Dear Parents,

Here’s an update on this week in Primary 7A at St. John Ogilvie:

We continue to work hard on learning our lines and songs for the P7 production and had rehearsals on Monday and Friday of this week – the stage is now up and we are getting close to being ready and showing ourselves as effective contributors and confident individuals.

On Wednesday the second group went for a visit to St. Margaret’s Academy as part of the transition programme and the pupil reviews on return were all very positive. Later that afternoon, a group of pupils also worked on 3rd Level Algebra with a SMA Maths teacher who reported the group as successful learners.

Wednesday was also our Christmas lunch and everyone had a nice time and we watched A Muppet’s Christmas Carol to let our lunch settle and since our production is based on the Dickens’ classic.

Thursday was our trip to Hopetoun House which was a marvellous experience, we learned lots about the Victorian era in which Scrooge was set. There were many, many compliments from the staff on the behaviour and attitude of our group and the y proved to also be responsible citizens by taking our snack and lunch rubbish home as Hopetoun have a strict recycling policy.

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On Friday P7B led our Area Advent Service in the Upper area and we were blessed to have Father Clement come into the school for the Blessing of the Crib. It was a lovely service even with all the technical issues.

Our Over & Above winner this week was Emily who takes home the hot chocolate and Natalia was this fortnight’s Reading Champion who took home a nice certificate.

Pupil Comments:

Joshua says, ‘I went on the roof at Hopetoun House and the other group didn’t get to.’

Aoife says, ‘I liked the Blessing of the Crib service with Father Clement.’

 

Have a great weekend,

Mr McGurn and P7A