Achievements

Some of our staff received a certificate for taking part in Heart Start training. 

P6 children took part in the annual cycling proficiency scheme and most passed with flying colours.

Chloe, Rachel and Kayleigh P6 and Daniel P4 have been very successful in their chosen sport of Tai Kwon Do. They have now received their orange belts.

Joe P2 and Ben P2 increased their distances in swimming.

Poppy P2 has joined our ever growing group of successful dancers.

Chloe P1 and Rachel P3 have been improving their front crawl and in the swimming pool.

Codi P3, Jessica P1 and Mia P1 have been developing their dance skills this session and achieving certificates and medals.

A group of P5 pupils took part in a badminton workshop at Kelvin Hall. They were taught basic badminton skills and had the opportunity to meet some of the rising stars of sport. 

Taylor P4 managed to complete the Climbzone in December 2009.

Freya P2 created some lovely puppets from plastic cases and paper.

Cerys P6 recently passed her Grade 1 piano exam.

Chloe and Kirsty P3 are very proud of their new sewing skills. They made fabulous owl door stops.

Zoe P4 has moved onto a new level in her swimming lessons.

Mac P1 has been learning new skills in Tae Kwon Do.

Charlie P2 has been collecting swimming bugs and can now swim 100m.

Sarah and Ewan P3 have been practising their keyboard typing skills with BBC Dance Mat Game. 

Rachel P5, Lucy P5 and Jonothan P6 were winners in the community's Powerdown poster competition which helped to raise awareness of energy efficiency.

The school took part in the 'Silly Sausage Challenge'. We managed to reduce the amount of food waste in school by 20%.

Our Eco Committee recently asked members of the school community to buy rice from Malawi during Fair Trade Fortnight. They also asked us to think about swapping our usual brands for Fair Trade varieties.

Our Equality Team organised a Winter Paralympic Event with pupils from Isobel Mair School.

Poppy and Erica P2 completed their Rainbow Promise.

Cameron and Rachel P3 were highly commended for their road safety calendar competition entry.

Amy and Lauren P7 raised funds for 2009 Children in Need event by selling Pudsey cakes and biscuits to all their school chums.

Daisy P3 received two new badges because she belongs to 'Rainbows'.

Many of our P7 pupils passed their cycling proficiency test.

Emily P6 raised money by completing a fun run for Lifeboats.

P3 pupils organised a 'Kilts for Kids Day on 30th November. They raised £140 for children 1st.

Danny P4 won trophies for fast and slow dance. 

Declan P3 earned a certificate and book for his 'purposeful' activity.

Chloe P1 earned a certificate and a book for 'endless smiles'. 

Our P2 pupils delighted everyone with their spectacular assembly on Scotland.

Lyndsay and Mia P1  have performed confidently in dancing competitions.

Our P6 pupils performed an assembly to raise awareness of the 'Cool in School' project they had been focusing on this session.

Rebecca and Aisling P6 had to show great confidence to talk and sing on the radio.

Taylor P4 and Aimee P6 wrote a letter to the queen to ask if they could come to tea.

Imogen and Murray P7 won a 'Broons Burns' Night Book' for their excellent Burns poetry recitations.

Mr Derrett our instrumental tutor awarded many of our flute and clarinet players with a 'Talented Tootler' certificate. 

Danny, Michael P4 and Brian and George P3 have been awarded certificates and medals for their Hip Hop dancing.

The Cheerleading group led by Marie Bennett entertained all the school in December 2009 with their newest routine.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in our Christmas Concert 2009. What a wealth of talent we have in the school.

Gary P7 managed to cope with the 'Sky Park' at Xscape.

Codi P3 managed to collect 3 new dancing medals for tap, modern and ballet.

Jennifer has been continuing her successful run with her pony Jake. They recently won another two rosettes.

Caitlin and Chloe P6 returned from a dance competition laden down with huge trophies.

Jack P6 and Andrew P7 are confident they could match the successes of golfing stars like Seve Ballesteros and Colin Montgomery after receiving some beautiful crystal trophies and shields from Caldwell Golf Club.

Ailsa P4 has maintained her fabulous run of success in dancing.

A group of P6 girls played their first ever football match against another school  -and won!!!

Ben P1 earned a certificate when he took part in soccer training.

Ben P2 was nominated player of the match in his football game.

Many of our pupils entered an Easter egg design competition. For more information visit the Pupils' Work section.

Calum P6 won a medal for football.

Scott P2 was a fabulous team player at his soccer club.

Many of our pupils successfully took part in the Neilston Cattle Show.

Many entered their pets into the cattle show too. There were prizes for horse jumping, the dog with the waggiest tail and much more.

As always many of our pupils attended Boys Brigade and Girls Brigade and received awards and trophies for their efforts.

P7b entered a competition run by Poppy Scotland to create original poetry related to Remembrance Day.

Parent, pupils and staff assisted the school in raising £1137 during the Scholastic Book Fair.

Our Pupil Council and Equality Team planned a Sport Relief fundraising week. They organised Winter Paralympic events and our pupils competed in their 'Houses'. Everyone had a super time and raised £720.

Craig P7 and his younger brother Ewan P3 came second in a 'Grow The Biggest Sunflower' Competition.

Zoe P4 participated in the Santa Fun Run to raise money for Accord hospice.

The school are now members of the Royal Mail Scottish Book Trust judging panel.

Quest seekers Heather P4, Emma P2, Blair P2, Rebecca P6, Ben P4 and Kerr P2 read a total of 43 books when they took part in the local library reading event.

Kenneth P4, Kyle P4, Jack P4, Jason P4, Joseph P4,and Dylan P7 were awarded a highly commended certificate for their Eco challenge work.

Scott , Calum and Scott S P4 won medals at a Boys' Brigade competition.

Pupils from each class were selected for their efforts during our recent 'Rock Your Socks Off' charity event which raised over £1000. 

Successful Learners

Responsible Citizens

• We have a whole host of fabulous dancers in our school.

Madeleine Shepherd, Nicole White, Emma Wilkinson, Jennifer Kincaid, Ellie Dixon, Kaitlyn Ferguson, Lauren Glen, Ailsa Martin, Elise Clinton, Zoe McAleese, Eve Gibson and Rachel McConnell.

• Our swimmers have also been busy.

Jamie Ward and Kirsty Anderson.

• We have also seen success on the football pitch.

Brad Walton

• Pupils have also represented the school in running.

Stewart Percy

• Katie Carmichael spent time during the October week learning to play pool.

• Equality Team win an award!
• The school took part in a 'FairTrade sale and raised £49 pounds.
• Our Primary 7 pupils enjoyed the 'Safety in the Park' event. They had great fun whilst learning about water, stranger, internet and road safety.
• The new Peer Mediators have now been trained and will be available to all our pupils to help deal with conflict in school.
• Jack Grant and Abigail Young were highly commended for their efforts in the |East Renfrewshire Road Safety Calendar Competition.
• Our Equality Team led the whole  in Age Concern's Wear a Hat Day and managed to raise £220 for the charity.
• As part of Primary 3's 'Enterprise' topic the pupils organised a Kilts for Kids event on St Andrew's Day and raised £100 for    Children 1st.
• Holly Rankin was presented with the Citizenship Trophy by her peers.

Effective Contributors

Confident Individuals

• The Eco Committee have successfully led the school to achieve their second 'Green Flag'.
• The whole school took part in 'Pink Day' to  raise funds for Breast Cancer. We managed to raise £185 with the event.
• Our recent School Book Fayre took in £1063.
• Christie McCord received a shield to celebrate her Brownie Six success.
• Jaclyn Neil and James McPherson's costume design for the Barrhead and Neilston Players won first prize. They will see their designs worn by the 'Ugly Sisters'!
• Our P5 and P6 pupils played well as a team at the recent soccer sixes tournament.
• The Primary 2 pupils excelled themselves when they performed a Harvest Assembly on Friday 24th October.
• Our Playzone Leaders have completed their training and are now on duty encouraging the younger children to take part in group activities during their break time.
• Imogen Garrity's Christmas Card design was chosen by Jim Murphy and Ken McIntosh our local MPs.

• Shannon Dunn amazed everyone during assembly when she was able to recite the alphabet backwards without any hesitation at all The challenge has been set!
• Some pupils have shown their confidence in the swimming pool.

Abigail Young, Rebecca Lister and Heather McKie

• Our boys have also shown their skill and confidence in football outwith and in school.

Jared Keir and Calum James

• The confidence of our dancers is superb.

Caitlin Cameron, Ailsa Martin, Jaclyn Neil, Morgan McAllister, Jay Donaldson, Amy Taylor and Aisling Young.

• Bethan McSween has shown a fabulous ability to speak out with confidence in class and in front of large groups.
• Euan Baird and Hannah Shepherd were our P7 sports champions.

House Points

Although they were closely challenged by Caldwell , 

Harelaw and Broadlie made it a very close competition.

House Points

Kingston - 2256

Broadlie -  2252

Harelaw-2222