Hurlford Primary School and Early Childhood Centre

An East Ayrshire Council School

March 3, 2022
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Fri 4th March 2022 – P1L and Mrs Cuthbertson

We have had a really busy week in Primary 1. We enjoyed Pancake Day and World Book Day. We have been working really hard on our phonics and made quilts and Queens as we focused on phonic Q. We watched the story explaining that Q and U stick like glue (Qu). Next week we will be focusing on ‘oo’. We know that this is not a beginning sound so will use books and magazines to find words containing ‘oo’.

We are exploring addition and number bonds at number time. We are now beginning to see a link between addition and subtraction. The children love to use a wide range of resources during addition activities. Our favourite choices are hangers and pegs, small people and jewels. We have also been making sure our number formation is improving all the time by using our whiteboards and a special song each morning.

       

We really enjoyed Pancake today and had fun topping our Pancakes and of course eating them.

            

The children were so quiet during this activity!

We also had lots of fun learning the poem Roguey Poguey. I was so proud of the children as they quickly learned the poem and the actions. I hope you enjoy them saying the poem for you.

The children have been enjoying the new dice task in their scrapbook. Please remember to hand them back in this week as the children are keen to try the next task. Please continue learning the sounds and common words on their home cards.

Now that the season is changing we will be learning all about Spring, Easter and Lifecycles. Please talk to your child about the months of the year and the seasons. It will amaze you how much they know already!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Hugs from Mrs Cuthbertson xxx

February 25, 2022
by Mrs Campbell
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Keeping Our Children and Young People Safe and Well Online

How are young people today supported to stay safe online and at the same time be shown consideration for the mental health and wellbeing impact that an incident may have?

Preventative measures to keep young people safe and secure online are nothing new but what should a young person do if something has gone wrong?

In this presentation we will explore how online issues can impact on a young person’s mental health and wellbeing and any future engagement online. We will discuss ways of helping overcome any barriers that may prevent them maintaining their online presence, including ways to help them stay safe and secure online, whilst supporting them with any trauma and wellbeing related issues.

Attendees will hear from Scott Tees, an accomplished Online Safety and Cyber Security and Prevention Consultant who possesses a proven track record in designing and delivering robust security solutions and strategies to manage and mitigate risks. He was responsible for the creation and development of the Police Scotland Cybercrime Prevention Strategy and was the national lead for the Police Scotland Cybercrime Harm Prevention Team until June 2020.

Attendees will also hear from Roxanne Kerr, an experienced and qualified clinical certified trauma specialist with a master’s degree in counselling from Abertay University and a certificate from the Trauma Institute International. Over the last 7 years, she has successfully worked with trauma survivors including extensive work with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse and individuals with mental health illnesses including bipolar and schizophrenia.

Join NPFS, Education Scotland, Scott and Roxanne for this presentation followed by a Q&A that you can sign up to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-our-children-and-young-people-safe-and-well-online-tickets-267568082337

Stacey-Ann Lindsay

Parental Engagement and Learner Participation Policy Officer | Curriculum Unit | Directorate for Learning | Scottish Government |

Please note for the foreseeable future Scottish Government staff are working from home. I am contactable by email – Stacey-Ann.Lindsay@gov.scot

February 24, 2022
by Mrs Johnstone
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P7J Week Beginning 21st February

P7J have been working very enthusiastically this week, with everyone showing a super attitude towards learning.

As part of the John Muir Award, we have been looking at garden birds.  We started the week off by watching some of the ‘BBC Winter Watch Big Lesson’ which taught us about how to use a classification key to identify birds.  After this, we used apples, seeds, sticks and string to make an eco-friendly bird feeder; hopefully these are hanging in your gardens now and providing the birds with some food in this turbulent winter weather.  Please send in any photos of your bird feeders at home, especially if the birds are visiting them, I would love to see them!  Ask your child about how to use the bird identifier on the RSPB website, this is a super tool to discover which birds are in your garden, which we had a look at in class.

In numeracy, we have been focusing on fractions; equivalent and simplified fractions, and how to compare and order fractions.  The class outdid themselves when simplifying fractions and even asked for extra work!

We also welcomed back Miss Little this week.  She will be working with P7J until the end of term and has lots of great activities in store for the class.  This week there has been creative collage artwork in response to Vivaldi’s ‘Winter’ music from ‘The Four Seasons’ and rhyming poetry.

Next week, we will be learning about improper and mixed fractions, as well as some different types of poetry.

Have a lovely weekend when it arrives!

 

February 24, 2022
by EAjoanne.mair2@glow
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P4 AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS CLUB

We are delighted to announce that our first after school club in ages starts next week!  This is aimed at P4 Fun Fitness and will be delivered via Active Schools.  This will run for 5 weeks in March  – 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st.  Pupils require PE kit (trainers / joggers) and a water bottle.

If you would like your child to attend please click on the link below and complete the form.

Thank you

February 18, 2022
by Miss Baillie
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Primary 4 – Week beginning 14.02.22

Hi Primary 4! 🙂

It has been a short week but a busy and fun week. We all enjoyed watching our Burns poem finalist perform their poems for the school. We couldn’t be together as a whole school but all watched at the same time and had a sing song with our doors open! I think our class may have been the loudest during the songs! 🙂 Click the sway below to see a few short clips of us singing!

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We have also been exploring mummification for our Egyptians topic and have enjoyed mummifying an orange this afternoon. We will complete the process on Tuesday and check in on them in a months time to see what has happened!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! 🙂

Miss Baillie & Mrs Ferguson.

February 9, 2022
by Mrs Campbell
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Skills for Learning, Life and Work – P7 interview Sir Stephen Hillier

One of our Improvement priorities this session, has been to focus on Skills for Learning, Life and Work, providing opportunities to enhance the curriculum, highlighting links between the curriculum and the ‘world of work’.
Over the session, our pupils have enjoyed a wide range of STEM activities.
We have also developed a partnership with Primary Engineer who arranged for Sir Stephen Hillier, chair of Civil Aviation Authority to be interviewed by our Primary 7
pupils.
We had hoped that Sir Stephen would be able to visit our school, unfortunately due to Covid, this event took place via Teams.
Our P7 pupils prepared questions and interviewed Sir Stephen.  A film of the event was produced for publication on the CAA and Primary Engineer website.
Please see the following links for your information:
Their comments included:

“I found it interesting that Sir Stephen was just a little boy from Kilmarnock and managed to achieve so much including all of his goals and dreams. I have always wanted to be the aircraft engineer. He was speaking about not giving up and to keep trying. It really inspired me to keep trying to achieve my dreams.”“It made me think that anything is possible!”“I was impressed that he was an ordinary boy and now he has been knighted by the Queen.”“When he spoke about how determined he was to become a part of the RAF, it made me want to be a part of the cabin crew.” “I found it interesting when he talked about the awards he got. It made me think that I’ll be able to achieve my goals when I’m older. I’d like to be an astronaut because I’ve always been interested in science and space. It made me think I should stay in school and study hard and focus on what I want to do in my life.”  

“I found it interesting how he got so far in life and he was born and raised here. It made me realise that you can do anything, if you work hard.”

We received a lovely letter of thanks from Sir Stephen.
We continue to work in partnership with Primary Engineer taking part in the ‘If I were an engineer competition’ and taking part in pilot staff training on ‘Engineering your Classroom’, in partnership with Primary Engineer/Education Scotland.
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