It has been an eventful week in St. John’s Primary and my blog will start at the end of the week!

On Friday there was an unannounced fire alarm, resulting in two fire engines being dispatched to the school, which was the cause of great excitement. When we were given the all clear to go back inside, we were greeted by a burst water pipe in the kitchen and water flowing into the main hall! Fortunately the firefighters managed to turn off the water and kindly stayed behind to help us mop up! We are very grateful to them for their help and a huge thanks to all the staff for pulling together to get the kitchen and hall tidied in time for lunch.

On Wednesday evening we held the AGM for the Partnership Group. Election of office bearers took place and I am delighted to announce that Mr Dennis Tops is  Chairperson with Mrs Jennifer Cairney as Vice-Chairperson. The Treasurer is Mrs Gayle Tops, the Fundraising Co-ordinator is Miss Emma Livingstone and Miss Suzanne Sherry is the Clerk. Look out for the Partnership Group newsletter and information on the school website, coming soon.

The classes have also been very busy this week.

Primary 1/2

The boys and girls have been carrying out investigations in Science to find out how plants grow. In Art, the children have begun to create different leaves and plants to build their own rainforest in the classroom!

Primary 3/4/5

The children have been very inventive by upcycling t-shirts into new designs and new useful items. For example, a handy bag and toys for dogs. They have also set up their paper exchange stall in the classroom.

Primary 5/6/7

The pupils of Primary 5/6/7 have had a focus on Literacy this week as they have been developing their reading comprehension skills focussing on inference and how to answer inferential questions.

Finally, we were delighted to welcome back  Mrs Carty to school this week.

Thank you for reading my blog and hopefully it will be a little less eventful next week!