Mrs N’s Notes, 6th – 10th Nov.
As always, when I sit at the end of the week and consider all that Team Kirkshaws has achieved, I don’t know how we fitted it all in!
TWO Friendship League football matches, THREE new carpets laid in Rooms 10, 14 & 16, FOUR lessons from Coatbridge High staff, NINE after school clubs, ELEVEN crates of donations for our Fundraisers Christmas Fête, HUNDREDS of Poppies sold, THOUSANDS of questions asked and answered in our learning community and INNUMERABLE moments of joy and encouragement in our playrooms, classrooms and playgrounds as our learners develop skills for learning, skills for life & skills for work!
First of all, I must thank everyone for the very generous donations made to our Christmas Fête. There seems to be no end to your kindness and support. Without your help, events like this could not go ahead. Huge thanks too to our Fundraisers group, who somehow manage to find the time to organise it all. Hats off to you, ladies! I have no idea how you fit it all in AND keep smiling.
Running through ALL Kirkshaws lessons is the desire to provide our children with quality learning experiences to prepare them with SKILLS FOR LEARNING, SKILLS FOR LIFE & SKILLS FOR WORK. Through this tiny gallery of photographs here, you get a flavour of what that looks like in our school. These were all taken this week, but only show a tiny fraction of the learning going on here.
- academic achievements across ALL curricular areas
- personal hygiene – toothbrushing built in to daily practice from Nursery to P.7
- personal safety – crossing the road, using scissors, following safety rules in school
- developing relationships – families working in partnership, playground buddies, cooperative learning, peer tutors – sharing their learning with others, family homework (don’t forget to tell us which Values your family consider MOST important)
- making sense of the world around us by experimenting, asking questions, trying out personal ideas
- staying healthy – learning the importance of a healthy lifestyle at a young age to promote long term benefits
- thinking of the needs of others – charity events benefiting our wider school community and beyond
- making every day count – demonstrating effort, enthusiasm and a commitment to being in school every day – on time and ready to work with a smile!
I consider myself VERY fortunate to be working with such an amazing team of staff, learners and parents. Together we will continue to BELIEVE, ACHIEVE, SUCCEED!
