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90kg Rice Challenge

Beatlie 90KG Rice Challenge 2022

https://www.jts.co.uk/90kg-rice-challenge

‘A bag of Rice Can Change a Life’

Beatlie School Campus takes on 90kg rice challenge to give a helping hand to Malawian farmers and their families.

Beatlie School Campus will be helping to make a huge difference to the lives of farmers in Malawi and their families by taking part in the 90kg rice challenge.

Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries and less than 1 in 4 children are able to attend secondary school. The 90kg rice challenge was inspired by the fact that if a farmer can sell just 90 x 1kg of Kilombero rice at a fair price, they will be able to send a child to Secondary School for a year.

By taking part in the challenge Beatlie are looking to show that by simply making changes to the way we buy food, fair trade can help to transform the lives of some of the world’s poorest people.

The school is kindly subsidising the cost (normally £3.20 per KG) to £2.00 per 1kg bag.

If you would like to support the cause and buy a bag, or two or more….  please contact the school and we will be happy to help. There is a choice of white or brown rice.

This rice has won a Great Taste award and is the most ethical rice on the market according to Ethical Consumer magazine.

 “It’s amazing to see the enthusiasm that Beatlie have had in taking on the 90kg rice challenge. By taking part they’re helping to create a brighter future for the people of Malawi and their children – James Johnstone JTS

By simply buying a bag of rice we can all make a huge difference by helping to unlock the potential of people and communities and tackle inequality in Malawi and elsewhere. – John Riches JTS

Thank you in anticipation.

Eco committee/Rights Respecting Schools Committee/Fairtrade Schools/LfS

 

 

Lomond Term 2

That’s another term almost over. Wow, doesn’t time fly!

We have been very busy in Lomond exploring lots of seasonal themes and taking part in Children in Need, Book Week Scotland, World Smile Day and the UNICEF Outright Campaign. We definitely deserve our holidays. Have a look at a few photos of some of our learning….

We wish you all a safe and happy Christmas and look forward to welcoming the pupils back again in January.

Lomond Class Term 1

Wow, we can hardly believe we are approaching the end of the first term already! What a busy one it has been. We have used the story of The 3 Little Pigs as a theme for lots of our learning this term. This has included learning about different types of materials and taking part in some construction activities. We have also enjoyed acting out the story and especially listening to the big, bad wolf as he “huffs” and “puffs”.

Incase you missed the phots at the start of term, here are the Lomond staff members for this year…

 

A Very Lomond Christmas

Despite this year being very different we have had lots of fun in the lead up to Christmas. We started with some wintery art and enjoyed a Christmas lunch together. We also had an online pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk to watch. We made the hall all cosy and comfy with beanbags and covers and we relaxed in the dark with some treats to watch it. Very festive.

In the last week we had our class party. We started off with lots of food for our lunch, including cake and custard from Lynne and Angela, our cooks. Very yummy! Then we had party games including pass the parcel and musical chairs. We did some dancing with the disco balls on before a special visitor appeared on the smartboard to wish us a merry Christmas and to give us all a present. Ho ho ho!

We wish you all a lovely Christmas and look forward to returning to school in January.

Lomond Term 2 review

The end of term is upon us and we would like to share some of the highlights from across the term. We began with Halloween and Guy Fawkes and did lots of art and sensory activities to support this.

Next we moved on to a topic about Toys. Our sensory story helped us to explore and learn about different types of toys. We had a special treasure box full of toys to explore too. We were able to use the toys to roll, throw, push, pull, spin and press buttons.

Christmas is now nearly upon us and we will post some photos of our celebrations at the end of the week.

Welcome to Lomond!

It has been great to finally get everyone back to school and to begin to settle in to our new routines. This year the staff team in Lomond consists of:

Susan – Class Teacher

Annmarie, Natalie , Jacki, Tanya and Caroline  – Advanced Pupil Support Workers

We have been so impressed with how quickly and confidently all the children have settled. It’s as though they have never been away. This term we are focusing on the theme ‘Storyland’ in class and will be reading lots of stories and exploring our senses through the different themes in the book.

Have a look at some of the thing we have been up to already.