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Sharing the Learning – Family Learning

On Thursday 29th November, we will be hosting the second Sharing the Learning Day this session.

This time we are working with our partners in Adult Learning to share more about Family Learning and why this is so central to our school approach.

On the day you can expect familiar faces from school and the Pizza Club as well as lots of fun activities to get involved in. The event starts at 2pm until 5pm – you can drop in at any point and stay for as long as you like.

If you can make it along at 2pm, you can head along to collect your child from their classroom and go with them to the hall where the event is being hosted. If you can’t make it until after 3pm, don’t worry as there will be plenty of Scottish themed activities going on in the classes.

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We are looking forward to seeing you there – please feel free to add to the Scottish theme by wearing tartan on the day.

Book Week Scotland Thank You & Feedback

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Book Week Scotland is almost coming to an end, but don’t forget to continue the fun at home before it ends on Sunday!

At St David’s we have had a fun filled week of activities, visitors and trips.

We would like to say a massive thank you to the following for coming along this week and helping us celebrate Book Week Scotland;

  • Bryse, our lollipop man
  • The Fire service
  • Rosaleen & Alf at St Vincent de Paul
  • Emma, Renfrewshire’s Primary outreach librarian
  • Bookbug
  • The community Police

We would also like to say a huge thank you to Starbucks Johnstone for allowing us to come down for Hot chocolate and a story to be read from your Manager, Graham. Primary 4/5 really enjoyed this experience and have been talking about it throughout the week.

Another thank you goes to Cochrane Care home, for having Primary 1 and our House and Vice Captains for a Bookbug session, that was led by Anne – Thank you, Anne!

Here is our feedback from throughout the week!

“I liked reading when the bell rang” – Caitlin P1

“I loved getting our present from BookBug”- Hope P1

“I Liked getting to meet the real BookBug” – Sophie P1

“I like singing all the songs when we went to the nursing home” – Calum P1

“My favourite part of the week was when the fire brigade came in and we got a picture with the fire engine” – Alfie P2

“I Liked having Bryse come in, he was funny, he taught us the alphabet backwards” – Eilidh P2

“I liked when the Big BookBug came in” – Sean P2

“I liked getting toast and biscuits the bedtime reading buddy” – Leo P2

“I wish we could wear pyjamas every day, I’ve loved it” – Zoey P2

“I liked getting to wear our pyjamas and getting to read books” – Hannah P3

“Its helped us to learn how to read” – Jakub P3

“I liked reading with our buddy and our teddies” – Lily-Anne P3

“I liked learning about Fiction and Non Fiction”- Stephen P3

“I liked reading under the blanket’s it was cosy and fun” – Josh P3

“I liked taking part in Book Week Scotland because we got to hear other people read, it was really nice” – Emma P4/5

“I liked having Emma (Outreach librarian) come in on Wednesday. I liked the books she read us and then  we voted for our favourite” – Libby P4/5

“My favourite part was going to Starbucks! We got hot chocolate and the manager, Graham read to us” – Riley P4/5

“I loved how people took time out to come to our school and support Book Week Scotland” – Sienna P4/5

“I liked when the bell rang every day and we just  stopped what we were doing and read for 15 minutes” – Mirren P6/7

“I enjoyed going along and listening to Mrs Mackenzie read Paddington” – Tia P6/7

“I loved going to the care home with Primary 1 and doing BookBug. Everyone was singing songs and joining in and a lady called Liz had said at the end Thank you so much for coming today and Merry Christmas” – Mya P6/7

“I loved singing with John from Primary 1”  – Kayla P6/7

“I’ve enjoyed doing bedtime stories with Primary 1 and 2” – Ryan P6/7

 

Thank you for a very successful Book Week Scotland, until next year!

Happy reading!

 

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Bedtime Stories

Primary 1 have had a great day rounding off Book Week. We started with ‘Drop Everything and Read!” in class then joined Primary 2 and Primary 6/7 in Dream Island for a bedtime story. We enjoyed snuggling up with a blanket and some toast to hear stories from the older children. What a fantastic week it has been!

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Bookbug’s Surprise Visit!

Primary 1 had a great surprise on Wednesday, when Bookbug appeared at their library session with Emma, our outreach librarian!

Not only did Bookbug come to visit, he also gifted a very special bag to each Primary 1, full of books and other goodies to take home and keep!

We hope you have had a chance to read some of the books – please let us know your favourites!

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Book Week Fun Continues…

Primary 1 had a great time at Bookbug with the House and Vice captains and the residents of Cochrane Care Home. We sang lots of songs and listened to a story called Jumblebum. We all found it very funny! We had so much fun and are hoping to visit Cochrane Care Home in the near future. Keep your eyes peeled for some more Book Week fun tomorrow!

“It was really nice to share a story with the grown ups.” Caitlin

“It was super fun!” Evan

“I liked playing all the games.” Jan

“It was very relaxing listening to the story.” Aiden M

“The ladies paid me a compliment. That made me feel happy.” Millie

“I want to go back again next week!” Sophie

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Primary 3 Read, Write, Count Gifting

Primary 3 were in for a treat today when they were introduced to the ‘Read, Write, Count’ bags. We had a very excited class, that couldn’t wait to explore the many items inside the bag.

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“I love the story cubes – I can now make up my own stories at home” – Gemma

“I can use the notebook to write all my learning in to. I can even write my numbers from 0-100.”- Rebecca

“Those cards are cool, we can make up out own games with them. They are so much fun!”- Ryan

Emma introduced everything inside and  then shown the pupils what to do with it all. We even had a special visitor that came along to gift all pupils with a ‘Read, write, count’ bag!

This was very exciting, we got lots of cuddles and High- 5’s!

Thank you BookBug for your appearance today, we are so lucky to have you visit our school!

Thank you Emma for being with us today and for being a part of our Gifting event.

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Primary 1-3 Gifting Event today

REMINDER Primary 1-3 Gifting Event today

Primary 1 – Bookbug bag

Primary 2- Read, write, count bag

Primary 3 – Read, write, count bag

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Just a reminder that this event will take place today.

Primary 1  – 10am

Primary 2 – 11am

Primary 3 – 11:30am

This will take place in ‘Dream Island’ along with Emma  our Primary school outreach librarian.

Look forward to seeing you!

P.S We may have a special guest appearance!

Bookbug Check back later for some updates! #Bookweekscotland #Renattain

Book Week Scotland @ Starbucks!

Primary 4/5 celebrated day 2 of Scottish Book Week with a trip to the newly opened Starbucks in Johnstone! They were treated to hot chocolates and Graeme, the store manager, read them an excerpt from ‘Horrid Henry’s Author Visit’ by author Francesca Simon. As you can see from the photos, the children were delighted with their treat, and were very grateful to Graeme and his staff for accommodating them!

Stay tuned for more Book Week Scotland updates throughout the week!

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Book Week Scotland 2018!

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Book Week Scotland begins today and we look forward to welcoming all of our visitors this week.

Bryse our Lollipop man will be joining us after he has finished his job this morning, then followed by the Fire Service and then St. Vincent De Paul this afternoon.

We look forward to sharing a story with you and hearing all about your favourite book.

Happy reading everyone!

Check back throughout the week to see all of our updates from the classes.

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