Here are some more pictures from our Big Pedal from today. We are enjoying being outside for Big Pedal and Daily Mile this week.
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Big Pedal update
After day 1 of Big Pedal, Bishopton is 34th out of 603 schools in the UK with 45% of children cycling and scooting. I know the numbers were up today, despite the weather. Let’s try to get us into the top 20 and then top 10. Remember mums, dads, grandpas and grans you can help our count by bringing your bike (or scooter) too.
Follow our progress on the Big Pedal website.
Congratulations to P3H who were the daily winners again.
Day 2 Eco Week
This morning, we had a visit from The Asparagus Hut. We learned all about the importance of eating healthy and local seasonal produce. We also had the chance to taste some things including blackberries and salty fingers.
Big Pedal also continued today. I am impressed with your effort considering the weather conditions this morning. Please remember that children will only be allowed to play on their bike and scooter in school if they are wearing a helmet.
Here are some pictures from today.
P4a Big Pedal
We enjoyed braving the cold weather to take part in the Big Pedal. 🚴🏻
Eco Week Begins…
We had a great start to Eco Week today as we took part in No Paper Day along with the rest of the school. All of our lessons were paperless and we made an extra effort throughout the day to use other things in place of paper, including using hand driers instead of paper towels and our class whiteboard for class notes.
The main purpose of today was to make us aware of how much paper we use on a daily basis. We were very concerned about the amount of trees that have to be cut down to provide us with paper! We all agreed that we are going to try very hard from now on to use less, reuse and recycle the paper we are using.
We also had our first session outside for Big Pedal. This was great fun! Please remember that we will only be allowed on our bikes and scooters in school if we are wearing a helmet.
Here are some pictures from today.
P5S – Eco Week – No Paper Day!
Today for the start of our Eco Week we had a “No Paper” Day in school. This meant no paper at all: no books, no jotters, no scrap paper, no post-its, no paper towels ……. just no paper! How did we do? Tell someone at home.
The point of today’s exercise was to get you thinking about just how much paper we use on a daily basis. Lots! We need to try and cut back wherever possible to help reduce the amount being used. Let’s see if we can keep it up and use less paper for the rest of the term. It can be done!
Today we took part in a number of paperless activities. Our survey with P7M was completed on whiteboards and the iPads. Our class novel was read from the iPad. We practiced the four operations using Math Slide on the iPads (what fun that was!). This week’s blind spelling test was completed on whiteboards and even your scores were recorded on the big board. Finally our reading comprehension lesson, linked to our class novel, was all drama based as you were introduced to the world of “Freeze Frame”. Again, what fun we had with that! A very busy day …….. with no paper!
P4M RSPB workshop
Hi everyone, we had a lovely start to Eco week this morning. We had two lovely ladies called Sandra and Tina visit from the RSPB. The ladies helped us to recognise the many habitats for wildlife there are within our school grounds. We used maps to identify these areas and also took a closer look at some of the creatures inhabiting our school grounds.
The ladies complimented the boys and girls on how well they listened and participated throughout the workshop. I am also very proud of the way the children worked this morning.
Here are some pictures of our morning.
Homework will be issued tomorrow.
Thanks,
Mrs McKay
Week Events
Good evening,
Today we had our first eco event consisting of an assault course this morning. We also had half an hour to ride bikes and scooters; however, we had some issues remembering codes/not being able to work bike chains. Could I please ask that the children have the code of their chain written down and are aware of how to unlock their bike. Helmets must also be worn during our daily Big Pedal sessions.
Can I ask that all library books are returned to school tomorrow. I am aware that some of the children have already returned their books which is a great help. Book bags and homework will be sent home tomorrow as it was our No Paper Day today. As part of Red Nose Day events, we will be offering face painting on Wednesday at lunchtime at a cost of 20p. If your child has not yet returned their form indicating whether they have permission to have their face painted, this must be returned on Wednesday morning to allow them to take part.
We have been doing a lot of work on Fractions. As it is No Paper Day I have attached this weeks maths homework, which can be completed verbally at any point during the week.
Lastly, we enjoyed developing our Fairyland topic further with Health and Wellbeing and Expressive Arts today. The children took on the role of pirates and coordinated dance routines to pirate themed music.
Here are some pictures from our fun filled day! 
P5S – Big Pedal Day 1
Today we had our first Big Pedal session. We had 9 bikes, 3 scooters and one supporter (thank you Kate’s dad) brought to school today. Hopefully tomorrow we will have a few more! It is much more fun biking or scootering around the playground. I might even give it a try myself tomorrow! Please remember you must bring a helmet to wear during these sessions.
P5S and P7M Litter Survey
As part of our Eco Week, P5S and P7M joined forces this morning to collect and display information on the amount of litter that had collected in the different areas within our playground; Infants, Middle and Upper.
In pairs, or trios, you worked together to collect the information. You then had to display your findings in a bar graph. Both Miss McDowall and I were delighted at just how well you all worked together. It was lovely to see!
Eco Week Homework W/B 20.3.17
As part of Eco week all classes will be issued with an eco homework grid for children, this grid will be posted online to make it more eco friendly. The grid is posted below and pupils will be rewarded eco points for completing the homework tasks. Some teachers may also be issuing spelling homework and reading as normal.
Eco Homework Grid
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Draw a diagram of your house (inside or out) labelling the materials used to make things. |
In your house, find:
5 things made from wood 5 things made from glass 5 things made from metal Draw a small picture of each. |
Find something in your house which is eco friendly. Draw and explain what it is used for in your house. |
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Make a poster explaining how we can be more eco-friendly.
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Write a poem about the eco code Reduce, reuse and recycle. |
Try to make a journey which you normally would by car using an eco-friendly mode of transport. |
Eco Week 2017
ECO WEEK 2017
This week, Bishopton Primary is holding an Eco Week to encourage whole school community action on Learning for Sustainability. The Eco Committee have been working hard preparing the structure and activities for the week which will run from Monday 20th March until Thursday 23rd March 2017.
This week is part of our continued journey towards achieving a Green Flag as part of the Eco Schools Programme. More information for this can be found on the Keep Scotland Beautiful website.
The week begins with a No Paper Day on Monday to help us all understand how much we rely on paper daily. All classes will be challenged with completing their lessons without the use of books, jotters, worksheets or textbooks. The photocopier will be out of use! Everyone will be encouraged to use hand driers instead of paper towels to dry hands. Paper towels will only be used in emergencies in the classroom.
Throughout the rest of the week, pupils will be participating in a variety of eco related activities including indoor planting, learning about the importance of recycling, and taking part in the Big Pedal. All classes will also welcome external visitors who will be teaching us all about a variety of eco related topics. There will also be the opportunity for pupils to earn eco points for their class for a variety of different eco related things including turning lights off in class, recycling correctly and having a healthy snack for break and lunch. Winners will be announced at the Eco Assembly on Monday 27th March.
Please keep an eye on the blog for updates on how we get on throughout the week.
This week is all about getting our pupils excited and more knowledgeable about what being an Eco School means. It’s about educating our pupils about the importance of working towards a green flag and what it represents. This week is about being part of ‘keeping Scotland clean and green, today and tomorrow!’
Children’s literacy display
In P3 we have been trying really hard to improve our writing. Using our VCOP (which your children can tell you all about) we created a VCOP display. As the school is trying to become more environmentally friendly the children asked if the new display could be a recycled display. After a few discussions and brain storming we decided on an eco tree. The main part of the tree is from used newspapers, painted using left over paint from different bottles. The children wanted birds on the tree to describe the different section however as we couldn’t think of a way to create them from something old we used parts of the old display rather than wasting them.
I think the children did well to create this lovely display and I can’t wait to fill it up with the children’s work. 
Vegetable Tasting!
The Food and the Environment sub group were discussing ways in which we could promote healthy eating as well as helping to reduce food waste in the school. We are hoping to put lots of plans in place over the next few weeks and months but we thought we would firstly take the opportunity, to promote the new Renfrewshire School Meals Menu which starts on Monday.
As a group, we discussed how many vegetables are wasted at meal times as children are not willing to try them because they don’t know what they are or taste like. After speaking to Mrs Ferguson in the kitchen, we agreed that we would hold a vegetable tasting day for the whole school.
Mr Collins and Mrs Davidson discussed the importance of healthy eating and promoted some of the new vegetables at our assemblies before all pupils (and staff) had the opportunity to sample some of the vegetables that will be on offer on the new menu.
Curly kale was the clear favourite, followed by green beans and then roasted onions (we might need to promote the latter more!)
Here are some pictures of our infant children trying some of the vegetables:
Eco Drama – The Worm Inspectors
On Wednesday, we were lucky to have a visit from the Worm Inspectors who told us all about worms and even brought us our own wormery. They reminded us about the 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We learnt about what to feed our worms and what they cannot eat. We look forward to taking care of our worms and becoming Worm Inspectors ourselves.
School Travel Champions
Your new school travel champions have been appointed from P6G and P6P! They are: Tayla, Cameron, John and Emma. We have conducted surveys in each class to determine how many of us walk or cycle to school. Coming up we will be having a poster competition to encourage walking/cycling to school (details to follow) and each month we will be conducting a walk to school event. We have some fun ideas to encourage everyone to walk to school and each month the best class will get an extra five minutes of playtime! We will keep you updated! 
Welcome to Bishopton Primary Eco School
We are very busy with our Eco School Groups. Mr Collins and all our Eco School teachers are working hard with the children in our groups.
