On Monday we had our Christmas house art day and what a lovely day it was! Pupils were looking fabulous – dressed in their house colours and feeling very festive, they brought a great energy to the day.

Our art day was themed around the Global Goals and we worked together to discuss how best to have a sustainable Christmas.

As well as creating our overall house displays, we created a variety of Christmas decorations from household items. We made cd baubles from CDs and DVDs, yarn Christmas baubles from wool and cardboard, and festive photo frames from lollipop sticks.

Have a look at our stunning Christmas Tree below, featuring all of our beautiful decorations! Let us know if you need the instructions to make your own.

Everyone worked very hard and had great fun! A massive thanks to our Primary 7 pupils who led a huge selection of festive games and crafts.

Thank you for all your support, donations and well wishes. Here’s to a festive December!

Ospreys

Global Goal 15: Life on Land

Hawks

Global Goal 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production

Falcons

Global Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Eagles

Global Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

A reminder that Tuesday 30th November is a holiday for St Andrew’s Day. We hope everyone has a great day and look forward to seeing everyone back on Wednesday 1st December.

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY – FRIDAY 10^TH DECEMBER 2021

 This year has been slightly better than last and in celebration we will be having our usual Christmas Jumper Day to support Save the Children.  We would like everyone to put on a Christmas Jumper. It could be an old jumper or top covered with stickers, tinsel, foil or anything sparkly.  You don’t have to go to the shops!  Our Pupil Council have already made posters and displayed them in their classroom.

As before, we are suggesting a donation of £1 which you can make through Parent Pay.  This will be open until 18 December.

Thanking you in advance and looking forward to a fun day.

It’s that time of year again!

Our annual Christmas Art House Day is on Monday 29th November. Pupils will work together with their House peers from other stages to create a Christmas and Winter display.

We look forward to feeling festive and enjoying a day of expressive arts. This year, our displays will be themed around the Global Goals and pupils and staff will work together to learn how we can all have a more sustainable festive season, enjoy life’s simple pleasures and take responsibility for all that we can in our daily lives.

Pupils are asked to wear their House colours but they will be using a variety of art materials as well as glue and paint so they may get messy! Please do not wear your best clothes!

A reminder of the House colours:

• Eagles – yellow or gold
• Falcons – blue
• Hawks – green
• Ospreys – red

Thanks for all your support and donations – we know it will be a fabulous day!

Primary 1 are are looking to update some of our play resources to enhance our free play learning experience. With Christmas just around the corner and on the back of COP26, our hope is that we can get donations from home that are no longer wanted or used without buying brand new. At the children’s request, we are looking for donations of the following items:

• Wooden blocks
• Jigsaws
• Board Games
• Child sized furniture
• Construction sets
• Dolls and accessories
• Puppets
• Small world figures
• Sand/water play toys
• Role play sets e.g. play doctor kit
• Threading and lacing toys

If you can help us and have items you are willing to donate, please reply to this post with a note of the items, as this will ensure there are no duplications. We will then get back to you to confirm where and when to donate the item/s.

Please only send donations to school that are clean and in good condition.

This is an ideal opportunity to clear out before Christmas, whilst supporting our learners.

We appreciate your support.

The last opportunity to order the pupil Christmas cards is the 13th November.

Your child should have received a letter today regarding our activities for Children in Need next week. You can find a copy of the letter here –  BBC Children in Need Fundraising Letter 2021

A Children in Need area has been set up on Parent Pay. Please deposit any sponsorship money and donations for ‘Get your Glam on for Pudsey’ in this area. Money for the raffle and colouring competitions can be collected in school.

The sponsored walk route is located here – Map of Sponsored Walk

You can also download a sponsor form  here- Sponsor-Form 2021

I will be putting up signs along the route for you to take pictures with as you make your way round. Please upload any pictures to your class team, there will be Children in Need post up on Friday for you to add your pictures to.

Have lots of fun, be safe and we look forward to seeing your pictures!

Miss Altman

Hello everyone!

It’s almost time for one of the most festive celebrations in our school calendar – House Art Day!

This year, House Art Day will be on Monday 29^th November and we need your help!

To highlight the importance of our climate and environment, pupils at Bishopton Primary will create seasonal displays entirely made of sustainable materials. We will base these on the Sustainable Development Goals (https://www.globalgoals.org/) and hope that we can continue to emphasise how we can make a massive difference to our planet by thinking global yet acting local!

Making these displays will be loads of fun, but to make them the best we can we really need the following things, so please – save them for us if you’ll be using them at home! You can either bring things in as and when, are collect things up and bring in a large batch whenever suits you.

*Cardboard boxes (cereal/muesli/porridge boxes are ideal)

*Unwanted Christmas tree decorations – plain baubles would be perfect, but we’ll take anything you have!

*Unwanted CDs/DVDs – we don’t even need the cases, just the disc would be fab

*Any unwanted scraps of material

*Any unwanted wool

Any donations should be handed in to your child’s class teacher.

Thank you so much for your support; we’re really looking forward to the day ahead! Please check back in later in the month for more information about the day.

Miss Cauley and BPS teaching staff

Children in Need this year is Friday 19th of November.  We have lots of activities planned throughout the week.

This years theme is Get Your Strictly On! On Friday 19th we invite you to get your fanciest outfit on to raise money for CIN, Don’t forget the sparkle! To raise money for CIN we have set up a donation area on parent pay with a suggested donation of £1.

Throughout the week we are encouraging pupils to take part in a sponsored walk through Bishopton/Dargavel. Take part with your friends/family and upload pictures onto your teams page or send them to your teacher. You don’t have to walk, you could Pedal for Pudsey, Scoot for Pudsey or dance your way round. Just make sure you have lots of fun! A letter, sponsor form and map of the route will be sent out tomorrow. You can find a map and directions of the route here – Map of Sponsored Walk.  All sponsor money should be paid through parent pay, there is a specific area set up for this.

Throughout the week, children will have the opportunity to enter into the Pudsey Raffle. Mrs McKechnie (former member of staff) has very kindly donated a beautifully knitted Pudsey which her friend has made for us. The raffle will have a suggested donation of 50p and all money will be collected in school for this. If your child would like to take part then please send your donation to school next week, Primary 6 pupils will come around the classes throughout the week to give out raffles.

P1-3 pupils will also have the opportunity to take part in a Pudsey colouring competition with a Pudsey themed prize for the winning picture. (20p suggested donation to take part)

P4-7 pupils will also have the opportunity to take part in a Pudsey mindfulness  colouring competition with a Pudsey themed prize for the winning picture. (20p suggested donation to take part)

Book Week Scotland 2021 is from the 15^th until 21^st November this year.

To celebrate this we have arranged some fun activities in school.

• On Tuesday 16^th November our P7 buddies will go to P1 in the afternoon to support our P1’s to launch their new Book Bug Bags by reading their free books and enjoying the games.

• On Tuesday 16^th November all P1-7 pupils are invited to wear their PJs and bring their favourite bedtime story to school.

• Google Meet – some classes will be asking for parent volunteers to join the class on Google Meet to read a story.

• Masked Reader – as we did over lockdown, we will have a recorded mystery masked reader reading a story for the children to guess who it might be.

• Our weekly assemblies will be based around the Book Week theme of celebrating books and reading.

• We are hoping to have a visit from a local author which will be streamed over Teams to classes. This is still to confirmed.

• Read Like Pudsey – to support Children in Need, which is also running the same week, we are asking that as many children from P1-7 send in a picture of themselves reading with Pudsey (a picture or a bear), wearing Pudsey ears, dressed like Pudsey, wearing yellow, anything Children in Need themed. The picture can be uploaded to their class blog or emailed to the class teacher.

Winners from each stage will receive a £10 book token.

(Further information will follow regarding Children in Need)