Outdoor Learning, Parent Forum, Primary 5/6

P5/6 Garden Open Event

May 29, 2015 Mrs Quinn 6 Comments

On Wednesday 27th May P5/6 invited parents and carers to help us in our school garden. There was a big turn out from parents, grandparents and even sisters. We had great fun and managed to get a lot of work done.

We dug over our vegetable beds and planted potatoes and shallots. We used hanging baskets to plant strawberries and tumbling tomatoes. Purple Haze carrots and Blood Red onions were thinned out and transferred from pots into grow bags. Pupils worked hard to weed our flower planters and added beautiful bright flowering plants.

Food and Health, Outdoor Learning, Primary 3

P3 Trip to Dumfries House

May 28, 2015 Miss Lalmy 2 Comments

On Fri 27th March P3 were very excited to go on their trip to Dumfries House. We were blessed with sunny weather and got to enjoy all the outdoor activities as well as our cooking session! P3 enjoyed cutting up vegetables and herbs to make a delicious pasta salad. Some pupils were very good at trying new foods.

Afterwards we went outside for a vegetable hunt and the trip finished with some free time at the adventure playground.

Primary 5

Talking and Listening in Primary 5!

May 28, 2015 Miss McIntosh 2 Comments

Today in Primary 5 we were learning how to write a fairy tale. The class were given a picture as a stimulus and the children worked with a partner to create a short story about the character in the picture. The children were able to successfully discuss and tell their story to the class. The class were a wonderful audience and we enjoyed making up our own stories. Our next step is to choose a fairytale and rewrite it, changing characters, the setting or the main events. I am looking forward to this and so are the children.

Food and Health, Primary 7

P7’s cooking up a treat…

May 28, 2015 Mrs Beaton 2 Comments

Primary 7 had a go at cooking vegetable parcels last week – here are some photos of us in action. We found using the filo pastry tricky to begin with but soon mastered it…who knows, perhaps the next Masterchef is in our midst!

Food and Health, Primary 4/5

P4/5 Cooking

May 28, 2015 User deactivated 1 Comment

The boys and girls enjoyed making tomato and basil tartlets in our learning kitchen. Well done. They were delicious!

Parent Forum, Whole School

Parent Council Shorts and Shades Discos Tonight!

May 28, 2015 User deactivated 1 Comment

The Parent Council are running their shorts and shades discos in the school hall tonight Pupils pay £2, which includes a drink and crisps.

P1-3 Disco 6.30-7.30pm

Enter and exit school via main door using the one way system.

P4-7 Disco 7.45-8.45pm

Enter via the nursery gate and exit via the main door.

All pupils should be dropped off and collected from the discos.

See you there!

Achievements, Expressive Arts, Primary 7

P7 Pupils Win National Robert Burns Art Competition!

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We entered a National Robert Burns Federation Art Competiton in January where the pupils were required to create a drawing inspired by a Burns poem. In response to this challenge, Callum drew ‘Twa dugs’, Connor’s drawing was inspired by ‘To A Louse’ and Hazel drew a beautiful rose inspired by the poem ‘My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose’ ‘The judge was so impressed with the level of competence that they were placed as follows – Callum (1st), Connor (2nd) and Hazel (3rd). Callum will be presented with the Toshio Namba trophy, all pupils will be given a certificate and the school will be presented with a £100 cheque for School Funds.

A Burns Federation representative will visit Glenmanor to make the presentations. Well done! What an outstanding achievement! Thanks to Ms Brunton who teaches the pupils and prepared them for the competition.

Modern Languages, Primary 1b

P1b are learning to speak German!

May 27, 2015 Ms Hendry 5 Comments

We have been learning German in Primary 1b. Our German puppets, Felix and Franzi, have been teaching us to greet each other with ‘Hallo’ (hello), ‘Guten Morgen’ (good morning) and ‘Guten Tag’ (good day). Take a look at us singing our favourite German song.

Achievements, PE Activities and Sport

Active Schools Football Cup P6& P7

May 27, 2015 Mrs Martin Leave a comment

We were very proud of some of our Primary 6 and Primary 7 boys for representing our school at the recent active schools football cup. Our team made it to the semi-final. Well done boys! Congratulations to St Helens Primary for winning the trophy.

Outdoor Learning, Parent Forum, PE Activities and Sport, Whole School

Sports Day 2 June 2015

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Our Primary School Sports Day will go ahead on Tuesday 2 June, weather permitting ofcourse! Please join us on the grass areas next to the nursery/P1 playground for a lovely day together.

The races will take place as follows –

P3 and P4 9.15am-10.30am

P1 and P2 10.45am-12.00pm

P5, P6, P7 1.00pm-3.00pm

Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the event and sign in at the tables provided then make your way to the speactators area to cheer on our budding athletes. Some seating will be provided. If additional seating is required, please ask a member of staff on the day.