Author: Miss Baillie

Here is our new Achievements Wall in School! It is located in the corridor between our Infant and Upper classrooms and is an area designated for the celebration of success. We will try hard to ensure that every child gets a chance for their ‘achievement’ to be displayed on this wall, throughout their School career. Achievements can be either related to success in School or at home. In addition, Fraser in P7B and Adam in P6B are undertaking a ‘young leaders’ task to put pupil achievements on our ‘big screen’ in the foyer each week. Please have a look at our achievements each time that you are in School. We truly are a talented bunch!

Here are the children, (minus Fraser who was finished eating by the time Miss Baillie had her camera ready!), who were chosen by their teachers to sit at our new Quality Diners’ Table this week. As part of our positive behaviour policy, launched in August, children who are trying really hard to follow our School rules will be chosen to sit at our special table to eat lunch on a Thursday. The table will alternate between Infant and Upper school children on a weekly basis. This week was a chance for our Upper School children to shine!  We really believe that all children deserve a chance to feel special so will work hard to try to give every child in School a chance to sit at the table at some point. The table system is being run by our P5 children as a ‘young leaders’  task. Promoting leadership at all levels and allowing our children to help in the running of our School is also something that we are committed to. We are sure you’ll agree that this week’s diners look particularly refined! Well done to all children who were chosen this week!

 

 

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Here is a blog post written by Sophie White in P5A…

Eczema Outreach Scotland

Joseph and I have been working really hard last term to raise money for Eczema Outreach Scotland. We wanted to do it because a lot of people experience eczema. We decided that I would make a hamper and Joseph would hop the width of the pitch and every child in our school would get a chance to guess how many hops Joseph did. We even had a stall at Parent’s night and lots of people had a guess then. We raised £100.40!!!

Marshall from Primary 7 won the hamper- well done, Marshall! Marshall guessed 60, which was the closest to 61.

Mrs McCartney was very proud of us both!

P6B presented an entertaining and informative assembly today about fireworks and firework safety. It was a joy to see a ‘real’ bonfire displayed in the hall and the children singing and dancing as they gave the ‘fireworks safety’  message. Well done to everyone involved including Miss Prince for her musical skills! Have a wonderful Bonfire night when it comes folks and please remember the safety lessons from today.

Happy weekend!

Miss Baillie x

You may have noticed that your child’s class teacher has sent home information regarding the planned learning for this term. I hope that you like this addition to the many different ways that we already try to involve you in your child’s education. If there is an aspect of learning that you would like to help with or have skills in, then please let us know. We would love to have any willing ‘experts’ coming into school and talking to classes of children!

As a direct result of Parental Feedback, I am delighted to announce that from this term onwards, all class teachers will use Dojo as a way to communicate backwards and forwards with you. Your child’s class teacher will have made you aware of when they are available to receive emails from you via Dojo. This means that Dojo will now be used by staff across the whole school.

I hope that you appreciate our latest moves to communicate with you and to involve you in your child’s learning.

Please feel free to email any feedback or comments to me. We strive to listen to your views and act on what you are telling us.

Kind wishes,

Miss Baillie

Thank you so much to all of the members of the PTA who worked so hard to organise last night’s Halloween Disco at the Burgh Halls. The children had great fun dancing , showing off their costumes , waving their glow sticks and eating sweeties from their ‘goody bags.’

Your efforts are all much appreciated!

Kind wishes,

Miss Baillie x

Yesterday, all of the boys and girls from P1-P7 joined Miss Baillie in the hall to take part in an assembly about ‘changes.’ Miss Baillie started the assembly by talking about current changes in nature as we enter the season of Autumn. We then thought about changes in our own lives such as moving house or school or the birth of a new baby into our family. We spoke about the death of a pet or loved one also bringing change into our lives. Some children got to come out to the front of the audience and sit in the ‘speaker’s chair’ where they shared their own experiences of change. We then talked about some of the changes that have been talking place in Springfield of late, such as staff leaving and joining the school. Miss Baillie assured us that although change can bring lots of different emotions there will always be something positive to take from the experience. Thank you to some the P6 and P7 boys who helped Miss Baillie with the assembly. Happy October break!

Miss Baillie  x

Last Tuesday afternoon saw a host of ‘special people’ descend on Springfield. Nominated as ‘special’ individuals to our children, these folks spent an afternoon in School where they ‘shared in the learning’ and took part in a range of different activities. Thank you so much to everyone who came along! We do hope that you enjoyed spending time with the children and found our school welcoming. Here are some photos from the afternoon for you all to enjoy…

Have a wonderful October break everyone! See you back in School on Tuesday 25th of October 2016!

Kind wishes,

Miss Baillie x

 

 

A massive well done to all of the children in P6A, Mrs Kerr and Miss Devine for their assembly today! The children have been learning about different plays including Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Today our gym hall was transformed into the Globe Theatre as the children acted out parts of the plays that they had studied and presented information on them. What an amazing effort! We may see you all on a ‘real’ stage someday!

 

Have a fantastic weekend!

Kind wishes,

Miss Baillie x