Our hard working Pupil Council ran a highly professional talent show on Friday afternoon that really showcased the wonderful talent we have here at St.Augustine’s Primary. We had a wealth of talent on show, ranging from singing, dancing, gymnastic routines to musical talent being showcased. The show was amazing with the audience enthralled with the quality of entertainment on show. Great work Pupil Council who have worked hard over the last few weeks auditioning acts and creating a fabulous programme of talent. Well done to all the acts who took part, you were all winners and a real credit to the school.
School Assembly News
Our excellent and hard working Junior Road Safety Officers have been working extremely hard over the last few months to create a School Travel Plan that will impact upon the health and wellbeing of the school community. On Friday they opened the school assembly and informed everyone of their aims and how they hope to achieve them. There were quite a few of our children who received a special commendation for their quality entries to the recent Road Safety competition. Our school assembly also included excellent presentations by the Eco committee in regard of Switch Off Fortnight and the Global Citizens who are running a campaign in aid of Coatbridge Food Bank. Pupils have been asked to bring in tinned and packet food for the foodbank over the next few weeks. All donations will be gratefully received. Here are a few pictures of a very entertaining and informative assembly.
Pr.5 visit New Lanark College
Our very lucky Pr.5 pupils set off on an adventure today when they went to New Lanark College thanks to a wonderful invitation to see the fabulous facilities and to learn about further education and some of the skills required for the world of work. Mrs. McGlone reported that the workshops were amazing. The children were in mixed groups with half going to the Science department and the other half visiting the dentistry department. Then the fun began!! The children participated in observing experiments and then carried out a few of their own in small groups with the science students – ‘burning money’ and creating their own ‘fireworks’ by spraying different chemicals on a flame to change the colour. They even held the flame in their hand. Poor Mrs.McGlone’s heart was in her mouth! Many children wanted to be a scientist after all the excitement. After a short break the groups swapped over with the next group going to make impressions of teeth with the dentistry students and visiting dentists from China using many of the tools and state of the art technology provided in the college for students . At the end of the session the children received certificates from the Head of the Dentistry Department and also got to take home their moulds. Once again Mrs.McGlone noted quite a number of expressions of interest in this profession. A huge thanks is extended to the college for a fantastic visit. The school would like to particularly thank Mrs. Clare Flynn, Head of Faculty for facilitating such a great morning and to all the staff and students for making the morning such an interesting, entertaining, informative and enjoyable experience. Many thanks also to the parents who came along to help supervise. We can’t wait to go back!!
Room 6 Coatbridge Project
WOW!!!Congratulations to the very talented pupils who worked hard to create these wonderful 3D replicas of well known Coatbridge landmarks. They really are outstanding. The boys and girls gave wonderful talks to their class about the landmark they had chosen to build. They are so detailed and accurate you almost feel like you are looking at the real thing!!! Super work boys and girls and well done mums and dads because we are sure you might have been required to give a helping hand.
Room 7 news
The wonderful boys and girls of Room 7 have been extremely busy both in class and at home as they worked upon their project about Coatbridge. In the picture gallery below you will see a few snapshots of their recent visit to Summerlee and the wonderful 3D models they constructed to replicate Coatbridge landmarks. Well done boys and girls you really have excelled. Now we have to find somewhere to display this wonderful work so that the school community can see your masterpieces!!
The Week Ahead
As always the school is looking forward to a busy week of events and activities. Our Enterprise Fortnight begins this week and will involve all classes in creating and producing products to sell at our Christmas Fayre on Sat.28th Nov.
On Monday our Pr.5 pupils will attend workshops in the newly re-furbished New Lanark College on Kildonan Street. The children will walk to the college at 9.10 and aim to return to the school in time for lunch at 12.35. This will be a wonderful opportunity to learn about skills for learning, life and work at the workshops they will attend.
OnTuesday Rooms 8 and 9 will attend Summerlee Heritage Museum as part of their studies on Coatbridge. Our cross country athletes will attend the first of the qualifiers at Coatbridge Outdoor Sports Centre at 9.45am.
On Wednesday our Young Leaders from Pr.7 will continue with their training. Mrs.Hanlon will attend training for the delivery of God’s Loving Plan.
On Friday we will have a whole school assembly which will involve the launch of the school travel plan. In the afternoon our Pupil Council have worked hard to audition and gather entries for a talent show.
First Friday Mass
The whole school will attend Holy Mass at 10.00am tomorrow. It would be lovely to be joined by some of our parents and grandparents.
Room 6 and 7 visit Summerlee Museum
As part of the children’s Interdisciplinary Learning about Coatbridge the boys and girls of Room 6 and 7 visited Summerlee Heritage Museum on Wednesday. Teachers reported that the children enjoyed a highly informative and entertaining visit to the museum that brought to life their class studies. Some brave children even visited the mine!!
Awards
At today’s assembly it was wonderful to celebrate the achievements of so many of our pupils. Children were recognised and rewarded for displaying Marvelluos Manners, whilst others were recognised for their work as Good Citizens. Pupil of the Week Awards were also presented and recognised the excellent application to all aspects of work. Well done boys and girls, keep up the good work!
The week Ahead
Now that the festivities of Halloween are over the school is looking forward to the next array of whole school events. This week classes will be engaging in a wide variety of activities around the theme of fireworks. The Dunbeth Fireworks display takes place on Wednesday 4th Nov. , bonfire lit at 7.00pm, fireworks at 7.30pm.
In school this week pupils from Room 6 and 7 will make their way to Summerlee Heritiage Museum as part of their studies on Coatbridge, this visit will take place n Wednesday. Our Pr.7 Young Leaders will continue with their training on Wednesday.
Mrs.Docherty will attend a meeting around the Scottish Attainment Challenge on Wednesday at the Literacy Base.
Mr. O’Dowd will attend training in regard of the implementation of God’s Loving Plan.
The whole school will attend First Friday Mass at 10 o’clock.
Our committees will have their meetings on Friday afternoon and get ready to report back in regard of their action plans.
Please note the deadline date for Christmas card designs is Friday.
It is a busy week as always at St.Augustine’s. We hope to share with you this week what’s been happening in your child’s class this term.
