BC Drama

We had another great session in broader curriculum drama today - the group is really beginning to gel.

We started with some monologues:













And then moved on to a variety of improvisation activities and exercises to improve voice and expression:

Happy Birthday Fish!

Broader Curriculum fishing: Robert is 11 today and has crowned his birthday by catching a beautiful rainbow trout - his first fish! Rhys helped teach Robert how to kill the fish quickly using the 'priest'.
Well done Robert!








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Swiss visit

Middle school welcomed 22 Swiss students and 2 Swiss teachers today. They came to see around the school and meet our pupils. Middle school gave excellent presentations and really enjoyed meeting and talking to our visitors. We love meeting people from different countries and hearing about other cultures- we are becoming responsible citizens and confident individuals!









Declan and Mete's presentation on irn bru included a taste testing session! Some liked it...!

















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School Bank Opens!

Our school bank is officially open for business!
This morning the ribbon was cut by Mr Chris Jewell of our school board and formerly of RBS.



Our P6 children have completed their teller training and began taking customers, helped by Mrs Airth and Mrs Burgess.







If you have an RBS account and would like to pay some money in please visit the bank between 9.10 and 9.45 on a Wednesday morning. If you would like your child to be able to open an RBS account and start to save at school please email Mrs Mole for forms.






We look forward to another successful year in Cedars School bank!


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Mary's Meals

As a school we have chosen to support Mary's Meals as our charity this year. This morning, Richard came to speak to us about the work they do. Mary's Meals provide food for children at school in countries where lack of food prevents them from learning. The Scottish charity now provides over half a million meals every day, enabling children to learn, and then get jobs which allow them to feed themselves. Because the charity use locally sourced produce, they can feed a child for a year for as little as £6.50. Richard showed us footage of children in Malawi recording their meals. We feel humbled by their gratitude for such a small meal.






Watch this blog to see how we fundraise for Mary's Meals- Richard has given us some great ideas!






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Davis Cup Tennis

We have a great opportunity on Friday 16th September for our Standard Grade PE pupils. We have secured 5 tickets to the Davis Cup tennis matches at Braehead Arena. Hopefully Andy Murray will play. More details will follow.

Broader Curriculum Fishing

Yesterday we began our Broader Curriculum fishing block for 2011. It was a great afternoon. We had two groups of children - one group had fished with us before and one group had never tried fishing before.
We had one fantastic catch from someone who hadn't fished before - David!
Well done David - catch of the week!







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Drama

Drama students had a great afternoon today! We looked at how to portray character and emotions using our facial expression, body language and intonation. We also did a lot of improvisation activities as well as devising short dramas in groups.

Here are some photos of what we got up to:

Terrific tennis!

We're having a lot of fun in our first session of tennis in Broader Curriculum!












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60 Glorious Years!

Our theme for assemblies this year is '60 Glorious Years.' As we anticipate the Queen's Golden Jubilee and the Olympics coming to London next summer, we will celebrate some of the people, events, inventions and stories that have made up the Queen's reign.

This week, middle school pupils have heard about World War 2 RAF fighter ace, Douglas Bader:

And primary and senior school pupils have looked at some of the toys and games that were invented during the 1950s and 1960s. We were surprised that some of the things we consider modern have actually been around quite a long time!

Parents Information Evening

Tonight we have a parents information evening in school. We are discussing current changes to the Scottish education system, particularly looking at how exams are changing.



We are also discussing with parents the exciting new 'middle school' structure in our school.
Both Mr Speirs and Mrs Speirs spoke to a large number of parents and relatives.



It was a hugely informative and enjoyable evening and we were delighted with the support from so many parents.



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School Assembly

The whole school met together for the first time this year in the church as we are too big for the GP room now!

We sang the school song and Mrs Speirs addressed the school.







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