Yesterday, a very excited library group took delivery of hundreds of new books for the school library. The new additions will update and expand the stock of non-fiction books. The books were purchased with £1500 of the money raised by the recent sponsored read. The library reps can’t wait to get all of the boxes unpacked and the books on the shelves!
As part of our Scottish wildlife challenge, we have been exploring the wonderful life of the butterfly. We have been able to watch our caterpillars grow and grow and are watching out for them making their cocoon. In our group time we watched a video on the lifecycle and tried to remember lots of facts to put into a book. We shared our ideas, drew our own symmetrical butterflies and decided on a design for our page. We have also read ‘The very hungry caterpillar’. We saw the caterpillar munch through lots of food so it can grow big and strong to turn into a butterfly.
The International Group would like to remind everyone that the closing date for the Scottish Photo Competition is officially Friday 15th May. Please bring in a digital copy of the photo and ask your teacher to copy it. Don’t worry if you forget to do this by Friday, we will accept late entries next week also. Have fun!
The International Group are taking final orders for the Fairtrade Recipe Book. The book costs £3 and contains recipes from pupils in our school and from our partner school in Mumbai. Please let your International Group Rep. or teacher know if you would like to order a copy by Friday 22nd May 2015.
We welcomed our visitors from Mumbai to our school yesterday with a wonderful assembly. We showcased some of our many talents and gave them a taste of our Scottish culture. We are all very excited to welcome Kirtida and Suprabha into our classes this week and cannot wait to share our learning with them. It is going to be a very busy but fun filled week at Williamston!
Just to let you know that on Monday 27th April, our friends from our partner school, The Universal School in Mumbai, India, are coming to visit us. The teachers’ names are Kirtida and Suprabha. We will be having a Welcome assembly on Monday and they will be visiting all our classes during the week. Hopefully they will have a good time at our school and in Scotland!
by the International Group
The winners of our Fairtrade competitions were announced today. Primary 4b and Primary 5b had the most Fairtrade snacks on the two Fairtrade Fridays. The overall winners of the Fairtrade Mascot competition were Paige from P1a and Ruby from P4b. The overall winners of the Fairtrade Birthday Card/Cake competition were Anya from P2/1 and Iain Haywood from P5b. The winners received Fairtrade purses as their prizes. Congratulations to them and to all the runners-up, who received a sticker and a certificate. Thank you to all who entered the competitions and supported Fairtrade!
The International group have launched their Scottish photography competition! The competition is open to all pupils from Nursery to P7 and runs from now until 15th May 2015. Children are invited to enter a photograph that represents Scotland in some way, for example a landscape, a landmark, an animal or food. More details are available from the International Group reps. This competition is run in partnership with the Universal School in Mumbai, and the winning entries will be included in exhibitions in both schools. Good luck and have fun!
Hello everyone Williamston Waves crew here! This year we have been up to lots of things. We have had many themed weeks like Comic Relief and Fairtrade fortnight. We love telling our viewers our top three things of the week, news and weather, Williamston achievements, sports and world news. Unfortunately we will not be on this week but we will be back on after the Easter break. There will be more laughs more jokes and even more fun. Oh and keep your eyes open for some competitions! Our notice board is outside the lunch hall.
Earth Hour is on Saturday (8.30 till 9.30). This is a world wide event givng everyone the chance to reflect and think about our world and environment. Make sure you turn off all your electrical devices and lights. What will you get up to?
