Internet Safety Week:
Our Internet Safety Week has been most successful with every class engaging in activities to promote safety on line.
Watch out or some photographs on our App of our Good Work Wall which will be dedicated to Internet Safety Week learning.
Thanks to all who managed to come along to our parental workshop on Friday afternoon, I trust you found it interesting and informative. Some helpful parental leaflets were distributed at the workshop. If you couldn’t manage along on Friday but would like the leaflets please let me know and I will get copies to you.
New Primary One Pupils:
Throughout this week we have been enrolling for our future Primary One pupils, it was lovely to meet some new prospective children and parents and also to welcome back some familiar faces, how time flies!
We look forward to ‘officially’ welcoming our new intake and their parents/carers at our pre-entrant programme scheduled for Tuesday 14th and Tuesday 21st May, final times for each class will be clarified after Easter.
Glasgow Science Centre – Clyde in the Classroom Project:
Primary 4/5. 5a and 5b all enjoyed a very exciting week with a visit on Thursday to Glasgow Science Centre to launch their Clyde in the Classroom project. Soon we’ll be nurturing lots of little fish and caring for them as they grow. Here’s some photographs of the day. Thanks to our staff and parent helpers who came along on the day to assist with our pupils.
Primary Three Reconciliation Enrolment Service:
Next Week Primary Three parents/carers and pupils will begin their intense preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation to be celebrated in O.L.G.A Cathedral Church on Tuesday 12th March at 6pm.
To provide support and assistance for our parents/carers we will be providing a workshop in school on Tuesday afternoon at 1.30pm this will be followed by an enrolment service with Fr. McPhail at 2.15pm. Should your child be preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation please make every effort to come along on Tuesday. We look forward to welcoming you all.
Nursery News:
All in the nursery have enjoyed a very busy week:
Our new topic is ‘People Who Help Us’ The children will be learning about the jobs and roles people in the local and wider community do.
The children made a mindmap about people who help us and decided they wanted to learn about Hairdressers and Firefighters this week.
The house corner was changed into a Hairdressers/Beauty salon and the children filled it with a range of resources to enable them to role-play. The children have been busy taking appointments and role-playing the job of a hairdresser and beautician. This has been a very successful enterprise and unfortunately the salon is fully booked for the foreseeable future.
In Literacy the children have been listening to the story of ‘Fireman Piggy Wiggy’ from this they have designed and drawn their own fire engines showing the various equipment that Firefighters use. Over in the music corner the children have been singing some number Firefighter songs. Learning the jobs of the Fire Service while counting forwards and backwards.
In Art they have made personalised Firefighter hats with their own initials on them. They also used handprints to make a whole squad of firefighters.
Construction has been busy this week as the children were introduced to the new remote control Lego. They built their own Fire engines and other vehicles using the tools and used the remote controls to navigate around the playroom. The Smartboard has been working hard this week as the children listen to a range of fun learning stories and songs about the Fire Service.
Outside they designed and planned their own fire engines, they used the Quadro to build a fire engine and as the week progressed they added costumes, a helmet, a hose and some props and role-played the job of a firefighter.
In Snack the children have made Fire Engines from a range of snack. This activity has been very popular especially as you get to eat your creation!
Have a look at all the fun filled learning that the children have been involved in this week.
As always, thanks for reading. Please leave a comment or two.
Mrs Shields
