Author Archives: Miss Armstrong

Magic Munchie Monday 13.11.17

Well done to our Magic Munchie Monday lot this week. It was lovely to hear how hard you’ve all been working. Lots of growth mindsets across all stages of the school. This week was extra special because you got to drink your hot chocolate from our brand new Magic Munchie Monday mugs! We hope you enjoyed yourself. Keep it up!

 

Magic Munchie Monday 6.11.17

Well done to this week’s Magic Munchie Monday lot! Your teachers have been very impressed with your effort and it was lovely to hear you all share what you’ve been working hard on. A lot of you this week have been doing fantastic story writing. Some of you were resilient in Maths and kept trying even though you found it tricky! Keep it up!

Class Newsletters

Our Term 1 class newsletters are now on the blog. They can be found in the ‘Class Newsletters’ section on the right hand side of the main page.

The newsletters are a chance for you to see a snippet of what your child’s class has been learning about each term.

Magic Munchie Monday!

We have started a new incentive in the school called Magic Munchie Monday!

Every Monday, one pupil from each class will be selected to come along to our Magic Munchie Monday. During play time, they will come along to the Gr8 Place and have a nice warm cup of hot chocolate and a biscuit whilst chatting with Mrs Duncan and Miss Armstrong about what they’ve been doing well in.

For the next few weeks the focus for Magic Munchie Monday is for effort. Teachers and Pupil Support Workers are keeping an eye out for pupils who have been working especially hard and trying their very best.

Well done to this week’s Magic Munchie Monday nominees. It was lovely to hear how much effort you have been putting in across all different areas of the curriculum!

 

Parent Helpers

We are always looking for parents out there who would like to come in and help!

For those of you who have not volunteered before but would be interested in doing so, here is a brief summary of the type of jobs you could be asked to do:

  • Work with small groups of children on a variety of tasks e.g. art, library, games, phonics, maths, word walls
  • Sharpen pencils, clean paint trays
  • Supervise children working in open areas
  • Mount work for display purposes
  • Take display work down from walls
  • Filing
  • Make costumes for school productions
  • Gardening
  • Admin tasks

There is also a separate list of parents who are happy to help with school outings or events and can be contacted on a ‘one-off’ basis.

If you think you could offer any time to help in school, please contact the school office for a form.

Please note: it is essential that you are disclosed if you wish to be a parent helper. Please call into school and fill in one of the new Disclosure Scotland PVG forms if you do not have a current disclosure. These are available from Mrs Roy in the office.

Parent helpers are an enormous help in the school and your talents and time are much appreciated.

P6 2 stars and a wish

1st Star: We really enjoyed doing Number Talks again this week. We liked the extra hot questions adding in 10,000s.

2nd Star: We also really liked learning more about our restaurant theme. We had to think of a logo and design a logo using an online app.

Wish: To have a game of rounders if the weather stays nice

P6 and P7 Time Capsule Trip

P6 and P7 had an AMAZING time celebrating the end of the year at the Time Capsule in Coatbridge. 70 of us went ice skating and swimming and it was so much fun …even for the teachers!! 😀 We then walked to Summerlee museum for lunch and a play at the park. We used the profits from our Business Enterprise earlier this year and it was definitely all worth it!

 

West Lothian Netball Festival Winners!

Eight pupils from our school netball team went to the West Lothian Schools Netball Festival today and came away with the winning trophy! They were competing against 15 other Primary Schools and managed to get through to every round, beating Blackridge Primary in a nail-biting final.

The netball team have shown great determination and resilience throughout every game they have played in. They have also shown commitment to the after school club, helping to develop their skills and talents even further every week. Their coaches, Mrs Williamson, Mrs Seawright and Miss Armstrong couldn’t be prouder. Well done Boghall netball team – fantastic teamwork!