Mark from S.C.I.A.F. Â came to our school and gave our senior pupils a task to do. We had to write prayers for the people of Africa who are hungry.
Our S.C.I.A.F. assembly
Monthly Archives: February 2016
playground equipment
Dear Mrs Hagerty
Iwould like to notify you that my class mates and I would like some playground equipment . I agree with this idea because of the benefits it will have on us . This playground equipment will keep children occupied there for there will be less fights in the playground that spills into class time. As you know we desperately need to work on our social skills and this could help develop them. This would also make interval more interesting for the pupils of the school. Surely an intelligent person like yourself knows how important physical and mental fitness is to young children.
This playground equipment would also benefit future generations of ST Patrick’s primary.The senior pupils yard is dull and boring for there is nothing to occupy us.To raise money we could do some fund rasing like bingo nights or sponsored walks.
I hope you will take my letter into perspective.
yours sincerly Beth Crawley
Persuasive Letter- Playground Equipment
Dear Mrs Hagerty, HT ,
I am writing to ask you to take urgent action to install playground equipment in the senior yard and take it into serious consideration. I am aware and appreciate that you all ready have many great plans in place for our school, but I ask you to make this one of your top priorities.
I am conscious of the fact that children are suffering from boredom whilst out in the yard due to a lack of playground activities. As you have acknowledged in the past , this leads to pupils finding alternative games, one such ‘game’ as fighting.
I believe that you and our classroom assistants will have no doubt discussed the problem that football dominates the majority of the yard , often causing injuries, due to the lack of space where other pupils have to socialise. As well as injuries , arguments take place on the pitch that spill over onto valuable class time , as teachers spend lots of time getting to the bottom of the incident.
Furthermore, surely you will agree that we need to participate in outdoor activities that are fun , give us energy and encourage us to challenge ourselves? We spend many hours couped  up inside, therefore we should be encouraged to take advantage of the good, fresh , Scottish air and prepare us for the afternoon ahead .
Mrs Hagerty, I’m sure that you will agree that it’s now time for the senior pupils to benefit from some outdoor fun. It goes without saying that an adventure track would be suitable for both boys and girls to play in harmony.
Yours Sincerely, L.C
Mountain Landscapes
We have been creating mountain landscapes as part of our topic “The Giant of Thistle Mountain”.
Tesco Bags of Help Award!
   
Tesco has teamed up with greenspace scotland to launch its Bags of Help initiative across Scotland. The scheme will see three community groups and projects awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge.
St Patrick’s Primary School has been selected to receive a reward and it’s now up to the shoppers at Tesco to vote for the winners! We would like to improve our playground by adding play equipment for our children. Please vote for us to get the £12,000 grant!
Bags of Help offers community groups and projects in each of Tesco’s regions across the UK a share of revenue generated from the five pence charge levied on single-use carrier bags.
The public will now vote in store from 27 February until 6 March on who should receive the £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 awards.
www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp
our award winners in p7
Here are this months award winners from Rm 14.
The awards were presented for I.C.T, Sports, Health and Wellbeing, Star of the Month and Headteachers Award.
Well done to all our award winners, keep up the good work!!!!
Hospice ambassadors
Today the children in primaries six and seven had a visit from Lynsey from St Andrew’s Hospice. She told us all about the Ambassador programme and how we could sign up to become ambassadors for the hospice. We are looking forward to carrying out lots of fundraising activities.
Pizza Party
Room 13 won a competition to write a prayer to St Patrick. The prize was £50 to spend in any way they liked. The children all decided they would like to have a party with a delivery from Domino’s Pizza!
Everyone had lots of fun dancing and eating far too much pizza! Here are some pictures from our party.
Attack Of The Orange
Here is a stop motion made by Taylor,Taylor,Joe and Adam
Meet the Characters of Thistle Mountain
During our new topic, we have created characters who live in the Mountain Community of Thistle Mountain. These are our characters.
