http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig A small school - Aiming for Excellence! Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:32:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The pupils from P1 - P7 enjoyed a sunny (albeit, a bit cloudy) Friday morning on the school field for their Sports Day. The event was well supported by many parents/carers, grand parents, aunties, uncles and family friends. We would like to say Thank You to everybody who came along to support the children in this ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/06/27/sports-day-june-2008/ Our staff for the Academic Year 2008 - 2009 will be;- Acting Head Teacher - Mrs A Malcolm Principal Teacher - Ms I Cran Nursery Teacher - Mrs L Carde P1/2 Class Teacher - Miss C Noon P3/4 Class Teacher - Miss J MacNair P5 Class Teachers - Miss E Freeman & Mrs H Watson P6/7 Class Teachers ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/06/25/staffing-for-2008-2009/ We will unfortunately be saying Goodbye to a few members of staff this week. We wish Mr MacRury, Mrs Hunter, Mrs Shipley, Mrs Villiers and Mrs McAvoy all the best for the future. But at the same time, we will be saying Hello to the following members of staff who will join the ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/06/25/goodbyes-and-hellos/ Just to remind you that the pupils finish for their Summer Holidays on Friday 27th June 2008 and return for the Autumn Term on Monday 18th August 2008. Staff are back at school on Thursday 14th August & Friday 15th August 2008 for their In-Service Days, and any parents/carers who have ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/06/25/summer-holidays/ All parents/carers, relatives and friends of our P7 pupils are very welcome to join us for our P7 Leavers Service which will be held on Thursday 26th June 2008 at 10.30am. We hope that you are able to make it and look forward to seeing you. http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/06/25/p7-leavers-service/ The Nursery children have been continuing with their theme of Minbeasts this week. They have also, like the P1/2 children, made the most of the good weather and have spent a lot of their time outside. They have "painted" the outside walls of the Nursery with water, they have played with the ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/05/30/nursery-playing-and-learning/ P1/2 have been taking advantage of the recent better weather and have enjoyed their break times outside on the school field. They have enjoyed playing with the new parachute, playing football, hunting for bugs, playing hide and seek, running and just chatting with friends! Long may the weather continue!  [rockyou 113972670] http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/05/30/p12-have-been-enjoying-the-better-weather/ The children from P1/2 have been looking at People Who Help Us for their topic work. This week they have made a fabulous display of their pictures on People Who Help Us. Their display was particularly aimed at People Who Help Us in a fire, however, the children also thought of ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/05/30/p12-have-been-looking-at-people-who-help-them/ P4/5 have made their own Wee Kirkcudbright Centipede this week, complete with 100 pairs of shoes. The children very much enjoyed making and decorating their Centipede, which has all of their individual photos on it, along with some of the lyrics from the original song.  [rockyou 113969155] The lyrics of the song for the ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/05/30/the-wee-kirkcudbright-centipede-by-p45/ P3/4 have been working hard this week on story telling and story writing. Many of the children have produced their best writing ever and were extremely proud of themselves. Brandon and Duncan are the class Star Writers this week as they both produced great stories using interesting words. Duncan said " This ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/whitecraig/2008/05/30/p34-story-telling-and-story-writing/