Robots In The Making

Pupils have spent a lovely evening outdoors earning team points in a group  quiz. Each correct answer earned them a point & we all know 'points make prizes'! The prizes were cardboard, paper & tape to be used to convert one of their team members into a robot.

Still At Work

Abseilers still hard at work.  The challenge is to abseil down then rock climb back up again. Scary coming down & sheer hard work going back up.  Almost finished but still have the steep downhill walk to go! 

On Top Of The World

Sitting in the sun encouraging our abseilers to go over the edge and what do we hear on the side of this hill? Is it bird song? Is it the breeze? No! It's the hillwalking group hollering at us from above, after having reached the peak!! Fab stuff - great work! See you at the bottom. 

Over the Edge

Ninian house were brave enough to head over the rock face first - well done! 

First Afternoon

Everyone is half way up a HUGE hill- either hillwalking or abseiling. Abseiling group just about to get their final induction from halfway up. The hillwalkers are on their way to the top with Hope, the resident black labrador. Views are fab from up here! 

Arrived Safely

All arrived safe & well. Pupils enjoyed the beautiful scenery on the way up. Currently on a tour of the site so pupils can find their bearings. Our scouts who have been here previously are being informative tour guides.

Off we go

P7 left for their outward bound trip this morning. We're off to Lochgoilhead activity centre. Mrs Maher came to wave us off & gave a helping hand with the cases. 

P7 Induction Days

P7 are visiting Gryffe High School on the 11th of June to the 14th for their induction days there will be S3 Guides to help us if we get lost,everyone is looking forward to it.

Scotland street school

P6 & p4 had a great time recently when they went to visit Scotland Street School Museum. Both were studying different aspects of Victorian life & endured a tough lesson with a "Victorian" teacher. They used slates, nib pens & ink, learned about corporal punishment & about education during the 19th century.

Hobby Showcase

P6 pupils invited all classes into their class to learn more about the clubs which take place in our local area. P6 pupils used persuasive language to showcase their preferred club or hobby. P4 used various questioning styles to find out more information. 

Crafty Kids

P3/4 were busy making models today. Recycled materials were used with paper mâché. We look forward to seeing the finished models in a few weeks.

Communion Rehearsal

Many of our primary 4 pupils went across to church yesterday to take part in their final rehearsal for receiving the Sacrament of the Eucharist with Fr. Danny & their teachers. They are looking forward to joining their families & parishioners this Sunday for their First Communion mass. Good luck to you all!

Confirmation

Many of our primary 7 pupils made the Sacrament of Confirmation. A beautiful service was held in St. Mirrin's cathedral in Paisley. Well done to all the pupils & thank you to all who helped prepare our pupils.

Cook School

P7 had fun preparing fresh coleslaw yesterday as part of their learning in health & Wellbeing.

Rotary Club Winners

Well done to our p7 team who took first place in the recent rotary club local heats. The evening was exciting & a strong performance in the final two rounds helped the team scoop the trophy for 2013. They look forward to representing our local area at the national heats later this term (photo to follow).

On your bike!

The weather looked kindly on us at the end of last week & finally some warmer Spring sunshine broke through. Our pupils enjoyed their Bikeability training & are particularly looking forward to getting out & about on the roads round the school area as part of this training. Our particular thanks go to our squad of family helpers who will make our on-road training possible this year.

Nursery Ambassadors

Our 2 Nursery Ambassadors were out & about in Houston last week. They headed out to some of the local nurseries with Mrs Nicholson to meet our new Primary 1 pupils who will be starting in August. They will be visiting the other nurseries later in the term to meet the rest of our new recruits. They enjoyed chatting to the nursery children about learning in school, they showed them their school uniform & told them all about what they have to look forward to in August.

Well Done St. Mirren!

Our congratulations go to the players and behind the scenes team at St. Mirren football club.  Some of the team came out to see us just days before their great win.  The pupils took great delight in giving their good luck cards and messages to the players and Primary 7 even performed the rap they had written for the occasion. Autographs were then given by the players and pupils were able to see the Scottish League Cup up close.

Media Team

Our Media Team continue to work hard around the school.  They take photos for various events and wall displays and also contribute to the Gryffe Advertizer at appropriate times of the year. Our older committee members have shown great leadership by assisting the younger members of our team (P1,2,3).  Here is one of our Media Team members supporting our Primary 1 pupils with the Pupil Blog after our P1 pupils took some photos to share on the school website.  They gave advice on what they wanted reporting about their class.

Primary 7 School Show

Our Primary 7 pupils put on a wonderful school show last week for their family and friends.  We were entertained by a full stage production of "Treasure Island" and so delighted were the audience that 3 encores were given at the end of the evening.  The lucky programme was won by Mrs Meighan who took home a special chocolate Easter egg.  Primary 7 used their enterprise skills and initiative by taking full responsibility for the organisation of the show.  They organised their props, digital scenery, scripts, costumes, ticket sales and programmes, showing great team work.  Well done to you all - we had a very entertaining evening! 
Photos taken by media team.

Christmas gifts

Lots of the school brought in gifts for Quarriers so children hwo are wors off than us  can still get Christmas gift.  Sanjay who works at Quarriers came to pick up the gifts and give them out for us.  Here is one of the photos of the gifts with Sanjay...     We filled 12 bin bags!!!            By Michael and Niamhr

Chistmas Parties Dec 2012

On the 19th December 2012 every class had their Christmas parties. We played lots of traditional party games including 'musical bumps' , 'best dancer'  & 'corners'. We also had some party food and drinks. Everyone really enjoyed their parties. By Ryan, Max and Kate.

Christmas Pantomine

On the 20th of December the whole school went to the SECC to see Jack and The Beanstalk panto. The Krankies and John Baraman starred in it.It was very funny and scary at the 3D parts. We all really enjoyed going to a real theatre.
                                       By the Media Team

Christmas show

On the 3rd and 4th of December we held a Christmas show. Every class took part but primary 1&2 did a scene where baby Jesus wouldn't stop crying. Here is picture of the two main characters, Mary and Joseph.   By Katie and Kate

St Vincent's Hospice

We had a visitor in from St.Vincent's Hospice called Karen.She was visiting during our assembly time. She was telling alot about the Hospice and wishing us luck about our fundraiser which will take place later this year.