LOCHWINNOCH PRIMARY CELEBRATES ITS
100th BIRTHDAY ON 4th FEBRUARY 2005.
A committee of school staff, PTA members, parents, school board and school chaplains has been set up to organise events and activities which will be held from February 2005 onwards.
Pupil’s Fun Day
A date for the Pupils Fun Day has been set for Friday 20th May 2005 and will include fun things for the children to take part in, such as, Beat the Goalie, a bouncy castle, a Gung Tank and Hook the Duck. The children are being asked to invent games so the classes can run their own stalls. There will be tea and coffee available and a BBQ.
The PTA are providing a special event in school for the children on Wednesday 16 th February. This is an Adventure Course which each class will have a turn on. The PTA will provide snacks and drinks for the children taking part.
Topic Work
For many months now pupils have been taking part in topic work in class related to the Centenary Celebrations. This is now completed and will be displayed in the school for people to see during the Open Days.
Centenary Handbook
The older children have also been putting together information to produce a School Centenary Handbook, which will be available for purchase by visitors at the Open Days.
Information Gathering
We have so far received 175 replies from former pupils with information and memories about their time at the school. If there is anyone else who would like to contribute information please ring the school for a questionnaire on 01505 842583. On the subject of information gathering please see the following article which appeared in the Gazette:
Our local Primary School will be celebrating it’s centenary in February 2005. One of the projects for this prestigious event is the compilation of a Dux Board. Unfortunately, they have been unable to obtain all the information needed to complete this list, because they do not know who the medallists were in 1928, 1932 and 1969. If you can help us to fill in those spaces, please phone Betty McAllister on 01505 842684.
Anyone reading this article here could also e-mail the information to the contact e-mail address at this site.
Interviews
Former pupils in their 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s have been interviewed by Primary 7 pupils and staff members. They were asked questions about their time at the school and their memories were recorded so that some of them can be included in the Centenary Handbook. These visits were much enjoyed by the staff and pupils who took part.
School Photograph
A photograph of the whole school was taken on September 1st for parents to purchase.
Choir
A choir has been formed in school and the children are practicing various songs for the centenary service on February 4 th 2005, including a song written specially for the school and adapted to fit a well know tune.
Art Project
Miss Emma Duncan, from the village, who is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and former pupil, is visiting the school to work with the pupils. They will create banners in different mediums depicting various different aspects of life and industry in the community over the past 100 year.
Cairn
Mr Michael Gilmour has, very kindly, built a cairn on the grass at the front of the school. It was built during the summer holidays and will shortly have a plaque on commemorating the school centenary.