Dorothy Anne Audrey, Focus on Food Curriculum Development Officer, came in to support our Health Week on Tuesday. She delivered small cooking workshops to our primary two children in our kitchen.
They learned about kitchen safety and how to handle small knives. They also made a delicious pasta salad. The smell was delicious and everyone wanted to taste their food. It’s a pity there wasn’t enough to go around as I was waiting patiently but they had eaten the lot!!!
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A Visit from Peter of Glasgow Fruit Market
Peter from the Glasgow fruit market came to support our Health Week on Tuesday. He worked with our infant department. He explained the role of a market worker and we were shocked to hear he has been working since 3am and some others start work at 2am in the morning!
He brought along lots of fruit and vegetables from other countries. Everyone did their best to guess where they came from.
Peter brought grapes from Brazil, bananas from South America, Strawberries from Spain, melon from Chilli and lots more interesting fruit and veg like ginger and eggplant.
The children had a quiz with Peter and had to name fruit and vegetables beginning with different sounds! They also had to make a healthy lunchbox.
Peter talked about fruits that grow in warmer countries and stressed the importance of establishing lifelong healthy eating habits.
The children then had the lovely task of tasting the delicious fresh fruit from the market, some children chose to taste fruit that they had never tasted before.
It was a delightful visit enjoyed be all. We would love to welcome Peter back to school and hope he has a long lie soon after all those early mornings!
Health Week
Our Health Week is well underway with all children involved in a full programme of activities and visits. On Monday the school welcomed NLC Nutritionist Michelle McGuiness who did a considerable amount of work with Pr.1 – 5 pupils. Firstly she worked with Pr.4 and Pr.5 to give a 10 mins talk about health eating and healthy food. Children were then encouraged to create their own healthy menu of starter, main meal and dessert which was then collected to assist with a future menu planning meeting. In addition there were food tasters for the children. Our Pr.1 – 3 children were involved in going to a variety of stations around the school hall. As you can see there was plenty to keep everyone involved and hopefully the healthy food and healthy eating message got across to all.
Health Week
Here is a copy of the wide variety of activities and visitors who will be coming along to the school this week. Let’s hope when you ask your child about school this week and how they got on, that they say more than just “fine”.
Pr.7 Induction to St.Ambrose
Our senior pupils were off to St.Ambrose last week as part of their transition to High School. We missed them about the building on Thursday and Friday and look forward to hearing about their experiences when they return to school this week.
Health Week
Our Health Week is finally upon us and thanks to the outstanding help of Miss Ross we have a fabulous timetable organised for the benefit of all pupils this week. Mrs.Hanlon who is now leading our Health Committee for Pr.4 – 7 has also requested that all snacks have a strong focus on healthy eating throughout the week. This also extends to the staffroom where biscuits and cakes will be strictly forbidden!! Please remember to check the school blog daily for regular news about all events taking place throughout the week.
Busy in the garden
Our horticulturists in Room 12 have been busy at work contributing to the great work that is taking place around our school grounds. We now have a fantastic variety of flowers and vegetables growing and a wonderful harvest to look forward to in the autumn. Our picture gallery also includes pictures that Mrs.Chisholm sent along of Pr.1’s involved in their garden harvest in the autumn of last year. We really do have something to look forward to in the autumn.
Travel Plan Update
The school hosted a meeting with local councillor Kevin Docherty, local police, Travel Plan Officer Jacqui McDove, school staff and pupils (Junior Road Safety Officers) on Wednesday. The aim of the meeting was to address ongoing concerns around parking around school grounds. As you are all no doubt aware there was a recent road accident outside the school gates involving a young child. This was deeply distressing for all involved. Fortunately, the child in question was unharmed but this recent accident highlighted the need to implement further measures to ensure the safety of all children as they exit school premises and when they arrive for the school day. Proposals have been made and we now wait patiently to see the outcome of our plans. Our Parent Council have also agreed to support these plans.
School Committees
Our school committees gathered together for their second committee meeting on Friday. They are now well down the way of establishing the aim of their work, formulating action plans and identifying pupils who will have specific roles in order to drive forward improvements and impact at school level and beyond. We look forward to the first updates at our whole school assemblies.
Prayer service
Many thanks to all parents and grandparents who came along to celebrate with us at the service for Our Lady during the final week of May. Our Pr.1,2 and 3 pupils did a fine job in leading the prayer service and celebrating not only Mary, Mother of God but all mothers and grandmothers. This was the first time parents had been invited to the service and they very kindly thanked staff for the lovely invitation. It was lovely to see so many our our parents taking the time to come along and pray with us as a school community. We aim to continue involving our wider school community in joining us as often as possible as a community of faith and learning.
