Once again the children have earned enough points to have a ‘special day’ in school on Thursday 23rd January. We had visitors coming to the school on the day to work with the children on various Eco related activities and we were also working with PoP planting snowdrops on the Common. Well done to all of the children who earned House Points!
Earlier this school session primary 6 and primary 7 children studied the linen and jute industry in Coupar Angus. We grew our flax. The children learned how the flax plan was used to make linen and had a go at spinning and weaving. The children visited Verdant Works in Dundee to research how sacking is made from the jute plant. Artists from the Living Communities Project worked with them to creat two wall hangings celebrating their learning. These are now on display in the main hall. We are grateful to PoP, Maggie Langelaan, Ron Stephens and Alan Grant for the support they gave to the children throughout their studies.
Approximately 150 children, parents, carers and siblings enjoyed the School’s first ever walking breakfast on Wednesday 15th January. The P7 IBike Crew organised the event with Simon Strain of Sustrans. They were on duty at the gates handing out tokens to eveyone who walked. In the hall helpers served tea, coffee, toast, yoghurt, fruit and cereal. The event was extremely well supported. The IBike Crew would like to thank all the School staff, parents and carers who helped make the event such a success. We are now planning a Fairtrade walking breakfast. More details soon.
Coupar Angus Primary School has been awarded a grant of £7864 from the National Lottery to celebrate the Commonwealth Games. The school’s Commonwealth Games project highlights the links between Coupar Angus and other commonwealth countries and includes a series of activities such as sports taster sessions, activities exploring local history and talks from families who have moved to Scotland from other countires.
Clyde the official mascot for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games visited Coupar Angus Primary School on Thursday 12th December 2013. The children watched a video about how Clyde made his way to Glasgow when the games were announced. Clyde then made a sporting enterance into the assembly hall where he showed off his sporting skills. Children had to guess which type of sport Clyde was demonstrating and then Miss Sinclair raced Clyde across the hall!
Clyde commented on how lovely all of the children were and he felt very welcomed into the school. He especially liked all the wonderful pictures the children had drawn and were displayed throught the school on the day of his visit.
Clyde with all of the children
Goodbye Clyde!
Clyde with some of the children
Artwork created by pupils at Coupar Angus Primary School is set to catch the eye nationally when it is displayed at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in December.
Prior to that, some of the pupils attended the Scottish Learning Festival in Glasgow on 25th and 26th September with the ceramic panels to highlight the Living Communities project that inspired their work.
The project that the children undertook focussed on what makes their own local community unique. They talked to families, local people from farms, shops, the old Abbey and the church to uncover the past history of Coupar Angus and how living there has changed over the years.
Inspired by the project, the young people then chose to work with textile and ceramic artists to create fantastic silk banners and ceramic panels depicting Coupar Angus through their eyes, looking at its past, present and future.
Their artwork includes imagery of the famous Scottish Fold cat, which is descended from a cat with unusual folded ears found on a local farm in 1961 – and is now a registered and sought-after breed. The ceramic panels also celebrate the everyday people of Coupar Angus who make a difference to their community, and the rainbow which appears on their pieces symbolises the pupils’ hopes for the future.
Lifelong Learning Convener, Councillor Bob Band congratulated the pupils for their creative efforts: “Living Communities is a fantastic project that the Council has been delighted to take forward in our communities, with the support of the Gannochy Trust. The work being done by Coupar Angus Primary School has given the pupils a real insight into the history of their local area. It has also gone on to spark their creativity with these fantastic banners and panels that are now going on prominent display this month and in December at the Scottish Parliament.”
Headteacher Margaret Cameron said: “Our children at Coupar Angus Primary School have benefited greatly from participating in the Living Communities Project. Through researching aspects of their local community they have gained a greater understanding of how events in other parts of Scotland and throughout the world, across the centuries, impacted on the development of Coupar Angus. The children interviewed many people in Coupar Angus and visited various buildings as part of their research. Working with the Living Communities artists helped the children to deepen their learning and showcase their learning in a number of different ways. The local community have supported this project and have celebrated the learning with the children.”
Switching on of the Christmas Lights on Sunday 1st December 2013
Pupils who have been learning items to sing at the swithching on of the Christmas Lights on Sunday 1st December 2013. Miss Sinclair and Mrs Ferdinand will meet them at The Cross at 5:15pm. The children will be performing their items at approximately 5:30pm and will need to be picked up about 5:45pm.
The school is proud to be supporting this annual community event.
Week commencing Monday 25 November 2013 – the school have the Charity Shop for one one week. We will welcome donations of all saleable items (these can be brought to the shop during the week) and wish to thank all the parents who helped to make last year such a success.
The shop will be open Monday 25th Nov – Saturday 30th Nov
We had a visit from the presenter of BBC Radio Scotland’s Out of Doors programme. He interviewed staff, children and members of POP on the range and quality of our garden projects.
They plan to come back to record children’s learning experiences at Larghan Park.
Listen to Out of Doors Live: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hjr
On Monday 23 September ten children from Primary 6 and Primary 7 joined with children from other local schools to take part in a football festival. We played three games. We drew with Rattray B, lost to Rattray A and won against Burrelton B.
The children were a credit to the school and their parents, showing good sportsmanship skills throughout.
Kristofer Mason was selected to attend the next round of events.
