A fun morning at the parent/teacher v pupil football match!

The Story Corner on our website is growing every week.  Why not sit down, relax and listen to an audio book on one of the cold days this weekend.  We have links to audio books for a wide range of ages available.

Story Corner

Congratulations to all Star Awards !  You have worked very hard this week and your teachers are all very proud of you.

We had a fantastic amount of achievements to celebrate this week at assembly.  Well done everyone!

Primary 2 have been learning how to do turtle as part of their PATHS lessons.  They have created a video to demonstrate this technique to you.

The most recent Parent Council Newsletter has been added to the website.  This is an excellent read that even includes a ‘Diary of  Parent Council Member’ that is very informative and helps show that being part of the Parent Council is not as scary as you might think and is actually fun!

Click to here to visit the Parent Council page and access the newsletter.

Congratulations to our Star Award winners from this week!

A huge congratulations to four more pupils who have read over one million words and have made it on to our Millionaire Row Achievement Wall!

We were extremely lucky to have Holly Campbell from the Rockette Cheerleaders and Chris Cleary from Basketball Scotland and The Glasgow Rocks along to give us an inspiring talk today.  They helped us see the importance of dedication to sport and encouraged us to continue ‘Dreaming Big, Aiming High and Achieving More!

We had a fabulous Number day in school! We enjoyed playing SUMDOG this morning and participated in lots of active fun games in the gym hall.  This afternoon we were learning to interpret Venn diagrams and created our own thinking boards.

Every teacher had a number attached to their back and P3 were first to match the teachers with their correct number!

For those planning a holiday in the future you may be interested to note that our holiday section has now been updated to include holidays for sessions 2018/2019 & 2019/2020.

Click here to take you straight to the page.

The whole school enjoyed a fantastic afternoon of Scottish Poetry.  All entries were outstanding making it an extremely difficult job for teachers to vote a winner.  Pictured below are all the entries and winners of both the P1-6 and P7 competition.

We had some fantastic achievements this week – well done everyone!

Congratulations to this weeks star award winners.

Primary 2 had great fun painting thistles by blowing the paint to create a spiky effect.

We enjoyed giving everyone compliments for National Compliments Day.

We really enjoyed creating invitations to invite Mr Tiger to a homecoming party.

P2 had a great time playing the snakes and ladders game from our Read, Write, Count bags.

Continue reading P2 Book Week Snakes and Ladders →

It was very exciting getting our Read, Write and Count bags on Monday.

Primary 2 completed some fantastic story boards.

Primary 2 had a great time acting out parts of Mr Tiger Goes Wild.

The parent council meet on the first Monday of every month at 7pm – 9pm and welcome anyone who would like to attend.  The minutes from previous meetings are uploaded to their page every month for those who are unable to make it along.

Click here to visit the Parent Council  page.

Primary 2 were very excited to receive their first postcard as part of their ‘Send a Postcard’ Challenge.  Thank you Grace, we loved it!

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our PATHS information evening. Hazel McGeoch from Barnardos gave an excellent presentation and all feedback so far has been extremely positive.

If you missed the event and would still like some extra information on our PATHS curriculum the handout below provides a good summary of what was covered on the night.

PATHS Parent Info Handout

We are pleased with a new update on our school website that has allowed us to turn the ‘Interesting Websites’ included on each class page into live links. There are some great games included on these websites that your child may enjoy playing at home.

Primary 2 parents may be interested to note that there are now links added to our class page that enable you to download some fun activities to practise reading at home.

We look forward to having many of you along on Monday afternoon for the NSPCC information session and our PATHS information evening on Monday evening at 6.15pm.

Our next Parent Council meeting will also take place on Monday evening following the PATHS information session.

Congratulations to our Star Award winners this week.  What a wonderful achievement!

Congratulations to our Star Award winners this week.

P2 enjoyed creating circle pictures during Maths Week.

Here are this weeks fantastic Star Award winners.  Well done to everyone!

A big well done to everyone who either took part in the library summer reading challenge or even completed it!  We are very proud of everyone who tries to read as much as possible at home.

This group of children all managed to complete the challenge – well done!  They all received medals and certificates to take home.

This group of children took part in the reading challenge – well done!

We are looking forward to celebrating Modern Languages Day on Tuesday 26th September.  Everybody in the school will be involved.  The children will be asked to dress in French or Spanish colours nearer the time.  Thank you in advance for your support.

A huge well done to all our Star Award pupils this week.

Congratulations to our first Star Award winners of the new term!

Our ‘Diary Dates’ page has recently been updated.  You may find it helpful to add the new dates to your own diaries or calendars.  Remember to check this page on a regular basis for updates.

Diary Dates

P3/2 had a fantastic time reading maps and trying to find different locations all around the school.

Primary 3/2 very much enjoyed their trip to the Tall Ship where they got to go on a treasure hunt and scrub the decks!

You may find this an interesting free event to pop along to at the University of the West of Scotland.

Inside Out Science @UWS
Thursday 8^th June as a free drop-by any time between 5 and 7pm for kids and adults of all ages.  
The School of Science and Sport at UWS is a dynamic source of scientific research in Scotland.  Our scientists and mathematicians work in areas as diverse as infection biology, forensics, animal behaviour, sport science, geochemistry, colour chemistry, environmental toxicology and drug discovery, to name a few.  All of these areas impact on our daily lives, whether we are aware of it or not and we will show how our scientists are working from inside our bodies to the world around us to improve our lives and protect our environment. This free evening public event will provide an opportunity for young people and adults to explore these topics together through a mixture of activity stalls, interactive workshop sessions in the different areas of science and sport science, working alongside the scientists and students of UWS.  

Remember to check our diary dates page regularly for any updates to the school calendar.  Here are some term 4 dates you may wish to put in your diary:
3rd May – P7 Football at Park Mains
8th – 12th May – Loch Insh
12th – 16th June – Health Week
13th June – Sports Day
15th June – P7 Dance
23rd June – Summer Services

Get set… we’re taking part in The Big Pedal 2017.  This challenge will run from the 20th to 31st March and aims to inspire pupils to cycle to school.

This is an inter-school challenge and we hope to have more pupils cycling to school than any other school!

All you need to do is encourage your children to cycle or scoot to school on their days during the event, and join them on their way – parent and sibling journeys count too!

Each class will have a different day to take part in the event.

P1-3   20th, 23rd and 28th March

P4-5  21st, 24th and 29th March

P6-7  22nd, 27th, 30th and 31st March

We had loads of fun at the Riverside Museum and Tall Ship. First we hunted for different colours of cars, bikes and motorbikes in the museum then recorded the information using tally marks. Tomorrow we will use the information to make bar graphs. Next we had lunch then headed to the Tall Ship. We were met by pirates Bonnie Anne and Scary Mary who took us down to the hold. We sang a pirate sea shanty then went around the ship on a hunt for treasure. We were able to name all the different parts of the ship as we went. We dressed as pirates and worked hard to scrub the decks!!!

As part of World Book Day we enjoyed a Star Wars themed story yoga.

The pupil council prepared a fantastic assembly for World Book Day.  Everyone really enjoyed the parade!

Here are some of the amazing costumes for World Book Day! A huge well done to everyone throughout the school, the effort made was incredible.

We had a search for common and proper nouns in an extract from our class novel, Gangsta Granny. We each worked with our shoulder partner to highlight the words and then wrote the list into our jotters under two headings. It generated a lot of very interesting discussions! 😀

We have been enjoying our new library corner.

Today was the first day of our number bond challenge and everyone enjoyed their first official attempt at the Hit the Button game.  Remember to keep practising at home so we can all make improvements over the next two weeks.

Primary 3/2 had lots of fun in open area practising their cutting skills and reading new library books.

A huge thanks to Mrs Gooding for sharing her simple but delicious recipe with us.  We had a great time making and tasting Scottish shortbread.  The ingredients are in a photo too if you would like to make some too.  They only took 10-15mins at 180/200c.

Primary 3/2 have been doing really well creating a display of Scottish products, clothing and pictures.

P4/3 worked in pairs to create an acrostic poem about Scotland.

We would like to remind parents that the school will close at 2.30pm of Tuesday 20th December 2016 and will re-open at 9.00am on Thursday 5th January 2017 for the Christmas Holidays.

Mrs Napier missed all of her Science Stars this afternoon, however everyone was presented with a certificate from Mrs Mavers at assembly! We had so much fun – as you can see…

We are enjoying our new Kindness Advent Calendar as each day we are set a kindness challenge.  These can be completed at home or in school and can be done on any day in the lead up to Christmas.  So far our challenges have been to tell a friend why they are a good friend and to bake a cake or make something nice for someone.

P3/2 enjoyed a fantastic trip to the Transport Museum.

Primary 2 enjoyed a fantastic trip to the Transport Museum.

I was very impressed with how many boys and girls chose the Chili Challenge during maths activity time! They did some amazing work today 👍.

We are looking forward to Friday as it is Children in Need.  We are allowed to come to school in our pyjamas, wear something spotty or wear something to do with Pudsey Bear.  No donation required.

P3/2 enjoyed a busy open area practising their typing and building skills.  Two of our pupils hope you enjoy the poppies they made!  We also thought very carefully about the design of pencil cases so we can design our own next week.

The two chicks that hatched yesterday are doing very well and have a lovely new home in the P4/3 classroom with food and a heated area.  We are also delighted to have another new arrival who will join them tomorrow.

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We are excited to announce our new twitter page Blogs@Barsail_Primary.  If you are a member of twitter we would be delighted if you would follow us and spread the word to other families in the school.

We are excited to announce our new twitter page Blogs@Barsail_Primary.  If you are a member of twitter we would be delighted if you would follow us and spread the word to other families in the school.

P3/2 are excited to find out their new topic will be weather.  We have lots of questions about the weather that we will investigate over the next few weeks.

We were delighted to receive some eggs last week that we are looking after carefully.  Fingers crossed in a few weeks we will have some eggs hatch.

You may find the website link below interesting as it provides lots of details of the Paisley bid for Uk City of Culture 2021.  It also gives details of some great events happening over the next few months which you may wish to attend.  For example this weekend there is a ‘spooktacular’ Halloween Festival celebrating Halloween around the world.

www.paisley2021.co.uk

Look at these fabulous creations!!!! 

We enjoyed telling the time during our time treasure hunt.

Now that Autumn is here we thought we would practise our painting skills and bring Autumn inside.

Primary 3/2 have been busy doing number talks this week.

The Parent Council consulted the school to find out what we wanted money raised this session to go towards.  During the first Parent Council meeting, I explained we would like to purchase iPads.  

The iPad in the classroom brings education to life. Children have endless access to valuable information and it allows learning to become more engaging and memorable. Aside from the many apps available for free, teachers can use the iPads to engage and challenge student minds in creative ways.
 
Tools such as audio and video recorders can change the way that learning takes place. In addition, video creation and editing is simple on the iPad, this can be a great cooperative group activity.

Of course, the mobility provided by the iPad’s wireless capability allows the unprecedented access to the Internet anywhere pupils are. This is truly information on demand. As questions arise, students can google for clues and insights to begin their studies. Even more powerfully though, children can have access to volumes of primary source documents and data.

Another positive is that the iPad will make it easier for classes to contribute to a blog, a rewarding experience which allows the children to get their first taste of being published on the web.

Ipads are a great tool for interactive classroom sessions or group projects. Students can cooperate in real time with up to ten others, to brainstorm and build a presentation on one shared virtual whiteboard.

Consequently, the iPad offers numerous positive benefits across P1 to P7 and allows pupils to challenge themselves in ways they never imagined!

Here is a link to a Just Giving page which will begin the fundraising effort this session:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/BarsailPC

The challenge is to bring iPads to the classroom. The aim is to raise enough funds to purchase a class set, if possible by the end of the school year. To get things kick started, we’re getting our trainers on:

– Mrs Napier (p7 teacher) is taking on the marathon in the Big Apple (New York) on 6 November

– Joanne McDowall (PC member) is taking on Amsterdam marathon on 16 October

– EVERY CHILD in the school will run / walk 2 miles, AND

– the staff, as a team, will collectively complete their very own marathon!

We would love it if you were able to support the runners and make a donation.

The date for pupils and staff to complete two daily miles will be Monday 31^st October.  Pupils can wear sports clothing on this date. There will be no charge for own clothes.  We just ask that as many families as possible donate on the Just Giving page.

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This week Primary 4 have been learning about tribes that live in the Rainforest.  Each group learned facts about a different tribe and then had to be the ‘teacher’ and teach the facts to another group.

While we enjoyed a transport themed open area we explored materials that float and sink. We then designed boats to carry a toy car.

Primary 5/4 have taken great care of their caterpillars.  They have now hatched and we’re ready to release.

Primary 3/2 have been making their own beebot mats and using the computers.