Kilmacolm Primary School
We held a themed week beginning on February 1st where all classes focused
their learning on a particular country and based a variety of activities
around it. We therefore had a showcase of all things Scottish, chow mein
served in the nursery, fantastic Mexican ponchos, Italian fl ags, Japanese
kimonos and models of the Eiffel Tower. Religion, culture, traditions, art,
food and dress were all studied and the diversity of all of these countries
recognised.
Also during this week we
were treated to drumming
lessons when Mrs Hoad gave
every class a taster session
of African drumming with
Abbey Nursery - Houston
the Djembe Drums – some
of which were nearly
What a busy start to the New Year it has been for us at Abbey Nursery.
bigger than the children!
Some children have moved rooms and our priority has been to ensure
they have settled in well. We also hosted an Open Day on 23rd January
We recently were visited
which was an opportunity for the team to ‘showcase’ the facilities and
by assessors who awarded
talk with pride about the care and education we provide for children
our school with its second Green Flag. A second Green Flag is quite an
and their families. Freckles the clown did a great job of entertaining
achievement as not many schools in our local authority have gained this.
the children and the day was a huge success overall.
The award followed from lots of very hard work by the Eco Committee and
Mrs Cook who welcomed the visitors to school on Tuesday 26th February.
With ‘Winter‘ and ‘Transport’ the room topics for February, it was
A big thank you to all the parents who gave their time so willingly to
great when we had more unexpected snow and it was sunny enough
help with this initiative and to everyone who spoke to the visitors and
for the children to get outdoors and have fun creating their own Snow
left them with an excellent opinion of all the hard work which our Eco
‘people’. It’s on occasions like this that the timetable gets put on hold
Committee and whole school do
and its “hats and coats on” and we take advantage of the opportunities
to protect our environment- WELL
as they present themselves.
DONE! February also saw the beginning of outdoor activity for our Eco Schools
The school held a bring and buy
programme with the children litter picking around the local community
sale in aid of the Haiti disaster and
with support from Renfrewshire Council. Our Eco Committee is made
managed to so far, raise £380. This
up of very enthusiastic children (and parents) who are in the process
will not be the fi nal total as money
of producing an Eco Code for the whole nursery as well as having some
from the sale of CD’s in P7 and a
ambitious plans for the next few months (we will keep you informed
coin collection in the front offi ce
about these as they happen). Abbey Nursery has also signed up to the
have still to be added. Thank you
Tidy Renfrewshire Award Scheme and is hopeful of receiving a Gold
to all who donated so kindly to this
Award shortly which endorses the efforts we are making to reduce;
worthwhile event and thanks to
reuse and recycle in a responsible manner. Alongside celebrating the
Primary 7 for all their hard work in
Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day this short month has been action
organising and running the sale.
packed.
We held our annual Burns
competition this year on Friday 29th January. As usual P1 - P4 were hard
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at work learning a Scots verse, while P5 - P7 got down to the more serious
The children have greatly enjoyed their project on space
business of learning a Burns poem. Our thanks go to our judges this year,
– everyone has been very creative making rockets and
Mr Peter Blair, Mr Colm McGranghan and Mr Sam Hannah. The standard
space ships and an astronaut collage. We celebrated
this year was extremely high and all of our fi nalists performed confi dently
the Chinese New Year tasting some Chinese food, using
on the day. Our winners are as follows: P1 Peter Ingram; P2 Sandie
chopsticks and learning a few Mandarin phrases.
Rennison; P3 Katie Lyle; P4 Ewan Gray; P5 Matthew Cameron;
P6 Adam Plater; P7 Hannah
The children have enjoyed sessions
Paterson. The overall winner of
playing various musical instruments
the David Wright Memorial trophy
including drums, tambourines,
was Matthew Cameron P5.
glocks, rainmakers and castanets.
Two of our talented P7 pupils,
We have been experimenting with
Bath McKenna and Victoria Robson,
loud and soft sounds, rhythm and
who are both very interested in
pitch. Great fun - you might have
music making, have worked hard
heard us from the park!
together and managed to write
We also celebrated Burns night with
a song, which their music tutor
our own Cèilidh - many reels and a
Mr John Kirkpatrick has recorded
few jigs and some solo dancing! This
onto a CD. The enterprising girls
was followed by a supper of oatcakes
decided to sell this CD in school
with cheese and some shortbread.
and give all proceeds to our Haiti fund. Well done girls!
We even had some Burns poetry
Our Nursery had a visit from Zoo-Lab recently where they had the
and singing from the teachers! The
opportunity to learn about all kinds of creepy crawlies. The children got
children looked fantastic in their
to see, touch and hold some of the insects and learn all about how these
kilts and tartan sashes.
creatures live and grow. The children had a fantastic time and thoroughly In March we are looking forward
enjoyed the experience. to our annual outing to Greenock
Sports Centre and will be fundraising
Langbank Under 3’s
for Sports Relief – completing an
obstacle course at PE. We will
Every Friday (during term time) from 10 - 11.45am in The Church Hall,
also be celebrating World Book Day
Main Street. All children from birth to 3 years. Games, songs, coffee,
- coming to nursery in our pyjamas
chat and make new friends.
and reading our favourite bedtime stories. We will once again be
Liz Murray will be with us again on Friday 19th March with an Octokids
collecting Tesco and Sainsbury vouchers to put towards equipment for
session, a lively and fun music and movement session tailored toward
the Nursery.
babies and toddlers. For further information, contact Julie Gilmour on
If you would like to come and visit the nursery please contact Head
01475 540103 or Tracy O’Malley on 01475 540724.
Teacher Jean McCarthy Tel. 874358 or visit: www.duchal.com
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