STRICHEN SCHOOL BLOG

Pupils Raise £900 for Macmillan Cancer Charity

Our 'annual' coffee event was held last week in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Charity. We held our FIFTH 'World's Biggest Coffee Afternoon' and this year three classes were involved in the planning, organisation and running of the event. Pupils from Pr 4/5, Pr 5/6 and Pr7 worked hard to produce home bakes for the event and organised a wide range of fund raising ideas to help prize money out of all the visitors who came along to support us.

A huge WELL DONE should go to the pupils, staff and parents who helped organise and run the event. It was a huge amount of work but very worthwhile. The children learn a lot from doing this and their helpers ensured that it all ran smoothly.

They raised an amazing £912 which is wonderful. Over the five events they have run they have raised over £4000 for the charity. A special thank youshould go to Mrs Veitch who started it off originally and plays a huge part in running the event.

Well done to everyone.

World Smile Day 2013

Friday 4th October was World Smile Day. World Smile Day was set up to mark the creation of the 'Smiley' cartoon picture by Harvey Ball in 1963. The aim of the day is to 'Do an act of kindness and make soneone smile'!

We have celebrated this event for the last few years and it is something we should try to do on a daily basis! The pupils all came to school in something bright on the day and at breaktime we had a 'Smiley' treasure hunt in the playground. At assembly we spoke about why it was 'World Smile Day' and each class did something to make the others smile. Anya and Stephanie did a magic trick and miss Clark was their 'volunteer'. Mrs Noble's primary 3/4 class sang for us and did a great job.

We had a great day and we helped spread a little happiness.

Nursery Visit to The Lake

The Nursery pupils recently went on a visit to The Lake with children from the Playgroup. They walked to the park from the school and met the playgroup children there at 10am. After playing some games they set off into the woods on a walk led by Brenda. Along the way they discovered signs with pictures of the sun on them and their name. So they carefully had to look at all the suns they found looking for the one with their name on it.

After a lovely walk they ended up at thier 'camp' which had been put up earlier in the morning. There was a large covered area in the woods and they used this as the base for carrying out a range of different activities. They had their snack there and then their parents came to the park to collect them when it was home time.

Everyone had a great time and they were so lucky with the weather. A big thank you to the mums who came along to help look after the children.

Pupils plant Wild Flowers on 'The Formartine & Buchan Way'

A group of 15 pupils visited The Lake in Strichen on Wednesday 25th September to take part in part of the official opneing of 'The Formartine & Buchan Way. The group were met at the old railway line by rangers from the Aberdeenshire Ranger Service and Councilor Lenny Pirie and other locals who had come along to take part.

The pupils, from all stages of the school, all helped to plant some wild flowers along a stretch of the walk adjacent to Brewery Road. They all really enjoyed the activity and were told that the flowers they were planting would thrive in the woodland area and would hopefully flower in early springtime next year.

To mark the event they all received a 'goody bag' with some information about 'The Formartine and Buchan Way' which is a walking route which satretches for 53 miles!

Thery all really enjoyed the trip and they told their fellow classmates about the visit on their return.

More details about the walk can be found by following the link below.

http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/outdooraccess/long_routes/formartine_buchan.asp

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/aberdeenshire/formartine-buchan-way.shtml

 

'Strichen Walk Stars'

We want to congratulate the team of parents, pupils and friends who took part in the 'Kilt Walk' from Aberdeen to Potarch - a distance of 26 miles. Part of the sponsorship money will be donated to the school and we are delighted that they put in all that effort to raise funds for the school.

When we find out how much they raised we will share this with everyone. But in the meantime we would like to thank them and say well done!

SSA Annual General Meeting

                                              SSA AGM Thursday 26th September, 7.30pm, GP Room

The SSA will hold its AGM in the school on Thursday 26th September at 7.30pm in the GP Room. You are invited to come along to hear about the work of the SSA over the last year and to find out more about how you could help Strichen School.

Refreshments will be provided also during the evening.

A guest speaker has been invited along to do a short presentation on 'Internet and Online Safety'.

PC John Pirie, Schools Liaison Officer, will talk about the very important subject of using the internet safely and what parents should be aware of with regard to their children using this valuable tool safely and responsibly. His presentation will be very interesting and will also give you the opportuntiy to ask any questions with regard to online safety.

There will also be a short presentation about the new assessment tools that are being used by the local authority to help teachers plan for your child's progress through school.

So why not come along and join us on the evening. We woul dbe delighted to see you.

 

Primary 4/5 Learning is Fun!

Welcome to our 1^st Blog. We thought you might be interested in the Active Learning that has been taking place so far this term. Here are a few photos of Hockey, a violin demonstration, learning about Continents, Mental and visiting the Magic Garden.

Learning is fun!!!!

Click on the link to open the blog entry for Pr 4/5.

Download Primary 4-5 Blog September 2013a

Kilt Walk - Strichen School Team

Download Kilt Walk Letter

A group of parents and frineds of Strichen School are taking part in 'The Kilt Walk' this weekend to riase funds for charity. 'The Strichen Walk Stars' wil be splitting the money they raise with the nominated charities of the walk organisers and Strichen School. The attached newsletter gives a little more information about the event.

If you would like to make a donation towards the team's total please hand it in to the school office before Friday.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

 

School Assembly

We have an assembly most weeks of the year. These are taken by different people from time to time. Assemblies can be taken by Mr Jenkins, a different class or by special visitors to school. We are lucky to have regular visits by Jamesie Strachan and the Rev. A. Fothergill. The children look forward to our assembly time and enjoy having visitors such as Jamesie or when the other classes take an assembly.

At the end of each assembly 'Head Teacher Awards' are also handed out to pupils from each class that have been nominated by their teacher, or sometimes class mates, for recognition of good work, working hard or helping others.

Here you can see some photos from Jamesie's assembly when he had them singing and carrying out actions to go with the song!

Primary 1 and Nursery Photos

Primary 1 pupisl and new nursery pupils have joined us for the new session. Theyare settling inwell and seem to be enjoying life at school. We hope this continues for many years to come. Look out for the P1 photo in the Evening Express sometime in September.