Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and are ready for a busy and exciting 2017.

Here is some information but the coming term, it has been sent home with pupils in paper form as well!

This term we will be looking at how life has changed over the last 60 years by looking ‘Through the Decades’ since the end of the Second World War. We will investigate and learn about key events in the past 60 years, influential people, changes in everyday life and music and culture during these years. We will be able to apply and extend some of our learning as part of the celebrations of 40 years of Mill O Forest Primary School in February. We will also we focusing on Health and Wellbeing by developing our understanding and expression of our emotions, as well as how we work and learn together. As before, there is more information on the learning being covered this term in Curriculum Overview which has been sent home.

Within the Curriculum Overview there are some ideas about ways to support learning at home, this will be supplemented with other tasks over the term. We are having a big push on personal reading this term, combined with our involvement in the First Ministers Reading Challenge, there will be more opportunities for personal reading time in school. Please encourage your child to have a book in school that they enjoy.

We are also hoping to get even better at sharing our learning on our blog so make sure you have a look at https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/as/millop6m/ and please leave a comment!

Weekly timetable
Monday	Paired Reading
Tuesday	PE
Wednesday	Spanish with Mr Potter
Thursday	French with Mme Magalon Good News
Friday	PE with Mr Potter

As we develop the pupils’ independence and responsibility it is important to encourage them to be prepared for their school day. Can you please support your child to ensure they following items in school every day:

• Indoor and outdoor P.E. kit
• Home-school notebook
• Quiet reading book
• Water bottle (optional)
• Rainy day activity

Dates for your Diary
Wednesday 26th January	Burns Assembly for pupils
Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th February	Parents nights
Thursday 9th, Friday 10th and Monday13th February	Occasional Days – School closed
Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th February	INSET days – School closed to pupils
Monday 27th  February – Friday 3rd March	World of Work week
Friday 31st March	Last day of term 3

 

I hope this information has been useful in giving you a brief overview of the term.

Should you have any concerns or queries please do not hesitate to contact me via the Home/School Notebook or by phoning the school office.

Thank you,

Miss Morley