Valentine’s Disco
The P4-P7 class at Glassary organised a Valentine’s disco and invited the whole school plus the p6 & P7 classes from Ashfield, Tayvallich, Kilmartin and Craignish. It was a brilliant night. The pictures show it all! Thanks to Martin Bell who was generous enough to do the disco for free.
The Canadian Connection
In 1819, Donald and William Cameron left Kilmichael Glen for Ontario in Canada. Every year since 1925 the descendants of these two brothers have held a picnic in Canada. However, recently the size and spead of this extended family has resulted in the winding up of the Cameron Picnic Society.
Last Year the school was visited my Mr Donald King of Ontario, a descendant of one of the brothers, together with his daughter Laurel and grandson. They enjoyed their visit to the school and very generously sent the school some money from the Society. A couple of months later, Laurel King, the daughter, very thoughtfully sent the school a large box of Canadian novels for the children. Today a cheque arrived in school from Canada. It is the money which was left over from winding up the society. Again, with great generosity, the society has decided that Glassary Primary should have the money in memory of their ancestors.
All we have to do now is think of a fitting use for the money to enrich the school permanently. Suggestions please.
Our solution in brief
For maths we had to do a problem solving test to get Mr Edie to Hobart Tasmania. This is what we did:
29.6.2007
• 08.55 Board bus 926 from Lochgilphead (Lochnell Street).
• 11.35 Bus arrives @ Glasgow International Airport.
• 12.25 Check-in for British Airways flight no.1487.
• 14.25 Depart Glasgow International Airport, connect at Heathrow Airport for Quantas Airways, flight no.10.
30.6.07
• 04.45 Arrive @ Melbourne Airport.
• 10.50 Check-in @ Melbourne Airport.
• 12.50 Depart Melbourne Airport.
• 14.00 Arrive at Hobart Airport.
• 14.30 Arrive at Hotel and enjoy your holiday! 21.7.07
• 4.00 Arrive at Hobart Airport.
• 06.15 Depart from Hobart Airport, flight 10.
• 07.25 Arrive at Melbourne Airport.
• 9.25 Depart from Melbourne Airport. 22.7.07
• 19.45 Arrive at Glasgow International Airport.
• 21.26 Get on bus at Airport.
• 23.40 Arrive back in Lochgilphead
• And go home!
Total price:£1823.80 including hotel.
Maths Task
The task for Maths Group 1. Your hardworking Head Teacher wants to visit his brother in
Tasmania in July. He will stay out there for 3 weeks. You must plan his trip using public transport only. You need to plan the following:
· Bus from School to the airport
· Flights toTasmania
· The return
· Hotels
· Costs
To complete the task you need to present your results to the class using a Powerpoint presentation. You need to make sure that all buses, flights and hotels are available. Take it to the point of putting in the Visa number – then stop! (By the way – he’s not really going to Oz for his holiday, worst luck) To help you can use:
· The internet – e.g www.expedia.com www.google.com www.ba.com
· Bus timetables e.g. http://www.citylink.co.uk/
· An Atlas
Good Luck!
Eco Schools
We are trying to achieve an Eco-schools award and today we planted a holly and hawthorne hedge. We just managed to get the job done before the rain came on.
Holocaust Memorial Day
First They Came for the Jews
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Martin Niemöller
French at Glassary
In these pictures we are using the interactive whiteboard to learn French. We were learning about families and how you put mon in front of a male and ma in front of a female and if there is more than one you put mes. It was really enjoyable because you could actually get off your seat and move things around on the board using your finger.This helped us to remember because its fun and you keep it in your head. If it is boring you lose it. French is harder than it looks.
Julia and Rosie (P7)
Glassary at war - September 1939
The school logs give a flavour of what life was like at Glassary in wartime.
100 Years Ago
The school still has the original log books which were maintained regularly by the Head Teachers from 1874 until the 1990s. One hundred years ago the entry for this week showed:
Zapped
The school’s whole internet connection has been out since the lightning storm two days ago. Hopefully normal service will be resumed soon.
Last Summer
This picture is of the upper school sorting out the rubbish for recycling. It was almost too hot to work that day. Seems to be a long time ago.
