Today, for Red Nose Day, as a culmination of everything we have learned during Our Charity Week, we raised the amazing sum of…

…£2364.58

And we still have more to come next week as the last of the sponsor money comes in.

Thank you so much to all the mums and dads, carers and family members who have so generously given to the cause and to the very hard work of the pupils and staff members (particularly Ms McMenemy, Ms Tees and Mrs Johnston).

Click here to visit my blog to find our more about how we raised it and to see some funny pictures of our day! (I’ll add them tonight as I sit watching Comic Relief!).

Well done everyone, massive pat on the back and you can all be very proud of yourselves.

Mr B

A bus full of 82 Hallsiders will be heading to Broadwood Stadium tomorrow to see Clyde play Peterhead.  We will be providing the official mascots, 10 others will be ballgirls and ballboys and 22 will take part in a penalty shoot out on the park at half time (click here to visit my blog and find out who is doing what).

If you visit the Clyde FC  site (click here) you’ll see that one of the four news headlines is “Hallside Primary Visit” with a photograph of our boys team in their new blue kit.

A huge thank you to Jim Duffy, manager of Clyde FC, who took time out of his preparations for tomorrow’s game against Peterhead to come to Hallside and share his experiences with the pupils in p4-7.

It was really interesting to hear, and I especially liked the fact that he loves MATHS!!!

His tips on improving as a player as well as healthy eating, exercise, teamwork and the importance of friends all amounted to some fantastic advice from someone who has played and managed at Celtic, Morton, Falkirk, Dundee, Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hearts, Brechin, Portsmouth, Norwich City, Chelsea and now, of course, Clyde.

Thanks Jim.

Remember, Friday is the deadline for the joke homework to be in, either on the paper slip or via email to jokebook@hallside-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk.

The information is all being submitted to the printers on Friday and over the weekend so Monday will be too late.

My sides are sore from laughing at the submissions so far, so keep them coming!!!

This week’s homework includes submitting a suitable joke for our Hallside Primary Red Nose Day Joke Book.

You can email it to jokebook@hallside-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk or hand it in on the homework sheet to your teacher.

Every suitable joke will be included in the book that you will be able to buy to help raise funds for our donation to Comic Relief.

Looking forward to chortling, chuckling, giggling and tee-hee-ing my way through 540 side splitters!!!