0812, 2015
Author Archives: Mr Sharp
0712, 2015
Kirkshaws Fundraisers Christmas Fayre
On Saturday our Fundraisers held their annual Christmas Fayre and, despite the horrible weather, the school was buzzing with lots of people coming along to support the group and all of the pupils. On sale were lots of Christmas gift ideas from candles to jewellery and cakes to toys. There was also a visit from Santa Clause as well for all the hard work from our pupils. The grand total
0712, 2015
Christmas Enterprise Week / Bring and Buy Sale
All last week our pupils were working hard to create, price and then sell their own items for the Christmas Enterprise Sale. Lots of pupils also brought in to school toys / books / DVDs and games that they no longer used for the Bring and Buy sale. After lots of preparation and hard work the sale went ahead on Friday afternoon with the House Captain / Vice Captains and
0612, 2015
Handball Festival (Thursday 3rd December)
10 of our P4-6 pupils had a great time at the Coatbridge / Airdrie Cluster Handball Festival. We took part in lots of Handball games against other schools and scored lots of great goals too. I think we might need to start a new Handball Club with all of the enthusiasm that was shown.
2711, 2015
House Assembly (Room 16) 27th November
Today’s assembly was the turn of Room 16 to perform at the House Assembly and they showed off all of their hard work and learning about Antarctica – a fascinating subject! Have a look at some pictures below… Next it was time to find out who had won the House Points this time round. To start off we found out who had the most class points: Dundyvan: 149 Rosehall: 119
2711, 2015
P4/5 Sportshall Athletics Festival
Today 20 of our P4 and P5 pupils went along to Airdrie Leisure Centre to take part in the local Sportshall Athletics Festival. The pupils took part in lots of track and field events including the javelin, long jump, speed bounce and various relay races and had lots of fun!
2611, 2015
Visit from the SSPCA
This morning we had a visitor in school – Lauren from the SSPCA. Lauren told us all about the charity and how we can look out and help animals who might need assistance because they have been abandoned or neglected. Then she showed us a short video of the fantastic Wildlife Centre they have where they can take in lots of different wild birds and other animals when they get
2111, 2015
Pantomime trips 2015
On Thursday and Friday this week our P1-7 pupils went along to the Civic Centre in Motherwell to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. It was Room 1-4 on the Thursday with the rest of the school travelling on Friday morning. As well as the fantastic show the pupils were also given their own little ‘goody bag’ to tuck into while they sat back and helped Snow White defeat
1911, 2015
P7 Football Team – Kirkshaws v St Bartholomews (Wed 18/11/15)
It was a wet and windy day. Kirkshaws Primary were playing ST Bartholomews. When the game started Kirkshaws got 2 early goals to put us in the lead. St Bartholomews got a goal back to make it 2-1 at half-time. When the second have started the flood lights came on and the ball got slippery then the captain Ross Mclellan scored a beautiful goal from 30 yards out! It hit
1311, 2015
Into Film Cinema trips
This week pupils from P1-7 who have achieved Bronze on their Go for Green Pathway were treated to a visit to the Showcase Cinema. The P1-3 pupils travelled on Tuesday to see the film Home while the P4-7 pupils had to wait until the end of the week to see The Sound of Music. Both trips went really well with all pupils behaving and representing Kirkshaws well! We are hoping
