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November 2011
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Christmas Events
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Christmas Events @ Hallside:
P2 to P4 Christmas Show
Tuesday 13th December, 9:30a.m.
P5 to P7, and Drama Club Christmas Show
Thursday 15th December, 9:30a.m.
Primary One Infant Nativity
Monday 19th December. Two performances at 9:30 and 1:30
Tickets for nativity and shows will go on sale the week beginning 28th November. Tickets will cost £2 for all Christmas events
P4 to P7 Christmas Church Service in Flemington Church
Tuesday 20th December, 10a.m.
All parents are welcome to attend.
P1 to P3 In-school Christmas Service (date not yet decided)
Unfortunately, due to space limitations parents will not be able to attend.
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Christmas Parties Dates
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Christmas Party Dates December 2011
P5s and P4s Monday 12th December
P3s Tuesday 13th December
P2s Wednesday 14th December
P6s and P7s Thursday 15th December
P1s Friday 16th December
P6s and P7s will also have a summer disco in term 4
All parties take place in the afternoon. Parties cost £1 for P2 to P7 and £2 for P1s. Money for parties can be paid now.
Children going home to change for parties must leave school at 12:30p.m. the beginning of our lunch break.
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Parent Council
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Parent Council
The next Parent Council meeting will be on Wednesday 7th of December 2011. Coffee will be available from 6:15 with the meeting beginning at 6:30p.m.
*The Parent Council are looking for donations for the Tombola stall they will be running during Parents’ Night.
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Mrs Nesbitt (P2b)
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Mrs Nesbitt who team teaches in P2b will be leaving us shortly to take up a position as Depute Head Teacher at Auchterarder Primary, in Perth and Kinross Council.
We are delighted for Mrs Nesbitt in achieving this promotion and wish her continued success in her new school. She will be very much missed here at Hallside. Mrs Nesbitt is due to leave on the 21st of November and there should be a replacement teacher in post for that date. We will up-date as soon as we know.
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October Citizens of the Month
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Hallside Citizens of the Month for October as chosen by their peers:
P1 Abbie Aierns
P1a Jack Wiggins
P1b Jenna Ward
P2 Hannah McPherson
P2a Marc Toal
P2b Emma Scott
P3 Gavin Gardner
P3a Amy Houston
P3b Jemma Munro
P4 Amy McGhee
P4a Amy Stewart
P4b Abbey Rochford
P5 Russell Menzies
P5a Ben Greenhill
P6 Abbie Ross
P6a Euan Little
P6/7 Marco McGillivray
P7 Johnny O’Raw
P7a Jonathan McLean
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Big Developments in Reading and Writing
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Big Developments in Reading and Writing
Lots of excellent work is being done in school at the moment on reading and writing. Staff have been working very hard on some new approaches and ideas for reading and writing. This all started in August, on our very first day back when we had a visit from Anne Glennie (a teacher from the island of Lewis). Anne came to share her ideas and expertise in BIG WRITING with us and we started to implement this new programme of writing.
The big question is, “Is the new approach working?”
Answer:- Yes it certainly seems to be, especially when the pupils are asking, “Can we do our writing again today, because it was great?” The fact that pupils seem to be enjoying their writing more is definitely a step in the right direction!!
We are also developing clear links between reading and writing and you too might be seeing evidence of this when your children ask you how to spell a word so that they can use it in their writing. I got caught out in this myself when I was doing art with P6/7 and said that their tables had to be immaculate when they were finished, at which point about ten children chorused, “How do you spell that and dived for their pencils to write it down. We are also planning our first Hallside Book Week -lots of activities centred around books, book themed activities and lots of reading and writing activities. Planning is well under way and we’re hoping for some real book fun that week.
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Pupils from Hallside Primary Win 2 Oscars!
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Pupils from Hallside Primary Win 2 Oscars!
The pupils of P6/7 and Mrs Maxwell recently took part in creating a short film for the Cambuslang and Rutherglen Film Festival. They worked closely with a film producer from Access Media Productions to create a road safety documentary, that included facts and figures, reports on road safety and a short drama piece on the potential dangers of crossing the road. Pupils took part in writing and developing the script, delivering pieces to camera, filming, capturing sound, effective lighting and, of course, acting. The project offered pupils a wide range of experiences and developed their transferrable skills, all of which fits perfectly with curriculum for excellence. All the films submitted were judged and the Hallside film won two awards. It won Best Documentary and Best Overall Film. The school was issued with two Oscar statuettes that now take pride of place in the school trophy cabinet. Well done. We hope to show the documentary at the forthcoming parents’ night.
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