Tonight (23rd April) is World Book Night where everyone is encouraged to take a break from the tv or the xbox and read a book.  It is being held on this date because it marks the 397 year since the death of William Shakespeare.

Well the puppy has now arrived and we have all fallen head over heels for her!

She is doing really well with her training already (no verbal warnings yet!!!).

And, after many, many deliberations and starting off with a list of 28 different options, we finally agreed on a name and it is ……. Scout.

Hope you’re all having a great break so far.  More updates on Scout to come!

Hope you all have a lovely and restful spring break and see you all back at school on Monday 15th April.

Mr B

Ok everyone, after all of your brilliant help when we got a hamster last year, I am now looking for your tips and advice for the arrival of our new puppy next week.

I have never had a dog of my own (although my wife has but not a puppy for around 14 years or so!)  so any of your tips or comments would be gratefully received.

Also, she is, as of yet unnamed so post a suggestion for a name here to have it added to the list of possibles that we are looking at!!!

So, you’ve all had the weekend to read the joke book. What do you think? Hilarious isn’t it!  It’s also very professional looking. The printers have asked if they can put details of it on their website as they are so pleaed with it.

I would really like to see some of your comments posted here.

Mrs Henry, Ms Russell and Mr Bamford in their red outfits at the red assembly on red nose day!

Thanks to Susan and Pamela in the kitchen for making these lovely Red Nose Day cookies for us today and for all those people who brought in a voluntary extra 10p for their lunch.

P7s paid 50p a go to splat me with shaving cream pies.  I think they enjoyed it a little too much, though their enthusiasm made loads of money!  They didn’t quite enjoy it as much as Ms Russell who paid £10 for the biggest pie of the day and instead of throwing it just walked up and smeared it all over my face! YUCK!

I can only really blog pictures of objects and staff here, but will put all the pictures on display next week in school and at parents’ night for you all to see.

What a gargantuan effort everyone.   We’ve done something of which we can be very proud this week.

I hope you all feel you’ve learned a lot about charities and how they work and a huge thank you goes out to the representatives of The Salvation Army, Friends of Cambulang Park, The Red Cross, Project 31, VASLAN, The Credit Union, The Haven, The Royal British Legion Riders, The Stonelaw Fairtrade Group & The Dog’s Trust for giving us their time and sharing their experiences with us.

Today we made a brilliant total of:   £2364.58

The break down of how we raised it was as follows:
£660  –  Joke Books
£307  –  Wear Something Red
£76.91 – Red Nose Cookies made by the kitchen staff
£10.22  –  P5b Raffle and collection
£13.65  –  P5 Raffle
£31.67  –  Pants Walk Bucket Collection (P3b, P6a and P7)
£372.70  –  Pants Walk Sponsor Money (P3b, P6a and P7)
£801.34  –  Fun Day (P3b, P6a and P7)
£72.50  –  Staff Car Wash
£18.59  –  Mrs Johnston’s homebaking sold in the staffroom

Thank you to everyone who contributed all.  Every little bit makes a huge difference.

We have had a great response to our visit to Clyde FC at the weekend.  The head of Community Development has written to the school commending the pupils on their behaviour, attitude and enthusiasm and expressing their gratitude for our phenomenal support on the day, that they are sure helped play a part in Clyde putting together a victory for the first time in 7 games.

The following links will take you away from the blog:

Clyde FC Media Gallery including the Official Mascot Picture and Chic Charnley enjoying our support

Clyde FC Video Highlights of the game, including the teams being led out of the tunnel by Dylan and Adam, footage of our pupils backing the team, and you can clearly hear us all backing the team as the second half rages on!

The Twitter Account of Clyde Mascot, Bully Wee The Bull, with a picture of him posing in the crowd with Hallside Pupils

Apparently the Clyde FC social media forums are awash with praise for Hallside pupils and the fabulous backing they gave the team, the atmosphere we helped to generate and the way we conducted ourselves.

Everyone should be very pleased and proud.