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!
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 had a fantastic time competing in the flat, hurdles, bean bag and sack races. We were also very fortunate to have the sun shining down on us! Thanks to all those who came to cheer P3 on.
And the winners are:
Some class pics of our medal winners! We are so proud of your efforts.
Our Eco Committee have organised an eco day of action on Friday June 19th. All classes will be involved in an eco activity to raise awareness of eco issues and looking after our school environment and beyond. We look forward to posting photographs and sharing all of our great learning with you.
As part of our eco day, our hard working Parent Council will be running an Eco Shop. They have washed old items of school uniform and will be selling these very cheaply for parents who want to get organised for next session. Mrs Blair will run the eco shop from 9am -11am in the school reception area. I have attached a price list below –
Eco Shop Price List 17 June 2015
If you have any donations of old school uniform for the eco shop, please hand them in to the school office by 3pm on Thursday.
Here are the activities that we will be involved in tomorrow.
P1a and P1b – Book Swap in class and an eco fishing game (made by the eco-committee)
P2 – Making posters to highlight the importance of saving energy
P2/3 – Litter pick of the playground after break time
P3 – Litter pick of the playground after lunch
P4 – Create a graph showing the litter collected by P2/3
P4/5 – Looking after our vegetable garden
P5 – Talk from Scottish Water 1pm-2pm
P5/6 – Talk from Scottish Water 2pm-3pm
P6/7 – Cooking some delicious food
P7 – Water the plants (Graduation in the afternoon)
As well as all of these great learning opportunities all classes will have the opportunity to complete an eco orienteering challenge.
We are looking forward to a great day!!
We have been learning how to identify and name a variety of fractions during Maths time. We use Fraction Loop Cards, Fraction Bingo, Fraction Dominoes and Fraction Matching Cards to help us improve.
On 28th April, P3 were really excited to go to Pizza Express at The Fort where they got the opportunity to make Margherita pizzas with a pizzaiolo (pizza chef). They even managed to raise money for the cost of the bus through their Beadtastic Enterprise – making and selling bead bracelets throughout the school. Thanks to all Glenmanor pupils and parents for your support!
Each pupil had their own pizza base and were responsible for spreading out the dough and tomato sauce.
The pizzaiolo then showed the children a trick for making the tomato sauce spread evenly around the base without using a spoon by shaking the base. It was quite tricky!
The pupils then added the mozzarella topping to their pizzas and the pizzaiolo then cooked them in the oven for us. We then got the opportunity to taste fresh basil, mozzarella cheese and black olives.
Afterwards we took the yummy pizzas back to school and enjoyed them for lunch. The class are really excited now about cooking in our school kitchen after this wonderful experience!
1. Get a pot.
2. Add soil.
3. Place the bean in the soil making sure the split part of the bean is at the top of the soil.
4. Add water.
5. Sit in the sunlight and water every day.
If you take good care of your plants they will grow really tall.
P2/3 have enjoyed taking care of their plants and helping Mrs Ewart to find the sunlight.
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
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 –
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.
Chef 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 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
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