Category Archives: P1 M Blog

Welcome to Miss McDowall and Primary 1M’s class blog.

Here we will keep you updated on our learning activities throughout the school year. We hope that you will enjoy reading about them as much as we enjoyed doing them.

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Newsletter ~ August / September

Welcome back to all children and families from P2 to P7 and a very warm welcome to our new children and families in Primary 1.

So far all of the children have settled well into their new classes and with new class teachers and the Big Buddies have been supporting Primary 1 children.

To find out whats happening in and around the school this term take a look at our newsletter by clicking the Deerpark icon below.

Friday Assembly

We sang our school song – We are the children of Deerpark School – very loudly and our stars of the week were presented with their stickers and certificates.

Stewart House Captains , gave out Numeracy Star awards. Numeracy Stars for this week are Kailyn , Jake E, Miley , Aimee C, Hannah & Mhya , Leah and Leah .

Bruce House Captains, gave out Literacy Stars for this week. They are Tyler , Thomas N, All of Primary 2, Dean and Lacey, Kerryn and Billie Jo, Mia and Ayden.

Star Pupils for this week, awarded by Schaw House Captains, are Charleigh & Euan, Robert , NoahP, Hannan M, Luke, Rhys  and Phoebe .

Makaton Signers of the week are Katie , Annie , Billierose & Miley, Leah  and Declan. They were presented with their certificates by Wallace House Captains.

Primary 5/6 demonstrated some of their learning through the brass project and played ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’. They were fantastic.

The parent council presented Primary 7s with their Prom Goody Bags.

Well done everyone. We are proud of you all.

Our Leavers’ Assembly will take place on Thursday at 2pm.  Hope to see you there.

Have a happy and relaxing weekend everyone.

Classes for 2018/19

Primary 1M – Mrs McDowall

Primary 1W – Miss Wyman

Primary 2 – Miss Fox

Primary 3 – Mrs Stevenson

Primary 4 – Mrs Kelly (DHT) 1 day a week and Mrs McLuckie 4 days a week

Primary 5/6 – Mrs Robertson

Primary 6/7 – Mr Patterson (PT) 3 days a week & Mrs Kelly (PT) 2 days a week

Mr Patterson and Mrs Kelly will have 2
days a week non class committed to take
leadership roles within the school and as
part of our school improvement plan.

Primary 6 will be split between Primary 5/6
and Primary 6/7 as was this session.

Parents and Carers of Primary 6 children
for next session will receive a separate
letter advising them which class their child
will be in.

The organisation of classes follows the
authorities Organisation of Learning Policy
which states that Headteachers should
take the following into account:-
• Number of children in the school
• Children’s ages
• Gender, to ensure a good mix of
boys and girls

A copy of ‘How learning is organised in
schools – Information for Parents’ leaflet
and ‘Moving Classes – Advice for you’ for
children can be found on our school
website. Please contact the school if you
would like a paper copy.

Attainment, achievement and learning
opportunities of all children are regularly
monitored by class teachers and the
Headteacher to ensure equality of
opportunity. Children with additional
support needs are supported through the
staged intervention process. Please
contact the school if you would like further
information about staged intervention.

Eco Warriors

Trees by hrumThe Eco Warriors spent their time this week planting trees on part of the playing field that they have designated as the new Wildlife Area.
They would really appreciate that anyone playing in/around that area respect the trees and all the hard work they put into planting them. It will be sectioned off, in due course, but meantime we hope that the trees can thrive where they are.
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Friday Assembly

We talked about our new class boards that are going on display in the assembly hall with each class choosing a book to display.

We asked for ideas to be shared with pupil council reps about how we can contribute to Sport Relief at the end of the month.

We also talked about our Scottish Assembly next Thursday and the Poetry Competition Finals that will take place this afternoon. We wished all finalists good luck.

Bruce House Captains  , gave out Numeracy Star awards.

Numeracy Stars for this week are Kailyn ,Thomas W , Ruaridh , Aimee Gl, Luke, Declan and Katia .

Schaw House Captain , gave out Literacy Stars for this week. They are Euan , Thomas N, Billierose, Ronald, Karli & Leah, Charlie and Antosia.

Star Pupils for this week, awarded by Wallace House Captains, Chloe W,  Jake K , Brianna , Aimee Gi , Finn & Luke, Chloe Mc  and Katy .

Makaton Signers of the week are Phoebe , Shane , Amber and Connor ! They were presented with their certificates by Stewart House Captains.

Well done everyone. We are proud of you all.

Have a happy and safe weekend everyone.

Friday Assembly

Image result for pudseyIt was great to see so many children and staff taking part in our efforts to raise money for Children In Need by wearing onesies or pyjamas.

It was a very colourful asssembly with lots of minions,superheros, disney princesses, animals, spots and Pudseys!

We raised £128.75!!!! Well done everyone!

Numeracy Stars for this week are Chloe F , Jake K ,Conner , Aimee Gl , Ellie , Layton and Phoebe

Literacy Stars for this week are Damien , Jake E, Kayla,Billierose, Miley, Sophie, Amber & Rosie, Dean , Megan, Declan  and Lewis Mc

Star Pupils for this week are Daniel , Ross , Taryn & Noah S , Hannah Mc , Hannah , Chloe Mc  and Ciaran& Shane .

Makaton Signers of the week are Katie and Nikodem .

Congratulations to all of our Stars. We are so proud of you all.

Please remember that next week school is closed to pupils onThursday and Friday for in-service days.

Our staff will beparticipating in training for outdoor learning and reading as part ofour school improvement plan.

Snapshot Jotters

From 6 to 10 November all children’s learning was recorded in their Snapshot Jotter.

These were sent home with children on Friday 17 November.

We’d be grateful if you could spend a few minutes looking through this with your child and discussing their learning.

There is an evaluation on the final page for the week where you can read your child’s comments and add your own thoughts too.

Snapshot jotters should be returned to school by 27 November so that they can be used again in May 2018.

We hope that you find this useful prior to parents’ evenings.