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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Cedars school supporting Malawi school

A former pupil of Cedars, Ruth (Kerr) is moving to Malawi with her husband Laurent who spent time with us last year. They are spending two years there and will be helping a friend who is setting up a school for some of the poorest children in his region. We are sending out jotters, pencils, crayons, books, a whole maths scheme, whiteboards, and a filing cabinet!










We will keep you informed on the progress of the school- we hope we can establish links so that we are able to support this excellent venture.




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Adieu and farewell!

Today is a first for Cedars School as we say good bye to the first cohort of pupils who have spent their entire school career with us. During our whole school assembly Mrs Speirs reminisced about the first day, 12 years ago- and wished our leavers all the best for the future! We are very proud of the success that our pupils have made of their time here at Cedars School and wish for them every success and happiness as they look to the next phase of life!



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Rankin winning house day out!

Rankin have won the House Championship for the year 2010-2011. Primary are celebrating at the Big Adventure. Secondary are celebrating at Xscape where we will do putting and laser quest. Watch the blog for photos of our day!

On the bus:

















We've arrived!





Putting:
























Going home:


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