Last week Primary 1 – 4 took part in Digital Literacy Week #SDLW22

Primary 1B learned to take photos with the iPad and programme the Beebots.

Primary 2 took part in a DigiLearn Scot live lesson: World Animal Day with Google for Education

Primary 3/4 also had a go at programming using the Beebots.

Dates of dress down days can be found on the School App in the Dates section.

For details on how to down load the School App, please see below:

Break out the crayons, open the books! Put on your school clothes, and your bright happy looks! A very warm welcome back to all our families.

Please click here to access the information booklet for parents and carers.

If you have any queries, please contact the school office. 

This week, the children took part in various activities focusing on health and wellbeing. We had a visit from PC McPike, Mr Paton from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Mr Campbell who told P1 – 3 about farming.

On Monday, the children who wanted to take part, experienced the benefits of massage. Children also developed their tennis or badminton skills.

We had a bouncy castle and activities on Tuesday as well as skill stations run by the P6s.

On Wednesday, children took part in boxing, Taekwondo and the Hexigoal, run by Kilmarnock Football Club.

Well done to everyone who took part in Sports Day on Thursday. This was followed by a whole school Big Picnic.

On Friday, the children had the opportunity to explore mindfulness and relaxation.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Health Week. Please see the class blogs for more photos.

Using film at home to support reading, writing, listening and talking 

Everyday routines and activities at home provides lots of opportunities to meaningfully engage with your child’s learning. For example, exploring film together as a family could be a fun way to support listening, talking, reading and writing together at home. 

Watching a film together as a family and taking time afterwards to talk through each other’s thoughts and ideas about things such as the story or characters can help everyone to get even more out of the film. 

This resource was designed by experienced teachers in Screen Scotland’s Film Education team and supported by Education Scotland, to help parents/ carers and their children to develop skills in film literacy, which develops reading, writing, listening and talking skills. Screen Scotland, part of Creative Scotland, is the national agency for all aspects of screen production, exhibition, skills and education, and a key priority for them is to ensure that everyone in Scotland has the opportunity to enjoy and benefit from film education. 

This resource is suitable for families with children of different ages and stages. There are some very simple ideas for all the family to do as well as more in-depth suggested activities for adults and young people who have an interest in film. 

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We have two new Buddy Benches in the playground. The Buddy Benches are in the playground so that anyone who is feeling lonely or has no one to play with has a place to go. If you are sitting on the Buddy Bench others can go over to you, say hi and ask if you want to play.

The Inclusive Schools Committee wants everyone in our school to feel safe, respected, included and happy. We are looking for designs for the new Buddy Benches to reflect these ideas.

If you would like to enter the competition, please use the template below to show your design. All entries must be submitted to Miss Kirkcaldy and the Inclusive Schools Committee by Wednesday 8^th December. The winning designs will be painted on the Buddy Benches; some colours may be changed due to availability of paint.

Buddy Bench Design Competition

P5 have won the Kindness Competition by performing the most acts of kindness during Anti-bullying Week 2021. The prize was suggested by the Inclusive Schools Committee and will be games afternoon.

Well done to everyone who performed an act of kindness.

P5 Winners!

Kindness jars showing the acts of kindness across the school and at home.

15th – 21st November 2021

Book Week Scotland is an annual celebration of books and reading across Scotland.

Bookbug (Primary 1) 

During this week Primary 1 children will be gifted with Bookbug bags from the Scottish Book Trust. The bags contain books and other resources for sharing songs and rhymes that are suited to the age of the children.

You can help your child get the most out of their P1 Bag by looking at and talking about the books together, using the whiteboard to play games, filling in the activity book and voting for your child’s favourite book.

On the Scottish Book Trust website you can find films of the books being read, more recommended books for P1s and enter your child’s vote in The Bookbug Picture Book Prize.

To hear the stories read out loud, please visit https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug-picture-book-prize

                                                    Read Write Count (Primary 2 and Primary 3)

Every Primary 2 and Primary 3 child in Scotland receives a Read,
Write, Count bag filled with books, activities and games to enjoy
and keep. The bags are gifted and developed by Scottish Book
Trust in partnership with Education Scotland and funded by
Scottish Government, and provide a great opportunity to explore
reading, writing and numeracy with your child.

Click here to access the Primary 2 Guide for Parents/ Carers

Click here to access the Primary 3 Guide for Parents/ Carers

Hear the stories being read out loud by clicking the links below.

Stories for Primary 2 

The Biggest Story

The Bug Collector

Stories for Primary 3

Octopus Shocktopus

The Last Wolf