The upper school classes were lucky enough to receive a visit today from Rong Rong MacLeod. Rong Rong was in to teach us all about Chinese New Year and Chinese culture. We got to make Chinese New Year cards, money envelopes, calendars and Chinese lanterns. Rong Rong also played the Pipa for us and we performed a lantern dance! Thank you Rong Rong for a lovely day!
GALA DAY VOTING IS OPEN!
Last week each class picked their favourite theme for the gala day, and the choices were revealed during Together Time today where most children voted for their preferred option – some are still needing time to think about this important decision!
Parents are now invited in to school to vote on their preferred choice. you will be able to find the ballot papers and voting box just outside the office.
The choices are…. (drumroll!)…
1.Frozen
2.Toy Story
3.Mary Poppins
4.Peter Pan
5.Pirates of the Caribbean
6.Classic Disney characters
7.Beauty and the Beast
8.Wizard of Oz
Voting will close on 19th March and the winning theme will be revealed on 20th March. Please only vote once.
A big thank you to all our amazing parents who came along to support the Football Club on Wednesday night. I suppose we should say a little well done to the ‘not very competitive’ parents who won all their games coming first. Well Done 🙂
We really enjoyed having you there and hope to see you again.
Greenrigg Primary was visited by Hong Lok last Friday to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The children were given the opportunity to try on the lion costume and also practice keeping a beat with the big drum and the cymbals.
Thank you so much for all your amazing donations for Day for Change. Your spare change has really made a difference and will help children in Syria and the Philippines whose lives have been effected by war and natural disasters. A massive congratulations to the whole school for raising a huge £264.33, although the pupils did bag up the coins so we are probably a few pennies out (this will be a fun trip to the bank)
So, huge congratulations to Primary 2 for being the class winners. You will get your treat out of class with Mrs Monahan next week!
Thank you to the Rights Respecting Group who came up with the ideas and helped to make the day a success.
Today P7/6 faced the Dragons of Dragon’s Den and the students of West Lothian College to take part in pitching their ideas for a new business. There was a lot to see and to hear and all groups performed extremely well. There was an overall winner between G.P.S and W.L.C and two group winners. Children have worked for weeks to come up with a product, create a business, make a business plan and deliver a pitch to sell their business to some very scary Dragons. I’m delighted to say that it was a G.P.S business which took the overall winner slot. They produced a high quality product which was well researched and pitched well. Their name was Tropicise and consisted of Nathan Hill, Lewis Galloway, Ethan Kellie, Jake Turner and PJ Swan. Well done boys! The G.P.S winner was Battle Monsters Crew (Brandon Aitken, Logan Nuttall, Cody Watson and John Kerr) Please take the time to look at our photos. Lots of confident individuals.
We are all very proud of our school football club who have took part in round two of the Whitburn Primary Schools Football League. Out of 6 games we won 4, lost 1 and drew 1. Keep up the hard work and training. Football club is finished for now until after Easter. We will be having another fun night on Wednesday 4th March, parents are welcome along to join in.
Big well done from Mrs Monahan, you all represented your school so proudly. You all had great team spirit and played excellently. I was so nervous for you all and loved cheering you on. I was very impressed they way you spoke to the other teams and were making new friends.
We have a very busy week ahead. Children are finalizing their Dragon Den topic and preparing for their presentations next week, they are working on imaginative writing and creating an adventure story with beginning, middle and end, they are helping out with some baking for the Fairtrade Event on Friday, we have a motivational speaker coming into see us on Thursday, an art teacher visiting us tomorrow afternoon from Stoneyburn and we are creating a wall display for the hall. As you can see, there is a lot happening and so children have been excused from written homework this week, although learning tables and practicing reading can still be done!!!! Hope to see you all on Friday and keep eyes peeled for pictures of the Dragon’s Den topic.
Primary 6/5 had a fun filled afternoon attending the Whitburn Cluster Basketball Festival. As usual all pupils attending showed a high standard of behaviour and sportsmanship! Well done Primary 6/5, you are credit to the school!
Primary 6 had a fantastic day at Stoneyburn on Wednesday. The boys and girls enjoyed meeting new friends and working together. Primary 6 are building a track for a programable car to travel on. Using their technology skills they will be problem solving together.
Thank you Stoneyburn for a fantastic day, see you soon
