The  SOC-IT group would like you to know about the link to the ‘Savvy Mummys’ website. Everyone who signs up to Savvy Mummys for special offers, will earn £2.00 for Soc-It.

http://www.savvymummys.co.uk/?aff=stoneyburn

Buying goods through the following weblink will also earn money. Buying through this estore will not cost you a penny more than buying from the normal online outlet, but everything you buy will result in a donation to SOC-IT

http://www.spendandraise.com/stoneyburnprimary/

Thank  you.

Every year, the goverment conducts a survey of children at p4 and p7 in either numeracy or literacy and children are selected randomly from every primary school to take part. The purpose of the survey is to track how children’s performace varies from year to year and to identify the areas of the curriculum that children are finding difficult. This year,we have had 6 children selected to take part in the survey and, for the first time, some of it is being done over the internet, on GLOW. This is quite an exciting develoment and could pave the way for similar suveys in the future.

After learning in assembly today that the Olympic Torch Bearer passing through Broxburn would carry his load for 300 metres, our Primary 5/4 children wanted to know how far that actually was. So, they got out a trundle wheel and measured it out. Where do you think they got to from the school gate, travelling West? Answers in a comment, please.

There will be a meeting of the SOC-IT Group next Friday morning, 27 April, at 9.00 a.m. in the school dining room. Parents and carers of every child attending Stoneyburn Primary School are automatically members of the SOC-IT Group, so please come along and support this hard-working team. If you have never attended a meeting, or have not been along for a while, you will be made most welcome. Hope to see you then.

Tomorrow, Thursday, 19 April, two of our Primary 7 pupils will team up with two of our former pupils at Whitburn Academy for the Cluster Mathematics Challenge. We have no idea what’s actually involved in the challenge – or it wouldn’t be a challenge, would it? – but we wish Amy and Rhianne the very best of luck when they represent Stoneyburn tomorrow.

Over the next couple of days, some classes from Stoneyburn Primary School and Our Lady’s Primary School will be visiting the Cooking Bus to develop their skills in handling and cooking food. Wonder who’s washing up???

Primary 7 have been involved in film-making again and have decided to display their learning about Holy Week in their Religious & Moral Education studies by making animations. We can’t seem to upload videos directly to the Blog any more, so, in the meantime, we’ve loaded them onto a special blog where they can be viewed. It’s at:

http://stoneyburnpsvideos.blogspot.co.uk/

Happy viewing

Hot on the heels of swimming success by Nathan and Taylor, another two of our sporting stars hit the headlines yesterday. At the Whitburn Cluster Schools Cross Country Festival, little Stoneyburn took on the giants and won – big time! Tanya won the girls’ race by a comfortable margin and was followed home by Demi, who took second place. A massive well-done to both girls.

We had nineteen children taking part altogether, and all returned with a medal for completing the gruelling course. Well done to all – we are proud!

We now know that over £50 million has been raised so far this year for Sport Relief. What most people don’t know, however, is that more than £100 of that total was raised by two of Stoneyburn Primary’s P3 girls, Beth and Zoe, who held their very own sponsored silence for the charity. Well done to Beth and Zoe. There is absolutely no truth in the rumour that their teacher said it was the best money he’d ever spent!!!

Friday, 30 March, as well as being the last day of term, will be one of the busiest days in our calendar this session. At 9.00 a.m., we will be celebrating Easter with our Easter Service, to which all parents and friends are warmly invited to attend.

Immediately following the Easter Service, Primaries 1 and 2 have organised a Coffee Morning to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care, beginning around 9.30 a.m. and running until morning interval at 10.40 a.m. Again, all parents and friends are welcome to attend and be waited on by our team of miniature ‘Manuels’ from P1 and P2.

While all of this is going on, our SOC-IT Group will be setting up in the hall for an Easter Fayre. Parents and friends are invited to attend the Fayre while the Coffee Morning is running and the children will be attending after morning interval. At some point in the proceedings, an Easter Egg Hunt will be going on for the children.

Please wish all the participating groups luck, as we juggle with all the different activities trying to make sure they all work out. We really do hope to see as many of you as possible at all of these events before Easter Holiday Fever hits Stoneyburn at around 12.25 p.m.