School Blog – Page 19 – Stane Primary School and Nursery Class

St Andrew’s Hospice bears in the nursery!

The boys and girls in the nursery have been so lucky to have a special bear from St Andrew’s Hospice visit them for 2 weeks. The children in the morning have named their bear, ‘Betty Bear’ and the afternoon children have named their bear, ‘Diamond Bear’. The children have been learning all about St Andrew’s Hospice and what they do. The children have became aware of the help they provide to patients and have really enjoyed looking after the St Andrew’s Hospice special bears! The children have made their very own ‘Teddy Bear’s Passport’, had a discussion about their favourite bear and have been counting down to the Teddy Bear’s picnic on Friday! All the children are so excited!

High-5 for fruit workshop in the nursery.

Last week, the nursery children met a new friend called Mairi. Mairi works as part of the High-5 for fruit initiative, who provide nurseries with weekly fruit. Mairi took children in small groups to read a story and then the children could taste the food associated with the book. There were avocados, oranges, pineapples and lots more! The boys and girls found that the avocados weren’t as yummy as the sweet oranges and felt quite strange when they touched it. If the children didn’t want to eat the fruit, they could smell it, feel it or even lick it! The children learned about lots of healthy fruits and why it’s so important to eat fruit each day!

St Andrew’s Hospice – Meet Oscar!

Week Beginning 21^st March 2016

This week the pupils met their new class teddy, Oscar. Oscar has come from St ANdrew’s Hospice to make friends with the Primary 2 pupils at Stane Primary.

The pupils enjoyed making Oscar feel at home by telling him all about their own favourite cuddly teddy bears.

Oscar brought along his very own passport where the boys and girls enjoyed finding out about Oscar’s likes and dislikes. The pupils then had fun creating their very own passport. They were very enthusiastic about telling Oscar all about themselves.

Oscar had fun when he made an appearance at the Easter Service this week. Rachel was giving the important job of looking after Oscar during this service. Abbie had fun when she got to take Oscar into assembly and he loved being part of the boys and girls success.

The pupils did some drama work on the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. They had so much fun acting out some the scenes and the different obstacles in the story. Dylan was chosen to pretend to be the dad from the story and we had Oscar as the bear. The pupils enjoyed questioning the different characters and hearing different points of view.

Oscar has had a great week and is looking forward to another fun filled week with the boys and girls.

Miss Penrice

Week Beginning Tuesday 29th March 2016

The lunch menu for the week ahead…

Please note that this is the final week of the Autumn/Winter menu.

The Spring/Summer menu will start on Monday 18th April 2016.

What’s on this week…

Tuesday 29th March 2016

11.15am-12.15pm: Library Bus in school for P4-7.

Wednesday 30th March 2016

9.30am-10.15am: Celebrating Success Assembly.
1.30pm-3.00pm: Miss Law in school to deliver Roots of Empathy programme with P2.

Thursday 31st March 2016

9.30am-11.30am: Staff from ABC Music in Nursery to deliver music lesson to am children.
1.30pm-3.00pm: Movie Duvet reward for pupils in Torbothie House.
3.00pm-4.15pm: P4-7 Football After School club led Active Schools Coach – PE Kit and Water Bottle Required).

Friday 1st April 2016

Non-uniform Day. £1 per pupil towards School Improvement Fund.
Miss Penrice last day of placement.
11.00am-12pm: Nursery to P2 Teddy Bears Picnic (don’t forget to bring your teddy!)
2.30pm: School closes for Spring holiday.

Monday 18th April 2016

School and Nursery re-open for Term 4.

‘The Best Day Ever!’

P1/2 and P2 had an amazing day on Thursday when they visited Deep Sea World and Aberdour Beach to consolidate their learning in class over the last term.

When we arrived at Deep Sea World we explored the rock pools and tanks before taking a journey through the tunnel under the sea! We loved seeing the Sharks and the fish swimming above us.

We then had the opportunity to watch the seals being fed. They had lots of fish for their lunch and they looked like they enjoyed them as much as we enjoyed our packed lunches!

After a quick break for lunch we jumped back on the bus and soon arrived at the beach. We were very lucky as the weather stayed dry so we could enjoy our time there.

We quickly made ourselves comfortable – some of the children set out their towels ready to ‘sunbathe’ while others quickly got to work building sand castles, digging holes and burying the staff in the sand! The school treated everyone to a delicious ice cream which we devoured before setting off again for school.

It was a fantastic day and the staff were delighted with the excellent behaviour and attitude displayed by our pupils throughout. Mrs Linfoot and Mrs McLean were very proud of them. Kenzie summed the day up perfectly when he said, ‘That was the best day EVER!’ As we travelled home on the bus!

People Who Help Us – The Police

Week Beginning 14^th March 2016

In Primary 2 this week, the pupils focused on the police service. The role play corner was set up as a police station. The children had great fun role playing the different jobs police officers do. They created their own police hats and police badges and loved using these in the role play corner.

The boys and girls created their own police puppets. Kati came up with the idea of putting on a police puppet show. Most of the pupils joined in and enjoyed putting on a performance at the police station.

The pupils found out about fingerprints this week and enjoyed using the paint to create their own fingerprint. Demi was particularly interested to find out if they were all different and why they were different.

The children had an exciting afternoon on Thursday when the police visited P1/2. Pupils loved going out to the police van and Beth was very pleased when she was put in jail!

The pupils found out that police often solve mysteries and look for clues. On Friday afternoon, I had set up an investigation for pupils. The pupils were very enthusiastic about looking for each the clues to get their prize. They loved looking for each clue and were very pleased when they found the prize of sweets!

“I absolutely loved that Miss Penrice” – Kenzie

“Can we do another one?” – Rachel

“That was so much fun” – Demi

Miss Penrice

Week Beginning Monday 21st March 2016

The school lunch menu for the week ahead:

What’s on this week…

Monday 21st March 2016

Entries for the Decorate an Egg competition to be handed in today.
Last day for pupils to purchase Easter Hamper raffle tickets (50p a strip)

Tuesday 22nd March 2016

9.30am-10.30am: Spring Prize Giving Service in Hall. Parents/relatives welcome to attend – refreshments served from 9am.
11.30am-12pm: P5 Kodaly Music lesson with Mrs. McGregor.

Wednesday 23rd March 2016

9.30am and 1.30pm: High Five Fruit – Healthy Eating Workshop for Nursery pupils.
9.30am-10.15am: Celebrating Success Assembly
10.30am-3.00pm: P3 and P4/5 outing to Krispy Kreme. School uniform to be worn.
13.15pm-3.00pm: Miss Law in P2 to deliver Roots of Empathy lesson.

Thursday 24th March 2016

9.30am-2.30pm: SSPCA delivering talks to P3-7/
2.15pm-2.45pm: Golden Time
3.00pm-4.15pm: P4-7 Football After School club led Active Schools Coach (PE Kit and water bottle required)
School and Nursery close at the normal times today.

Friday 25th March 2016

Good Friday – School and Nursery closed.

Monday 28th March 2016

Easter Monday – School and Nursery closed.

Tuesday 29th March 2016

School and Nursery re-open at the usual times.

Tuesday 15th March 2016

Two children from Primary 5 took part in the North Lanarkshire Cross Country Finals today. I was very proud of their effort and stamina – they did the school and themselves proud!

I enjoyed teaching P5/ 6 this morning – the children were learning to get meaning from poetry. The poem was about Jack Frost and the ‘game’ he plays during the winter time coming to an end as Spring approaches. The children made some thoughtful contributions to the discussion – especially when we discussed personification. They could give lots of examples of times when the weather is personified! Well done P5/6.

The cashless system is working very well in our school cafeteria. The children are all remembering to top-up their cards during Breakfast Club time or interval and (more importantly) remembering to put their cards back in the boxes after they have bought their lunch.

At the moment, we have not introduced the online payment system but we hope to soon.

Letters were issued today about two exciting excursions. Primary 1/2 and 2 are going to visit Deep Sea World in Edinburgh next Thursday and P3 and 4/5 are going to Kripsy Kreme doughnuts in Edinburgh as part of their Charlie and the Chocolate Factory learning. Please return permission slips and payment as soon as possible.

Tomorrow Mrs. Scott will welcome invited parents to the school to take part in a Paired Reading programme and Miss Thomson’s class will be going out of school to release the fish eggs they have been looking after into the local river. In the afternoon, P1/2 will be visited by the local Co-op to judge their Easter colouring competition. There will be prized for 1st-3rd place plus a Creme Egg for every pupil in the class.

Monday 14th March 2016

It was lovely to have some sunshine today – the children really enjoyed playing outdoors in the warmish sun.

The nursery am children had a bit of an adventure to start their session – the door wouldn’t open and the children had to arrive via the P1 doors. The fact that not one of the children was phased by this change to their routine just shows how confident and comfortable the children are at nursery. Thank you to everyone for their patience today. Thankfully, the issue was resolved for pick up time.

Our brand new tracksuit tops arrived today – they look wonderful. Thank you so much to the two companies who purchased them for us. Tomorrow, two children will be debuting them at the NLC Cross Country Finals. Good Luck to both of them!

The children in P3 and P4/5 have been busy rehearsing ‘The Donkey’s Tale’ for the Easter Assembly next week. The children were rehearsing this afternoon and sounded wonderful. You are in for a real treat if you are able to attend at 9.30am next week.

Don’t forget that pupils can enter the decorate an egg competition by bringing their creations in to school next week. Winners will be announced at the Spring Assembly.