2604, 2017

HMIE Inspection

https://education.gov.scot/reports/north-lanarkshire/8519323 In February 2017, a team of inspectors from Education Scotland visited Aitkenhead Primary School. The inspectors gathered evidence to evaluate the quality of leadership and management, learning provision and children’s successes and achievements. The inspection process identified strengths and areas for improvement. The letter for parents/guardians has now been published along with additional inspection evidence from pupils, parents/guardians, staff questionnaires. Please follow the above link for more information.

2604, 2017

Primary 3 Scientists

Last week, Primary 3 became scientists to investigate what might affect the time taken for a toy car to travel down a slope. Children were organised into co-operative learning groups to plan and discuss how they would organise the experiment, including what variable they would change and what variables had to stay the same. Children worked collaboratively to carry out their test ensuring it was a fair experiment. This week, they

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2604, 2017

P1 sunflowers are growing!

The boys and girls have been doing a wonderful job at caring for their plants and most of them are growing lovely and tall. The boys and girls sent in photographs showing the progress their sunflowers are making and I was so surprised to see how tall they are getting and how lovely and green the leaves are. Unfortunately some of the plants did not survive but some children have

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2004, 2017

Primary 4 Visit Vikingar!

    Mrs Maitland and I had the pleasure of accompanying Primary 4 on an educational outing to Vikingar today.   The boys and girls enjoyed extending their learning about the Vikings and also impressed our tour guides by showing off their prior knowledge .  The children participated in many activities including dressing up in authentic Viking  clothing, visiting a longhouse and watching a movie about the Battle of Largs in our own private cinema screening!  The day ended

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1904, 2017

New Lunch Menu

Please see below the link for our new Spring/Summer lunch menu. http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=20570&p=0

1904, 2017

Welcome Back – Vision and Values

We’d like to welcome everyone back after a lovely Easter break. We hope you all had a lovely time and are ready for the exciting opportunities and challenges that this term will bring. During this term, we will be revisiting our school vision and values. At today’s assembly children were introduced to the concept of having a vision and what possible values they would like our school to have. All

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2203, 2017

Easter Arrangements

Friday 31st March 2017 Easter Service 10am at Viewpark Parish Church (weather permitting). All welcome to attend. School closes for our Easter break at 2.30pm and will reopen on Tuesday 18th of April.

2203, 2017

Rookie Rockstars Photos

Wow! Rookie Rockstars certainly made an impression on everyone at Aitkenhead. We had a brilliant two nights rocking it out, dressing up and putting on amazing performances. We demonstrated that we are all confident individuals, even down to our audience members that ‘volunteered’ their talents. Thank you to everyone for coming along and supporting the school in  tackling anti-bullying,  promoting confidence, self-esteem, and positive friendships.  Did you enjoy the performance?

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1603, 2017

Au Café

Primary 7 had the opportunity to role play visiting a French cafe this morning. We got to sample various French foods, such as; pain au chocolat, croissants, brie and baguettes. The children practiced their vocabulary by saying what the would like to eat and what they would like to drink in French. We had a few brave pupils who tried out the Brie, but the pain au chocolats were a

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