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What’s on this Week?
Our week ahead is a busy one and also a very important one for St.Augustine’s School. We pray for our Pr. 6 and 7 pupils who will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation on Monday evening. This week we also share our ongoing improvement agenda with HMI who will visit the school on Wednesday and Thursday. We hope they will be suitably impressed with all the great work that is taking place across the school. A glimpse through our school blog gives a flavour of all the wonderful learning opportunities that are provided for all and reflects the many achievements of St.Augustine’s pupils both in school and beyond. We are proud of our school and we hope HMI will agree with us that our improvement agenda is impacting positively upon all our children.
| Monday | 9.20 – Whole school end of month assembly delivered by our new Pr.7 House Captains and Vice Captains
Mrs.Docherty/ Mrs.Elliott meeting with Mrs.O’Donohue (new staff member) – 11.00am Possible Confirmation rehearsal 1.30 – 3.00pm FOOTBALL Confirmation Service – St.Augustine’s Church 7.00pm. Children to wear school uniform (shirt and tie). Sponsors will be directed to the seat on arrival at the church. |
| Tuesday | NETBALL |
| Wednesday | Follow up inspection visit by HMI (2 days).
9.00 – 10.00 Mrs.Docherty, Mrs.Elliott – to present to HMI on school improvement agenda Mrs. Elaine O’Donohue to join staff team St.Ambrose Sports Leaders 9.00 – 10.00 Hockey Pr. 6 FUN FITNESS |
| Thursday | WORLD BOOK DAY
Reading Quiz – Mrs.Elliott to escort team to event – am Reconciliation Practice Pr. 3 – 1.30pm – Church CROSS COUNTRY PARKOUR |
| Friday | First Friday Mass Pr. 4 – 5
Literacy Dress Up( as a character from fiction) Assembly Pr. 1 – 3 – 11.15am. Parents invited Pyjama themed readathon – Pr. 4 – 7 Credit Union Collection Day Rag Bag Collection Day DANCE AFTERSCHOOL CLUB |
Solo Talks in P2
Rooms 3 and 4 were demonstrating that they are already confident individuals by giving talks to their class on a Scottish Landmark of their choice. The research was amazing and they presented the facts clearly to the class audience, with good eye contact and engaging visuals. Of course the class audience listened perfectly and they learned lots from each other. Wow! We are so impressed.
Budding Authors in Primary 2
Pupils in P2 have been extremely busy writing their own books for Literacy Week. Our little budding authors were helped by their P7 buddies who edited their stories and helped them spell some tricky words. Lots of encouragement was given to get all their ideas down on paper. Next step publishing! We can’t wait to read them!
Clyde in the Classroom
P7 children went to visit P5 today to hear all about the Brown Trout the children have been studying in their classroom. It was wonderful of P5 to share their learning so successfully. Their knowledge was superb. Thank you for letting us visit and for answering all of our questions boys and girls.
P7 Credit Union
Some of our P7 children were processing savings for the credit union today. Please remember collection is every Friday for anyone who has opened an account. If you are interested in opening an account please ask Mrs Drummond for an application form.
Room 9 Solo Talks
The children in room 9 have been learning about lots of different famous Scottish people. They chose their own famous Scot to research at home. The children created a presentation and shared their learning with the rest of the class. We heard about lots of interesting people from Sean Connery to Fran and Anna!
Watch out, Bugs about!
Our new bug hotel has been installed in the front garden. We are hoping lots of interesting residents move in to help our science studies. Look out for our investigation pictures.
STEM Lava Lamps in P6/7 and P7
The first floor was a hive of activity this afternoon as the children carried out a science expiriment to see what would happen when water, oil, food colouring and effervescent tablets are mixed together. We made predictions and evaluated the results.
During this activity we learned that water and oil do not mix because of something called intermolecular polarity. Some fantastic cooperative learning on display. Here are some pictures to share our learning.
First Communion Preparation
This week, primary 4 had a visit from Father Kane and Mr Harper. They spoke to the children about the important preparation they will be undertaking in the coming months. The boys and girls can’t wait to get started!
