Happy Easter everyone! Just a brief Blog this week to let you know our total for the Lenten Fundraising. A fantastic amount of £810 was raised for our three chosen charities, Mary’s Meals, SCIAF and Avon, Nethan and Clyde Food Bank. Presentation of the cheques will be organised at a later date. Thank you to everyone for your support and generosity to our Lenten appeal.
Mrs McCart
It is hard to believe that we have almost finished this term. It is a true saying that time flies when you are having fun and once again it has been an action packed week at St. John’s Primary. On Wednesday of this week we had a visit from the SSPCA who visited all of the classes to speak to the children about animal welfare and the role we play in protecting their natural environment. It was a very informative and interesting visit.
On Thursday, we had a visit from one of South Lanarkshire Council’s Development Officers, Lesley Stewart, who was looking at the teaching of P.E. across the school. The children from Primary 1 to Primary 7 have been focusing on developing their hand/eye co-ordination skills through playing badminton. Lesley was very impressed by the level of skills and the focus and concentration of the pupils, particularly during some of the competitive rallies!
Meanwhile the Spanish cookery classes continued, with the focus this week on Tapas. The classes were busy making a variety of tasty bites throughout the day, which culminated in a tasting session at the end of the day. Lesley was eager to get involved with the Primary 1/2 children when they were cooking and was astounded by the skills for learning, life and work being developed across the school. Of course none of this would happen without the enthusiasm and dedication of the talented teaching and support staff in St. John’s, so it is a huge thank you and well done to one and all!
On Friday we had our penultimate Lenten fundraising event with the children taking part in a sponsored obstacle course/Easter egg scavenger hunt. Our final fundraising event will be our Easter bonnet parade/ Easter egg competition.
We also announced the winners of our Science Week competition to design a paper airplane. The winners were, Mariana (P6) in 1st place and Chloe and Caitlyn (P5) in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. The girls created the models which stayed airborne the longest and travelled the furthest. Well done girls, possible aeronautic engineers of the future!
Also on Friday, ten of our Primary 6 and 7 boys and girls took part in a cross country running event at Lanark Race Course. Mrs Quadrelli was delighted with the effort and stamina of our runners. Well done!
Today begins Holy Week and we prepare for the Easter Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Each class will take part in Stations of the Cross this week and on Holy Thursday, we will come together as a school to take part in a Holy Week reflection.
Just to remind everyone that the school closes at 3.00 pm on Thursday and re-opens at 9.00 am on Tuesday the 29th of March. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the joy and peace of this Easter season.
Next week’s blog will be brief, with an announcement of our Lenten fundraising total.
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This week pupils took part in all things scientific as St. John’s focused on science, technologies and engineering as part of our celebration for National Science Week. We kicked off with a special launch assembly on Monday afternoon when the children launched their aerodynamic ‘o’ rings, which they created in class. We had class and House competitions to see whose creation flew the furthest. On Wednesday the children took part in a Science carousel where they rotated around various science experiments including ‘Fantastic Flight’, ‘Cracking Chemistry’ and ‘Feel the Force’.
On Friday, to conclude our science week, the whole school visited Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. The children thoroughly enjoyed their day and found out lots of interesting information on the Rainforest, glaciations, space and so much more. The children’s behaviour was excellent and they represented the school so well. Well done!
A huge thank you to Mrs Wong who led the science events throughout the school all week.
Our Lenten fundraising continues with Crazy Hair Day taking place on Wednesday. There was a range of wild and wacky hairdos and a huge thank you to everyone who took part.
The delicious aromas of the Mediterranean continued on Thursday as Mrs Kelly led cooking lessons for every class. The pupils were making Paella this week which tasted delicious. Also on Thursday, the Primary 5 pupils began their swimming lesson block at Coalburn Leisure Centre. They were accompanied by Mrs Birtles who commented on how well the children conducted themselves.
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Once more we have had a week full of learning, fun, achievement and special events!
On Tuesday evening, eight of our Primary 3 children made their First Reconciliation in Our Lady and St. John’s Church. It was a wonderful celebration of faith and a very special moment for each of our young pupils as they made a significant step on their faith journey. The parish, families and school came together to join the boys and girls as they made their confession with Father Stephen. Well done to all involved.
Our footballers took part in a football tournament on Wednesday morning at Blackwood Primary School, where they competed against local schools in the area. Mr Whyte and Gregor were delighted with the application and attitude of our players. Well done!
Our Lenten Fundraising Friday celebrated World Book Day and I was delighted with the number of children who took part and did their bit to contribute to our Lenten total for our very worthwhile charities. Almost all our pupils participated, helping to raise money for those less fortunate than ourselves.
In Primary 1/2 the boys and girls have been learning about Measure in their maths. They have been using scales and cubes to find ‘heavy‘ and ‘light‘ objects. In writing, the children have been learning to use adjectives to describe their friends and their day.
In P3/4/5, the boys and girls in P3 and 4 have been focussing on their money skills, learning about money in decimal form. The P3 children have been applying these skills, as they have responsibility for collecting and counting the weekly fundraising donations, an excellent way to consolidate their learning. The Primary 5 children have been working on some challenging number sequences. In their writing the whole class have been developing their skills for life and work by composing a letter of complaint as part of their topic ‘Kids Saving Planet Earth’.
In Primary 5/6/7 the children continue to develop their higher order reading skills through their study of the novels, ‘Divided City’ and ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’. All pupils have been working on using more ambitious vocabulary and good sentence openers in their creative writing and are currently applying these skills in letter writing.
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