Well dome to you  all for taking part in this years Whitburn Cluster Netball Festival. Well deserved 2nd place and to see you all work as a team.  Thanks also to Hayley Mulheron for her coaching day.  I am sure you will all agree Hayley was amazing and showed you all defence techniques and you all transferred the skills to your games.  Going to see the Sirens play at the Emirates was fantastic too and you all had a great time especially getting to meet all the players and getting their signatures and photos.

Mrs McCardle

Primary five were creating scenarios that demonstrated identity, diversity and tolerance. The boys and girls discussed how to show their understanding and decided to do a mixture of freeze frames and acting in role. We created some videos too!

Not everyone is the same and each person has different personalities, skin tones and eye colour so don’t judge a person just by their colour – Anna

People have different jobs as part of their identity, your identity is your name, there are lots of different parts of your identity – Mya, Abigail and Nieve

When you meet people from different countries you get to learn how they live and the different foods that they have – Brodie

Ruth had to tolerate how they were eating a cheese string because she’d prefer them peeled – Abigail

Zoe was eating a hamburger and we were vegetarians and when we saw what she was eating we wondered why – Jamie

Mya had had a drink and she fell into Jordan-Lee and he retaliated and Nieve came and arrested Mya for anti-social behaviour – Brodie

As we strive towards better education and learning for our pupils, we will be celebrating Right of the Month, starting this month! Pupils will be learning about duty bearers; the adults who are responsible for protecting and nurturing them, specifically, school staff, parents and family members, and health and social care professionals. In February we are focusing on Article 24:

Every child has the right to the best possible health. Governments must provide good quality health care, clean water, nutritious food, and a clean environment and education on health and well-being so that children can stay healthy. Richer countries must help poorer countries achieve this.

Awareness of safe internet use is part of developing the best possible health for our pupils. Children and young people can often experience online bullying or begin chatting to and meeting people that they do not know and this often impacts their mental health and self-esteem.  It is important to talk to your child about how they use the internet and to ensure that you have appropriate safeguarding software to protect them. https://www.childnet.com/ and https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ have lots of information for parents and carers as well as information, videos and games for pupils.

The Netball After School Club had a fantastic training session with Hayley Mulheron.  She took time out of her busy Schedule as she plays Netball for Scotland and Strathclyde Sirens and came along to deliver a defence session to the children given that she plays GK/GD the children learned loads from her.  Think they enjoyed getting photos on their phones with her too.  Well impressed with all the hard work they put in.

Mrs McCardle