What a week…What a team! Looking back at 13th – 17th Nov
One of the qualities that makes Kirkshaws so special to me is the strong partnership that exist amongst ALL members of the school community. Staff, parents, former parents and pupils all enjoy working together for the benefit of our school community.
Take this week, for example…our Fundraisers organised another well-attended Afternoon Tea, where parents and grandparents had the opportunity to pop in for a cuppa and cake and shop for Christmas gifts, whilst being entertained by some of our enthusiastic pupils. Then the same Fundraisers were back in later in the week, planning the fine details of the Christmas Fête which will run on 9th December. Not only that, but our Parent Volunteer group were in on Thursday, as always, preparing teaching resources with a smile. In addition, our children continue to benefit from Mr Roe’s help in classes several times each week. We also had a full-house for our Kilbowie Information event on Monday evening, directly followed by a busy Parent Council Meeting. And as for our Bronze Award outing to the Showcase – well, without parent volunteers we simply couldn’t have gone! And let’s not forget the family homework I set this week. I’m delighted to say, I am snowed under with all your responses to our Values task. Who says primary schools are for under 12s? At Kirkshaws there is no age limit to our team! To EVERY parent or volunteer who took an active role this week…THANK YOU, your efforts have not gone unnoticed.
However, I can’t ignore the work of our younger members either. Matt Stewart, from Entrepreneur Me, was thrilled with the enthusiasm shown by our P.5-7 pupils during his first follow-up visit since the launch of our Enterprise is the Business project. Matt will be returning after Christmas to build on this with the pupils from Rooms 9 & 10, as they devise a ‘Do Good’ project to benefit those in need in our local area.
Our sporting stars also had another successful week. A further two wins for the football team on Tuesday night had Mr Gall grinning for ear to ear. Mr Sharp was also full of praise for the pupils he took to the Sportshall Athletics event on Friday. Hard work, determination, resilience and first class sportsmanship made the day a huge success. Lady Rocks Basketball coaches were also full of praise for the pupils they worked with on Friday. I am always so proud to hear how well our pupils listen, apply themselves and help each other, both in class and when working with visiting specialists!
Our gardeners continue to work with Toni each week. I can’t believe they are still smiling and throwing themselves into the huge task ahead, even with a significant drop in temperature this week.
Add to that the extensive work carried out by all classes linked to Anti-bullying Week, and I think you can safely say that we collectively value the strong positive relationships that make Kirkshaws unique!
What a great start on our journey to becoming a Rights Respecting School!
