We had an amazing turnout from parents for our open event last week. The children and their parents/grandparents enjoyed painting their plant pots together. They then had to choose from a selection of herbs and vegetables to plant. They could chose from coriander, dill, oregano and many more. The vegetables available to plant ranged from red chillies to sweet peppers and shallots. The class were so involved in what they were doing and the children really enjoyed having a member of their family there to help and support them. The children will now take their plant pots home and look after them over the summer holidays. Thank you so much to everyone who came along and we hope you enjoyed it!
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Summer Service 24 June 2015
We are preparing for our Summer Service, which will be held on 24 June from 9.30 -10.30. All parents/carers are welcome to attend and tea and coffees will be available in the hall from 9am onwards.
The draft programme is detailed below –
Our Infant Choir will start off the service by singing ‘The Banana Song’, ‘Frozen In Summer’ and ‘Never Miss A Beat’.
Then we have a very special performance from a band called Midnight Sketch Band. They will perform covers of ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ and ‘Live Forever’. The band members are at Chryston High School and 3 out of 4 of them are former Glenmanor pupils!
Perfect Attendance Certificates will be awarded to 13 of our pupils.
We will then share the names of the P7 School Cups winners and the pupils can hold up their cups again in front of all the pupils. The winner of Robert Burns World Federation Primary School Art Competition will also show off their cup.
Our School Chaplain Mark McKeown will talk about New Beginnings.
Next our Parent Council Presentation will take place, where the pupils will be presented with school ties and autograph books and pens.
Our Senior Choir will sing ‘Higher Than Higher’ and ‘See You Again’
We will then say ‘Goodbye and Good Luck’ to Staff leaving Glenmanor.
The Summer Service will end with both Infant and Senior Choirs singing ‘Uptown Funk’ together.
P7 Graduation 19 June 2015
We had a fantastic graduation afternoon yesterday with our P7 pupils, parents, friends and members of the community.
It started off with a wonderful rendition of ‘Hold Back The River’ where the pupils sang their hearts out.
We watched their hilarious video perfomance ‘Songs in the Real Life’ and their ‘Back to The Future’ Memories Sketch.
Next was the pupil’s own ‘ Oscar Awards Ceremony’
Then lots of ‘ahhs’ as we looked at photos from P1 and P7 of each pupil during the ‘Forever Young’ Photo Presentation
The Movie Theme Dance Off was full of energy and the jury is out on who really won. Boys? Girls? Here are a selection of photos from the dances –
All pupils were then presented with a personalised certificate of achievement by Ms Brunton (P7 teacher) and Mrs Charles (P6/7 teacher).
One of the most tense moments came next while each pupil waited to hear who had been awarded the six school cups. The cup names and reasons for being awarded are as follows – Moore Cup (Successful Learner), Lynsey Henderson Cup (Effective Contributor), Scottish Water Solutions Cup (Responsible Citizen), Joan Matthews Cup (Confident Individual), Botterills Cup (Outstanding Sports Person) and Auchengeich Memorial Cup (Exceptional Team Player).
And the worthy winners were –
We also presented this delighted pupil below with a beautiful trophy on behalf of Robert Burns World Federation for winning the National Primary School’s Art Competition. We also had the pupils who won 2nd and 3rd in this competiton. All three pupils received a certificate and their art work is on display in the reception area.
Our Infant Choir rounded off a great event by singing three songs “The Banana Song’, ‘Frozen In Summer’ and ‘Never Miss A Beat’.
Then it was time to relax with family and friends with a wee glass of fizz (Shloer!) and some lovely truffles hand made in our learning kitchen.
Thank you to Ms Brunton, Mrs Charles, Glenmanor Support Staff, Parents and Family for making this a fantastic event. And ofcourse the P7 pupils themselves! Thanks also to John and Leah for taking all the photos you have viewed on the blog. Great job done!
P3 Parents Open Event Part 2 (Cafe Espanol)
The second part of our parents event took place in the Learning Kitchen where the pupils from P3 and Spanish Club pupils from P4 and 5 were serving tapas (Spanish snacks) to all our visitors.
Click below to see our Menu del dia (Menu)
The cafe was very popular and successful with pupils serving the food in Spanish and helping their parents/guardians with the pronunciation of the phrases left on each table. The tapas were eaten up very quickly so we haven’t got many pictures of the snacks on offer but we do promise they were delicious – muy delicioso.
Thanks to all my helpers especially Johnathon who took the photos for me as I was busy in the kitchen. Muchas gracias for such a wonderful turnout!
P3 Parents Open Event Part 1 (Garden)
P3 were amazed at the turnout for our final Parents Open Event on Mon 15th June.
Parents, guardians and pupils had previously planted sunflower seeds back in February. The pupils have then been caring for their sunflowers at home and have now brought them to school for planting. We were very pleased with how well the children have taken care of their plants and how tall they have grown!
The winner of the tallest sunflower goes to David with a sunflower height of 144cms! Well done!
Pupils tied their sunflowers to the railings or sticks for support and made sure they used some compost and water to help them grow.
Nursery Class Graduation
The boys and girls of Glenmanor Nursery Class enjoyed a very special day yesterday (Thursday 18 June). The preschool children had their graduation in preparation for their move to primary school.
It was an emotional experience for all the mums, dads, grandparents, aunts and uncles but also an emotional experience for all their teachers!
We wish them all good luck as they move to primary school. We will miss you all!
P7 Graduation 19 June 2015
We are looking forward to our special P7 event this afternoon. The graduation will start at 1.30pm. Please line up at the left door main entrance and we will get you in to the hall as soon as we have cleared up from lunch time.
Tea and coffee will be available on arrival.
Our P7 pupils will impress you today with their talents in singing, acting and dancing.
We will then present all pupils with a certificate of achievement and the six school cups. All school staff have voted for the pupils they feel are worthy of receiving the school cups. We will announce the winners of our school cups for the most successful learner, effective contributor, responsible citizen, confident individual, outstanding sports person and exceptional team player. There will be a very special presentation from the Robert Burns World Federation to our 3 fantastic artists who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in a national competition.
Our infant choir will finish off the graduation with 3 songs before the P7 graduates join their family in the hall for light refreshments and photos. We had hoped to finish the graduation in the community garden but the Met office forecast today is cloudy with light showers 🙁
We look forward to seeing you this afternoon on this memorable occasion!
P3 Parents Open Event Tomorrow
Parents and guardians of P3 pupils are invited to bring in their sunflowers for planting in the garden at tomorrow’s open event. That is if you can carry them as I have heard many are now too tall to move! We look forward to seeing you at 9.30am in the garden and at 10am we shall be inviting you to try some Spanish tapas along with tea, coffee or juice in our learning kitchen. The pupils have been learning how to take orders in Spanish so please have a go using the phrases we will have left on the tables for you!
Hasta manana! See you tomorrow
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 –
P1-P2, P3-P4 Sports Day Highlights
We had a fantastic time at sports day today. Thank you to all the parents who came along today to support this event. Some parents even stayed all day!
Thank you to John Rooney (P7) who took these great photos today.
Thank you for all your help today, John! You were a star!
