A BIG Bankton ‘Well Done’ to Felix, who continued his spooky writing at home and delighted us with his efforts!!  Keep up the good work!

You may already be aware of the Magical Badger Buzz at Bankton!!  We are delighted to be teaming up with Badger the Mystical Mutt and Authors McNicol and Jackson for an inspiring fun-filled year as our very own reading patrons!

This project has been set up to inspire the pupils and further develop a love for reading and writing in our school!

Badger visited the school last month and was recorded for a very special radio broadcast which will be aired on BBC Radio Scotland on Boxing Day at 12.30 (see the link below for details).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kf6cx

Tune in and you may just hear some voices that you recognise!

Watch out for more magical Badger events in the New Year!

The photo below is Badger and the BBC at Bankton!

Find out more about Badger: http://www.badgerthemysticalmutt.com/index.html

Bankton Primary School was delighted to be showcasing the work we have been doing to encourage reading through our breakfast book club at the First Minister’s Reading Challenge Celebration today.

We were so proud of our book club representatives who came to share our work with other schools from across Scotland as well as with some very important people that you may recognise!!!

Primary 4 have been working on a mini Polar Express project.  On Friday they all came home with their first gift of Christmas wrapped in a beautiful handmade box and filled with messages about friendship and kindness!  We have been learning about the term ‘Christmas spirit’ and have been planning ways we can share this over the next few festive weeks!

Merry Christmas everyone, we hope you have a holiday filled with fun and laughter, surrounded by family and friends!!!

Read, Write, Count and P1 Family Bookbugs

We were absolutely delighted to see so many families in Bankton today learning together!  The children are very excited about their bags and we are looking forward to hearing about the fun you have with them.

A huge thank you to Jen Harwood from the Scottish Book Trust for coming along today and joining in the fun!!!  

Bankton Breakfast Club @ Book Week

We are still having lots of fun reading at breakfast club!  This week we have been doing lots of fun activities related to our favourite authors and we even had a prize draw for everyone who took part in activities this week!

And the winners were….

Happy reading, writing and counting!!!!!

As part of Dyslexia Awareness week some of the classes in the middle and upper school will be watching short video clips to highlight what dyslexia is and how it can impact on people who have it.  As well as looking at the difficulties they can have in learning, the clips also look at the amazing talents a dyslexic mind can bring!

Try googling famous dyslexic people to see the wide range of  incredible talents out there!!!  Have a look at this clip to find out more.

http://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/dyslexia-awareness-week

The boys and girls are loving having lots of books to read and share at breakfast club!  I can’t think of a better way to start the day!!

Remember all reading counts towards the First Minister’s Reading Challenge!!!

Emotion Works @ Bankton

The children loved Showing off the work they have been doing on emotions with Claire Murray from Emotion Works today.  The whole school has been working on the Emotion Works cog system to help the children to understand their emotions.  They have been developing their vocabulary of emotion words, looking at how different emotions feel in their bodies, how they behave when they feel these emotions emotions and what triggers them to feel different things.  Next week we will be looking at how we can regulate our responses to our emotions!  Look our for our showcase in November where parents will get a chance to come in and find out more about what we have been doing!