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Parent Council Meeting
Earth Day 2017
Today was Earth Day, which coincided with our Eco Action Day, and the sun shone for us! What a busy, productive day!! With the help of many parents and family, we managed to:
- create 4 raised beds ready to plant vegetables
- fix the bug hotel
- re-varnish the bird feeder and fill it with food
- create a willow tunnel
- tidy the courtyard and use the masses of moss from the floor to fill out the bug hotel
- clean, paint and plant up the tyres in the garden
- create a vertical pallet garden
- renovate one of the benches (done by Barry in advance and brought back to the garden today)
Pretty impressive!! And the additional success moment today was opening the door to the brick outhouse which has been nailed shut for over a decade! We had lots of ideas as to what we might find inside…and what we found was a table tennis table, pool table and lots of posters.
We also received many plants and compost, donated by South Logie nursery – many thanks to them!
In return for all their hard work, our volunteers were treated to a plate of home-made stories, lovingly made by Mrs Grant, who also made sure there was plenty of tea and coffee for our team of workers.
And whilst the adults worked away and improving our school grounds, the children helped or played and had a lot of fun.
A huge thanks to all who came along, and especially to Louise Reid who played a key role in organising the day. It really was a super, community day that has had an already massive impact on the grounds. I very much look forward to our next Eco Action day!
The Scholastic Book Fair has arrived!
We have displays packed full of exciting books for sale. Please come in and browse, or send in orders via the form that was sent home this week. For every book sold, the school will receive credits that will be transformed into books for use in school.
For top tips on how to encourage reading at home, please click on the following link:
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/learning-resources/resource/reading-with-children-and-teenagers-top-tips-sheets-for-parents
Our new logo!
The wonderful new logo, designed by pupils with the help of Lesley Welsh (art specialist) will now be appearing on letterheads and other paperwork, and will be on new uniforms from August 2017!
Thanks to Lesley for helping the children with their design, and to Alec Cheer from New College Lanarkshire who digitised the image ready for us to use.
Red Nose Day
Easter Service – Change of date
Scholastic Book Fair
Eco Committee need your help!
The Eco Committee (with the help of parent Helper Miss Louise Reid) are hoping to develop the garden and courtyard to create outdoor learning environments that can be enjoyed by all. On the minutes (follow the Eco Committee tab at the top of the blog), you can see the ideas they have come up with so far. You will receive flyers soon telling you more, but please get in touch if there is anything you know you can help with.