Monthly Archives: December 2017

Eco Schools Update from Daisy and Nathan

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We have been doing lots of work to improve the school grounds recently.  The Eco Committee have made up a new rota to tackle litter and we have cleaned the climbing wall, which had become very slippery and mossy.  Our next job is to clear out the plant pots and beds before the holidays and we are looking for a more accessible spot for the compost bin to encourage people to us it more.

We are going to have Eco Monitor’s in each class to make sure we are not wasting the school’s resources and are doing our best to save energy.  We are running a competition to design an Eco Monitor badge, so that the Monitor in each class has a special badge to wear and everyone knows who they are.  Get your designs in for a chance to win!

We are really excited to be hosting a Big Breakfast in the new year, so watch out for more news on this.  breakfast

Rights Respecting Schools Update from Kate and Zoe

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We have been really busy recently!

In the last couple of weeks we’ve taken part in Unicef’s OUTRIGHT 2017 campaign to help refugees.  We learned about child refugees (with a  bit of help from Paddington), and more about children’s rights, especially those that apply to children who are refugees.  We have written to our local MP, Dr Lisa Cameron, to tell her that we think more can be done to help child refugees.

We had a really successful Kilts for Kids day and planned loads of fun activities to raise money for Children 1st, who do lots to support Scottish children and their families who need help and also help speak out about children’s rights in Scotland.  We raised £178 to help them.

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During November Mrs McPherson from the Clyde, Avon & Nethan Foodbank came to visit the school and tell us about the work they do in the local area.  This ties in with our focus on Article 24 of UNCRC this month, which says that all children have the right to nutritious food to keep them healthy.

To support the Foodbank, we will be holding a collection for the charity’s Christmas drive.  They hope to include some ‘Christmas treats’ in their food packages and we will have a collection box at our Christmas Shows.  We would be very grateful for any donations of non-perishable items such as selection boxes, small tins of biscuits, Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, mince pies, crackers, small jars of coffee.

We are reviewing our Playground Charter to ensure that everyone in school can have the best chance to play safely in the playground.  We’ve been asking everyone what they think and will be launching the new Charter after Christmas.

 

 

Pupil Council Update from Michael and Abigail

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We’re hoping to start some new clubs and have been asking everyone what sort of clubs they would like.  In the new year we want to organise more master classes, because people really enjoyed them before.

Wet play times are another item on our action plan at the moment.  We have been doing a review of what we do at the moment and collecting everyone’s ideas for improving things.  We’ve been thinking about starting a “pay to play” scheme and other money raising ideas, to help us raise some money to buy new games for wet play times that can be shared by all of the classes.

Our most important job at the moment is planning the Christmas party.  We are putting together a great plan for the dances and games everyone’s going to be playing.  santa hat