All posts by Mrs Johnston

T-Rific T-Factor!

Congratulations to the P7 group who successfully organised the T-Factor Red Nose Day Special.  The standard of the finalists was extremely high and we could tell they had all put a t of effort into their performances.

It was a tough job for the judges but they decided to award joint 1st place to Michael in P7 for his juggling and Kirsty in P1 for singing ‘Tomorrow’ from the musical ‘Annie’.  2nd went to Sam in P3 for his magic trick.

The lucky winner of the hamper was Aimee in P5 and from the picture I think you can tell she was very pleased with her win!

The money is still coming in but so far the total raised stands at £142!!!

Well done Anya, Olivia, Ellie and Coby!

T-Factor 2013: Red Nose Day Special

Pupils in Primary 7 have been organising this charity fundraising event.  The auditions for the T’- Factor Final took place last Wednesday (6th February) and 9 lucky hopefuls have been put through to the final.  The final is on Thursday 21st February at 11.30am and is open to family and friends of the school.  So please come along and be entertained by our talented pupils!

During the week leading up to the T-Factor, the P7 pupils will also be selling the 2013 Red Noses, which are able to stand on their own!  So please bring along you £1 to buy one of these at any break time! 1 per pupil only.

Finally on Thursday 21st February we would like pupils to come dressed down in red and/or with a crazy hair style.  Pupils are asked to pay £1 with all proceeds going to Red Nose 2013.  If you have any questions please get it touch.

The Big Brunch

For ‘Day for Change 2013: Focus on Food’ the Pupil Council are running ‘The Big Brunch’ on Friday 8th February 11am-12noon in the school dining hall.

On offer will be a continental style brunch with croissants, cheese slices, fruit kebabs, pain du chocolat and fruit juice.  These will be charged at 50p each.  The pupils will visit the brunch with their own class but parents are welcome to come at the child’s class time.

P1-2 – 11-11.20am

P2-5 – 11.20-11.40am

P5-7 – 11.40 – 12pm

As part of our Rights Respecting school ethos we feel that this is an important issue to make our pupils aware of.

Scottish Poetry Competition

Today we held the final of the ‘Scottish Poetry Recitation’ competition, where 3 pupils from each stage were judged by a panel of 3 adults, who included Mrs Allison, Mrs Caddel and Mrs Stanners.

It was a tough decision to make as all the pupils had obviously put a lot of effort into learning these Scottish poems.  The results were:

P1

1st: Lauren 2nd: Jacob 3rd: Will

P2

1st: Silvana  2nd: Grace 3rd: Mackenzie

P3

1st: Kyle  2nd: Emma 3rd: Murray

P4

1st: Iona  2nd: Krista  3rd: Logan

P5

1st: Alexander  2nd: Aoife  3rd: Aimee

P6

1st: Megan  2nd: Heather  3rd: Tess

P7

1st: Anya  2nd: Olivia  3rd: Euan

Thank to all the pupils who took time to learn these poems and to their parents for helping!

Christmas Thanks

Dear Parents,

The Christmas holidays are upon us and it has been the busiest but most enjoyable week in school for both staff and pupils for a while. The children performed wonderfully on Monday and Tuesday in our school concert and I hope you enjoyed them as much as the children enjoyed performing them. I am sure you will agree when I say we have a few budding stars in our midst, evident from our youngest to our eldest children. I wish I had their confidence at that age and perhaps been given the opportunity to be involved in such wonderful ventures. I would like to extend a huge thank you to all the parents, grandparents and friends who came along to both concert performances and to the Church to support the children.

I hope you have a lovely Christmas with your family and wish all good luck for the New Year.

Mary McKenzie