Well done to the Captains and Vice Captains of Jura and Mull who raised a total of £836 for their four chosen charities:
We will announce the winners of the teddies next week when P1-7 are all together.
Tomorrow is the Christmas lunch – this had to be pre ordered. If you haven’t ordered a lunch then a packed lunch is required.
Charity day tomorrow – own clothes with a Christmas jumper if possible. Donation for this and some stalls will be set up for those wishing to guess the name of the teddy, have their nails painted etc.
The P1-3 Nativity is looking great!
We still have a significant number of tickets available for Wednesday at 1pm and Thursday at 9:15am.
Please call the office to request more. We are hoping that there will be a big audience for all of the shows.
Thanks!
We are looking for a crib/Moses basket for the pantomime. It could be full size or a dolls one. We will look after it but please don’t send it in if it is precious as it will be taken on and off stage by children etc.
If if you have something we can use, please bring it in or call to tell us on Monday.
Thanks!
Hi all,
We need a special man for Wednesday afternoons p1-3 Christmas party. Red suit and gift wrapped presents provided.
If if you can help, please call the office on Monday!
Thanks
Own clothes with a Christmas jumper if you have one for a donation- suggestion £1.
Jura and Mull will have stalls on the day for 20p-50p.
All money raised will be split between the 4 chosen charities!
The Parent Council have set up a pop up shop with gifts for all the family, even pets! £2 per gift and your child can surprise you on Christmas Day!
When they are gone, they are gone!
Secret room open from Monday!
Thank you to everyone who supported, attended and organised the Christmas fayre last night!
Over £4000 was raised!!!! What an incredible amount!
This money will improve learning and engagement for our children.
Thanks,
Mrs Mavers
This is the grit plan the Janitor has been given for ice and snow.
Please follow us on Twitter and hit the heart button 💙
Well done! Recognised for going over and above!
P1 made a pretend fire during play. Mrs Gooding then allowed them all to experience how to toast marshmallows on a real fire!
Well done Craft Club and Kim!
Orla and Mara collect gifts for charity each Christmas. They are supporting Quarriers and are looking for toys, games, soft toys etc. The items need to be new and unwrapped.
We have chosen charities each year based on the wishes of our House Captains. Although this is not a chosen charity (the girls aren’t even eligible to apply for Captain as they are too young) we are always keen to promote the work of our responsible citizens. We supported a pupil in Brave the Shave before the holidays and we are happy to raise awareness of this appeal.
Gifts can be brought to p6 and p3. It must be made clear that they are for Quarriers and not for the Christmas Fayre. This is completely optional.
Thanks
We are looking forward to our games night on Monday 29th October!
P1-3 5:30-6:30pm
P4-7 7-8pm
If you come along then you will get a game to take away.
We look forward to seeing you.
We have already celebrated our first Accelerated Reading Word Millionaires!!!! Congratulations to our P6 girls. I am so impressed.
You are also on Twitter!
Well done!!!!
Well done to Lewis who nervously Braved the Shave in front of the whole school!!!
You can still donate money until Friday- send it into school if you wish.
The videos are on Twitter!
Lewis in p6 is braving the shave next Wednesday!!! This will be live in Barsail. He will have a donation box on the day incase anyone wishes to donate. There is also an online donation page.
Working together during House Tutor time on Friday. The children were expressing their views and helping to shape school improvement. There were opportunities for pupil leadership too.
We have registered the school in
http://scottishsunfreebooksforschools.co.uk/
Vouchers will appear in the paper between 24th September and 18th November.
We need to collect 3500 vouchers to get the school £550 of free books!! We are asking if everyone can please start collecting and send the vouchers into to school when you do!! Ask neighbours and relatives too.
The Parent Council are leading on this initiative- thank you!
One of our parents, Matthew Wearing, responded to a plea on the newsletter and cut back several bushes at the school this morning. He braved the wind and has really tidied up the plants outside the office.
We would like to say thank you!
He runs a company- Wearing and Sons Gardening who are on Facebook. It was so kind to take the time to do this.
Mrs Mavers
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the School Sport Gold Award!!!!
Mrs Gibney led the effort to achieve this award. Her hard work has paid off! Special thanks to Joanne McDowall for her involvement in improving sporting opportunities in Barsail. A massive thanks to Iain Shearer who is our Active Schools coordinator.
This is the result of awesome teamwork involving the whole school!
Woohoo!
I attended a leadership conference this week. I heard from John Swinney (Deputy First Minister), Gayle Gorman (Education Scotland), Sir Tom Hunter and many more inspirational speakers.
I also connected with a group of Head Teachers who attended Columba 1400 with me last session.
I genuinely feel that Barsail is heading in the right direction. I’m feeling invigorated and positive.
What is important?
Relationships
Moral purpose- our children at the heart
Values
Empowering
Collaboration
Everything we do should improve learning and teaching.
We are very keen for more children to sign up for Badminton.
Some clubs are full but we have plenty of spaces in lots of our sporting clubs.
Cooking and Recorder- only for pupils who haven’t taken part before.
Rugby- we are extending to p3-7 as we only had 2 people signed up and the club cannot run like that.
Film Club and Cooking do not start until after the September weekend. They are longer each week but do not run for the same number of weeks.
Chess- Mr McQueen will run the club next Tuesday at lunch as the usual day is a holiday. It will be Fridays thereafter.
Online sign up closes on Friday to allow us to organise the registers etc.
Maths Week Scotland has been fun so far.
Please check out our tweets @Barsail_Primary
Follow us and like our tweets.
Remember that you can share how you use Maths in everyday life on twitter- @Barsail_Primary @AttainRen @PMCmathematics #MWSREN
It was great to see so many families get involved in the Maths trail today!
MATHS IS FUN!
We will order the snakes and ladders table table top as this was the most popular choice. We have more choices for next week!
The Renfrewshire theme for Maths Week Scotland is ENGAGEMENT!
Please show your support to Barsail by tweeting about Maths next week and adding @Barsail_Primary @AttainRen #MWSREN
If you take part, there will be a prize for the best tweet using the handles above!
You could take a photo during the fun Maths homework tasks which include a Maths trail/quiz around the school grounds and also showing how you use Maths in every day life.
Please follow us on twitter and tweet to show your engagement!
What a team of young leaders we have here!!!
Well done to these pupils who were recognised for going OVER AND ABOVE Barsail Standard!!!! We had a good chat, hot Chocolate and a biscuit while listening to music.
Such a pleasure to end my week with superstar students!
Mrs Mavers
You could always check if the book has an Accelerated Reading quiz! That way, you can read on your tablet/phone and still head towards being an AR Word Millionnaire!
Well done 🌟
Monday 3rd September
Drop in event
5-5:30pm Loch Insh P7 meeting in the Hall
5:30-7pm Pop into your child’s class to chat to the teacher and look around. Visit other specialists e.g. Mrs Sinclair in the Music Room.
6-7pm P1 presentation for parents in the classes
7-9pm Parent Council AGM
Join the summer reading challenge. Who else will complete it?
Remember to tweet and include @Barsail_Primary
Please take part in the library summer reading challenge! You will have fun and get rewards as you read. This is also a Renfrewshire competition- come on Barsail!
Take photographs and tweet them. Add @Barsail_Primary
Hope you are enjoying the lovely weather.
Mrs Mavers
Well done! What a team. It was such a close race. Great community event.
The children paid 20p to throw wet sponges at the house and vice captains today. This money was added to the total raised on Friday. The grand total is £679. This will be split between the three chosen charities.
Outstanding citizenship.
Well done!
Erskine Gala Day
Saturday 23rd June
Walking Parade
Barsail Primary are delighted to be supporting and taking part in this community event.
Details:
Meet and sign each child in at the Farmhouse at 10:45am. We will be leaving at 11am.
There will be a food bank donation at the Farmhouse. You can hand items in on arrival if you wish.
Parade with other groups and schools to Park Mains – 11am until approximately 12pm
Parent / Guardian to sign each child out at Park Mains race track – 12pm
N.B. parents who enter the Gala day at Park Mains will require a wrist band (£2). There will be an entrance to the race track to collect children without paying.
THERE WILL BE A TOILET AT THE FARMHOUSE BUT NO TOILET FACILITIES BETWEEN THE FARMHOUSE AND ARRIVAL AT PARK MAINS.
The theme is nursery rhymes. Barsail will be dressing up in a sweet / sugar theme. Here is our rhyme:
Jonny, Jonny,
Yes Papa?
Eating sugar?
No Papa.
Telling lies?
No Papa.
Open your mouth…
Ha ha ha!
Please wear bright coloured clothes and add sweetie wrappers / sugar wrappers to your clothes / hair.
We are encouraging adult helpers to dress up too! This was great fun last year.
All tear off slips must be returned asap.
Volunteers accompanying the children will need to pay the £2 entry fee to the Gala Day. Volunteers can do this in advance by sending in £2 with the tear off slip and they will be given a wrist band to wear on the day. Alternatively, you can buy a wristband for £2 at the Farmhouse on the day.
Please complete the tear off slip below if your child wishes to take part. If you have lost the letter, you can send a note with your child’s name, whether an adult will be there and a contact number for the day.
Thank you,
Emma Mavers
Head Teacher
_____________________ would like to be involved in the walking parade on Saturday 23rd June and will be at the Farmhouse at 10:45am.
I am happy to volunteer to accompany the walking parade.
I wish to purchase the wristband in advance and have enclosed £2.
I do not want to accompany the walking parade and I will sign my child in and out on the day.
N.B. Children to wear bright colours and add sweet themed accessories / wrappers.
Parent / Guardian signature__________________________ Date_____________
Phone number to reach parent / guardian on the day in case of emergency _____________________________
P6 were the first to complete 90km for Kinda Kili! P3 completed the most laps of the schools, collectively running the longest distance.
Corrine Hutton is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro later in the year. We loved doing Kinda Kili!
Follow us on Twitter…
What an incredible day- a visit from a Scottish champion gymnast, parents V pupils football then Sports Day! Please follow us on twitter and like our tweets!
A
Star Awards
1st in the Renfrewshire Sumdog competition!!! This is the second time he was won!
Achievements 
Thank you so much to Steve Blackmore (local artist) and Leanne for creating this amazing design on our container. It is better than we could ever have hoped for!
The children who designed the animals are thrilled!
Honesty Octopus
Empathy Elephant
Ambition Armidilo
Respect Rhino
Teamwork Toucan
Success Shark
Hearts Values!
Well done to the finalists in the Takent Show- what an array of talent!
Thanks to the Pupil Council and Mr Armstrong for organising this slick, high quality event.
Check out the videos of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and two highly commended acts on the school twitter feed!
We are delighted that Mrs Gooding and Miss Morrison were asked to showcase work their classes have been doing. The children have been learning about Mathematics through a real life context.
Over 100 teachers were in attendance at the Renfrewshire event where practitioners were sharing good practice.
Barsail WON the football tournament today!!!!!
A nail biting finish with penalties deciding the final against St Anne’s!
Thank you so much to Duncan who coaches the team! Thanks to Mrs Baldacci who assists Duncan.
Of course I am not competitive at all 😂 Safe to day I am delighted!
#proudheadteacher
Enjoy learning about Science together at this free event!
This is a local uniform bank run by volunteers. If you would like us to request uniform for you then please contact that school office.
Well done girls! You did Barsail and Renfrewshire proud. What a fantastic achievement to be selected for this competition. Great results in your categories.
Please help us create den building kits. We need:
old suitcases to store the kits
tarpaulin
material
old table cloths/bed linen
rope
pegs
Any other items to create dens.
Please send items in ASAP.
Thanks!
Community Police have been involved in reviewing CCTV footage as items in our playground have been vandalised recently. The playhouse has been broken several times. The new picnic benches (which are extremely heavy) have been moved.
One of our pupils has created this poster and I wanted to share it with our families. Help us to spread the word. We are happy for children to enjoy the grounds, play on the trim trail, use the MUGA etc. All that we ask is that you respect our playground.
Today at assembly we discussed how important it is to SHOW our values. We all KNOW them but the hard part is to SHOW them.
H onesty
E mpathy
A mbition
R espect
T eamwork
S uccess
This clearly had an impact on lots of pupils as I had a constant stream of pupils at my door during Friday Fun. They had all chosen to make values posters, cards and poems. I was delighted! What a lovely way to end the week.
Have a fabulous long weekend.
The staff will be working together during inservice tomorrow to review the pupil and parent views expressed in questionnaires, self evaluate and set priorities for next session.
I look forward to seeing P7 as they arrive back tomorrow!
#proudheadteacher
Mrs Mavers
Saturday chess competition winners! The boys competed against other schools and won first place! Three gold medals and a trophy for the school!
Well done to the Captains and Vice Captains of Bute and Skye who organised a whole school fundraiser. £736 was raised for Beatson, Erskine and Alzheimer UK. These are charities chosen by the children.
Our Badminton team got through to a semi final today. The did us proud!
Well done to the two pupils who were asked to play in the Renfrewshire Schools Band. One pupil was playing the accordion and the other pupil played the guitar. The video is on Twitter!
Our basketball team reached the finals in a Renfrewshire competition! They played well and were second overall. This is the second year running that we have been pipped at the post. They are winners in our eyes!
Well done to our team who came first in the Active Schools dodgeball regional finals!
Thank you so much to Aura Homeworks, Cutting Edge Landscape Gardeners and family volunteers for creating this wonderful playhouse for the pupils in Barsail Primary. This will be very well used as we develop play pedagogy.
Well done to the Captains and Vice Captains!
I have spent three days and nights at a Head Teacher leadership academy this week. It is fair to say that it pushed me out of my comfort zone and it was tough at times – it was full on from 8:30am until 10pm every day. However- what an experience. I have made connections with primary and secondary Head Teachers from across Scotland. We are determined to ensure that this leads to collaboration and the sharing of good practice.
I am committed to being a Head Teacher who continually learns. I will use what I have learned to continue to build upon the amazing culture we have in Barsail. I will strive to be the best version of myself in doing so.
Values- ambition, teamwork, success
Dream Big, Aim High, Achieve More!
Never stop learning.
Mrs Mavers
We recommended this resource during Maths and Munch!
Thank you to all those who tagged Barsail in tweets for World Book Day! Please keep tweeting and showing us what you are up to!
We are just a tad excited that David Walliams liked one or out retweets!!!
Woohoo!
Mrs Mavers
World Book Day will now be 9th March as per Seesaw post.
Last nights blog said 2nd but as we are off today that isn’t practical.
Sorry for any confusion and I am encouraged by the fact that many of you spotted the mistake! You are clearly engaging with our communication methods so thank you!
Mrs Mavers
Unfortunately the children will miss World Book Day in school tomorrow. Please try to celebrate at home! The children could still dress up. They could do some extreme reading in the snow or on a sledge. You could visit the story corner on our website (under curriculum) and allow them to listen to stories.
Consider cosying up and diving into a story book or novel with your child.
Why not visit the Literacy section of the website and play games?
The children should be able to access their Education City and Sumdog too.
Mrs Cassells and the Literacy Leaders have spent a lot of time planning World Book Day. I know that some parents may also have spent time organising costumes. We will have World Book Day on Friday 9th March! The coffee afternoon and talk from Corrine will be rescheduled and we will let you know when it will be held.
Of course, we want you all to enjoy the snow and stay safe too!
Mrs Mavers
Thank you to everyone who attended the Maths and Munch evening. Reviewing the feedback, it is safe to say that it was a huge success. I hope that you find the Parent Guides useful. If you were unable to come, you can access the Parent Guides on our website. As a rough guide, the appropriate guide for pupils in each stage would be:
P1 – Early level
P2-4 First level
P5-7 – Second level.
Depending on your child’s confidence with Maths, you might want to look at the guide before or after.
The guides provide examples of how we teach key mathematical concepts in school. They also provide tips for you to consider at home and websites.
Please go to the Barsail website, then Curriculum, Numeracy – Parent Prompts.
Please visit our Twitter page to see more posts relating to this event. Follow us and hit the heart button for posts that you like.
Thank you,
Mrs Mavers
Barsail have received a very generous donation from a family – a defibrillator. We are delighted to have this life saving piece of equipment and have taken the responsibility for it seriously. It is located near the staffroom in the front entrance and is for school and community use. Staff and some Parent Council members undertook training on Friday. We will talk to the children about it at an assembly.
More information to follow in a letter.
Mrs Mavers
Well done to the p6-7 pupils selected to represent Barsail and Renfrewshire in the Sportshall Athletics on Friday!
Excellent effort as always!
The children are welcome to dress as a book character on Thursday. There is no pressure to do this and PLEASE don’t buy anything new for it. Own clothes is another option.
THE FOCUS IS ON READING. It doesn’t matter what you wear when you are enjoying a book.
Corrine Hutton will inspire the children in the afternoon.
If you are able to send in a donation, it will go to Corrine’s charity- Finding your Feet.
We would love to see mums, dads, grans, grandpas and friends at the coffee afternoon at 2:15pm where you can hear from Corrine. She is a remarkable woman with incredible strength.
I am sure that she will inspire us all to…
Dream Big, Aim High, Achieve More!
We are looking forward to our curriculum evening on Monday! Please send back the slip or a note to let us know if you and your child(ren) can attend.
We are buying Dominoes pizza for the children and they can wear their PJs!
We have a parent help guide to issue to adults who attend. You will also hear about ways in which you can support your child(ren). If you cannot make it, you will be able to download and print the guide from our website after the event.
Adults and children will also be able to go around different stations and enjoy YES ENJOY Maths activities together.
We have had a positive response so far with around 100 children attending. The crèche won’t be able to cater for babies / toddlers. If a younger sibling is due to start Barsail in August then he/she can attend the crèche.
Maths is fun! We love Maths!
Mrs Mavers
This pupil group came to meet me to request a budget in order to create a Fairtrade tuck shop during Fairtrade Fortnight! They plan to ensure that the sale of their goods covers the costs. They will be baking using our new equipment too!
Visit their tuck shop starting Monday!!!! Prices 30p – 50p
Mrs Mavers
The children have been voting for what playground equipment they want the Parent Council to fund. Monkey bars were the most popular choice. Asking the children their opinion is important to us. We will act on this and hope to get them monkey bars to play on soon.
A lovely start to the morning. This wonderful pupil knows me so well! I am absolutely thrilled with the new addition to my office.
We are delighted to have Craft Club on offer. It will start on 14/2/18. One off £10 payment on week 1 please. We have not set this club up to pay online. It will be an hour and a half – 3:15-4:45pm on Wednesday. Please sign up online by Friday. After Friday all clubs will be locked.
Please sign up by Friday at 3pm as BASE starts next week and we will be making the registers.
We have plenty spaces in the following clubs:
We have no space in gymnastics, coding, yoga, cooking and Lego and there are waiting lists for these clubs.
There may be a few spaces in other clubs but we have good numbers for them.
We have helped families who can’t sign up online so please don’t let that be a barrier- give us a call if you want a place in the clubs which have spaces but can’t get internet access.
Thanks,
Mrs Mavers
We have new VALUES Star Awards!!!
A lovely visitor from this poet today! What a hilarious poem you have created!
Barsail represented Renfrewshire in this competition. The team did very well and came 2nd! Congratulations!
Remember to visit our our twitter feed.
The Cross Country competition is coming up. We would like to encourage all of our pupils to try a park run. If you are in p6-7 then this would help you train for the Cross Country.
This is the junior park run:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/victoria-juniors/
And in case parents fancy doing one, here is the page for Linwood park run
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/linwood/
Thank you to Joanne, one of our running club coaches, for the information.
Mrs Mavers
Well done to our winning P7 team!
Well done- Primary 1 and invited to the preview of the ‘Inspired’ exhibition in Paisley Museum where his winning entry is displayed!
One of our pupils will have their artwork displayed in an exhibition in Paisley Museum And Art Gallery this month! Congratulations!
Thank you to all of the Barsail family for their continued support. We couldn’t ask for a better group of parents, pupils and staff.
Have a wonderful Christmas.
See you all in 2018!
Mrs Mavers
Well done Jura! Aaron, Cameron and Abigail hosted a fabulous party for their house.
Our BASE cheeerleading And dance groups performed in a showcase! Well done!
What a fantastic turn out for our annual fayre last night.
The Parent Council have worked tirelessly to plan and organise this event. A sub group led this. I can’t thank them enough.
A profit of approximately £3800 will go towards joint Parent Council, Pupil Council and school plans.
A further £270 came directly from the sale of goods the classes cooked/baked and this will create a cooking fund for classes.
Over £120 will be spent on musical instruments as it came from the ukelele raffle.
A massive thank you to all of the Barsail family for attending, donating and spending. The money raised will improve the experiences of our children. The incredible total raised is only possible through your support.
Mrs Mavers
The choir needs a parent helper to accompany them to Morrisons on Monday 11th December. They will leave Barsail at 9:30am and return at lunch time. If you can help, please call the school office and leave your name for Mrs Gooding.
Congratulations to Mrs Cochrane who, after a successful interview, became the permanent Depute Head Teacher in Barsail Primary today.
The local Salvation Army have a large selection of new toys which they want to give to families who would benefit from them at this time of year. Christmas can be a tough time for families.
They are having a free event from 9am – 12pm on Friday 15th December with light refreshments. If you go along, you can choose a gift for your child / grandchild. If this time doesn’t suit, you can contact them for support outwith it.
They have asked us to make our parents aware.
Well done!
These competition winning entries will inspire local artist Steve Blackmore to paint our outdoor container! The animals represent our values!
What a fantastic turn out for the p1-3 Reading event on Friday. We gave away freebies. There was tea/coffee, biscuits and a short presentation followed by a visit to the classes.
Renfrewshire competition!
WINNERS
Barsail – 1st for top class and 1st for top student! We have 9 students in the top 20 and 5 classes in the top 20 🏆. It was Book Week Scotland but we managed to promote Numeracy too!
Kids Christmas Party
Team Mila was one of our chosen charities last session. We want to help raise awareness of this local kids event which will raise money for Team Mila. Check out the Team Mila Facebook page for more details. 
P3 and P7 can bring back their order slip on Friday to get priority seating. Your letter is being sent home today.
All other classes can order tickets from Monday.
The school is closed on Thursday. It is a holiday for St. Andrew’s Day.
BASE has now stopped.
Choir and chess will continue at lunch time.
Well done to the Junior Choir! They performed at the Christmas Fayre in Park Mains High today. Mrs Gooding was so proud of you!
You are all stars! ⭐️
Well done to all of the children who took part in running club. Excellent effort and commitment has been displayed!
Trophies were presented to one girl and one boy!
Who will win the trophies next time? 🤔 It could be you!
Thank you to Joanne and Vikki for leading this club.
Oh … and the photographs show a sneak preview of our new front entrance! It is a work in progress!
Local artist Steve Blackmore has kindly offered to paint our new container. He will be using spray paint therefor it is not safe for the pupils to join in when he is painting. The benefit of this is that paint he will use is more durable.
In order to involve the whole school, I am setting a Head Teacher challenge! I want the container design to incorporate our new school values.
In collaboration with Steve, we have decided to provide the following design brief:
*Choose a value and create an animal design for it.
*Our values are Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect, Teamwork, Success
*The animal name might rhyme with the value / have a good ring to it e.g. Honesty Owl
OR
it might have alliteration e.g. Success Snake
OR
it might be an animal which shows that value e.g. Teamwork Ant
*Consider writing the value / its initial letter on the animal
*You could add a superhero cape
*Draw and colour the animal on A4 paper
*Only one animal should be on each piece of paper
*You can make as many designs as you want
*You will earn 10 house points for every design that you create at home
*Make sure you write your name and class on the entry.
I will review the entries with the artist and we will choose winning designs.
The closing date is Monday 4th December.
Good Luck!
Mrs Mavers
Local artist Steve Blackmore has kindly offered to paint our new container. He will be using spray paint therefor it is not safe for the pupils to join in when he is painting. The benefit of this is that paint he will use is more durable.
In order to involve the whole school, I am setting a Head Teacher challenge! I want the container design to incorporate our new school values.
In collaboration with Steve, we have decided to provide the following design brief:
*Choose a value and create an animal design for it.
*Our values are Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect, Teamwork, Success
*The animal name might rhyme with the value / have a good ring to it e.g. Honesty Owl
OR
it might have alliteration e.g. Success Snake
OR
it might be an animal which shows that value e.g. Teamwork Ant
*Consider writing the value / its initial letter on the animal
*You could add a superhero cape
*Draw and colour the animal on A4 paper
*Only one animal should be on each piece of paper
*You can make as many designs as you want
*You will earn 10 house points for every design that you create at home
*Make sure you write your name and class on the entry.
I will review the entries with the artist and we will choose winning designs.
The closing date is Monday 4th December.
Good Luck!
Mrs Mavers
P7 boys team FIRST PLACE
P7 girls team 4th place – a big improvement on last year! Well done
A P6 boy came 4th
P6 boys team 7th
P6 girls team 20th
Thanks to all who represented Barsail and to Running Club coaches!
One of our pupils has won the Rotary Club handwriting competition! She will be collected in a limousine and she will switch on the Christmas lights at Bridgewater on 24th November.
Congratulations! We are very proud of you.
A huge thank you to David Bunting and his company for fixing the broken decking at the outdoor classroom and donating and installing a bike rack at the infant area of the school.
P1-3 this will make it even more convenient to cycle or scoot to school. Remember to chain your bike or scooter to the rack. Please dismount before entering the playground.
Thanks!
What a wonderful project! Thank you Kim and the Craft Club!
I enjoyed watching Barsail V Langbank today. Great sportsmanship on both sides and a win for Barsail!
Mrs Mavers
Well done girls! You represented Barsail at the Scottish schools swimming competition.
Both girls swam personal bests. This is tremendous!
We also got a second with a good chance of qualifying for nationals (subject to confirmed qualifying times).
Wow!!!! We have 4 classes in the top 100 in the NATIONAL Sumdog competition!!!
There are nearly 5000 classes taking part!!!
What an achievement! I am a very proud Head Teacher!
P3 – when you left school today you were in the 30s. You must have started your holiday by playing Sumdog and you have made a difference. The competition is over and you are 15th in Britain! That deserves a treat when you return. All of our top 100 classes will get a reward.
Have a wonderful October break!
Well done to Term 1 winners Jura!
Yesterday we started working on House assemblies!
We have decided that the winning house will have a PJ day next Thursday and there will be a disco party for them. We gave Mrs Mavers a list of treats to buy.
The winners will be announced on Friday!!!!
We are organising two fundraisers and we have discussed charities to support.
The Parent Council’s fundraising plans for this year will support several initiatives including funding buses for school trips, improving the outdoor areas with increased playground equipment and activities and sprucing up the front entrance with support from the gardening club. As you will appreciate, all of this needs a lot of time, effort and money. We have few fundraising ideas which we are working on at the moment and we’ll keep you posted. To begin, we’d like to send home Smarties tubes which, when the sweeties have been eaten, we would ask you to fill with loose change and send back in to the school. Every penny helps! We plan to send the tubes home with children in the lead up to the October break, so sometime next week. If you would prefer that your child didn’t receive a tube filled with sweeties then please can you let their class teacher know by putting a note in the homework diary? We appreciate that not all parents will want their children to have these sweeties but we are hopeful that as many families as possible will fill a tube to boost our funds. Teachers will be more than willing to support sending home empty tubes as they’re all partial to a wee sweetie or two! We hope you will be able to support us with this. Thanks in advance.
Please vote for Barsail to win the Arnold Clark team spirit photo competition!
BARSAIL AFTER SCHOOL EVENTS (BASE) started this week. What a fantastic range of clubs we have on offer. Participation is high with several clubs already fully subscribed. We do still have some spaces available in clubs such as yoga, basketball and parent and child fun fit! Gardening club is a community club with parents/family members/guardians and children working together to improve our school grounds.
David Bunting, Cutting Edge Landscape Gardeners, brought along a digger this week. Here is the link to a video advertising the positive changes that Garden Club has brought about:
Thank you to all of our parent volunteers and teachers who willingly give of their time to provide wonderful experiences for our pupils.
Here are our class winners. Well done! We will find out on Tuesday if any of our entries won the cluster competition!
Tomorrow is the last day of Maths Week Scotland!
We have a Scottish themed maths event taking place in the gym hall for every class to visit. The press and Numeracy coordinators from Renfrewshire Council will be visiting to see the maths in context learning taking place!
Absolutely amazing results in this national competition! 6 of our classes were in the top 100 in the whole of Scotland as the competition closed!!!! P4 made the top 10 and p7 were 15th. Aaron in p7 was in the top 20 students in Scotland!
The leaderboard is based on the average score for the pupils in the class.
Every class took part and we surely must have won the cluster competition!!! Not that we are competitive in the least 😂🎉🏆⭐️
More importantly, the children have answered 1000 maths questions each and have had FUN in the process!
Well done everyone!!!!!
Woohoo! Barsail Primary 4 are currently 3rd in Scotland! #proudheadteacher
Here are the current positions of our classes and the classes from our cluster schools whom we are competing against. Remember the contest ends tomorrow at 8pm, so let’s try our best today to climb the leaderboard. Well done to the pupils who have been playing at home. Try to answer all of your 1000 questions!!!! Less than 24 hours left!!!!
#MathsWeekScotlandRenfrewshire #MathsWeekScotland #MakingMathsCount
3rd P4, Barsail Primary Scotland
30th P7, Barsail Primary Scotland
42nd P4/3, Barsail Primary Scotland
48th P5S, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
83rd P5/4, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
84th P5D, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
98th P3, Barsail Primary Scotland
178th P5/4!, Barsail Primary Scotland
200th P4M, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
284th P5!, Barsail Primary Scotland
328th P4C, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
378th P3/2, Barsail Primary Scotland
432nd P6G, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
440th P2, Barsail Primary Scotland
448th P7H, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
505th P2B, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
529th P3/4 2017/18, Langbank Primary School Scotland
553rd P7/6!, Barsail Primary Scotland
571st P2C, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
783rd P6!, Barsail Primary Scotland
814th P3S, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
841st Primary 4, Bargarran Primary Scotland
1026th P6A, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
1039th P3H, Bishopton Primary School Scotland
1125th Primary 5/4, Bargarran Primary Scotland
P3/2 are enjoying Maths Week Scotland!
As you know, we have started PATHS in Barsail. This is part of our overall Health and Wellbeing curriculum.
Today Mrs Cochrane and I met with the Educational Psychology team to discuss a whole school ‘Nurturing Approaches’ strategy.
We have a fantastic ethos in Barsail and these new initiatives will strengthen our ethos and Health work. This is all part of our school improvement plan.
Look out for pictures of our new ‘Rainbow Relaxation Room.’
You will soon receive a survey about our positive behaviour policy. You can help shape our revised system.
Mrs Mavers
TESCO Bags of Help Scheme.
You can vote for Barsail!!!!
The school has the opportunity to receive £4000, £2000 or £1000 depending on how many votes we get now and until the end of Oct. There are 3 charities in the running for the 3 amounts above, the one with the most votes gets the £4000 and so in.
Please share with friends & family.
Organisation Name – Barsail Primary School Parent Council
Project Title – Playground & Cooking Equipment Appeal
Please see below a list of stores taking part in the voting on our project.
RENFREW PA4 0NQ
ROCKFIELD EXP PA3 4EA
PAISLEY PA1 1QA
GLASGOW AIRPORT EXP PA3 2SW
LINWOOD PAISLEY PA3 3DB
To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the tesco website here:
http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk/
To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value.
Please ask at the check out for the tokens. You will receive one token per transaction and it’s not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.
A special thanks to Marianne Kirkwood for her work enabling us to be involved in this funding opportunity!
Thank you,
Mrs Mavers
Next week, Barsail children will be taking part in fun activities linked to Scottish Maths Week. The ‘Magic Mathematician’ pupil group started advertising this focus week today. Most homework next week will be Maths related. Classes are taking part in a Renfrewshire competition and some stages will be involved in a Sumdog competition.
We hope that we inspire our pupils and increase their enthusiasm towards Maths as well as enhancing their knowledge and skills.
Thank you to Miss Morrison for leading this initiative in her role as Numeracy Champion.
Mrs Mavers
There was a fantastic turn out for Meet the Teacher! Thank you for the very positive evaluations of this event.
We also had new faces at Parent Council. The new committee members are raring to go! Everybody is welcome to attend meetings. Many hands make light work.
Mrs Mavers
Third place in the parade!
Dance a thon!!!
We hope that everyone had fun!!!
Thank you to our parents who played in the football matches this morning and volunteered to assist with events this afternoon!
I received two lovely emails today which made me smile! Some of our p6-7 pupils represented the school at a girls STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) event. P6-7 pupils were also selected to compete in a track and field competition.
All of these pupils are a credit to Barsail and their families!
Well done to all of our wonderful finalists today! What a show! Thank you to Mr Armstrong who assisted the Talent Team pupil group and spent his lunch time in auditions!
We had a very busy assembly today! Katy Firth, an archaeologist, visited us to speak about a local excavation! Some of our classes will be helping with a real excavation dig to find relics from the past!!!
P4/3, P4, P5/4 and P5 also had workshops with Katy today!
P6 were presented with their Play Leader certificates – well done!
We also had so many achievers that we only managed to hear from P1-3 today! We will try to see P4-6 tomorrow!
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