St John’s ECO reps were challenged to think of an imaginative way to bring nature indoors as part of an IKEA competition this month. We will be submitting our ideas to IKEA before the Easter holidays but one entry we have already is from Aoife in P3. She has designed a reading room which encourages people to relax and read surrounded by grass, plants and trees and we think it looks amazing! Well done Aoife!
P6 Grow a Pound for SCIAF
Primary 6 pupils have been selling their produce in the playground as part of their fundraising exercise of Lent. All the proceeds from their sales are going to SCIAF and it has been great to see so many children selling cakes, biscuits, sweets, origami ninja stars and other handmade crafts this past week.
In addition to this great effort children have also been bringing in Fairtrade items for the hamper which will be raffled off before Easter. The hamper is so full we’ve created a second smaller hamper prize and a third prize with tea, coffee and small chocolate. Tickets cost £1 each and Primary 6 pupils will be selling tickets at their Fairtrade assembly this Friday in the hall as well as outside in the playground from 3pm next week.
Thank you to all the parents, carers and families who have supported Primary 6 in their fundraising efforts, we very much appreciate your support and encouragement as we Grow a Pound for SCIAF.
St John’s ECO group Meeting March 2018
ECO meeting Tuesday 6th March 2018
REGISTER
No Apologies
Mr Burgess welcomed all the reps to the meeting. Following on from the snow and rain Mr Burgess asked the reps how the weather conditions affect us. We discussed flooding and the amount of building on green sites. Mr Burgess introduced the idea of bringing nature indoors and showed a short powerpoint presentation about IKEA’s competition to design an indoor nature space.
Mr Burgess asked how can we make a green space in our new school?
Do we use recycled materials to hold plants or as a new school do we design another way to bring nature inside?
Children were told the options of making a model, drawing a picture, photograph or painting their idea. It’s the idea which wins, not picture.
Children saw some pictures of innovative use of green space indoors as inspiration. It was agreed that each child would draw an original design of their own choosing for next Tuesday and meet at 9.30am in the ICT suite to briefly share these ideas and decide on a winning design. All children would then draw their own version of the design and we would submit these to the competition.
We have also signed up to recycle pen and ink materials as part of the BIC writing instruments recycling programme. We have applied to become a BIC community champion location which means people could drop off their recyclable stationery into school but are yet to hear if we have been accepted. We will in the meantime, we will design our own recycle box, decorate it and ECO reps will encourage pupils and staff to recycle pen materials.
Mr Burgess closed the meeting after 10am and our next meeting will be in the ICT suite Tuesday 13th March at 9.30 for only 15 minutes to choose our favourite design.
If any children in classes are desperate to submit their own ideas they can do so before Tuesday’s meeting and we will consider all entries.
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Parent Council Meeting 6th March
The next Parent Council Meeting is tomorrow at the school 6.45pm and will be covering issues such as new school, upcoming events & future projects.
We are also ideally looking for a representative from each school year so we get a balanced view of the whole school
If you would like to be your year parent representative please come along and find out more
Hope to see you there!
St John’s to reopen on Monday
St John’s RC will be open tomorrow morning after last week’s enforced closure due to adverse weather.
Thank you to all the parents and staff who helped clear pathways today, your efforts are greatly appreciated.
