The P2-7 pupils have been taking part in the Sumdog Contest which coincides with Maths Week Scotland. As part of our celebrations, we are competing against our cluster schools (Bargarran, Barsail, Inchinnan, Langbank and Rashielea). The pupils should be given some time in class to play the games but they can also play at home. Keep checking the Blog for updates on our positions on the leaderboard. See below for our current positions. #MathsWeekScotlandRenfrewshire #MathsWeekScotland #MakingMathsCount
Currently there are two classes from Barsail Primary who are ahead of our classes:
32nd
P3/2, Barsail Primary
Scotland
401
67th
P4/3!, Barsail Primary
Scotland
340
Try your best to answer questions correctly to help us climb the leaderboard!
A huge well done to Jay, Erin and Rachael who represented our school last night at the Primary Track and Field. Iain Shearer, the Active Schools & Community Club Development Officer for Renfrewshire said “they behaved impeccably, gave 100% at their event and showed sportsmanship across the evening. The pupils were a credit to our schools. They missed out on winning the team prize by only a few points but definitely deserve recognition for their efforts.”
Today we had three girls who achieved great things outside of school. Lucy was chosen as the best girl in the best squad and Keeley was the runner-up best girl at Girls Brigade. Rachael won a silver medal her latest Judo competition. Well done, girls!
We had so many photographs from the Rookie Rockstars concerts we have had to make another blog post. Here are a few more photographs from our fabulous concerts held on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Enjoy!
The Rookie Rockstars concerts at Ingliston Country Club on Tuesday and Wednesday night were amazing! The pupils turned up dressed to impress and ready to rock! They put on two great shows, showing off their singing and dancing skills as well as what the songs had taught them about anti-bullying and self-esteem.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the events happen: Rookie Rockstars for their guidance and songs, Ingliston Country Club for allowing us to host the events for free, the audience (families and friends) for your support, the many school staff who came to supervise and rock out, the school secretaries who acted as a professional box office for a few weeks, the janitorial staff who acted as roadies for a few days and most importantly the pupils who rocked their socks off!
If you would still like to purchase a CD to listen to for many years to come, please visit the School Office.
A huge well done to Rachael who won a Gold medal two weekends ago at the Sportif International. She had to fight many much bigger girls and even came up against a girl who had bet her before. But thanks to her hard work and effort, she triumphed and won!
Then after a tiring week at our residential trip, Rachael travelled to Northern Ireland to compete in a huge competition. She fought a girl three times and won! She was awarded a Gold medal. Congratulations!
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This morning you presented your WW2 projects that you have had 5 weeks to prepare. I was impressed with the variety of topics and many different delivery styles. We had confident presenters who gave great eye contact, faced your audience and delivered your facts using a varied tone, to keep the audience’s interest. Some of you highlighted your drawings or images to point out interesting facts. We even had some home baking using ration recipes which worked a treat in winning us over!
I have your individual feedback ready to give you tomorrow but some general feedback for the majority of you:
Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse! This allows you to check you are within the time allocated and your family members can give you honest feedback about your delivery style (voice, body language, etc)
Put the facts into your OWN words. Taking another person’s words from the internet or a book is called plagiarism and it doesn’t show me you have understood your research. It also means you should be able to say the words!
If you have made a poster, chosen images for a powerpoint or made a model, talk about it! Please point out interesting facts and show us your hard work. Make use of the props and things yo have brought in.
Last week, we read the climax of Goodnight Mister Tom (chapters 16 and 17). Today we responded to this by drawing what we thought they looked like during these chapters and then wrote what we thought they were thinking, saying and feeling.
I was really impressed with the detail of your illustrations and the thought put into their feelings and thoughts. Have a look below to see your work.
A huge well done to those of you who persevered to find words to the value of £100 for your Maths Homework. You found words that I didn’t have, as well as many I did have. To reward you for your massive effort, you chose from the Surprise reward list:
wear your slippers in class for a day
sit on a cushion for the day
be first out at interval for a week
no homework pass (One task of your choice. If you choose not to complete the Spelling homework, please look over the words)
listening to music during writing for a week (no phones allowed)
write with a pen for the day
have 5 minutes extra play for a week (with a friend)
A huge congratulations to everyone who learned their chosen by off-by-heart and recited it to the class. You were split into groups, depending on your poem and recited your poem to another class. Then they voted for the best recital. I am pleased to announce the runner-ups are:
Morgan
Lucy
Kayla
Rachel B
Alex
Andrew
Euan
Congratulations! Remember to practise tonight because you will be reciting it again in front of Mrs McNaught so she can choose an overall winner. Good luck!
Wow! Yesterday we retook the P7 Spelling Test and what an improvement from August! Nearly everyone increased their score but some of you blew yourselves out of the water. I am so impressed with the effort and you should be very proud of yourself, if you managed to better your own score.
Sumdog Contest
The Sumdog contest closes tomorrow at 8pm. Well done to those of you who have helped our class to climb the leaderboard. We are currently 109th out of 907 classes…that is some achievement, considering only 11 of you from our class of 28 have played so far. Ask me tomorrow to see where you rank.
A huge well done to all of the pupils who took part in the Sumdog contest. These fun games will help you maintain and improve your basic Maths skills. You helped your class to climb the leaderboard. have a look at the results below to see where your class placed in the contest. Remember at least 10 pupils from each class needed to play in order for them to qualify.
I would also like to say a big congratulations to two our our pupils who placed in the Top 20 pupils within Renfrewshire (out of 1338 pupils)! This means they answered the full 1000 questions and got a huge percentage of them correct. Congratulations to Laura from P7M who placed 11th by answering 952 questions correctly! And a huge well done to Lyall from P6G who placed 13th by answering 950 questions correctly! You should be extremely proud of yourselves – what a superb effort and achievement!
Please see below for the class leaderboards. Once again, well done to those of you who took part.
Happy St Andrew’s Day! I hope you all have a great day. Well done those of you who have taken part in the Sumdog contest. The classes below have qualified (at least 10 people from each class have played) and you can see their position on the Leaderboard below. Keep playing and trying your best to help your class and our school to do our very best!
Well done to Lyall from P6G who is currently 7th on the Leaderboard! Will you be able to join Lyall in the Top 10? So far, none of our classes have qualified to play in the competition because there have not been enough players from each class. Come on, let’s give Bargarran Primary (the current winners) a run for their money and get playing!
I have been checking the Sumdog account to see who has been completing their Maths homework and the only two pupils who have played games at home are Gemma, Ryan O and Laura. Please remember it is your responsibility to maintain and improve your basic maths skills.
Well done to Gemma, Ryan O and Laura – 5 house points each!
This morning we finally managed to finish our Badminton topic in P.E. with a smashing doubles tournament. You chose a partner and we played 2.5 minute games in a knock out competition. While your peers watched on they had three people to assess looking for correct handgrip, serving, different types of shots (short, long and smash), communication with partner and movement around the court.
This morning we had a real treat as Jen, Eve and Chloe from P.A.C.E. visited us to teach us a play all about the Paisley 2021 City of Culture bid. We have been practising the songs for a couple of weeks but the girls were able to quickly teach us a whole performance in the space of one hour!
We were split into three groups: the history of Paisley, the Weavers and the future. We all had lines to say and actions to do while the narrators spoke. All our song practise paid off, as we sounded great. The P3 and P4 classes were a quality audience during our performance. Thanks again to Eve, Jen and Chloe. Here we are in action:
Just a reminder to those of you who have not attempted your Mangahigh homework, that it is due for Friday 16th at 3.15pm. If you are having problems accessing the internet, please let me know and/or use the IT room for a short time during lunch.
Well done to the people below for a superb effort in the various challenges!
