After a good night’s sleep and only one pupil who needed to be ‘encouraged’ to get out of bed, we were set up for the day with a delicious breakfast. Plenty of cooked breakfasts were devoured and a fair few bowls of cereal were munched! Our morning activity was a hill walk in some beautiful sunny weather where we came across plenty of sheep grazing with their lambs. We were back for lunch just after 12 noon where the choice on offer was sausage rolls, cheese & onion pastie, leek & potato soup and a selection of filled rolls.

This afternoon the children have been busy on the low ropes, crate stacking and fencing. Sadly the weather is taking a turn for the worst but hopefully the rain doesn’t last for too long!

For dinner we had the choice of BBQ chicken, pork steaks or vegetable chilli. All finished off with a lovely chocolate eclair – yum! Afterwards we had groups on the blind trail, climbing and crate stacking. Everyone seemed to have a great time.

A few games of bingo and some tuck shop entertained the children until bedtime at 10.15pm. You’ll note the earlier time as there was quite a few sleepy heads!

We’ve had a great start to our Lockerbie adventure! After arriving and settling in, the children took part in Manor Olympics which was a whole series of games and fun activities. For dinner there was the choice of vegetable curry, chicken hotpot or spaghetti bolognaise with jelly for afters.

The evening activities were fencing, abseiling and orienteering. Thankfully the weather all day was lovely and sunny which always helps!

A treat from the tuck shop and a music quiz finished the night and all the children were sound asleep by 10.30pm.

P5a had a great time at Paisley Museum learning all about weaving. We were shown different fibers and materials. We created our own weaving pattern which will be put together to create a large Paisley pattern picture. Thanks to the staff at the Museum for being so helpful and enthusiastic.

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On Friday 17 November we will be supporting Children in Need by having a non uniform day, this year’s theme is “Spotacular” so you could wear spotty clothing if you have any or maybe some spotty face paint.

We hope everyone will bring money as we will have a “chuck it in the bucket” for donations to Children in Need. We will also be having a mini talent show for all the pupils to enjoy.

Thank you

Libbi and Hannah
Newton House Captains

Time to clear out your cupboards for Christmas! P2 are planning to hold a Bring and Buy Sale in the school hall on Wednesday 29 November.  So please take time to clear out your unwanted toys, DVDs, CDs, books etc.  All donations of items in good condition will be welcome.

Children should bring their donations to school from Monday 6 November. All monies raised through this enterprise will support activities in school.

Do you have any unwanted clothing cluttering up your wardrobes? If so please help us to raise funds for our school by filling the Rag Bag and return to school on Thursday 16^th November 2017 (We can only accept Rag Bags on the morning of this day.)

Any unwanted wearable clothing, all fashions, all ages, paired shoes, handbags and belts are welcome.

Children will be rewarded with 10 Eco house points.

Thank you in advance for supporting this event.

Many of you will be aware that the school is benefitting from additional funding from the Scottish Government. This has allowed us to have more teaching staff to support Language and Maths. Time has been identified on Friday afternoons and our four additional staff are running clubs for Primaries 4 to 7.

• Primaries 4 and 5 are working with recipes and cooking. For all children this will support their Literacy skills, social interaction with peers and skills for life in the kitchen.
• Primary 6 are taking part in a board games club and some in a book club. For all children this will support their Literacy skills and social interaction with peers.
• Primary 7 are working on a magazine to be published at Christmas time. For all children this will support their Literacy skills, social interaction with peers, encourage self-confidence and working as a team.

Our hope is to involve as many children as possible in these clubs over the course of the session. The clubs are already underway with the first groups. Please contact the school if you have any concerns.

We are having a coffee morning to support the charity Macmillan Cancer Relief on Friday 29^th September it will be a non uniform day with a chuck it in the bucket donation and you can bring 30p for a cake on this day.

Thank you for supporting Macmillan Cancer Relief.

Maxwellton House Captains

Finlay and Finn

Week 1 on Dinner Menu

Monday, 18 September

P3 Ball Sports (lunchtime)
P5-7 Badminton Club (3pm – 4pm)

Tuesday, 19 September

P4 Ball Sports (lunchtime)
Football Training (3pm – 4pm)

Wednesday, 20 September

P5 Netball (3pm – 4pm)
P6&P7 Basketball (3pm – 4pm)

Thursday, 21 September

P7 Netball (3pm – 4pm)

Friday, 22 September 

Holiday

Broomlands are the winners of this year’s house competition. Well done!

The reward is on the morning of Monday 26th June 9am – 12pm approximately.

Children in Broomlands should wear sports clothing to this outing.