Also a reminder that this Friday 28th February is not a dress down day.
Repost: Children in Need 2019
On Friday 15th November, we are having a Children in Need fundraising morning.
To raise money we will be:
- Dressing up or dressing down for a donation. Why not dress up in yellow or in spots like Pudsey?
- Having a ’Guess the Baby Teacher’ competition. Pupils can try to correctly match the baby pictures to teacher’s name for the chance to win a prize. Each entry will cost 50p.
- Holding a bake sale in the dining hall. We would be very grateful for any parent/carer baking donations. Please hand any donations into the office and list the ingredients used for those with allergies.
Thank you for your support.
Movies for Magale
On our last day of term Mrs Strachan and the Global Group organised a Movies for Magale Day. Children could opt into a movie they wanted to watch and also dress down in their own clothes.
We raised an amazing £200 for our partner school in Magale. A big well done to the Global Group and to everyone who donated.
Primary 2S takes the mail!
Primary 2S had a very responsible job today! They had to go to the Scotmid post office to send the school’s pen pal letters to Magale school in Uganda. We hope to hear back from Magale school soon.
As we have been learning about food that is good for us in class, we decided to buy a healthy apple when we were there. We had this for an afternoon snack after our busy writing lesson.
Supporting Our Magale Partner School
In October, the Cromie’s went to visit our partner school in Magale. During their trip they were able to see the benefits of the money we as a school have raised to support the children at school in Magale.
They also exchanged some penpal letters our children wrote to them, and the children at the school replied to the letters.
Recently they sent out 3 million Ugandan Shillings, which is the equivalent of £630. This is an amazing donation from our community, thank you to our Global Gang who have organised our fundraising and to  everyone who has contributed.
Here are some photos of the children using some resources they have purchased – slates, chalk and supplementary reading books.
Junior Leadership Teams
Our Junior Leadership Teams (JLTs) are off to a flying start this term. Working in our JLTs helps us to live our values of positivity, understanding, support, confidence and success.
Each team met to discuss their plans for the year – these will soon be shared on each JLT’s notice boards within school.
House Captains
We are responsible for leading special activities, including Pumphie Pals.
Healthy Heroes
We are responsible for promoting healthy initiatives throughout the school.
Sporting Stars
We are responsible for raising awareness of sporting initiatives and for sharing new playground games we have learned.
Creativity Crew
We are responsible for investigating and sharing the ways creativity can enhance learning.
Pupil Council
We are responsible for representing pupil voice on all matters related to our school.
Global Group-Magale
We are responsible for fundraising, raising awareness and communicating with our friends in Magale.
Digital Directors
We are responsible for learning about how ICT can enhance our learning and sharing this with others.
Rights Respecting Rangers
 We are responsible for raising awareness of the rights of the child and how these rights can be respected.
Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO)
We are responsible for raising awareness of road safety issues near the school and in the wider community.
Literacy Leaders
We are responsible for raising awareness and enthusiasm for various literacy initiatives.
Green Gang
We are responsible for raising awareness of environmental issues .
STEM Superstars
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)
We are responsible for sharing our STEM learning to raise awareness and enthusiasm for STEM across the school.
Junior Leadership Teams
This school session every child from P1 to P7 has had the opportunity to sign up to a Junior Leadership Group. These groups will give all our children the opportunity to lead an aspect of our school improvement agenda whilst having their voice included in developments and decisions.
The groups will meet for the first time this Wednesday, at this meeting they will put an action plan together for the year ahead.
If you feel that you could contribute to supporting one of these groups please contact the school office. 
