Tesco Bags for Help Scheme – Please Support Us!

Aitkenhead Primary School is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores awarded to local community projects. Greenspace Scotland is working with Groundwork to provide support to communities in Scotland. Three groups in every Tesco region have

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Breakfast Club – August 2018

A New Breakfast service will begin in August. Breakfast will be served in the hall each morning between 8:15 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. It will be staffed by Breakfast Supervisors and Kitchen staff. Children should enter the school through the main door.  This do will be opened at 8.15am, children will not need to buzz for entry.  There will not be adult supervision in the playground at that time so

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P2 Sarah Warnock Award!

Unfortunately the two pupils nominated by Miss Lalmy will miss the ceremony so have been presented their books already.  Congratulations to you both for a very successful year in Primary 2 always working hard, being responsible and being successful learners.  Well done, you should be so proud of yourselves! 🙂

P2 Minibeasts

Primary 2 were very lucky getting to meet some interesting minibeasts.  We got to hold a Giant African snail, centipede and a snake.  Fortunately the tarantula stayed in its box and we viewed it safely through the glass! Mrs Matheson and Miss Lalmy were also very brave and held the animals too.  🙂

P2 Solo Talks

Primary 2 pupils have been preparing for delivering a short solo talk  to the class.  They were to interview someone in their family about the job they do and could bring props, photos or use PowerPoint.  Miss Lalmy and Mrs Matheson thought the talks were outstanding and everyone had clearly worked very hard.  It was fun to hear about the different types of jobs people do!  It has certainly helped

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Lots and lots of visitors in P2!

As part of our People Who Help Us Topic parents and family from the community were invited into Primary 2 to give a talk about their jobs and how they help people.  We were so lucky to hear lots of stories about how they help people in their individual jobs.  We heard from an Optician, Police Officer, Firefighter, Nurse, Hospital Activities Coordinator for the elderly and a Soldier.  Thank you so

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