Kilbarchan Community Nursery Easter Extravaganza


The children had a fantastic time on Friday 30th March when they celebrated Easter with a range of exciting activities.


During the day the children designed and made beautiful Easter bonnets and bowties, which they showed off to parents at their Easter parade at the end of the session. They also made very tasty fruit tarts to take home, using a range of juicy fruits to fill their pastry cases, which they had made during


the


week. In the writing area the children designed and made their own personalised Easter cards to give to s om eone special. In the technology area the children designed some very colourful Easter eggs on the


Bridge of Weir Primary School


Now that spring is here with lighter mornings and better weather, the School Travel Plan committee has been encouraging as many pupils as possible to walk to school. The committee gave a presentation at assembly explaining that walking is good exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle, that fewer cars around the school means less pollution and that less congestion makes it safer for everyone. To this end they set up the Big W Challenge to see if 160 children could walk or cycle at least part of the way to school on Wednesday 21st March. In fact we managed to beat our target as 169 people took part, which was fantastic! An added incentive was that everyone who walked or cycled earned 5 house points and pupils who travelled by bus got points too, recognising that it’s much better for the environment if lots of people travel on one vehicle. Miss Davies and Miss Colquhoun are also running cycling training


sessions for Primary 6 and 7 pupils to help them improve their skills and learn about the Highway Code, another way in which we are promoting “greener” ways to travel. Some of our Primary 2 and 3 pupils have also been learning about the environment in their mixed age learning groups on Thursday afternoons. This has been a very successful approach to learning and teaching which has allowed children from both stages to work together as a team, develop social skills and learn from each other. Pupils take part in activities over four weeks and this term these have included puppet making, ICT challenges, French and outdoor learning - a


very important aspect


smart board. Everyone had


the


opportunity to join in a super active Easter egg hunt in the garden. The children had a great time looking for eggs, which contained surprises or activities to


complete. We even had a visit from some real baby chicks! The sessions were finished off with an Easter parade and song time for the parents. The staff would like to thank the parents who helped out on the day making it such a success.


For more information regarding Kilbarchan Community Nursery contact 01505 704839 or at enquiries@kilbarchancommunitynursery.org.uk


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of Curriculum for Excellence. We are very fortunate at Bridge of Weir to have school grounds which provide such wonderful learning opportunities and our In Service day in May will include a session led by Forestry Commission staff who will be advising us on how we can make the very best use of this great facility.


We were delighted that our String Ensemble was invited to perform at Gryffe High School’s spring concert which was an exciting experience and also a great opportunity to be inspired by the high standard achieved by the older pupils.


As usual the last few weeks of term were very busy with parents evenings, a P3 open morning and our end of term Easter service. This was a very special occasion as we bade farewell to Mrs Joyce Kerr who has been a teacher at Bridge of Weir Primary School for 15 years. Mrs Kerr was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a gift from children and parents to mark her retirement which we hope is long, healthy and happy!


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