Wishing you all a happy and hopefully sunny Easter. We look forward to the exciting learning next term.
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Rights Respecting Assemblies
Within school we have a Rights Respecting Focus Group that is made up of pupil representatives from each year group. 
We meet fortnightly and work on the Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) by organising charity events, information days as well as ensuring the pupils know about their rights.
Part of the RRSA is sharing with our local community about the work we do in school and so we thought it would be useful to post past assembly powerpoints that you can look at and discuss again with your children. Click on the link for each powerpoint.
Euro Quiz 2013 Report
On 12th March Heather, Adam, Ciaran and Megan went to Howden Park Centre to go to a quiz about Europe. 
This quiz tested our knowledge on Europe and we needed to get as many questions right and if we won we would go to the Scottish Parliament to represent West Lothian.
When we found out we were going to the Euro Quiz we knew we had to study hard so we could be successful We were given websites and booklets about the European Union, cultures, history etc and we studies with Mrs Johnston every morning. We did not know what the questions were going to be but luckily Mrs Johnston’s dad was the quiz master so we could have a vague idea about what the questions were going to be. We were studying so hard we could not wait until the day because we wanted to do well and hopefully win.
When we went to the Euro Quiz, we got a taxi with Mrs Johnston. We were feeling really anxious and we wanted to win really bad! To push our nerves even further Mrs Johnston told us that we had a chance to go to the Scottish Parliament and then if we won there we would go to London to represent Scotland.
We did not know what the questions were going to be so we were testing each other in the taxi on the ay there. When we eventually got there we walked into the hall and got ready.
When we got there we were excited but nervous. We met the quiz master and then we got started with the questions. Some were tough but some were easy. After 2 rounds we had a break and we got fruit, juice and yoghurts. We were 6 points away from the 2nd tie breaker team.
So now you know what happened at the Euro Quiz, remember what I said about testing your knowledge? Here’s a few questions we were asked:
Who is this man? (Pablo Picasso)
When was the Berlin Wall taken down? (1989)
How many commissioners are in the EU? a) 45 b) 15 c) 27
Which country joined the EU n 1973? a) Portugal b) UK c) Spain
Know Your Rights
Try playing this online game which informs you about the UNCRC. You can play it with your parents too!
Day for Change Big Brunch
A scrumptious brunch was enjoyed by all Friday 8th February whilst making us aware of those less fortunate than us.
The Pupil Council organised tasty foods for us to buy as well as running free activities on the day. These activities included located where foods come from on a world map, making ‘Day for Change’ pin badges and identifying seasonal fruit and vegetables.
The money raised has been sent off to UNICEF to support other children in the world who right to enough food is not being met.
