REMEMBER REMEMBER: Tuesday 11th October – Parent Evening, look forward to seeing you there.

This week has been incredibly busy……..are you surprised?

Let’s begin at the end, and what an end to the week it was.

Our week ended on a very high note with our Primary Three Assembly, this was a wonderful, colourful, musical display of the learning on-going in P3. The theme was all based around Spain, and what a lot they have learned.  Absolutely superb. Huge thanks to all who contributed to this brilliant performance:

Miss Cawley, Mrs Gillies, Mrs Murphy, Mrs McCoy, Mrs Campbell, Mrs McAllister, Miss Coupar and all of our support staff but most of all HUGE thanks to our fantastic Primary Three children, they are exceptional.

Muy bien Primary Three.

Here’s a wee sneaky peek at their photographs:

Tuesday we hosted a ‘Be Bright Be Seen’ Day. This involved children from P4 to P7 all having opportunity to learn about appropriate clothing to wear on darker evenings and road safety in respect of lorries on the road.

Our grateful thanks to Mrs. Carr, Claire Brady & our ibike crew and to Eddie & Willie the lorry drivers from GIST.

Here’s a snippet of the action:

On Wednesday Primary 7 all headed off shopping to Asda as part of their ‘Chocolate’ topic, provided with a budget they had to make very sensible, informed purchasing options which will allow them to create their delicious inventions. I look forward to the tasting sessions.

The staff of Asda commented on our children’s’ excellent manners and their motivated approach to their learning. Well done Primary Seven, you set a fabulous example for all in our school community. Thanks also to staff and parent helpers for accompanying the children.

Throughout the week after school our staff has been very busy learning new skills; Monday saw 16 of our staff involved in the first of two Rainbow training sessions. This programme is designed to equip staff with the tools to help bereaved children, a most worthwhile in-service. My thanks to Mrs. Susan Murphy who acts as our rainbows co-ordinator.

Tuesday afternoon Mrs. McCulloch, with the help of some P7 volunteers, had our staff “Glowing”. GLOW is the technological wizardry within which our Authority shares good practice and allows our children to move forward in technological educational advances.

Grateful thanks to Mrs. McCulloch and her band of merry helpers:

Christopher Lyon, Joseph Moore, Martyna Fereniec, Roksana Sykula, Matthew Munro, Katie McLaughlan, Anthony Devine, Reece Quinn & Kian Scullion

This week we say a fond ‘temporary’ farewell to Mrs Tominey as she leaves to begin her maternity leave. Thanks to Mrs. Tominey for all her work in school, we’ll miss you.

We look forward to meeting Mrs Tominey’s new addition to the family and wish them all good health and every happiness.

So, if you think what you’ve read above was exciting wait till you see what our youngest pupils has been getting up to in the nursery……amazing experiences for our littlest pupils.

You’ve seen the photographs now read all about it.

This week in nursery the children are still focusing on the nursery rules. After each group creating their own well known Golden rule character they showcased their designs to all of the nursery children. We used the characters to play games in the gym hall to raise awareness and recap on the characters and the rules that they stand for. The children are learning a song to help them remember the rules and have created books to read in the story corner and smaller individual books to take home to introduce the rules to their parents who can adopt them and use them at home. Our Golden Characters are mounted on the wall and will remain there as a visual to encourage the children to follow the rules.

Outdoors they have turned the shed into Tidy Thomas and are busy creating Percy to keep Tidy Thomas company.

In addition to this the children have been looking at a range of patterns. They have been using the peg boards to follow shape/colour patterns and creating their very own patterns. They have been playing Silly Socks which helps them to name and identify a variety of patterns.

In art they used the sponges to make spotty patterns and 3d shapes to make colourful patterns.

In snack they used different fruits and followed the fruit pattern. The children continue to use real food in the house corner and role-play making the dinner and washing and drying the dishes. Life long skills.

In the forest this week the children used the tools to make sticks to toast their marshmallows on. The children gathered sticks and bricks to make a boundary for sitting round the fire. The children were so excited about making a fire and they all listened well to the safety instructions. All children enjoyed the experience of the camp fire especially the toasted marshmallows.

What a lot of fabulous learning, well done everyone.

An Extra Slice:

Before we go, a wee update on our MacMillan Coffee Morning. The staff raised an incredible £500. Once again, well done to all involved most especially Miss Cawley and The Enterprise Team.

Mrs Shields