273 June 2017 - Gryffe Advertizer
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<strong>Gryffe</strong> High School<br />
Houston Primary School<br />
Awards Ceremony <strong>2017</strong><br />
Almost 600 awards were<br />
presented in a wide range of<br />
categories, all refl ecting and<br />
celebrating the endeavours<br />
of not just the pupils receiving<br />
awards, but of all <strong>Gryffe</strong><br />
pupils. Several pupils spoke<br />
about their involvement in<br />
various rewarding activities<br />
within school – Fairtrade,<br />
YPI – the Youth and<br />
Philanthropy Initiative and<br />
the Buddy system. Awards<br />
were presented by former<br />
head pupils Rebecca<br />
Richardson and Angus<br />
Gane. Rebecca and Angus<br />
spoke of their journey since<br />
leaving <strong>Gryffe</strong> High and gave<br />
pupils an insight into their<br />
Special Category awards<br />
were presented by Steven<br />
Quinn who is the Assistant<br />
Director of Education /<br />
Chief Education Officer for<br />
Childrens Services. Current<br />
Head Girl Jodie Costello<br />
and Head Boy Jamie Muir<br />
gave the vote of thanks<br />
to a packed Games Hall<br />
of pupils and their proud<br />
parents and carers, with pupils also providing wonderful music to add to<br />
the evening. Thank you to EVERYONE involved in the preparation and<br />
organisation leading to a most enjoyable event........with a special thanks to<br />
Mrs Willbond and the office staff. It was indeed a night of Caring, Learning<br />
and Achieving.<br />
Nursery Disco<br />
The pupils, parents and staff had an amazing night out at Houston Bowling<br />
Club, raising funds to purchase new equipment for the Creative Area. They<br />
danced the night away and played traditional party games. A fun evening<br />
was had by all.<br />
Pet Assembly<br />
The pupils had a vote to bring in their pet in for assembly. We had a tortoise,<br />
dwarf rabbits, a ferret and an Australian labradoodle. All the pets behaved<br />
beautifully. Their owners shared lots of interesting facts and answered<br />
questions from the audience.<br />
Sports News<br />
Primary 2 and 3 are receiving football training and are working on dribbling,<br />
passing and shooting. Primary 4 and Primary 6 have been refi ning their<br />
gymnastic routines with Mr Milligan and Primary 6 and 7 took part in the<br />
local Cross-Country event with Jamie Newton achieving fi rst place for the<br />
P7 boys and Kassi Gribben achieving second place for the P7 girls. Well<br />
done to all who took part. P7 pupils are also taking part in an Olympian<br />
event at <strong>Gryffe</strong> High School.<br />
This year we plan to have our Sports Day on Thursday 1st <strong>June</strong> at Houston<br />
Park. Let’s hope the sun shines<br />
for us.<br />
Eco News - Tag and Track<br />
Next session we are going to<br />
be working in partnership with<br />
Clyde Muirshiel on their Tag and<br />
Track programme. This involves<br />
us tagging our very own seagull,<br />
giving it a name and tracking<br />
where it flies to. We are going to<br />
raise funds this term to purchase<br />
a special bird tracker to enable<br />
us to take part in this amazing<br />
project.<br />
Digital Day<br />
The whole school took part in our Vertical Learning Digital Day. The<br />
children learned how to take a good photograph from local photographer,<br />
Barry Hedges.<br />
St Fillan’s Primary School<br />
Whitelee Windfarm trip for S1 Pupils<br />
24 S1 pupils had a great day out to Whitelees<br />
Windfarm.<br />
With blue skies and sunshine, they were able<br />
to marvel at the 215 Wind Turbines on the vast<br />
site.<br />
They went into the labs in the Visitor Centre to<br />
learn about the best shape and ‘pitch’ for their<br />
Wind Turbines blades and were then able to<br />
make a model turbine to test their theories.<br />
After the workshop, they enjoyed a most<br />
informative tour of the Windfarm.<br />
They were able to stop right under one of<br />
the turbines. As well as the turbines, Scottish<br />
Power is very proud of the wildlife that they take<br />
care to preserve on the moor.<br />
The pupils heard many stories of the diverse<br />
range of animals found at Whitelees.<br />
The day certainly gave them a better awareness<br />
of the importance of Renewable Energy.<br />
The Primary 7 children in St Fillan’s had a great time away<br />
at Lochgoilhead on their residential trip. They took part<br />
in kayaking, sailing, climbing and other challenging and<br />
exciting activities. The first and perhaps one of the more<br />
challenging things they had to do was to make up their<br />
own beds! With a bit of team work they did overcome this<br />
obstacle and went on to have a fantastic experience.<br />
Our whole school are looking forward to visiting Paisley<br />
Museum for their Star Wars exhibition. Each class will<br />
take part in a Star Wars themed science workshop.<br />
Some of our older children entered the <strong>Gryffe</strong> Rotary<br />
Young writers competition and Chloe, Orla and Holly<br />
did very well winning £40 in total between them. The whole<br />
school are making the most of the recent good weather to<br />
practice for Sports Day.
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