weeks as they add to it. Tomorrow (Tuesday) they will be joined by their P7 peers from Knockando to take part in an English lesson delivered by Rebecca Cowie from the English department. This will give them an opportunity to experience a wee glimpse of high school life. This will be followed up on June 7th when they go to Knockando to take part in a mock election led by Ms Juliet Presly (Depute Head) and some senior pupils from SHS and then on June 17th and 20th they will spend two days in the school which will be very exciting for them.

 Fund Raising

We are all looking forward to the walk on Thursday morning and hope that the sun will shine. Please feel free to join us if you would like to. We are leaving Cragganmore as near to nine as possible as Colin will just take the children straight there (depending on the roadworks of course). I hope you have all been busy getting sponsors as the money we raise will go towards our end of term trip. The more we raise the more exciting the trip will be!

 That same morning we are having the Bag2School collection so please make sure you bring any bags in to school on Wednesday afternoon. Much to my husbands consternation I am going to be having a right good clear out this weekend!

 Visits

As part of our Health Promoting Topic we have enlisted the services of the Hopscotch Theatre Company again to put on a performance of “Hamish’s Healthy Nutrition Mission” on Thursday May 30th at 10am. We will be joined by the pupils from Glenlivet and Knockando for this and if the last performance was anything to go by they are all in for a real treat.

Staffing

As you know Mrs Ducrocq decided to accept a Principal Teacher Post in an Elgin school which she is due to start as of Monday June 17th when her maternity leave from Inveravon officially ends.  Just last week I was informed about what would be happening to the post.

It will be offered to existing Principal Teachers in Moray who will lose their PT status following the budget cuts in March and as such Mrs Mailer would not be eligible to apply. Should no existing PT wish to transfer to Inveravon then the post will be opened out to the wider teaching community in Moray as a long term temporary appointment. I realise that this is far from satisfactory but all we can do at the moment is to wait and see what happens although I am confident that the situation will be resolved by the end of term. In the meantime I ask you to bear with me during this time of uncertainty and let us just all enjoy the remaining weeks of the term together.

 I have attached a dates for the diary section for you to keep and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Kind Regards

Head Teacher

May 2013

                    Dates for the Diary    May  2013

May

Tuesday 21st           SHS English Teacher visit to P7

Thursday 23rd       Sponsored Walk 9am – all welcome

                             Bags2School

Friday 24th            P6/P7 School Nurse Living and Growing Talk

                             Parent Council Quiz   6.30pm

Thursday 30th        Hopscotch Theatre Company performance

Friday 31st             P1 Induction 9.30 – 12noon

                             P6/P7 School Nurse Living and Growing Talk

June

Monday 3rd            Local Holiday

Friday 7th              P7 Boys Mock Election at Knockando

                             P1 Induction 9.30 -12 noon

Friday 14th             P1 Induction 9.30 –12 noon

Monday17th           P7 visit SHS

Tuesday 18th           Sports Day at Glenlivet Hall 1.30pm

Thursday 20th        P7 visit SHS

Friday 21st             P1 Induction 9.30 – lunchtime.

                              Parent council Midsummer BBQ

July

Tuesday 2nd  School Trip

Thursday 4th          Leaver’s Assembly 11am

Friday 5th              Last Day of Term School Closes at 2pm

E- portfolio

On Friday 10th May the p7s from Inveravon went to Knockando to do there E- portfolios. Mr Picksley from Speyside High School showed us a step by step guide to create them. Then we went back to school and added information to them. They are for our achievements and anything we want to share. This is an ongoing project.

Changing Places

On the 7th May 2013 the eco group made a path in the garden to show people our garden. The garden has been marked out with cones, the plan is to get the military to cut the grass and put in raised paths round the two wet areas.

We are changing our marsh area into a rockery with big boulders to sit on and different coloured stones. The marsh area is being moved to another corner of the garden.

While clearing the marsh area John one of the p7 pupils found a frog and named him Steven he was as big as a £2 coin and was like the skin of an Asian pear.

13th April 2013 – received from Australia

Hi Marion,

I had a look at their blog:) I couldn’t comment as it seems you can only comment if you have a “Glow account” registered.
But its all very interesting. I love the weekly facts. I learnt so much just by reading through that section alone!

I also adore the fact that the kids are getting involved in helping to save our wonderful planet. I read through all the activities they are doing under the Eco school section and they put a lot of adults to shame! Give them all a high five from me in Oz- they are very cool to be taking such good care of the planet.

I enjoyed reading about the “Wake Up Wednesdays” activity. I was actually a bit envious! I wish I had had those types of activities when I was at school. Queen was an awesome band and “We will Rock you” is an excellent song. maybe you guys can start your own “School of Rock” classes?

Anyway, good job and keep the rest of us posted on Invervon’s activities:)
xKali