Welcome to Primary 7a Class Page, our teacher is Miss Collins and Mrs Dargie we have 29 pupils in our class. Our PE day is Thursday, please ensure appropriate outdoor clothing is brought and worn on PE days. Earrings should be taped up, hair tied back and no football colours or crop tops should be worn.
Our class novel this term is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne to link in with our World War II Topic. Each morning children will enjoy ERIC (Everyone Reading In Class) time during register and lunches.
Please can lunches be updated on iPayimpact the night before.
Outdoor Learning in Term 1, on a Tuesday we will go a walk to the local woods in Calaiswood, children should wear appropriate outdoor clothing, including a waterproof jacket, hoody/jumper, old trousers/leggings (long trousers please -no shorts (ticks)), if they have walking boots, wellies or old shoes that would be great. “No such thing as bad weather just bad clothing!”
2025 – Please continue to focus on your MULTIPLICATION TABLES, even if your child knows all 12 what the high school would like us to work on is quicker recall. at home could children download a free app on their device or go onto www.topmarks.co.uk and play Hit the Button.
Focus on the table they are least confident with and try and beat their own score! If they did 5 minutes a day on their tables that would be fantastic.
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HOMEWORK – Reading homework, Reciprocal Reading Task plus set pages. Reading will be issued on a Friday and returned the following Friday. Please note – ALL READING BOOKS SHOULD BE IN THE CHILD/REN’s BAGS EVERYDAY as we will also use these in class for various literacy tasks. It is their responsibility to make sure they have them each day.
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WW2 Key Figure Homework
Due Date: Monday 22nd September 2025
Research a Key Figure from WW2 of your choice and explain how they contributed to the War effort.
e.g. Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Fraklin. D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain.
Give a description of who this person was and what their role was in the Second World War.
Present your findings in a clear and interesting way using one of the following (or an innovative way of your choice):
-PowerPoint
-Poster
-Talk
-Artwork
-Model
Rotary Club – Young Photographer, Young Artist and Young Writer of the Year Competition 2025 – to be completed at home if the children wish to enter.
Rotary Young Artist Competition 2025
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The above information is for the Rotary Young People competitions for 2025 the theme this year is ‘Happiness in Nature.’
Who can take part?
The competition is open to all young people within the age groups shown below. They may be an individual choosing to enter directly themselves or amongst the entries submitted by a group or community organisation including schools and colleges, home educated, other young peoples’ community organisations, for example, community RotaKids or Interact, Scout Groups, Girl
Guides, etc.
For entrants with motor control difficulties, an amanuensis may be used to record the entrant’s work to paper.
Age groups (based on age as of 31st August 2025):
Junior Up to and including 10 years old
Intermediate 11 to 13 years old
Senior 14 to 17 years old
Note: Because the qualifying age is based on 31st August 2025, some entrants may have birthdays that would otherwise place
them in a different age group at the actual date of the competition. For example, a young person who is 17 on 31st August but
turns 18 on 3rd September 2025 is still eligible to enter as a Senior or a 10-year-old on 31st August 2025 with their birthday on 1st
September 2025 is still eligible to enter the Junior category. Entrants must include their age on the entry form.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:
They will be collected locally on 31st January 2026.
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Barnardo’s visited both classes on Thursday 28.8.25 to discuss Substance Misuse they have shared some helpful links below.
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GLOW
All children will be logging into GLOW in class and will have their passwords reset. (if required, they will be choosing something they will remember).
Getting practice at logging in and out of GLOW will support them on their transition journey to high school.
If you are unable to follow the link, here are the questions and the answers can be handwritten into their homework.
VAPING
In class we have been learning about the dangers of vaping and sharing the Government’s new campaign aimed at 10-16 year olds.
Fact Sheet for Parents – Vaping Addiction Campaign
Leaflet for Parents – Vaping Addiction Campaign
Some links to the videos we watched together.
