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We have just started a subscription with Reading Eggs. The pupils in P4-7 enjoyed their first session on it and are excited to do lots more reading and learning on the website. The pupils are able to log in at  home too. They evaluated their first session.

What fun P1-7 had today baking Roman honey biscuits. Great work team!!

A huge thank you to everyone who sent donations for Ukraine in to the school on Monday 14th March.

We are delighted with the generosity of parents, staff and villagers. The pupils were very excited to load up the trolley and by late afternoon it was full and overflowing.

Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Collection to support the people of Ukraine

In partnership with Nessie Limited & the Red Cross, we are collecting items to help families  fleeing Ukraine.

Nessie Ltd have requested our help in donating the specific items listed below:

 

Baby                                                                                              Other

nappies (size 3 and above)                                             sleeping bags

wipes                                                                                           blankets

food                                                                                            towels

milk (formula, ready made)                                             bandages/ plasters

dummies                                                                                   hand sanitiser

bottles                                                                                       shampoo etc

soap

anti-bacterial wipes

 

 

Please send items to the school by Monday, 14th March at the latest.

Thank you for your support.

Period Positive South Lanarkshire

 

South Lanarkshire Council has been consulting  young people on the use of free Period Products in schools. Results of this consultation will be shared  in the coming months.

Outside of schools, residents of South Lanarkshire have been able to order Period Products online which are then delivered to their homes.  Products are also available free of charge in every South Lanarkshire building.

Our P6/7 girls completed this survey about the service provided in primary schools. South Lanarkshire Council would appreciate if parents and family members could also complete the survey.

P4-7 are working hard on the Beyond the Panda topic with Sandie. This week was the last session and the pupils learned about tea ceremonies in China. They are very excited to learn that Sandie will visit the school on Tuesday 10th May. We are all looking forward to meeting her face to face after  a session of online lessons.

This week we have been celebrating World Book Day. All pupils received a book token and are hoping to spend them very soon. We listened to a talk by Oliver Jeffers who showed the pupils how to draw the characters in his new book The Hueys. He then told his story “Stuck” and illustrated it as he told it. We all enjoyed this talk and are looking forward to enjoying more on Scottish Book Trust’s Author Live website.

We have also listened to a Happy World Book Day message from author of “Varjak’s Paw” S.F. Said.

To celebrate reading for pleasure we have been wearing “Ask me what I am reading” badges to encourage chatting about books.

What fun we all had when we received the two boxes of Roman artefacts from Biggar Museum. The pupils tried to guess what some of the objects may have been used for. We had some very interesting guesses.

A big thank you to Biggar Museum for loaning us the items.

We are delighted to hear that our evidence plan has passed the accreditation and we have been awarded the Silver award. The pupils and children have enjoyed working on this process and are loving the reading activities we have introduced. Reading Rocks!

In our Roman topic this week we made Roman bath houses. What a great job P1-7 made of them. A spa day there would be fabulous we all agreed!