1. Interesting Facts: 11 January 1922 Canadian surgeon Frederick Banting and his assistant Charles Best carried out the first successful treatment of Diabetes using insulin, on a 14 year old boy called Leonard Thomson.

2. What’s on this week? Monday 9.15Business Meeting – Infant Hall Tuesday 11.20P6 Piping – GP Room 2 11.50P7 Piping – GP Room 2 3.00Chess Club P5-7 – Room 10

3. What’s on this week? Wednesday All DayDrama for P4 + P6 Infant Hall/GP 2 3.00Netball Nippers – PE Hall 3.15Netball P6 + P7 – PE Hall Thursday All DayTag Rugby AWP P4, P4/5S and P5 3.15Netball Nippers P2 PE Hall 3.00Netball P5 – Infant Hall

4. Good morning and Happy New Year from the Eco Club. After the great news about getting another Green Flag – we are looking forward to doing some more exciting things this year. The first fun thing of this year is the Big School’s Birdwatch 2016. Let’s watch this video to show what it is all about. https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/discoveredandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/schoolswatch/ All we have to do is spot and count different types of birds we can see in an hour around school. We have until the 12 th of February to complete the count and enter our results. Does anyone remember any birds we saw last year? You might remember that Lindsey Taylor from RSPB came to school and made delicious food that we put out and encouraged birds to come and eat. She is hopefully coming again this year but we have some interesting recipes for anyone to try. Eco Club

5. To help us get us ready to identify birds, have a look at and try out some of these resources: We have big posters and small A4 cards showing different birds up close so you know what you might look out for. There is a great PowerPoint presentation that gives great tips on how to identify birds There is a pairs game to play with different birds There is a Top Trumps card game for birds There are lots of different origami birds that you can make Next week we will put up our school map showing places you could go to count birds. We will also give classes the sheets they need to count and everyone can choose a good spot to watch. There is also a Big Garden Birdwatch coming at the end of January. More details to follow but if you want to register you can do it now – just follow the link below: http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch Eco Club

6. Scottish Book Trust Awards 2016 Mouse’s First Night at Moonlight School By Simon Puttock Never Tickle a Tiger By Pamela Butchart Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar By Emily MacKenzie

7. Scottish Book Trust Awards 2016 The Fastest Boy in the World By Elizabeth Laird The Nowhere Emporium By Ross MacKenzie Mysteries of Ravenstorm Island: The Lost Children By Gillian Phillip

8. Remember to… Walk around the school safely Stay on the left hand side of all corridors Be careful when using the stairs

9. Well Done to …………. Walk to School Challenge Well done to 4/5S for winning the Walk to School Challenge for December 2015! School Uniform Challenge Well done to 2/3S for winning the School Uniform Challenge for December 2015!

10. Well Done to …………. Drew for passing Swimming levels 1 + 2, Maya for passing level 6, and Rebecca for passing level 5.

11. Well Done to …………. Liam who took part in the Palace Players Panto Aladdin before Christmas. He played the Emporer of China. Liam said it was really fun, and would encourage anybody who is interested to give it a go in the future! Well done Liam.

12. Buddy of the Week Sian 7E