291 December 18 - Gryffe Advertizer
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Kilmacolm<br />
Playgroup and<br />
Toddlers<br />
Playgroup has been full of fun this<br />
month with the children enjoying<br />
dressing up and apple bobbing at<br />
our Halloween party. They have<br />
also been taking part in gymnastics<br />
lessons and learning stills such as<br />
balancing and forward rolls.<br />
We are having a stall at the<br />
<strong>December</strong> Kilmacolm farmers<br />
market (1st <strong>December</strong>). We will<br />
be selling a variety of Christmas<br />
goodies such as sweets, hot<br />
chocolate reindeer and a lucky dip.<br />
Please come along and support us,<br />
even if it’s just to say hello. Feel<br />
free to come and have a chat if you<br />
want to fi nd out more about our<br />
group and you can even pick up a<br />
voucher for a free toddler session.<br />
Finally we are pleased to announce<br />
that we have been selected as one<br />
of the Co-op local charities, this<br />
means that we can receive 1% of all<br />
money spent on Co-op products. If<br />
you would like to support us you will<br />
need a Co-op card, then you can<br />
go onto the website and register us<br />
as your chosen charity. This will be<br />
a much needed boost in funds and<br />
we really appreciate any support<br />
we can get.<br />
St. Fillan’s Primary School<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> High School<br />
Haunted Halloween!<br />
Halloween celebrations were<br />
‘Spooktacular!’ in St. Fillan’s Primary<br />
and it was great to see so many<br />
witches, wizards, zombies and ghouls<br />
get dressed up to come along to our<br />
Annual Halloween Disco! We are<br />
ever grateful to our wonderful Parent<br />
Council members who organise this<br />
fundraising event and to the Harvey<br />
family who entertained us with<br />
costumes, dancing and music from ‘The Greatest Showman!’<br />
Eco Warriors!<br />
Hopefully, we are well on our way to achieving our third green flag and<br />
maintaining our green flag status. The Eco Committee focussed on the<br />
theme of ‘Litter’ as part of their Committee focus week and they organised a<br />
whole school litter pick. Each class were given a specific day to go out into<br />
the playground and collect as much litter as they could. Each litter bag was<br />
weighed before the items were recycled and the winning class were treated<br />
to an extra playtime which they thoroughly enjoyed. Who knew collecting<br />
rubbish could be so rewarding?!<br />
The Eco Committee also focussed on the promotion of healthy lifestyles<br />
during their focus week and they were keen to encourage children and<br />
adults to walk to school, scooter /ride a bike or engage in ‘Park and Stride.’<br />
During Assembly, children also discussed the health benefits of walking<br />
to school, the positive effects on the environment and the sustainability of<br />
MADD Talent Showcased at <strong>Gryffe</strong><br />
On Wednesday 7th November, <strong>Gryffe</strong> hosted the annual MADD Show (Music, Art, Drama and Dance). The recurring<br />
theme of this year’s MADD Show was of Chinese teacher, philosopher and politician - Confucius. The reason for<br />
this was to pay homage to <strong>Gryffe</strong> High School launching the world’s first Confucius Specialist Sports Hub in a<br />
high school. It was an incredible event that enabled pupils to show off their excellent art work. S2 and S3 pupils’<br />
masks and hats were displayed by models from the younger school, while the spectacular design projects, made by<br />
the S6 Advanced Higher Art students, were<br />
worn by a great team of senior models from<br />
S4, S5 and S6. The drama department also<br />
debuted their own performance of Chinese<br />
Cinderella, which gave a twist to the usual<br />
fairy-tale, allowing them to explore and teach<br />
about Confucius values. In addition to this,<br />
there were amazing singing and dancing<br />
performances, as well as, concluding with a<br />
piece from a collection of Music pupils.<br />
All in all, 20<strong>18</strong>’s MADD Show was a superb<br />
showcase of the talent and creativity abundant<br />
within <strong>Gryffe</strong> High School.<br />
Article by Aaron Mills S5<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Confucius Classroom is a World First<br />
This session we have begun our partnership with Scottish Schools Football Association and Confucius Institute for<br />
Scotland’s Schools as the world’s first and only Confucius Specialist Hub for sports.<br />
As a specialist hub, we will work with SSFA and CISS in promoting Chinese language and culture both in school<br />
and with other schools and community groups in conjunction with the work of the SSFA. In 2019-2020 a specialist<br />
Hanban teacher will join the school to support our programme and work with pupils in different curricular areas and<br />
in extended curricular work to promote Chinese language and culture.<br />
The official launch of our specialist hub took place on Wednesday 7th November. Invited guests included<br />
representatives from <strong>Gryffe</strong> High School, SSFA, CISS, Steven Thompson as a former pupil and Scottish<br />
Internationalist and Steven Quinn, Acting Director of Children’s Services at Renfrewshire Council.<br />
Mr G. O’Hare Supporting Depute Head and FH Health and Wellbeing<br />
the planet. Each class recorded their participation and progress in terms<br />
of number of steps and they recorded their information on a wall chart<br />
using stickers. Primary 6 won the ‘Golden Trainer Award’ as they were<br />
the class who worked together to uphold our school value of ‘Teamwork’<br />
by encouraging one another throughout the week to increase their step<br />
count.<br />
Super Squash!<br />
The children in Primaries 5 and 6 have enjoyed a block of squash taster<br />
sessions in association with Strathgryffe Tennis Club. Alan, the coach has<br />
been putting the children through their paces and has provided opportunities<br />
for the children to develop their core skills and confidence by rotating around<br />
a variety of activity stations. Ten of the children have been invited to take<br />
part in a local squash tournament along with other local schools and they<br />
are looking forward to putting their skills into practice on a proper squash<br />
court. We wish they all the very best in the tournament!<br />
We Will Remember…<br />
Some of our Primary 5 children were<br />
delighted to join forces with Houston Primary<br />
School and participate in the ‘Houston Big<br />
Remembrance Sing’ which took place<br />
in Houston and Killellan Church. It was<br />
wonderful to take part and sing a variety<br />
of wartime favourites whilst remembering<br />
those who gave their lives in sacrifice.<br />
Two of our Primary 7 children were honoured<br />
to be invited along to the ‘Freeland’ Church in Bridge of Weir to attend their<br />
Remembrance Sunday Service. The girls were very proud to receive the<br />
flags of the British Legion as a powerful symbol which helped us to focus on<br />
the young people who lost their lives in the First World War.<br />
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