I begin this week’s Blog with a sad note. Mrs Laird is not currently with us at school as her mum sadly died last Saturday. As a community of faith and love we extend our deepest sympathy to Mrs Laird and all the family. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

This week in school has been dominated by our 203 wonderful infant children. All of our Primary One, Two and Three children performed magnificently on Tuesday (for all of the upper school) and Wednesday for their families. They were outstanding. A fabulous hour long show where we listened to the Word of God in a colourful, tuneful, entertaining manner.

A HUGE thanks to all involved, our incredible support staff who can take a simple piece of cardboard and create a magnificent costume. Our teaching staff who have been actively leading and participating in all rehearsals, supporting and encouraging the talents and skills of our youngest school pupils and a special mention for Mrs McCoy who, once again, wowed us all with her brilliance. Biggest thanks has to go to all 203 children who participated so fully and were incredible. I am so very proud of each and every one of them – I’m sure their families are even more proud.

Enough said, thanks to Mrs Kirstie Harrison, classroom assistant, and Mr John Quinn, Grace and Amanda’s dad, we can show you in beautiful colour….

Meanwhile…..Down in the Nursery….It’s all happening. here’s Mrs MM Murphy’s weekly update:

What a busy week at nursery this week! It all started on Monday with a Scottish Hoolie to celebrate St Andrew’s Day.

The children had the opportunity to taste haggis, neeps and tatties, shortbread and good old Scottish water in the snack area.

Outdoors all children got the chance to take part in a group Welly Wanging activity where they had to throw the welly forwards then backwards.

In the story corner he children listened to the story Katie’s Moose which contained words such as guy sair, hod yer whist along with a range of other Scottish words.

In the art area they painted tartan following the directions up, down and across.

As we recovered from our party the children began to decorate the playroom for Christmas and turned the house corner into an Elves workshop.

Over in the numeracy area they used the snowflake numberline to sequence what number came before and after.

In the writing area the children have been busy writing their letters to Santa. If you need any hints please have a look at their requests on the big display in the nursery.

Outdoors they have been painting and decorating Robins to hang on the tree in the garden. They listened to the instructions and placed the wings, beak and mouth in the correct position.

The practice for our forthcoming nursery show continues and the children are looking forward to showcasing this next week. Please ensure that all clothing requests are in by Monday.

The show will take place on Thursday 10/12/15 at 10am and 2pm. Please note that there is no restriction on the number of adults when it comes to the nursery show. All are welcome.