Advertizer - Issue 185 - February 2010 (Gryffe)

Kilmacolm Primary A Great Big Thank You from
Nursery is back with a swing as we welcome
some new pupils to the class. Despite the
Lochwinnoch Playgroup
snowy weather, Matthew, Adam, Devlin & The staff, parents, and committee members of Lochwinnoch Playgroup,
Ranald stocked up by going to the shops to would like to offer our sincere and heartfelt thanks to local businesses
buy food for the café which Mrs Little set up. in Lochwinnoch and the surrounding villages for donating prizes for our
Milk and sandwiches are on the menu and we Christmas Rafﬂ e: Lochwinnoch Motors, The Junction, Escape Campers,
are all having fun while learning a valuable The Garthland Arms, The Bowﬁ eld Hotel in Howwood, The River Inn in
lesson on the cost of living! Houston, Heritage Farmes Market Shop, Tesco, Natural Touch, Meadowbank
We missed the January issue, but P1 are still
Equestrian Centre in Houston, Lochwinnoch Golf Club, Calder Gallery,
bathing in the glory of their successful Nativity performances of Humph the
The Brown Bull, The Corner Bar, Lochbar Indoor Football Centre, The Oaks
Camel. Matthew as Humph, Rachel as Mary and Peter as Joseph along with all
Vet Centre and Now & Then Gift shop.
the other boys and girls in P1 and P2 gave wonderful performances to mums, We would also like to thank the staff at Lochwinnoch Library, Cut n Care
dads, grans and grandpas on two afternoons in December. Hairdressers, The Spar and The McKillop Institute, who took the time
P2 pupils have been ﬁ nding out about Our
to sell our Christmas cookbooks and rafﬂ e tickets (winning tickets and
Village and are looking forward to going out
corresponding prizes displayed on the McKillop Institute notice board).
of school for walk around the village to see Other fundraising news from the playgroup is that The River Inn in Houston
all the places that they have been talking recently raised almost £300 from their St Andrew’s night celebrations,
about. which they very kindly and unexpectedly donated to our Playgroup. Our
January means Burns in Kilmacolm Primary
thanks go to all the staff at The River Inn who made this possible.
and P1 have been practicing their Burns In times of economic recession, we were overwhelmed by your generosity
Competition piece ‘The Wee Rid Motor’ for and support, and of course an extra big thank you to those of you who
our Burns & Scottish Verse Competition on purchased a cookbook, rafﬂ e ticket or indeed tried to guess the number
29th January. of coins in a jar.
January and February are busy months for learning poems and P1 are also Your continued support of Lochwinnoch Playgroup enables us to operate
perfecting their Inverclyde Music Festival piece, ‘When Goldilocks Went to term time, Mon, Tue and Wed mornings from 9.30am until 11.30am.
the House of the Bears’. Our P4 and P6 classes are also taking part in the As always, if you are interested in enrolling your child at playgroup,
festival in the group verse speaking sections and our choir will perform for applications are available from The McKillop Institute, Main Street or
the ﬁ rst time in this competition. Hopefully our music group will be able to contact Karen on 843943 or Joanne 844898.
keep hold of the trophy for group music making, which they won on the ﬁ rst
occasion of entering the festival. Good luck to all entrants.
Last term P3 learned all about the Post Ofﬁ ce and became “Post People”
Mountain Challenge
stamping, sorting and delivering our Christmas mail. The class raised £58.94
Gryffe Valley Rotary Club hits new heights
which they donated to Ardgowan Hospice. A bit of a change this term as P3
for charity 2010 Sightsavers Rotary
will be learning about Minibeasts and getting out and about into our wildlife
Mountain Challenge
garden.
A team from the Rotary Club of Gryffe
P4/3 are looking forward to their Pirate Party where they will celebrate the
Valley will be reaching new heights in
end of their Pirate topic by wearing some of the fantastic pirate hats which
June this year as they scale three of
they have made. Our P4 pupils are very busy learning the words for both the
Great Britain’s tallest mountains in 24
Burns competition and their entry to the festival. Pupils in our P4 class are
hours to raise money for international
extra busy preparing to lead the school assembly in February and also these
development charity Sightsavers
boys and girls will be travelling back in time to the Viking age whilst studying
International. On 12th-13th June, the
their new topic and keeping a watchful eye on the bulbs they planted, hoping
group along with 20 other teams will lace
they’ll be perfect for the Port Glasgow Horticultural Show.
up their hiking boots and don rucksacks
Our P5 class and their teacher Miss McDonald practiced really hard recently
to take part in the 2010 Sightsavers
to send a team to the local Benchball Tournament. Our team did very well,
Rotary Mountain Challenge, climbing
coming second in their heat and narrowly missing going through to the next
an approximate total of 10,000 feet.
round. Better luck
The team will start the challenge by hiking up
next time. The class
Great Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis in Scotland, tackling
are looking forward to
4,406ft to the snow capped summit. Next the team will take on
studying the Rainforest
Helvellyn, one of the tallest mountains in the Lake District before
as their topic this
ﬁ nishing by climbing Mount Snowdon in Wales which stands at
term, becoming
3,560ft.
Rainforest Tour Guides
Ross Anderson, who
and learning lots of
is convener for the
interesting facts and
International Service
information on the
Committee, said “I am
way.
an active person and
P7 had a very busty last
the opportunity to raise
term, making Christmas
money for Sightsavers
cards & calendars to sell
whilst enjoying the
for our partner school
breathtaking mountain
in Malawi, raising an
vistas appealed to me.
excellent £300.69.
Although I and the rest
Whilst involved in this initiative all the boys and girls used their skills to be
of the team are keen
effective contributors to the life of the school and showed their conﬁ dence
walkers we have never
in dealing with visitors, parents and local businesses as they endeavoured to
hiked this far before and
sell their products.
it will be a great personal
P6 and P7 had a wonderful time at their Christmas dance and looked beautiful
challenge for us all”.
in all their ﬁ nery.
P7 are focused in January on their poem for our Burns Competition and
Sport Relief 2010
contrasting lives in another continent – Africa.
Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to
For the ﬁ rst week in February the whole school are involved in a theme
get active, raise cash and change lives. By doing
of Around the World in 5 Days, where every class will study the customs,
sport, having fun and raising money, everyone
landscape, religion, art, national dress, foods etc. of a certain country and
can do good and feel good. All the money raised
come together on the last day to showcase their work to the rest of the
is spent helping poor and disadvantaged people
school. It should be a colourful event and pictures will follow.
turn their lives around - in the UK as well as the
Please note that school closes on Friday 5th February for half term holiday. world’s poorest countries. The next Sport Relief
Monday 8th is a holiday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9th & 10th are in service Weekend is from Friday 19th - Sunday 21st March.
days for staff and children return to school on Thursday 11th February. We’d love it if you could be part of it. What are you waiting for? Visit
the website at www.sportrelief.com for further information.
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