Category Archives: Community

P4 Eco-Day Activity

Today we sorted and counted the litter that P2/3 had collected from playtime. We then created a graph and it showed us the types of litter that had been dropped and we could see how healthy or unhealthy we are being!

Screen Shot 2015-06-19 at 12.05.57We noticed that crisps and sugary snacks  were a popular snack choice and fruit was the least popular, when we think it should be the opposite.

However, we did think that our drinks are quite healthy as we drink a lot of milk and water.

We were shocked at how much litter was on the ground and we encourage other children to use the playground bins. Thank you!

 

Calling all Parents! A Cooking Demonstration Fundraising Night 17 June 2015

Stewart Collins is teaming up with Celebrity Irish Chef Adrian to host a cooking demo fundraising night in aid of Craighalbert Centre, Cumbernauld. The centre provide educational and therapy servies for children and young people throughout Scotland affected by cerebral palsy and related conditions, which result in disorders of movements and communication. Their web page is http://craighalbert.co.uk

Glenmanor have a special connection with the centre because one of our former pupils, Chloe, made the transition from the Centre to Glenmanor Primary.

If you are free on Wednesday 17 June at 7.30pm, why not pop along to the Knights of St Columba? Tickets cost only £5 and can be purchased at  S Collins Butchers, Muirhead or Craighalbert Centre.

Please see fundraiser poster below –

Stewart Collins Fundraiser Wed 17 June 2015

P5/6 Cook with Celebrity Chef Adrian on 17 June 2015!

P5/6 are getting ready for their special visit from Stewart Collins of S Collins & Son’s Butchers, Muirhead and Chef Adrian, an Irish Celebrity Chef on Wednesday 17 June from 10.00am -12.30pm.

Stewart Collins ButcherChef Adrian is an Irish Celebrity Chef who works as ambassador for Craft Butchers in Ireland. Healso appears weekly on National television in Ireland and has his own cooking show on Sky. He travels from town to town teaching people all about cooking and sharing the knowledge he has picked up from working in some of Ireland’s top restaurants. Adrian has been voted in the top 15 Rising Stars in 2015. He has teamed up with S Collins & Son’s Butchers in Muirhead to promote and share the great quality of produce that this Q Guild Butcher has to offer in Scotland.

Chef Adrian MartinChef Adrian will bring experience, knowledge and fun for our pupils. Adrian will focus on the importance of healthy eating with the pupils, cooking from scratch and the importance of quality ingredients from the local butcher. Adrian will be joined by Stewart Collins and will work hand in hand with the butcher. Each of our P5/6 pupils will receive recipes and maybe a little gift from Stewart if they are lucky.

Adrian will deliver a powerpoint presentation about healthy eating, cheap value cuts of meat and why it’s important to shop for quality with their local butcher when cooking. He will then proceed to cook 3 dishes for the pupils showing them everything from scratch. The cooking segment involves interaction and involvement from the pupils and gives them an insight into good cooking and good skills to take home and practice.

Sky TV may film this event so all P5/6 parents are asked to please complete and return the Sky TV Photography Consent Form overleaf as soon as possible so that we are prepared should filming go ahead. Thank you for your anticipated support in returning the consent form before the event on 17 June.

I have attached the letter with the concsent form below –

Cooking Demonstrations by Chef Adrian and Stewart Collins 17 June 2015

Out of School Care Facilities

We have a section on the school blog  key information heading entitled out of school care.

If you are a NLC registered childminder who offers out of school care in the local area and would like to share your contact details on the school blog, please email me on ht@glenmanor.n-lanark.sch.uk, providing your registration and contact details.

Out of school care contact details will be provided to give parents information that may be of interest to them and  Glenmanor Primary School does not endorse any individuals or organisations.

Glenmanor Primary takes no responsibility beyond the provision of details as provided by individuals or organisations.

Can you help?

We have two hard working volunteers in our school gardens but our gardens are bigger than two people!

If you, or someone you know, can spare some time to help in our school gardens, please contact the school and we can make arrangements for you to be disclosed. Sharon Nicol, former Parent Council Chairperson is available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons to help you with the disclosure process, which only takes a few minutes.

 

Official Play Park Opening on Kelvin Drive

4 April 2014

Pupils from Glenmanor and St Michael’s Primaries were invited to the official opening of the play park situated off Kelvin Drive behind our school. Our pupils did some planting then and the rest of the time was spent having fun, fun , fun trying out all the fabulous play park. Thanks to the play park committees from both schools for choosing such fantastic play equipment.

Thank you to our hard working Parent Councils who worked hard together to make this play park possible.