Dear Parent\/ Carer<\/p>\n
Time is passing so quickly and we find ourselves at the beginning of the final term. As the days lengthen we will hopefully find the weather improving and our pupils will get the opportunity to spend time outdoors.<\/p>\n
Lynn Ferguson<\/strong> Our Primary 7 <\/strong>pupils continue to make links with Castlehead. They recently had sports input from senior pupils before spending time at Castlehead as part of the Sky Sports event.<\/p>\n Several of them took part in the trials for the School of Football at Castlehead and we wish them success with this. Pupils and staff really enjoyed the Lockerbie Trip and Activity week events, which took place during the week beginning 25th<\/sup> April. Many thanks to Mrs O\u2019Boyle,\u00a0 Mrs Park, Miss Gibson and Mr Carson for organising and accompanying this trip and to Mrs R Campbell for activities week.<\/p>\n Friends of the West (FOTW)<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you to the parents who are part of this group, for all their hard work and support. They have been campaigning for improvements to our school building and this has paid off as pupil toilets will be refurbished during the summer holiday period. The next meeting will take place on Monday 16th<\/sup> May at 6.00pm in the staffroom and new members are very welcome.<\/p>\n Charity Involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n Many thanks for your support of Comic Relief as we raised \u00a3455 for this very worthwhile cause. Thanks to all staff and pupils who helped to make this day so successful, especially Mrs Park, Mrs Milligan, Miss Wilson and Newton House Captains Morven McEwan and Ben Anderson for organising this event.<\/p>\n School Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n Our House football tournament<\/strong> organised by Mrs Park was a huge success with lots of skill and enthusiasm on show. Primary 1 \u2013 5 played for fun whilst Primary 6 and 7 held competitive games. Well done to Maxwellton who won both the girls\u2019 and the boys\u2019 tournaments.<\/p>\n Our annual carers\u2019 competition<\/strong>, sponsored by The Cooperative Funeral Parlour, gave us the usual headache of picking winners. The reasons given as to why carers were special made us both smile and teary. Ailidh Lawrie P3 was third, Brooke McLardie P2 was second and the overall winners were William and Anna Matthews very well done to all of them.<\/p>\n Every year primary 6 take part in an Easter Bonnet competition <\/strong>with their efforts paraded at the beginning of the Easter service. This year the standard was particularly high and judging was very difficult. The results were; 1st<\/sup> place Kaiden Barr P6a, Byron Carden P6b, 2nd<\/sup> place Elise Hendry P6a, Kirstie Pringle P6b and 3rd<\/sup> place Ashley Clark P6a, Jacob Todd P6b.<\/p>\n Many thanks for your donations of Easter eggs which made a great display at the Easter service. These were distributed by The Cooperative Funeral Parlour to local children and elderly residents.<\/p>\n Primary 6 <\/strong>pupils learned a great deal from their visit to the \u201cSafe Kids\u201d<\/strong> events. They faced various scenarios and had to think about keeping safe and making good choices, skills we hope will stay with them for some time.<\/p>\n The Primary 5<\/strong> trip to the Tall Ships<\/strong> has become an integral part of the Titanic topic. This year\u2019s trip went very well with pupils showing a great deal of knowledge and behaving to West Standard.<\/p>\n Our Pupil Profiles <\/strong>are given a high priority here in school and almost all were returned signed, by the deadline. Pupils will be using them to review their year during the week beginning 6th<\/sup> June and we hope that they can see progress on their targets.<\/p>\n Our gym hall is looking like a great place to learn with the addition of learning boards.<\/strong> These help pupils and staff to focus on the key skills and significant aspects of PE. Let\u2019s hope they inspire some sporting talent of the future.<\/p>\n We continue to work on our current school improvement plan<\/strong>. Staff have been developing our social studies and science topics to ensure breadth, progress and challenge as well as the development of skills for learning, life and work.<\/p>\n Our World of Work and Money Week<\/strong> took place during the week beginning 22nd<\/sup> February. Pupils participated in many work and money related activities and when surveyed found the input from visitors really interesting and would like more of this next year. Thanks to all staff for their hard work leading up to and during this week. Particular thanks go to Mrs Wiszniewski for organising the week.<\/p>\n Pupils from the running club took part in the Renfrewshire Schools Cross Country<\/strong> race. Mrs Milligan and Miss Wilson give up their lunchtime to train pupils and they were delighted with the attitude and effort that all pupils put in on the day.<\/p>\n World Book Week<\/strong> was as popular as ever and we had pupils dressed up as characters and designing front covers and new book characters. Developing a love of reading for pleasure will play a major part in developing their literacy skills.<\/p>\n Reminders to Parents<\/strong><\/p>\n Reminders to Pupils<\/strong><\/p>\n Upcoming Events<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear Parent\/ Carer Time is passing so quickly and we find ourselves at the beginning of the final term. As the days lengthen we will hopefully find the weather improving and our pupils will get the opportunity to spend time outdoors. Lynn Ferguson Headteacher Our Primary 7 pupils continue to make links with Castlehead. They … Continue reading Term 3 Newsletter<\/span>
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