Monday, August 31, 2009

Air Cadets!

this Thursday (3rd September) at 7.00pm, the Air Cadets are holding an evening for anyone 13 and over who might be interested in joining them. The Cadets meet in the hut on Ardgowan Street- anyone wanting more information, contact Miss Rukin!

Friday, August 28, 2009

Secondary Uniform Days

S4/5 - Monday - Wednesday: Formal Uniform
S4/5 - Thursday - Trip uniform if doing P.E.
S4/5 - Friday: Trip uniform 

S3 - Monday - Wednesday: Formal Uniform
S3 - Thursday - Friday: Trip uniform 

S1 & S2 - Monday - Tuesday: Formal uniform
S1 & S2 - Wednesday: Trip uniform
S1 & S2 - Thursday: Formal uniform
S1 & S2 - Friday: Trip uniform


Secondary Guidance

Today was the first morning of secondary guidance classes. Today we looked at homework diaries and how to use them. We also went over the new timetable which begins on Monday 31st August.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Welcome Back!

Cedars School resumes for the year 2009/2010. We welcome new pupils to many of our classes and look forward to an exciting year. This year we are running our successful house system again although the recording of the scores will be electronic and available to view on our website. We are also running 'House assembly' on a Tuesday morning which will become a great forum for mentoring and buddy schemes throughout the school. We started these today and awarded points for children who arrived for the new year with all their uniform labelled. Even the teachers are taking this years points very seriously!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Wimbledon!

Ailie, Euan, Christopher, James, Chloe and Iain from P7 - S2 enjoyed a fantastic 2 day trip to Wimbledon. We joined a group from Inverclyde Tennis and flew down to watch the action on the Saturday and Sunday of the final weekend. We had beautiful weather and saw the junior girls final on court 1 and then the mens doubles final and the ladies doubles final on centre court. 

It was an excellent experience and all the children were a credit to the school.






House Championship!

Congratulations to Ardgowan who are the 2008 - 2009 house championship winners!

P1 - 4 winners enjoyed a trip to 'The Big Adventure' and P5 - S5 went bowling and sledging at Xscape.






Prize giving

Congratulations to everyone from P1 - S5 on a successful year!




Sunday, June 28, 2009

Celebration Banner

Many thanks to Jean Kirk who has created a beautiful banner celebrating the 10th anniversary of the school. Thank you also to her sister for all her expertise and help. The banner shows words and images which are significant to the school and it has been a tremendous success with visitors, parents, staff and pupils. 



Thursday, June 25, 2009

Secondary P.E uniform 2009/2010


As announced at our summer prizegiving, from August there will be a regulation P.E uniform for the secondary department. This will replace the general guidelines currently in place. The children were consulted following the prizegiving and voted on their preferred choice of jogging trousers. You can see the results in the picture above. These are plain blue and have zips on each leg. They are available from our uniform stockist, Smiths of Greenock. Tops are either a blue or white school polo shirt.
We look forward to seeing you all after the holidays.

Thanks

At the end of a very successful year at Cedars School, all the staff would like to thank all the parents for their support over the year.

Also thank you very much for all the gifts and cards which so many of you have generously given us.

We hope you all enjoy a relaxing summer holiday and look forward to seeing you all refreshed in the new session.


Sports Day

We enjoyed an excellent Sports Day on Tuesday 23rd June. Everyones competed well and enjoyed all the different events - well done to Ardgowan especially who had an outstanding day!



10th Anniversary Celebrations

We began our 10th Anniversary Celebrations on Sunday 21st June with a special service in Struthers Memorial Church. This was a lovely occasion - thanks to all who supported it.

We continued our celebrations with a concert in Greenock Town Hall on Monday 22nd June. This was a superb success and everyone really enjoyed it. There was a wide variety of items which included both choir and solo pieces, a Macbeth drama, a sign language song, a visit from the 'Silly Pirates', a few hurricanes blowing in, the one and only performance of the school samba band, some scottish country dancing, a fashion show, comedy skit and P1/2 performing the Wobble Song.

The children who took part were a credit to the school and were excellent in their effort, performance and behaviour - well done to everyone who took part! 

Thank you also to everyone who supported the evening and also to parents who worked hard to get the children there on time and in the correct uniform.














Monday, June 15, 2009

Paris 2009

Today we return to school after a very successful residential week in Paris. Children from P5-S2 travelled to France and spent a week in the French capital, taking in sights like the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, Stade de France, Design Houses and Disneyland Paris.
The weather was unfortunately not the best but we still had a great time. The children learned a lot about French culture, transport, history and practiced their French speaking. We had numerous compliments from members of the public on the behaviour and courtesy of the children and we are very proud of them all.
All in all it was an excellent trip.














Friday, June 12, 2009

Pizza perfection!

P1-4 had great fun making their own lunch today. After rolling out dough and piling on their favourite toppings they gave them to Mr Parkinson (Courtney's dad) to bake. The results were delicious.

A big thank you to Mr Parkinson from Heather's Deli for the time and effort he put in today.

Thanks also to Miss Boyle for helping out this week.