Pupil of the Week

Congratulations to Brett who is our Pupil of the Week in P6/7 for this week. Brett has been working very hard in classwork and homework. Well done Brett!


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Home Comforts!

As part of our ongoing topic - 'How Important is My Home?' we have been looking at what makes us feel 'at home.' We have turned much of our classroom into a 'home from home' and have brought in one of the items that we often associate with home - our teddies!
Even grown up P6s and 7s have still got attachment to old friends - bears, dogs, frogs and rabbits that have been with them all along the 10 year journey of life!
Here are some of them.

Anita Visits P6/7

This afternoon we were visited by Anita Lundie, who is walking the Great Wall of China in May this year in aid of the Alzheimers Society. Anita was being presented with the leaflets and posters we designed for her. She was delighted with our efforts and presented each if the class with a Cadburys egg as a wee thank you.
We will be following her training and journey over the next few months.


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Horse Riding

Another great day horse riding at Ingliston Equestrian Centre. Today we were riding the ponies and also grooming them, learning about the care and management of horses. It was great fun and everyone enjoyed it. We can't wait until next week!









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Badminton 2

In PE we are looking at badminton. Last week we learned the basic layout of the court and practised rallies. Today we have begun working on our shots - firstly, one of the most important in badminton - the overhead clear. Some of the children found it a very natural action while others struggled a little but all made good progress. Well done!

S1/2 Presentations

Today we were visited by S1 / S2 they told us about moving up to secondary they gave a presentation and they were very good they told us not to be scared to move up to secondary. They used their iPads to give the presentation and they did really well. We are going to go to their class next week and give our presentations on the Highland Clearances. Mine is ready to go and I'm just working on presenter notes.

Olivia

Maths

In Maths two of our maths groups are working on algebra. It has been a lot of fun and some of our P7s are going for a special 'algebra masterclass' with Mr Creighton, the secondary maths teacher tomorrow afternoon.

p7+a=gr8 !

Neets Walks the Wall

Today in language we are working on a real life project. We are helping Anita Lundie, one of the friends of the school to make leaflets for her great adventure!

Anita is walking 100km of The Great Wall of China! She is very excited about it and is getting ready for some very hard training.
Over the past year Anita has been on the weight watchers diet and has lost a remarkable ten stone! This time last year she wouldn't have dreamed of doing anything so ambitious but now she is up for the challenge.

She is walking the wall for the Alzheimers Society. Anita is head of the Alzheimers floor in Kincaid House in Greenock and has worked with Alzheimers sufferers for the last ten years. She loves her job. She saw the article in the weight watchers magazine and she says when she saw it was for the Alzheimers Society her heart melted and she just had to do it.

Anita needs £3,000 in sponsors for the 25th of February and it would be a great help if any of you could sponsor her.

Here are some links

Anita's Blog

Donate to Anita's Walk the Wall for Alzheimers Society here

In P6/7 we are designing leaflets for her and we look forward to giving them to her on Thursday.

By Aimee




A Moxier Collage by Courtney

Pupil of the Week

Pupil of the week in P6/7 this week is Lyle. Lyle has been working very hard in class this term but has managed this at the same time as being filmed in a movie called 'the Collector' and being in an opera called the 'Cunning Little Vixen' at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. Well done Lyle, a well deserved pupil of the week!


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Cunning Little Vixen

One of our class, Lyle, is performing at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. The performance is an opera, called the Cunning Little Vixen. It is being staged by the Scottish National Opera and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Lyle has the part of a fly. Some of the senior drama group and teachers went along to support him. He was great! Well done Lyle!






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School Bank

Today the school bank was open as usual. Business seems to have picked up after the holiday break and we were busy again. We had a staff meeting to discuss how the bank is going at the start of the day and also prepared a letter to send to secondary parents advising them that the bank is now open to all secondary children and parents too.

iThoughts - What is Home?

This term we are looking at the topic 'How Important is My Home?'

It is a topic that will look at the country we live in, our place in the world, what happens when people are displaced from their home and what the concept of 'home' really means to us.

We have been reading The DCesperate Journey by Kathleen Fidler. The book tells the story of a family who have been ejected from the family croft at the time of the Highland Clearances in the early 19th century.

As we started the topic the class each considered what the word home actually meant to them.

Here are some of the results:

Isabella


Aimee


Robert


Mete

Horse Riding Day 2

Second day of horse riding at Ingliston Equestrian Centre. All children are making great progress in both riding skills and stable management. The skills we are learning will serve us well in the first Cedars Gymkhana in May. More information on that exciting development to follow!


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REMINDER: School Bank!

An important reminder:

Remember the school bank is open tomorrow. 9.15-10.15am

It is open to any children from P4-S5 and staff and parents who wish to save in their RBS account.

We look forward to seeing you.

P7

Narnia Auditions

This morning P6/7 were taking part in auditions for the Narnia play which is coming up in June of this year.

We are starting rehearsals this month after receiving qualified acceptance of our script from Douglas Gresham, the stepson of CS Lewis, who wrote the Narnia stories.

Miss Oakley, our secondary drama teacher, Miss Black from the Primary department, Dr Rankin, the secondary language teacher and Stuart Smith, our Head Boy and a keen actor, conducted the auditions. The children were heard reading a script they had not seen and also had to sing a song from the school choir repertoire. It was a daunting experience and the children all did very well. They were scored individually by each of the panel of teachers, and Stuart who then compared scores. All the children will have a part in the play and we were so encouraged by their enthusiasm to take part.

Whilst the auditions were on Mr Jewell and Mrs Crosby were letting the Primary children have a first listen to the songs from the play.

What a lot of hard work lies ahead!

Badminton

This term in PE we are learning to play badminton. Some of us have played before but for many it is the first time we've played the game.



Today we were learning about the court and practicing basic skills with the shuttlecock. Some good progress was made.







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Financial Education Follow Up

Yesterday we were visited by Karen from the Royal Bank of Scotland's financial education team. She was here to work with us and provide a follow up lesson after the visit of Linda earlier in the year.
We looked at the use of ATMs and how best to save our money.
She was also very pleased at the ongoing success of our school bank which is now open to the whole school, staff and parents from 9.15-10.15 every Thursday.



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Pupil of the Week

Pupil of the week for this week, and first in 2011, is Robert. Robert is working exceptionally hard and has made great progress, especially in his written work. Well done Robert!


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How Important is My Home?

This term we are looking at the question 'How Important is My Home?'

We will be focussing initially on the highland clearances and looking at how Scottish people made new homes in other parts of the country and the world. We are also looking at what makes a home and how important home is even today.








We have had lots of good discussion and even begun to turn our classroom into 'home' for the rest of the topic! Today we went to a local shop to choose wallpaper!



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Horse Riding 1

Today P6/7 were at our first horse riding session at Ingliston Equestrian Centre in Bishopton. It was a great session. The. Hildren were split into two groups. They did horse riding skills for half the time and stable management for the other half.
The centre is a beautiful venue and the facilities are excellent. We are hoping to hold an event there later in the year that the parents and relatives will be invited to but more will be revealed of that later.



For today, all the class thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are looking forward to next week!