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Enterprising Primary 7

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The fabulous primary 7 enterprise venture ‘Stop and Shop’ has been featured in the North Lanarkshire’s ‘Pupil Enterprise Showcase’ Blog. Lynn Taylor, Curriculum Support Teacher for Enterprise, visited the primary 7 class on Wednesday 23rd of November to see the fantastic work undertaken by the pupils in the class. She was so impressed that she highlighted their work on the council blog. The blog can be visited at https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/pupilenterprise, please note the pupils will need their Glow Login and password to view the blog.

A screenshot of the Primary 7 blog entry

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Scottish Story Telling

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Scottish Story Teller Gerry Durkin came to Kirkshaws today to tell some scottish stories and sing some songs. All of the children , from nursery to primary 7, have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in his interactive stories. Parents were also invited to join in the story telling fun. Some of the stories included ‘The Frozen Kingdom’ and the ‘Run-away Haggis’. The most popular songs were ‘The Dundee Ghost’ and ‘Have you seen a wee yo-yo?’ Denise, from Old Monkland’s Library, came along aswell to share information about the library services and give out some free gifts. The children also received some competition sheets to complete including a Katie Morag colouring-in and ‘design a book cover’. These should be returned to the school by Friday the 9th December to be judged.

Gerry telling a story to some of our primary 3 and 4 children.

Gerry will also be at Old Monkland Library this afternoon, Thursday the 1st December, from 3.30 – 4.30pm telling stories. Why don’t you go along and join in the fun!

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Christmas Assembly Dates and Tickets

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Kirkshaws Christmas Assemblies will take place on
  • Wednesday 14th December at 10.00am
  • Thursday 15th December at 2.00pm
  • Friday 16th December at 10.00am

All classes from the Nursery to Primary 7 will be involved and it promises to be great festive entertainment.

Tickets cost £1 and will be on sale in the school office from the week beginning Monday the 5th of December at 11.3oam -12pm and 2.00-3.00pm everyday.

Tickets will be restricted to 2 per family in the first instance until every family is accommodated. Tickets will then go on sale on a first come first served basis.

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Kirkshaws Fundraisers Christmas Fayre

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Kirkshaws Fundraisers will be hosting a Christmas Fayre in the school on Saturday the 10th of December at 12pm to 3pm.

There will be a variety of stalls including a children’s  tombola, Santa’s Grotto, tea/coffee shop, face-painting, bric-a-brac, lucky dips, raffles and much, much more.

You could always purchase a table to sell your own craft items or use it as an opportunity to have a good old clear out from home. Tables can be booked for £5 on a first-come-first-served basis at the school.

You can help too! Donations of items for christmas hampers – mince pies, tins of vegetables, biscuits, wine etc.. will be great fully received  as well as home baking.

We hope to see you all there for some Christmas fun.

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Scottish week is coming up.

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To celebrate St Andrew’s Day, Kirkshaws Primary School and Nursery Class will be undertaking a week long series of planned activities focused around a Scottish theme beginning on the 28th of November.

Do you have something you could do or bring in to help us during that week? Perhaps you can play the bagpipes or can dance the Highland Fling? If you think you can help please contact the school in the normal ways. Let’s work together to make this a Scottish Week to remember.

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Cross County Success

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Today the children from Kirkshaws did us proud!! 28 children from P5 -P7 ran in the Schools Cross Country Championship at Langloan Sports Centre and achieved great success. Top performer was Sarah from P5 who finished 7th place in her race and Lyndsey from P7 who finished 8th in her race.