1. Facts for January 19 January (3 rd Monday in January) Martin Luther King Day – a national holiday in the USA. Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta Georgia and after experiencing racism early in his life he decided to try to make the world a better and fairer place. He campaigned to achieve equal rights for black Americans. He is famous for his speech ‘I have a dream’ and one famous line from it says ‘I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character’. Dr King was assassinated on April 4 1968 in Memphis Tennessee.

2. Facts for January 20 January 2009 Barack Obama inaugurated as the 44 th President of the USA. He was the first African American President and is now in his second term of office. 20 January 1265 First English Parliament was called by the Earl of Leicester. Parliament means an event arranged to talk and discuss things and is from the French word ‘parler’.

3. What’s on ?? Monday 3.00Chess Club P5 – 7 - GP Room 3 Tuesday 9.15P6 Guitar Group – GP Room 8 11.20Piping P5 – GP Room 2 12.00Piping P6 – GP Room 2 3.00Active Start P4 – Infant Hall 4.00Football Active Schools P 5- 7 6.00League Football Coaching - Picky

4. What’s on ?? Wednesday AMLindsey Taylor RSPB visit P1s 1.00P7 Piping Group GP Room 2 3.00SUPA Club – GP Room 1 3.15P6 Netball – Infant Hall Thursday AMLindsey Taylor RSPB visit P3s 1.45Len Wilson visit Boat Building – P4s NO P7 Netball this Week Friday 11.15 Eco Club – Regular Room P7 area

5. Eco Club We would like to ask as many classes as possible to help us count starting next Monday, 26 th January – Friday 6 th February. To prepare for this you could: Watch the powerpoint with your class Have a closer look at what birds you might like to look for Check out the posters around school with details of birds Do an activity The counting has already started but we wanted to wait till next week. P1 and P3 classes are going to have a visitor – Lindsey Taylor from RSPB. They will be making food to attract birds to the school grounds.

6. Eco Club This coming weekend, 24 th & 25 th January is the Big Garden Watch, where you can count birds in your garden and upload your results. You can register to do this by following this link: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/ Mrs Gillon made a map last year to show places where birds may come and where the bird feeders are. Have a look at this on the interactive white board with your class. It is also displayed just outside the office.

7. Well Done to …………. Maya, Shannon, Jack and Finley who have all moved up a level at their ‘Learn to Swim’ classes.

8. Snowman Competition Thank you to everyone who took part. Well done to all our Winners.

9. Well Done to …………. Our Buddy of the Week Vinn 7E