Expressive Arts, Parent Council, Parent Forum, Whole School

Parents’ Open Event 18 September 2015

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We are all looking forward to seeing you at our parents’ open event this Friday! Please arrive at 9 and join us in the hall for tea or coffee.

The Parent Council will launch their Christmas card activity that you can complete with your child during the open event.

Carolyn McKeown and Jacqueline Bryce, Adult Literacy and Numeracy Support Workers, will introduce themselves and ask how they can help you through a short questionnaire.

The bell will ring at 9.30am and our senior pupils will take you to the classrooms, starting with the ground floor and working upwards. You will see your child’s teacher and have the opportunity to join in your child’s learning until 10.30am. We hope to see you all there!

PE Activities and Sport, Primary 4

P4 Girls Festival 17 September 2015

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15 of our P4 pupils are looking forward to taking part in the Active Schools Girls Festival 2015 on Thursday morning. They will have the opportunity to try a number of different sports and activities that are also available in the community. The girls will have the opportunity to try activities such as dance, gymnastics, football and marshal arts delivered by local clubs and sports development officers from North Lanarkshire Leisure.

All EV5 permission forms must be signed and returned to school before the festival. Please ensure that your child comes to school dressed for sport and brings a drink and snack. They should change into their school uniform after the festival. Thank you!

+ Personal Achievements

Glenmanor’s German Class of the Week

September 13, 2015 Mrs Charles 3 Comments

We are introducing a new concept called ‘German Class of the Week’. Primaries 4-7 will be involved in this.

Congratulations Primary 7 for being last week’s winning class.

We are learning about German through a variety of different media. Singing German songs enables us to get a feel for the language and it is great fun. Currently we are learning about using German greetings, numbers and colours. More and more English classroom instructions are being substituited for German ones.

We do a lot of interactive activities and our class iPads are invaluable. Our class Smartboard allows us to work co-operatively to achieve success.

There are several very good online websites we use at school. These can also be accessed at home. Details of these are currently being issued to the pupils and will also be published in next Week’s blog.

* Successful learner, Numeracy and Maths, Outdoor Learning

Outdoor Learning in Primary 3

September 11, 2015 Miss McIntosh 1 Comment

During maths time, P3 were learning about time. The children focused on o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to the hour. The class enjoyed sharing their previous knowledge about time and they enjoyed testing eachother. The class enjoyed using a hula hoop for the clock face and they moved around the playground in groups trying to make as many clocks as possible with different times. Primary 3 enjoyed learning in the glorious sunshine!

Achievements, Parent Council, Whole School

Parent Council Photograph Competition Winners!

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Lesley Davidson, Our Community Learning and Development Worker, judged the entries in the Parent Council Photograph Competition. Here is a photograph of our delighted winners! Each pupil received a book token.

N-P2 Winner. Lesley liked the Disney characters in the photo.

P3-4 Winner. Lesley liked the clouds coming out of the horse and it looked like this pupil was touching the kelpie!

P5-7 Winner. Lesley loved the look on this pupil’s face!

Overall Winner. Lesley loved the colours and the shark behind the boys.

* Confident individual, Challenge Attainment Northlan, Whole School

Whole School Assembly 11 September 2015

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We had a lovely time at assembly today. Great actions from the front of house to accompany fischy songs. Very confident individuals!

We launched the concept of mindset today. The pupils were amazed to know that they can learn anything if they have a certain type of mindset. We looked at what you might think if you had a growth mindset. We also looked at what you might think if you have a fixed mindset. We watched a video of a girl who was frightened to ski down a slope but she still managed to do it and was delighted with her achievement – a great example of a growth mindset. Then we watched a video of a girl who was learning to ride a bike. She went so far then gave up. She got angry and refused to try again even though she could do it – an example of a fixed mindset. The great thing about mindset is that we can change from having a fixed one to a growth one if we all use the same language. See the examples below as a starter and try these in school and at home. I am sure they will make a difference straight away!

* Successful learner, Languages and Literacy, Primary 1a

P1A Star Writers

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Well done to Kayden, Elle, Billie and Sophia for working hard to produce some personal writing about what they like to learn in school. I am so proud of the effort you all put into your work today!

* Successful learner, Primary 5, Social Studies, Technology

Inventions in the 70s

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Primary 5 enjoyed researching inventions from the 70’s in class today. They worked in groups using the iPads to research and make notes. They then used their notes to make fantastic posters!

Numeracy and Maths, Primary 4/5

P4/5 – Venn Diagrams

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We used our knowledge of popular toys in the 80s and compared them to popular toys now. We created Venn diagrams to show the similarities and differences.

Expressive Arts, Primary 6/7, Primary 7

The Swinging 60’s

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Primary 7 and 6/7 have been busy this week learning more of our dance for the school concert! It has been tricky learning to sing and dance at the same time – Mrs Ritchie cant keep up!