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St Fillan’s Primary School Learning in Lockdown: On Monday 16th February, our Primary one to three children returned to school following a period of lockdown and remote learning. Our boys and girls demonstrated great resilience and independence as they engaged in all of the exciting home learning tasks that their teachers had set for them. They participated well in their live interactions and enjoyed taking part in Mental Health Week. We are super proud of their efforts and their ability to follow our school values and aims from the comfort of their own homes! We were so excited about their return to school that we decorated the school gates with banners and balloons. It was so lovely to see their smiley faces and we hope to welcome our bigger boys and girls back to school in the same style later on this month. Golden Ticket Tea Party: Every month, the Head Teacher, Mrs Mackenzie hosts a ‘Golden Ticket Tea Party.’ Two guests are selected from each class to join the Head Teacher for a hot chocolate and snack as a reward for their achievement in living by our school values and going ‘Above and Beyond.’ On Friday 12th February, every child in the school received a golden envelope with their invitation to attend an online ‘Golden Ticket Tea Party.’ The children even received a sachet of hot chocolate, some marshmallows, a sweetie and a certificate to make the online interaction even more special and enjoyable. We believe that every child has been a star during this unprecedented time and they have all gone ‘Above and Beyond’ to cope with the challenges of the pandemic. A great time was had by all!
Houston Primary School Pupils Return On Monday 22nd February we welcomed back our EL&CC and P1-3 pupils following the recent lockdown. It was just wonderful to see so many excited faces. Unfortunately our P4-7 pupils have to stay at home for a bit longer and engage in their lessons via Google Classroom. We look forward to them returning on 15th March. B&Q Support Outdoor Learning Lily’s mum organised resources to support outdoor learning for our pupils who attend the Hub during lockdown. We are very grateful to B&Q for their generosity.
Men’s Shed Logo Competition:
Renfrewshire’s Sumdog Competition
Our boys and girls were invited to take part in an art competition whilst learning from home. The competition was organised in partnership with Houston & Killellan Kirk who were looking for a logo design to be created as a symbol for their ‘Men’s Shed’ initiative.
A big congratulations to Primary 4B for coming 15th in the recent Renfrewshire SumDog competition.
We were delighted to hear that one of the children in our Primary 5/4 class, Lucy Dempster was successful in the submission of her design. Her simplistic, yet effective design was colourful, eye catching and depicted a rainbow. Rainbows are a sign of hope for us at this time.
Fantastic effort from Jack Crerar who was 7th and Kyle Moulton who was 18th overall out of 2246 pupils who took part.
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