On Friday we had a visit from singer, musician and teacher,Matthew Todd. He entertained the children with a ballad and some very funny singing games, followed by a reading from his novel, For the King. The children were transfixed throughout the session, and as always their behaviour and enthusiasm was outstanding! Thank you Matthew, come back soon!
We had lots of fun on Wednesday playing games and dancing at the BP centre with P5/20. Check out the spooky costumes. 
Click here to visit this week’s focus school. We are back in the USA….. please leave them a comment. 😀
This term we have PE on Friday with Mrs Cruickshank ( full kit required) and Social Dancing on Wednesday ( gym shoes required.)Reading or reading-based activities will take place throughout the week, so please ensure your child has their book with them every day. We will begin working on products for our Eco Christmas fair as part of our Eco School activities, and the fair will take place sometime in December, date to follow.
This term the spelling programme in Primary 4 and 5 is changing in line with the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Project, which is being implemented across the whole school. The new ‘Phonics into Spelling’ programme for P4 and 5 encourages children to develop their phonological skills and to use their knowledge to help them spell accurately as well as reading with understanding and expression. Pupils will be involved in daily phonics lessons based on focused phonemes. Along with the in-class spelling, pupils will also be given weekly spelling list which they are to work on at home – these will be words which are suitable for each pupil’s spelling ability, providing adequate challenge. Some weeks these homework spelling lists will be completely individual to the pupil (words selected from their own writing). Pupils are expected to learn their personal spelling list, however there will not be a set spelling test each week. The pupils’ spelling will be assessed through their written work and in class spelling tasks.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mrs Maclean
