On Thursday the 1st of September the House elections for the new House and Vice-Captains took place. The event was run as a proper election with hustings taking place earlier in the week, an electoral roll was created and ballot papers issued to all pupils. It was a very close contest which reflects the excellent qualities of our Primary 7 pupils and I would like to commend those pupils who put tremendous effort into their speeches and posters. As with every election there has to be a winner and I am delighted to announce the results:

Craignethan– Captain is Irena Rodan and Vice-captain is Dexter Fyfe

De Vere–  Captain is Anna Thomson and Vice-captain is Eva Quadrelli

Heathfield – Captain is Megan Welsh and Vice-captain is Oscar Tighe

Lancaster– Captain is Marianna Pinheiro and Vice-captain is Logan Burns

Congratulations to everyone and thank you to Miss Wadsworth, Mr Hall and the Primary 5 and 6 pupils for organising such a great event.

It has also been very busy in the classrooms this week.

Primary 1/2–  The children have been reading the story of The Little Red Hen in class and using it as stimulus for lots of cross-curricular activities such as baking bread in Food technologies, planting seeds in Science and their own scarecrows in Art & Design. In Numeracy & Mathematics the children have been counting and ordering numbers from 1-10 and 1-20.

Primary 2/3/4 – The children have been reading the story of ‘The Secret Island’ by Enid Blyton. Through this they have explore making rafts which will float. The children have also planned what they would take to a secret island and have designed their own island.

Primary 5/6/7 – The pupils have begun their interdisciplinary topic on Transport and have been considering sustainable methods of travelling. In Numeracy & Mathematics they have been exploring the properties of 3D objects and 2D shapes.

Finally, a reminder that CM Photography will visit the school tomorrow to take class photographs and family groups. Pupils should come to school wearing full school uniform, including a shirt and tie.

Thank you for reading my blog.

Mrs McCart

Head Teacher