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30 Kilmacolm Primary School Clydemuirshiel rangers have been visiting Kilmacolm Primary School and bringing our Outdoor Learning to life! Primary 2 had a fabulous time exploring the forest in search of mini beasts whilst Primary 3 created hedgehog houses just in time for hibernation. The Advertizer Houston Toddler Group We have been having lots of fun recently including a fun visit from Jo at Musicland. All the children enjoyed singing and dancing to nursery rhymes and songs led by Jo. We had lots of fun with Halloween crafts and snacks. The children enjoyed showing off their costumes. We are now getting ready for Christmas and we are very much looking forward to our Christmas party on 22nd December and hopefully Santa will be able to drop by for a visit. We welcome all children age between 0-4 years old, together with their parents, grandparents or carers to join in with the games, crafts and play on offer every Thursday. The children can enjoy playing, making friends and of course snack time while the adults can catch up with a cuppa. We meet between 9.30am - 11.30am so come along when you are ready to the West Hall, Main street Houston PA67EL (next to Carrick centre). We look forward to meeting you all! The KPS cooking classroom has been busy making soup as part of the Grow and Cook project. Primary 7 pupils selected some leeks from the school garden and turned them into tasty potato and leek soup. The soup was shared with our friends at The Haven who helped set up our KPS garden. Val Boa the curator of the Watt Museum visited the school to launch the KPS virtual Watt Walk. This year during our daily MUGA mile, we will be walking a virtual tour of James Watt’s life. Along the way we will be learning about the different inventions that Watt helped create and learning more about this local hero. Duchal Nursery School With some “ghoulishly delightful” outfits from the children, we had lots of “spook-tacular” fun, mess and laughter at our Halloween party. Everyone really got into the “spirit” of the occasion, there were some “fang-tastic” jokes, “hairraising” tales and “boo-tiful” tunes - a truly magical time thank you to everyone who came. If you missed out but would like to see what Duchal can offer your child for nursery care please get in touch. At Duchal Nursery the children are introduced to different cultures and celebrations. Recently we have been learning about Diwali and all the celebrations involved. The children have made clay tea lights and decorated the nursery with our own lights. As the end of term gets closer we start to get in the mood for the Festive season and can’t wait for our annual trip to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow for much Christmas cheer. There are lots of Christmas decorations busily being made and preparations are well under way for our annual Nativity and Christmas party. There are a few limited spaces in the nursery at present, or if you are looking for a place for 2019 onwards please do get in touch. We are happy for visits to see our facilities and meet the teachers at any time, please contact us on: 01505 874358 to arrange a convenient time. Also visit our website at: www.duchal.com or find us on Facebook to keep up to date with all the latest news Wishing you all a Merry Christmas from all at Duchal Nursery. Langbank Playgroup What an amazing place to be! At playgroup, children have the opportunity to develop their social skills, independence, creativity, numeracy, literacy skills and many, many more….. Over the last month, the children have had the opportunity to experience a Bookbug session from the “Skoobmobile” team, where they learned new songs and listened to a story. We have also had our fi rst visit from Paddy from Morton football, where the children had the opportunity to develop their co-ordination and listening skills. We also held a very successful and well attended family Halloween Disco, where there was dancing, singing and “Mummy” wrapping too! We are now preparing for our Christmas visit from Artie’s Tartan Tales, where the children will be participating in some new songs and stories. Do you have a child aged between 2.5yrs to 5yrs old? Then why not let them come along and experience the fun! Everyone welcome from Langbank and surrounding areas. Playgroup is held on a Friday morning (term time) in Langbank Village Hall and we currently have spaces for children aged 2.5yrs to 5yrs. If you would like to join us on a Friday morning or for more information, please contact Jen Burrows on 07947983025 St Benedict’s Pupil wins Poetry Award A St Benedict’s pupil has been chosen as one of the commended Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2018. Neave Scott was selected from nearly 6,000 entrants and 11,000 poems this year from across the world, an amazing and impressive accomplishment. The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is for poets aged 11-17. Since it began 20 years ago the Award has kick-started the career of some of today’s most exciting new voices. Congratulations to the English Department at St Benedict’s High school who have helped inspire and develop Neave’s talent, and huge congratulations to Neave Scott herself for such a fantastic achievement. The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2019 launches again in March 2019. Deadline date for our January 2019 issue - Wednesday 12th December - you don’t want to miss it!! 26-31 SCHOOLS_291 DECEMBER 18.indd 30 22/11/2018 14:47:15
December 2018 t: 01505 613340 e: info@advertizer.co.uk Kilmacolm Playgroup and Toddlers Playgroup has been full of fun this month with the children enjoying dressing up and apple bobbing at our Halloween party. They have also been taking part in gymnastics lessons and learning stills such as balancing and forward rolls. We are having a stall at the December Kilmacolm farmers market (1st December). We will be selling a variety of Christmas goodies such as sweets, hot chocolate reindeer and a lucky dip. Please come along and support us, even if it’s just to say hello. Feel free to come and have a chat if you want to fi nd out more about our group and you can even pick up a voucher for a free toddler session. Finally we are pleased to announce that we have been selected as one of the Co-op local charities, this means that we can receive 1% of all money spent on Co-op products. If you would like to support us you will need a Co-op card, then you can go onto the website and register us as your chosen charity. This will be a much needed boost in funds and we really appreciate any support we can get. St. Fillan’s Primary School Gryffe High School Haunted Halloween! Halloween celebrations were ‘Spooktacular!’ in St. Fillan’s Primary and it was great to see so many witches, wizards, zombies and ghouls get dressed up to come along to our Annual Halloween Disco! We are ever grateful to our wonderful Parent Council members who organise this fundraising event and to the Harvey family who entertained us with costumes, dancing and music from ‘The Greatest Showman!’ Eco Warriors! Hopefully, we are well on our way to achieving our third green flag and maintaining our green flag status. The Eco Committee focussed on the theme of ‘Litter’ as part of their Committee focus week and they organised a whole school litter pick. Each class were given a specific day to go out into the playground and collect as much litter as they could. Each litter bag was weighed before the items were recycled and the winning class were treated to an extra playtime which they thoroughly enjoyed. Who knew collecting rubbish could be so rewarding?! The Eco Committee also focussed on the promotion of healthy lifestyles during their focus week and they were keen to encourage children and adults to walk to school, scooter /ride a bike or engage in ‘Park and Stride.’ During Assembly, children also discussed the health benefits of walking to school, the positive effects on the environment and the sustainability of MADD Talent Showcased at Gryffe On Wednesday 7th November, Gryffe hosted the annual MADD Show (Music, Art, Drama and Dance). The recurring theme of this year’s MADD Show was of Chinese teacher, philosopher and politician - Confucius. The reason for this was to pay homage to Gryffe High School launching the world’s first Confucius Specialist Sports Hub in a high school. It was an incredible event that enabled pupils to show off their excellent art work. S2 and S3 pupils’ masks and hats were displayed by models from the younger school, while the spectacular design projects, made by the S6 Advanced Higher Art students, were worn by a great team of senior models from S4, S5 and S6. The drama department also debuted their own performance of Chinese Cinderella, which gave a twist to the usual fairy-tale, allowing them to explore and teach about Confucius values. In addition to this, there were amazing singing and dancing performances, as well as, concluding with a piece from a collection of Music pupils. All in all, 2018’s MADD Show was a superb showcase of the talent and creativity abundant within Gryffe High School. Article by Aaron Mills S5 Gryffe Confucius Classroom is a World First This session we have begun our partnership with Scottish Schools Football Association and Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools as the world’s first and only Confucius Specialist Hub for sports. As a specialist hub, we will work with SSFA and CISS in promoting Chinese language and culture both in school and with other schools and community groups in conjunction with the work of the SSFA. In 2019-2020 a specialist Hanban teacher will join the school to support our programme and work with pupils in different curricular areas and in extended curricular work to promote Chinese language and culture. The official launch of our specialist hub took place on Wednesday 7th November. Invited guests included representatives from Gryffe High School, SSFA, CISS, Steven Thompson as a former pupil and Scottish Internationalist and Steven Quinn, Acting Director of Children’s Services at Renfrewshire Council. Mr G. O’Hare Supporting Depute Head and FH Health and Wellbeing the planet. Each class recorded their participation and progress in terms of number of steps and they recorded their information on a wall chart using stickers. Primary 6 won the ‘Golden Trainer Award’ as they were the class who worked together to uphold our school value of ‘Teamwork’ by encouraging one another throughout the week to increase their step count. Super Squash! The children in Primaries 5 and 6 have enjoyed a block of squash taster sessions in association with Strathgryffe Tennis Club. Alan, the coach has been putting the children through their paces and has provided opportunities for the children to develop their core skills and confidence by rotating around a variety of activity stations. Ten of the children have been invited to take part in a local squash tournament along with other local schools and they are looking forward to putting their skills into practice on a proper squash court. We wish they all the very best in the tournament! We Will Remember… Some of our Primary 5 children were delighted to join forces with Houston Primary School and participate in the ‘Houston Big Remembrance Sing’ which took place in Houston and Killellan Church. It was wonderful to take part and sing a variety of wartime favourites whilst remembering those who gave their lives in sacrifice. Two of our Primary 7 children were honoured to be invited along to the ‘Freeland’ Church in Bridge of Weir to attend their Remembrance Sunday Service. The girls were very proud to receive the flags of the British Legion as a powerful symbol which helped us to focus on the young people who lost their lives in the First World War. 31 @GryffeAds www.advertizer.co.uk 26-31 SCHOOLS_291 DECEMBER 18.indd 31 22/11/2018 14:47:18
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