Beat the Street

  Thank you Mrs Millar for these wonderful photos from the beat the street walk last night organised by  The Parent Council. Around 60 people took part and contributed to our climb up the leaderboard. We are now in 12th place on the total points leaderboard and 20th place on the average points leaderboard!! Wow boys and girls this is amazing!! The weather is going to be beautiful over the

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Primary 3 Drama

Primary 3 have been learning about the traditional tale ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ through drama. Children worked in groups to think of adjectives to describe the troll then created a still picture of the big, ugly troll using everyone in their group….  and what scary, mean and ferocious trolls we had!! Children wrote a list of questions they would like to ask the troll and this week they will

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Beat the Street Weekly Event

Our Parent Council have organised a weekly event to get together and play beat the street, gaining points for our school. This event is open to all pupils and parents of Aitkenhead. Meet: The park next to the back gate/Birkenshaw Sports Barn Time: 6.30pm When: Every Wednesday 24th May until 21st of June Remember to bring your key fobs and cards. All pupils must be accompanied by an adult. LETS

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We Won!!!!

Today two Primary 7 pupils, Mrs Devine, Mrs McCafferty (UGS) and Mrs McHenry (Bothwell PS) attended North Lanarkshire Council’s 2+1 Modern Language Awards at Airdrie Football Stadium. I’m delighted and extremely proud to say that our cluster won a special award for good practise of Primary and Secondary transition. Our cluster schools work collaboratively to plan and resource a progressive modern language programme to ensure a smooth transition for children from

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Primary 7 Visits to Uddingston Grammar

Information for Parents P7 Visits – Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th of June P7 Parents’ Visit – Wednesday 7th of June 4pm-5.30pm Your son/daughter will attend Uddingston Grammar on 6th and 7th June for a two day induction. They will follow their August timetable and get a taste of life at the Grammar. Pupils can bring a packed lunch or buy lunch from the school canteen but must not leave

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Parent Council AGM

Following the AGM held on Thursday 9th March 2017, the Parent Council wish to inform parents of the updated committee: Office Bearers Chair – Julie Millar Depute Chair – Karen McGill Secretary – Vacant Position Treasurer – Karen McCutcheon Clerk – Edith Kupsky Committee Members Claire Addis, Johanne Cairney, Dean Conlon, Georgios Karyotis, Lynn McKinnon, Jacqueline White We would like to remind all parents that you are very welcome to

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Vision and Values Workshops

Today pupils, parents and staff participated in a workshop to choose the values we wish to have on our new vision and values policy for our school. It was a very successful morning resulting in children drawing characters to represent the values which are important to them. We had lots of super ideas from an Active Amy to Healthy Harry or a  Fair Frank. Next comes the hard part to

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P1 and P3 enjoy Beat the Street!

Primaries 1 and 3 joined together to make the most of the beautiful weather and enjoyed a lovely walk playing beat the street, gaining points for our school. Primary 3 made great buddies showing Primary 1 how to play beat the street whilst walking safely between the beat boxes. All boys and girls acted very responsibly and were a credit to the school. Well done boys and girls! Remember to

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Beat the Street

Beat the Street is back!! Beat the street has made a welcome return to North Lanarkshire Council. Beat the Street North Lanarkshire will run from Wednesday 3 May – Wednesday 21 June! Beat the Street is a free, fun game for the communities of North Lanarkshire to see how far you can walk, cycle, run and move any which way you can! Last year we were very successful and came 9th

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Vision and Values Workshop

Children and staff have been busy at work sharing our ideas to prepare our vision and values for our school. We look forward to welcoming parents and guardians on Friday morning for a workshop where you too can contribute your ideas for our future. Reminder of the times: Parents of pupils in P1-3    9.30-10.30am Parents of pupils in P4-7     11.00-12.00pm Please let us know if you are

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