330 November 2022 - Gryffe Advertizer

Bridge of Weir Primary
Back to Normal - How good it has been over the first few
months of this school year to get back to ‘normal.’
Assembly is Back - Due to the expanding numbers in
our school, we now have separate assemblies for older
and younger pupils. This allows us to focus on topics
such as school ethos and values and wider issues such
as the UNCRC (The United Nation’s Convention on the
Rights of the Child). P5-7 have been practising singing a
moving rendition of Universal Child by Annie Lennox and
Primary 3 entertained us with a ‘sound poem’ evoking
the sounds of the jungle.
We are also so proud of our current P7s who are excellent
role models. Many of them confidently presented to the
whole school on their personal skills and qualities and
have now been elected to be House Captains or part of the School Council. We look forward to what they have in store for us.
Choir is Back! - We are delighted to say that senior choir has recommenced, rehearsing each Thursday after school. Christmas is high on our agenda, and
we look forward to performing at the Kilmacolm Christmas Fayre on 19th November, the school Christmas Fayre on 24th November, Princes Square on
12th December as well as our own school concerts. We are well underway in our preparations for these performances. Please come along and support us.
Volunteers and Visitors are Back - We are so grateful to have volunteers back in the school and we have a number of activities and programmes which
they support such as handwriting, reading, STEM, Spanish, and cycling. Please contact the school if this is something you would be interested in.
And at the time of writing P5-7 are eagerly awaiting a visit from author Phil Earle on 25th October. We are very much looking forward to hearing all
about his new book and being inspired as we continue our journey to being excellent readers and writers.
Langbank Primary
Maths Week Scotland
In September Langbank celebrated Maths Weekend Scotland. Maths Week Scotland is a celebration of the
importance of maths in our everyday lives and this year’s theme was ‘Beauty of Maths’.
The week kicked off with an outdoor maths warm-up. The children loved throwing some
mathematical shapes and to start the week together. At the end of the week Langbank
celebrated our great work in Maths Week Scotland together at assembly and were delighted for
a p2 parent to come into assembly and share how they use mathematics in their job and daily life.
Stop, Drop and Count - Each day the bell rang to signal a time for the whole school to stop what they
were doing and to engage with some fun, on the spot counting activities.
All classes took part in the Sumdog contest. Out of nearly 7000 classes, we had fantastic finishing results with
all classes in the top 20% of contest. Congratulations!
The Stem development officer also delivered exciting STEM workshops to all classes. P1/2 and P3/4 learned
all about bubble geometry and how engineers have been inspired by nature. P6/7 looked into aeronautical
engineering and learned more about fair testing. P5 enjoyed a biscuit dunking comparison whilst thinking
about STEM careers in Food Technology.
Glasgow City Mission Food Collection
Langbank continue to conduct regular food
collections for Glasgow City Mission. We are
delighted to maintain this partnership with the church
and are always overwhelmed with the generosity of
our school community.
Meet the Teacher
It has been wonderful opening our doors back up to
the parents and families again. The families of Primary
1/2 enjoyed coming into school for a stay and play
session with their children in Term 1. In P3-7 classes
our families were invited in for Meet the Teacher on
Thursday 15th September. It was wonderful to share
the children’s learning and classroom environments
with them, some for the very first time!
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