Well done to all the pupils, staff and parents who survived the sweltering heat to play in our football challenge marathon today.  A great time was had by all and the trophy stays safely tucked up in the trophy cabinet for another year after a win for the adults.

Wow!  What an amazing experience.  I was so proud to carry the baton today and to do it in front of my own family and so many members of my extended Hallside family was so special.  Thank you so much to each boy, girl, mum, dad, auntie, uncle, grannie, grandpa and staff member who came along to the baton relay this evening.  I hope you enjoyed watching and cheering it as much as I enjoyed carrying it.

It was incredible.  My heart was bursting with pride.

Can’t wait for the games to begin now.

Today I proudly get to carry the Queen’s Baton in Hamilton as it spends the day passing through South Lanarkshire. It has been many months since I was nominated for this great honour and I’ve been getting more and more excited as today got closer and closer.  I will be so proud to carry the baton as the Commonwealth Games comes to my home town of Glasgow and to represent all the pupils, and their families, who have attended Hallside Primary and all of the boys and girls who have taken part in events I’ve organised for the whole community in my time here.

Thank you once again for the nomination, it means so much to me, and I hope to wave to as many of you as I can today if you are there.

Thank you.

Mr B

Queen’s Batonbearer 2014

(Some of the pupils asked me to put a reminder of where it will be on here:  Bothwell Road, Hamilton.  Just along from Hamilton Racecourse, I start my leg of the relay just along from the Powerleague 5-a-sides, at 6.23pm)

Here are the full results of the Commonwealth Sports Days.

Click here to go to Mr Bamford’s blog to see pictures from both days.

Team                  Total Score Across Both Days

.                                                                           Score Breakdown

.                                                             P3-4                                                      P5-7

.                                  Track        Field              Total            Track          Field            Total

We hope you all enjoyed visiting our Commonwealth Art Exhibition.  We all loved seeing our art on display in such a professional display.  The art work was of a stunning standard and visiting the exhibition really put us in the mood for the big event in the summer.

Miss Russell, Mrs Lang, Ms Castro and I have chosen a set of 6 pictures to order for the school to keep and display as a lasting memento of of our festivities to celebrate the games coming to Glasgow.

Well done everyone.