Inverclyde Schools Curling Champions 2009!

Today our Broader Curriculum curling team participated in an inter-schools curling bonspiel. There were teams there from different parts of Inverclyde and we sent one team selected from the children who are currently doing our curling block in Broader Curriculum time. We won!
The winning team contained; Stuart Smith, Angus Shearer, David Kane and Jennifer Scholes. We also took Conor Laing and Christopher Scholes as reserves.

Congratulations to the children from all at Cedars School. The team players received a medal and all the children got a gym bag full of goodies!

Mr J :)

Fitness Challenge Day!

On Friday, at the Greenock Waterfront gym, S2-5 put themselves through a punishing challenge which they have been training for in P.E sessions over this term.
The fitness challenge involved a time circuit of various fitness machines. The children were each accompanied all the way by a member of staff to time and encourage them. The challenge was as follows:

1km on the treadmill
1km on the upright bike
1km on the rowing machine (500m for the girls)
20 lateral pull downs (20kg - boys, 10kg - girls)
50 box-steps

The time started on the first machine and stopped after the last box-step. There were various awards but the main prize was for the fastest boy and fastest girl. These were won by Stephen Thomson S5, and Beth Millar S2.
Both Stephen and Beth received a 3 month 'top-deck' gym membership and a gym bag full of goodies from Inverclyde Leisure.
Well done to all who took part and many thank to all the staff at Inverclyde Leisure!
Next year we will be trying to encourage some parents to take part!

Mr J:)

Mutiny at Cedars School

Today the school was over taken by a bunch of blood thirsty, cut-throat Pirates (aka Primray 3/4). They were having a topic day in class and came to school dressed up in their best Pirate costumes.

They went on a treasure hunt around Greenock, had a treasure map competition, found a lot of treasure (chocolate coins) and painted their own individual treasure chests. 

A brilliant end to a brilliant topic!

Bouncing to success!!

P7 and S1 have been working hard in PE this term, improving their trampolining skills.

Front flips, back drops, tuck jumps, star jumps, tuck pikes, straddles, swivel hips. seat drops, front drops... all of them have improved, and will be performing their final routine to the rest of the class next week!

Pupils Hit the Headlines!

We have enjoyed some great publicity in the local press in recent weeks. This week three of our pupils, Iain, Ailie and Euan, are featured on the Inverclyde Now website as they have all achieved entry into prestigious national choirs! Well done to the three of them!
If you would like to see them go to the following link:

http://www.inverclydenow.com/news-detail2.asp?ID=2694

Mercy Ship Visit

On Thursday 2nd April we are having a visit from Susie Hope who works for Mercy Ships. She'll be taking 3 different session about the work of Mercy Ships across the world.

On Friday 3rd April (our last day of term) we'll be having an "Easter Breakfast" in school to raise some money for Mercy Ships. For a minimum donation of £2 pupils will be treated to bacon/sausage rolls, cereal and fruit juice.

Secondary pupils are invited to arrive from 8.45am that morning to ease congestion in the dinner hall. 

For more information on the work of Mercy Ships please see their website:

http://www.mercyships.org.uk

School Publicity

Cedars School will be recieving a lot of good publicity in the local press over the next few weeks. The Greenock Telegraph are publishing a four-page pull-out feature on the school to celebrate our tenth anniversary year. There are also inserts running in the Largs and Millport and other locally delivered publications over the next few weeks. You can view these articles and inserts in pdf format on our website at any time.

Mr J:)