290 November 18 - Gryffe Advertizer
The Advertizer - Your local community magazine to the Gryffe area. The Advertizer is a local business directory including a what's on guide and other local information and an interesting mix of articles.
The Advertizer - Your local community magazine to the Gryffe area. The Advertizer is a local business directory including a what's on guide and other local information and an interesting mix of articles.
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<strong>November</strong> 20<strong>18</strong> t: 01505 613340 e: info@advertizer.co.uk<br />
Lochwinnoch Primary School<br />
This month has<br />
been an extremely<br />
busy month at<br />
Lochwinnoch<br />
Primary School.<br />
We had our<br />
Macmillan Coffee<br />
Morning, which the<br />
pupils and parents<br />
contributed to by<br />
baking lots of cakes<br />
and goodies. The<br />
afternoon itself was<br />
packed with visitors<br />
including some<br />
special invited<br />
guests from Mosswood Care Home. They enjoyed chatting to the children<br />
and we raised a HUGE £649. 21. Well done everyone!<br />
The Primary 7’s took part in the Tag n Track programme with Clyde Mursheil.<br />
They learned how the rangers safely catch and tag different seagulls in<br />
order to see their travel habits and flight paths. Some seagulls even flew<br />
as far as Morocco or Portugal!<br />
Primary 1, 2, 3, 6, 7/6 and 7 took part in a school litter pick as part of<br />
Renfrewshire Councils “Clean Up” campaign. We used the litter pickers<br />
and bin bags to rid our playground of litter as well as tidying up the side<br />
streets next to the school, the car park and the front garden. It is now<br />
looking much neater and tidier.<br />
Primary 1 have been very busy learning all about Autumn for their topic.<br />
They were lucky enough to have a volunteer who came in to help them build<br />
their very own hedgehog houses. These are very important as they help<br />
the local hedgehogs find cosy, dry places for hibernation in the winter.<br />
Primary 7 House Captains attended their first Tea Dance of the year. They<br />
enjoyed getting to meet new people and having a chance to dance with the<br />
ladies and gentlemen. They also had to showcase their own talents and<br />
create a short performance. The talents ranged from clarinet playing, to<br />
singing, to a poetry recital and even to a magic show!<br />
Chatterbox Champions<br />
We were delighted to hear about the role the <strong>Advertizer</strong> played in the<br />
development of an exciting new product which has just been launched by<br />
Brookfield resident Elaine Kent.<br />
Chatterbox Champions alphabet cards provide simple ideas for games,<br />
rhymes, songs and activities to help encourage vocabulary development<br />
and important pre-reading skills for 3-5 year olds. Elaine got in touch with<br />
Kilmalcolm based graphic<br />
designer Mark Hutton after<br />
seeing an advert for his<br />
company Hutton Creative in<br />
the <strong>Advertizer</strong>. Mark’s talent<br />
for design combined with<br />
Elaine’s extensive experience<br />
in primary and early years<br />
education has resulted in a<br />
beautifully illustrated product<br />
which can be used by parents,<br />
grandparents, childminders<br />
or nurseries. For more information go to www.chatterboxchampions.com<br />
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St. Fillan’s Primary School<br />
We held our first Fairtrade coffee morning of<br />
the school year raising a grand total of £150<br />
and we couldn’t be prouder of our efforts as<br />
Fairtrade is an issue that is very close to our<br />
hearts.<br />
Our Primary 7 children enjoyed attending<br />
a “Fun Run” which was organised by <strong>Gryffe</strong><br />
High School. Every child took part and we<br />
were thrilled when Grace came back having<br />
won first place in the girls section.<br />
Four of our children recently organised a<br />
“Crafty Kids” stationery stall where they sold a<br />
range of pencils, rubbers, pencil toppers and<br />
stickers to raise an amazing £60 for a nearby<br />
horse charity. We are super proud of their<br />
efforts. Great team work!<br />
Our transition programme for our pre 5 children is underway and we were<br />
delighted to welcome youngsters from our partner Nurseries Abbey and<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Manor along for a STEM (Sciences, Technologies, Engineering<br />
and Mathematics) “Transition Taster” visit. Mrs Kaney, who is our STEM<br />
curriculum champion, was thrilled with their enthusiasm and we are looking<br />
forward to the children visiting over the next few months.<br />
Three ‘green fingered’ Primary 7 boys helped Jake Fulton from Houston<br />
Community Council in planting some pots in the village. The boys were<br />
really pleased to be involved in helping Jake keep the area in tip top<br />
condition.<br />
As part of our ongoing consultation around the issues of Anti Bullying, the<br />
whole school enjoyed a visit from Debbie and Kieran who are ambassadors<br />
of the “I Am Me” Scotland Charity. They do great work in highlighting<br />
awareness of the issues around bullying, disability and hate crime and each<br />
class benefited from a session that was age and stage appropriate. We<br />
look forward to another busy few months before the festive period begins!<br />
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