Please send photos of your pumpkin carvings to Mrs Cross and we will share them with the rest of the children and parents/carers.
susan.cross1@eastayrshire.org.uk
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Dyslexia Awareness Week 2021
Dyslexia Awareness Week Scotland will take place from 1st – 7th November 2021.
The theme of Dyslexia Awareness Week is Destination Dyslexia: a route map
We want to make Scotland a dyslexia friendly destination for every person who has dyslexia. A dyslexia friendly society is one where everyone understands dyslexia and how it impacts the 1 in 10 children and adults who are dyslexic (Dyslexia Scotland, https://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/dyslexia-awareness-week-scotland)
We want to make Scotland a dyslexia friendly destination for every person who has dyslexia. A dyslexia friendly society is one where everyone understands dyslexia and how it impacts the 1 in 10 children and adults who are dyslexic (Dyslexia Scotland, https://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/dyslexia-awareness-week-scotland)
During this week children will take part in activities to learn about dyslexia and why it is important that everyone gets the support they need to learn.
No Pens Wednesday
No Pens Wednesday will take place on Wednesday 3rd November.
Children and staff will have the opportunity to wear something blue that day, to raise awareness about dyslexia, in support of Ellie’s Blue Ribbon Campaign, more information about the blue ribbons can be found here: https://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/sites/default/files/library/RibbonStory.pdf
P1 – 3: Design a Dyslexia Awareness Ribbon.
You can be as creative as you like and use any colours or materials.
You can download the template here: Ribbon Template
P4 – 7: Write a poem or use the poster template, show the strengths and challenges someone who has dyslexia may face. Dyslexia Awareness Week 2021 P4-7 Poster Competition
All entries should be sent to Miss Kirkcaldy by Friday 5th November.
Competition winners will receive a prize!
For more information about dyslexia please visit the Dyslexia Unwrapped website, http://www.unwrapped.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/
or Dyslexia Scotland, https://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/our-leaflets
Nessy and MYON
Jus a reminder that we have two fabulous resources to help children with their literacy.
NESSY SPELLING AND READING
All P3-P7 children have a login to NESSY Spelling and Reading. This is a personalised reading and spelling programme which is great fun and very effective. The children all have the details of how to log in and can access the programme in school and at home.
https://learn.nessy.com/account/login#/accountLogin
MYON
MYON is a huge catalogue of online books accessible to all children in the school. There are over 6000 texts to choose from and the resource has a ‘Read to Me’ function which means no book is off-limits for the children. There are loads of non-fiction books to choose from as well as fiction books.
Your child will have details of how to access the resource – either in their IT passport or on the class blog page.
Dear Parents and Carers,
Some of our innovative Primary 5 children were keen to raise everyone’s general awareness of breast cancer in the month of October.
As such, they have arranged a ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Day’ on Friday 22nd October 2021.
There is no cost to participate in the day, Children across the school and ECC are invited to wear something pink to mark the occasion. Some suggestions from the girls are pink socks, pink t-shirt or pink shoes.
If you do not have anything pink- please do not buy anything. The girls have made a pink awareness raising recyclable bracelet for anyone who would like one. The class teachers will distribute these on Friday.
Should you need any further advice or support in relation to Breast Cancer please follow the link below:
https://breastcancernow.org/information-support
If you would like to make a donation towards Breast Cancer Awareness, this can be done via ParentPay.
On behalf of the Primary 5 Children, THANK YOU for your support.
Ms Dougan
RAG BAG
A HUGE thank you to everyone who sent in a RAG BAG for the last collection. We raised a magnificent £92!!!!
JRSO Greener Transport Future Competition Winners
Greener Transport Future Competition
Thank you so much for all the entries for our Greener Transport Future Competition. They were all AMAZING.
Our JRSO’s have worked hard to select up to 3 entries from each the classes who submitted their logos.
Our winners are:
Primary 2
Danny Montgomery
Maria Woodburn
Tommy Borland
Primary 3
Emily Forbes
Olivia Dykes
Oscar McKell
Primary 3/4
Sophie Lamont
Primary 4/5
Alistair Caldwell
Primary 6
Connor Cowan
Erin Hargreaves
Megan Currie
Primary 7
Ailidh Young
Poppy Wyllie
Lilah Johnstone
Again thank you so much to everyone who entered. It has been a very difficult choice for our JRSO’s.
All entries have been sent to Transport Scotland.
Good luck
JRSO’s
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