What an exciting day it was at Tannochside today. The fire alarm rang during the lunch break and all of the boys and girls, and adults too, assembled on the pitch to wait for the fire engines to arrive and let us back in to the building.
The children were very quick at getting in to their correct places on the pitch and followed our fire drill plan perfectly. Thanks you to all of the nursery parents and family members who also helped with the drill.
Yesterday in the school we had some volunteers from Barclays who were out working with the children in all the classes. The volunteers were delivering money workshops and the children all enjoyed themselves learning about maths in a real life context. It was a great way for the children to learn some financial education. The volunteers passed on their thanks to the school for making them so welcome and they were very impressed with the behaviour and maturity of the children. Well done boys and girls!
To help celebrate achievement at Tannochside Primary School, the Principal Teachers will be awarding certificates to Responsible Citizens in their department.
Mrs Fleck – Primaries 1-3
Mrs Ferrie – Primaries 4&5
Mrs Grant – Primaries 6&7
These certificates will be awarded during our Assemblies. The certificates awarded at the infant assemblies will be on a two week cycle of Teachers’ Certificate and Principal Teachers’ Certificate. For the Junior/Senior assemblies it will be on three week cycle of Teachers’ Certificate, Pupils Pupil Certificate and Principal Teachers’ Certificate.
Remember we will be looking out for good examples of Responsible Citizens and we may have 1 or more winners!
Please remember that school closes for the October Holiday at 3pm on Friday 11th October 2013 (the nursery will operate normal hours that day too). We re-open on the morning of Monday 21st October 2013 at the usual times.
Have a lovely break.
What a special day it was on Wednesday. We were invited to host a visit from Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Rebecca Adlington. She was visiting Lanarkshire as part of her new swimming scheme and as a Commonwealth Games ambassador.
The children were all very excited in the lead up to her visit. Many of the classes prepared questions to ask her. The questions were quite thoughtful and Rebecca was able to give lots of information about her life as a competitive swimmer.
It was truly a special occasion, one that we will remember for a long time.
The Credit Union will start again as of Wednesday 4th September. If your child wishes to deposit any money then they can come along to the Community Room every Wednesday lunchtime. If you wish your child to join the Credit Union then application forms are available from Mrs Grant at any time.
All parents/carers are invited to our Summer service which will take place in the school assembly hall on Thursday 27th June 2013 at 11am. We would be delighted if you could join us for the last event of 2012/13.
School closes at 1pm on Thursday 27th June 2013.
We wished our graduating Primary 7’s goodbye and good luck at our emotional Leavers’ assembly today. The children entertained their audience with songs, poems and farewell messages. Our traditional awards were presented, with two girls winning the Endeavour Award and the Citizenship Award. Our brand new award, the School Spirit trophy was presented to another girl.
The boys were well represented as the winner of each Pupils’ Pupil aware were all boys.
Each pupil was presented with the tie for their new Secondary school and a beautiful dictionary as a momento of them being the first P1s in the newly opened Tannochside Primary.
The children go with our best wishes for the future.
Our pupils thoroughly enjoyed the annual Golden Day to celebrate their excellent behaviour throughout the year. Children who had earned their gold award took part all day, silver children joined in from interval and bronze pupils enjoyed the afternoon activity.
We had a whole range of activities in the morning:
In the afternoon, we were entertained by a fabulous production of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Well done to all of the children who followed the Golden Rules this year to earn their certificate.
