{"id":4322,"date":"2017-02-08T20:51:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staneprimary\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2017-02-08T20:54:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:54:03","slug":"head-teachers-blog-wednesday-8th-february-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staneprimary\/?p=4322","title":{"rendered":"Head Teacher’s Blog – Wednesday 8th February 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday is one of my favourite days in school as we have our ‘Celebrating Success’ assembly in the morning. \u00a0The children enjoyed singing ‘Happy and You Know It’ and ‘Build Up’ and the JRSOs delivered\u00a0an excellent presentation about Zebra Crossings and how to use them safely.<\/p>\n

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We also celebrated with all of the children who have remained on Green so far this week or have even been moved up to Silver or Gold! \u00a0Two girls showed off their Dance Exam trophies and certificates and we celebrated four birthdays as well. \u00a0We sang the weekly ‘Well Done’ song to all of our achievers and ended the assembly with our school song, ‘As We Go Now’. \u00a0This is such an important song to us as it reminds us that we must ‘treasure one another’ and realise ‘how important we all are’.<\/p>\n

The teachers were very\u00a0proud to present two pupils from their class with the ‘Stane Superstar’ trophies for excellent behaviour or excellent classwork. \u00a0Have a look at who earned it this week:<\/p>\n

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Jonathan, our school chaplain, visited the children during assembly today and joined the staff for a ‘cuppa’ at interval. \u00a0It is lovely to have him join us regularly and the children enjoy his company too. \u00a0In the afternoon, he visited P5\/6 and P6\/7 and was teaching them about forgiveness through the parable of ‘The Lost Son’.<\/p>\n

I was able to join P2\/3 for their Taught Writing lesson after interval as they worked on their preparation and planning for a persuasive piece of writing. \u00a0Based on their story of ‘Lost and Found’, they will be\u00a0writing a persuasive letter to earn place on a trip to ‘The South Pole’. \u00a0They were considering what would be the best items to pack in their case. \u00a0Many of the children were coming up with some great ideas such as waterproof trousers, boots, hats and gloves. \u00a0Some even thought about packing a flask and sandwiches – after all, it will be a long journey! \u00a0 I was very impressed with how well P2\/3 concentrated and worked co-operativley together to come up with idea. \u00a0I can’t wait to read their stories tomorrow.<\/p>\n

In this week’s Wishaw Press, our P6 Enterprise Group are featured as they pitched to the Parent Council last week for a donation toward their Edinburgh excursion. \u00a0Check out the coverage we got:<\/p>\n

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In the afternoon I had the pleasure of escorting some of the P6 Enterprise children to a local Cash and Carry to buy sweeties! \u00a0They have decided to host a ‘Pick and Mix’ sale in school over the next few days. \u00a0The children thought carefully about the best sweeties to buy that will be popular with the other pupils. \u00a0\u00a0Mix-ups will go on sale from tomorrow.<\/p>\n