Month: February 2015

We had a busy day on the 6th February as we also took part in a fantastic fundraiser for the charity ‘Lepra’. We all pulled on our tracksuits and trainers to dance away to some fun music in our Bollywood themed exercise event.  There was an overwhelimg response to fundraising and we managed to raise over £900!!! Just £25 is enough to help a child who has leprosy, so just think how many children lives we will be able to help with our donation! A huge well done to everyone involved and a massive thanks to those who donated. It is very much appreciated by both the school and Lepra.

 

Here are some comments from the School Promotion and Improvement Committee about the event –

I liked doing exercise to raise money for the Lepra charity, – Holly P2/3

I liked raising money to help Lepra – Lexie P1

I liked when we done the exercising and we had to had to collect the money in the envelopes. Danielle

My favourite song to dance to at the Lepra danceathon was the football song – I just cant get enough. Abi

I liked doing exercising to the music to raise money for Lepra. Marc

 

Have a look at our pictures below of us taking part in the event.

 

On Friday 6th February the whole school and Nursery performed a variety of Scottish songs and poems to a packed audience. Lots of classes have been learning about Scotland and Robert Burns as part of a Scottish focus. The boys and girls all tried their best to sing their hearts out and recite their poems with fluency and expression. Lots of hard work and effort was put in for our assembly and we were very glad we had such a great turn out of parents, family and members of the community.

Here are some comments from the School Promotion and Improvement Committee about the event –

I liked listening to all the songs- my favourite was Bonny Wee Jeany McCall – Abi P2/3

I liked when Holly and Rebecca sang Auld Lang Syne – Ellie

I liked listening to all the songs, I got to do some Highland Dancing in our song. Nicola

I liked listening to The Jeely Piece song. Archie

I liked when the Primary 1’s sang Caledonia, it reminded me of when I sang it in Primary 3. Sarah

I liked when people read out their poems, Zoe was my favourite. Fraya

My mum came to see me read out my poem. Findlay

I liked when Primary 1 sang Caledonia, I had a special part to say to introduce my class. Murray

I liked Sarah  said her poem, she was very good. Neve

I loved when we sang ‘Donald Where’s yer troosers’ because Donald didn’t wear any trousers, he had a kilt on instead of trousers. Nathan

I liked when Zoe done her poem because she used a lot of expression. Kyle

I liked when Lewis when he done his poem because he put a lot of effort into it. Scott F

I liked when Rebecca and Holly sang Auld Lang Syne. John

I liked Zoe’s dancing and her poem. Aaron

I liked the Caledonia song that P1 sang. They were very good! Scott McL

Have a look at some of the photo’s of us performing below.

 

Recently we have been successful in receiving £3000 from Education Scotland to develop outdoor PE facilities within our school.  The children within the School Improvement Committee have been actively involved in selecting appropriate equipment to develop a wide range of PE skills.  This equipment was installed on 28th January and the children are looking forward to using this within their weekly PE sessions.

Children’s Views

What we did

• Looked at Scotplay’s website and catalogue
• Considered the equipment we already had
• Looked at equipment from PE point of view – how we could use this
• Met with Mrs Tomney and decided what equipment we would purchase

The benefits of the new equipment

• It will make PE more fun
• We can use it for outdoor learning activities
• We can now do our PE lessons outside

Over the coming months each class will be using this equipment and our senior pupils will be developing challenge cards for other pupils to use.

The pictures below are of the installation process.  We will hopefully get the opportunity to use this equipment when the frost and snow disappears!