New Pupil Council Voted In

Our new Pupil Council has now been elected for the coming year. As usual we have 2 members from each of the 4 mid/upper school classes. They will also represent the infants. Well done to all who were elected as there was an increased number of pupils standing for election this year and competition was stiff. Some classes had to run a second vote due to the close results of the initial round of voting. The Pupil Council glow group is open to all pupils and staff so feel free to leave any ideas and comments there for the Pupil Council to pick up.

Olympic Torch Arrives in Houston!

In preparation for the Olympic Games coming to the UK in 2012, we launched our Olympics Topic in June 2011.  It began immediately after our annual Sport's Day and also coincided with National School Sport's Week in Scotland. 

We are working together on this topic as a whole school with each class following a different line of study, relevant to our age and interests.  When we share our learning we learn lots about the Olympics.  We have been discussing the Olympic values (Respect & Excellence) and also the Paralympic values (Courage, Determination, Inspiration & Equality).  We have also been researching various countries who will compete, as well as the different sporting events which take place.

We are going to continue to study the Olympics as part of our ongoing work in Health & Wellbeing.  The whole school will be working on learning more about the Olympics and Paralympics and also exercising more during every term this year, in the run up to the main event.  Have a look at our Opening Ceremony below.

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Community Artists

Our P7 pupils worked with an artist (Meredith) to design artwork for the local underpass area.  They did this along with P7 pupils in Houston P.S.  They chose several themes and spent weeks researching, drawing & painting their ideas until they were happy with their final designs.  They then spent time down at the underpasses painting their designs onto the walls.  As you can see from the slideshow, they had fun whilst helping to brighten up the local community.  The pupils identified these areas as putting children off walking to school and the project was funded by the Scottish Government through the Sustran's "Tackling the School Run" grant.  We hope you like it and it stays graffiti-free!

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Keeping Houston Tidy!

In term 4 Mrs Cleary and the boys and girls from Primary 3 headed down to the local shops in Houston to clear the litter which had been dropped.  They decided to go to the underpass area as they thought this had most litter.  As you can see they managed to find plenty and worked well together as a team.  Many thanks to the Mums who came along to help supervise and collect litter with us.  Thankfully the sun shone which made it easier!