Rotary Club Local Winners 2011

Our team from Primary 7 took first place for the second year running in the local heats of the Gryffe Valley Rotary Club School Quiz. They beat off 3 other local schools to scoop first place. The team answered ten rounds of questions on a variety of topics and they kept their nerve through some of the trickier rounds. The team was awarded with a trophy which will be placed in the central area. Certificates and goody bags were also issued. The team look forward to spending their book vouchers and swotting up for the national finals later in the school year. Thank you to the organisers for an enjoyable evening.

Fairtrade Fortnight 2011

Fairtrade Fortnight starts today and to kick it off we held a whole school assembly. All the pupils and staff in the school have decorated a panel of bunting made from fairtrade cotton. Fairtrade cotton is being highlighted in this year's campaign. Here are some of our P2 pupils with some of the bunting panels. They will be sent off and joined with other bunting to try and make the longest fairtrade bunting in the world!

We learned more about cotton farmers during our assembly. We learned how cotton grows, the challenges faced by farmers and ways in which we can help. Cotton farms take up 2.4% of farming land worldwide, yet cotton farming uses 50% of the pesticides used in farming overall. This is not good news for our environment. Some of us are heading along to coffee mornings in Bridge of Weir and Houston over the coming weeks to share the fairtrade work from our school. We are designing a quiz to spread the facts about fairtrade to more people. We will also be opening our Fairtrade Cafe to our families, parishioners and community before the end of term so watch the school website for more details.

P6 Amazonia Trip

Today P6 went to visit Amazonia as part of their Rainforest project. We had great fun whilst learning lots at the same time. We learned about the 4 layers of the rainforest, the species which live in it and more about the rainforest ecosystem. We loved the hands-on part of the visit where we got the chance to hold a snake and a tarantula. We also enjoyed the interactive room where we could choose to visit the different layers of the rainforest to see what creatures lived there. Why not have a look at our photos.

Scottish Catholic Education Video

Our pupils took part in our Catholic Education Sunday mass to launch this special week. Fr. Danny will also be opening our Parent's Workshop on Tuesday 22.2.11 and discussing the latest changes to Catholic education.