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Kilmacolm Playgroup
This month at playgroup the children explored
traditional fairy tales. The story of Little Red Riding
Hood was brought to life in our fun crafting activities
and the children showed off their dramatic skills
by putting on costumes and acting out the story!
We’ve also been busy making Mother’s Day
personalized crafts and we hope all our Mummies
enjoyed opening these special gifts. Easter week
has seen more crafting fun - painting Easter eggs
and making Easter bunnies. We even had some time to make chocolate
baskets for our little chicks.
Playgroup is open to all children from 2 years 4months and operates on a
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 0930-1130. Spaces available. Please email
Kirsty on playgroupmembership@gmail.com for more details.
Are you a new parent, or new to our village or surrounding villages, our baby
& toddler group is open as a drop in session every
Wednesday morning from 10-1130am. Pop in for a
hot drink and cake while your child enjoys a play, a
healthy snack is also provided for children .A great
chance to meet new friends and fi nd out all about
our fabulous group. Open to all parents, carers and
Grandparents.
For more information on any of our groups https://
kilmacolmplaygroupandtoddlers.jimdo.com or check
out our Facebook page for latest information.
Duchal Nursery
The Spring term ended in great eggcitement with
a visit from the Easter Bunny just as we were
fi nishing off making our Easter Chocolate Nests.
The children love a bit of cooking and baking using
their measuring and mixing skills to the full!
With the start of term we will be getting very
creative with egg boxes and stone painting for
the entries to this year’s Kilmacolm Show, we will
have a stand there too so please pop over to say
hello!
The children have chosen our new topic for the term – “Transport” which will
no doubt include some interesting and varied modes of getting from A to B!
We have been making the most of our outside area, the “Mud Kitchen” has
been producing some fi ne mud products, we have been out in the park and
preparing for Sports Day – it’s going to be a hectic term!
Things have all settled down after our wonderful night of celebrating our
50th Anniversary, it was a great event with so many former pupils, parents
and staff reuniting. We are now looking forwards to the next 50 years of
providing specialist pre school education for the next generations of local
children.
We are now offering places for the intake in August 2019. If your child
will be of nursery age after the summer and you are looking at your pre
school options, please do get in touch to have an informal look around. With
our extended hours we are open daily 8.15am – 3.30pm, offering greater
fl exibility of care for parents. As an independent nursery our children move
on to various schools in Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and Glasgow. Please
visit our website for more information – www.duchal.com and fi nd us on
Facebook. If you would like to come and visit the Nursery please get in
01505 874358 or email info@duchal.com
Next deadline - Friday 17th May
Kilbarchan Community Nursery
The children were out and about in the community
before the Spring holiday. We were delighted to
be asked back to the local community ‘Gateway
garden’ and discovered that all the bulbs which
were planted on the last visit have grown into
beautiful daffodils. These were then made into
little bouquets to take back to nursery. While
there the children also helped to fi ll the bird
feeders and planted some seeds.
We also visited the Foodbank in
Johnstone taking parcels of food to
donate. Children each carried food
donations in their backpacks and
then helped to put them into big
crates for sorting into food parcels.
Now in our last term, we are focusing
on our outdoor area by; designing and
creating our new pond and planting
seeds and potatoes.
Little Seeds Woodland Nursery
As part of our transition model, the children at Little Seeds Woodland
Nursery have been learning about plants and their process of growing – this
has shown the children how a seed forms in to a fl ower with the correct care
and nutrients. We’ve been planting in our big outdoor planters, as well as in
our individual plant pots that we can take home to grow with our families.
The children have been on a number of different
bug hunts this month; searching for butterfl ies,
lady birds, beetles and many more – this week we
were focusing on lady birds and were able to fi nd
out lots of different interesting facts about them
– did you know there are 5000 different species
of ladybird?
Our Little Seeds spend a lot of their time in our
community woodland – this month has been fi lled
with role play; we have been building a boat out of
branches and sticks, learning about survival skills
and building our confi dence.
Gryffe High School
Paralympian Guide Brett returns to Gryffe
S1 to S3 pupils were treated to an inspirational
guest at their House Assemblies.
Former pupil Brett Wild is a submariner for
the Royal Navy. Brett has been given time to
be a guide for skier Millie Knight and they won
2 Silver medals and a Bronze medal at the
PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
This was in the Downhill, Super-G and Slalom.
Brett brought his medals in for pupils to see and he also gave pupils some
very good advice about maximising the opportunity that they have at Gryffe.
Brett has realised his dream and inspires all pupils to do the same.
Awards Ceremony 2019
Very well done to the pupils who received Awards at our annual Awards
Ceremony in April. More than 550 awards were presented for a vast range
of both academic and wider achievement, with the main focus on pupils
excelling in giving their best. Guests presenting the awards were former
Head Girl and Boy, Emma Harper and Calum Shiels, as well as Mr Steven
Quinn Acting Director of Education/
Chief Education Offi cer Children
Services.
The evening was enhanced by some
wonderful music from the Jazz Band
as well as soloists on the bagpipes,
piano and harp.
School Captains Shaun Sweeney
and Matthew McCaw gave a nicely
balanced Vote of Thanks. We are
extremely proud of ALL of our pupils.