House Captain

Well done to all the P7 children who took part in the elections for House Captain and Vice-Captain. Congratulations to the successful candidates! 

End of Year Awards Ceremony

Here are some highlights from our End of Year Assembly which took place on Monday. Once again, two children from each class were chosen by their class teacher to receive the Sarah Warnock Award. New awards were also introduced this year based around the four capacities of Confident Individual, Effective Contributor, Responsible Citizen and Successful Learner. It was an emotional time for P7 as they entertained us with two songs

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Aitkenhead’s Got Talent

A fantastic time was had by all on Friday at our talent show! Two representatives from P1-6 took part after being voted for by their classmates during the class auditions. Well done to Sarah from P4 for winning, Zach from P2 for coming 2nd, and Lucy and Amy from P6 for coming 3rd! Thank you to our judges Mrs McGown, Mrs Kupsky and Mrs Maitland.

P1 and 2 Trip to Almond Valley

Pupils in Primary 1 and 2 enjoyed visiting Almond Valley Heritage Park in Livingston on Tuesday.  They saw lots of farm animals and even got to handle a lionhead rabbit, 2 guinea pigs and a pole cat called Shenanigans!  We enjoyed going on our train ride and having a picnic lunch.  The weather was good to us with the sun shining in the afternoon and so everyone got to enjoy

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P3/6 School Trip

Today we had a great trip out to Sealife at Loch Lomond Shores. Primary 6 participated in a ‘Food Chain’ workshop learning what would happen to sea creatures if there was a break in the link of the food chain. To demonstrate this we were asked to be different creatures. You may not know it but you are looking at plankton, crabs, sharks…!

P6 / 7 Shinty Festival

       On Tuesday 22nd May Aitkenhead visited Uddingston Grammar to participate in a Shinty Festival. This involved playing lots of 4 minute matches, some against teams from our own school but also from other local primary schools.

Pupil Council Tuckshop

The Pupil Council has taken a break from serving on the tuckshop this week, but it will return next week with a couple of new additions! So far we have made about £50 in the first two weeks! Remember that all of the money made is going towards an end of term treat for the whole school to enjoy! Thank you for your support.