This is a very short week for our pupils, however, within those two days there’s been lots going on.
Our avid birdwatchers have been busy looking at different ways to look after their little charges. Birdwatching is a unique afterschool club (on Thursdays) which offers an opportunity for our pupils to be at one with nature. Here’s what some the children think of their birdwatching club:
Grace, Kacper and Samantha
During the winter it is hard for birds to find enough food. In our birdwatching club we put out food for the birds and then we watch them through our binoculars. We’ve seen robins, blue tits, magpies, blackbirds, starlings and black-headed gulls in our yard. Our favourite part was making our own bird food with lard, seeds and dried mealworms, all mixed together! It sounds really weird but the birds love it and we still liked making it.
A huge thanks to all who attend the birdwatching club and to Mrs Carr, Mrs Findlay and Mrs McAllister who guide and encourage our children to engage with nature.
Not so sure Mrs Duffy was ‘keen’ mixing the birdfood BY HAND!
Meanwhile, our Playground Patrol are busy planning lots of springlike activities to encourage all of our pupils to play together and to use all the wonderful resources available in our yard. Here they are at their weekly ‘boardmeeting’. Thanks to Miss Love and her team of enthusiastic patrollers, they do a fabulous job.
Following on from their great success at North Lanarkshire Council’s Euro Quiz, our team continue to prepare for the National Final to be held at Holyrood in May. One thing they noticed at their NLC heat was that many schools had a mascot (and we didn’t). They wrote to Mrs Docherty, formerly one of our office ladies and an EXPERT knitter and asked if she could help……Meet OLGA! How lovely is our little mascot?
OLGA was designed by the Euro Quizzers and created by Mrs Docherty, isn’t she fabulous? OLGA will accompany the Euro Quizzers in May and I’m sure she will also become a mascot for all of our pupils who are involved in so many competitions, leagues, quizzes all around North Lanarkshire and beyond.
Mrs Docherty has also created and designed some superb outdoor cushions for our outdoor classroom, they are all weatherproof and in true nature colours. A HUGE thanks to Mrs Docherty (and Mr Docherty, because we know he helped too). The official opening of our Outdoor Classroom and our Al Fresco Orchestra is this coming Friday, exciting.
Our youngest pupils have been very busy this short week, here’s Mrs MM Murphy will all the gossip….
The nursery was full of vibrant colours last week as the children learned all about the customs that take place throughout Chinese New Year. They listened to the story of Nian the Dragon and how the villagers frightened him away with loud noises, fireworks and red flags. From this they created their own version of Nian and took part in the dragon dance throughout the school and garden. They role-played in the Chinese restaurant using chopsticks and wool for noodles. They tasted a range of Chinese food throughout the week. They explored noodles in the art area and went on a red envelope treasure hunt in the garden where the children had to find the special red envelopes that Chinese children receive during this celebration. A fantastic experience learning about different cultures and customs throughout the world.
As always, thanks for reading.
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Mrs Shields
