Litterbugs!
Class 2 have been busy today litter picking at Ramshaw Park as part of our Community Big Spring Clean. Mrs. Flatters and her crew managed to collect eight bags of litter! And a number plate!
And a pair of pants.
Yours if you want them…..
Didn’t we all look fabulous last Friday wearing the costumes of our favourite characters to celebrate World Book Day?!
Congratulations to the cross country team who braved the freezing temperatures and the muddy track to run for the school. Two of the team will be running again next Friday the county finals.
Take a look at the celebration selfies and team pictures:
In January the children paired up with The Bowes Museum to take part in the StartFund Project. They were asked to design and create a square for a quilt based on our local landscape.
Now, here in March, the quilt is finally ready and will be shown in the museum entrance until the end of the month. To celebrate the fantastic work done by all the children involved, the museum is holding a family event on the 5th March (11:00-14:00) and also giving a free family pass to all of the children involved (these have been sent home with the children).
Today the children had a chance to view the quilt they had designed and created. It took 3 days to sew together and holds over 300 patchwork squares, which I’m sure you’ll agree sounds like no mean feat.
This year, Ramshaw Primary School will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday 4th March.
We’ll be celebrating by hearing extracts from our favourite books, bringing in and sharing our favourite books and dressing up as our favourite characters.
If you’re stuck for inspiration and indeed, spare cash, then we’ve put a link to possible dressing up ideas here.
Also this year, we thought that we’d also do a Big Book Swap. Children can bring in any books that they’ve no further use for and then see if they can find a partner book to swap it with. Remember Noel Edmond’s Swap Shop? No, us neither.
Today the children came to school looking absolutely fabulous in red,to celebrate Valentines Day. They also enjoyed a special Valentines lunch. Thank you to all that donated.
Instagram is an incredibly popular app and service amongst smartphone users in general and school-age children in particular. It does need to be used with some care, however. The advice we tend to give students is as follows:
Check your privacy settings: MOST USERS should keep their posts private. Remember that this affects other users – if your posts are not private, their pictures can become public when you like them. This upsets people.
DON’T put your snapchat/kik/usernames on your public Instagram profile. This is asking for trouble.
How do I make my account private? Follow this link to find out: http://help.instagram.com/116024195217477
Advice for parents: http://help.instagram.com/154475974694511/
Safety tips from Instagram: http://help.instagram.com/369001149843369
And just for you – here’s a very useful guide for Parents: instagram_guide
Thank you so much for all the cards, gifts and good wishes that we’ve received in this festive season.
A very Merry Christmas to everyone, from all of us here at Ramshaw Primary School.
Look forward to seeing you all again on Tuesday 5th January.
Thanks so much to the wonderful Kay, Charlotte and Caroline who’ve been busy baking with the children this morning.
We’ve had a baking day for our Coffee Morning tomorrow and my word, it all looks rather fantastic.
Take a look at the pictures below to see the artisans at work!
Goodness. all the fun of the season. Don’t they look fabulous?
