Tuesday 26 October 2021
This week is due to be very Autumnal once again with frequent rain showers so definitely a week for wearing jackets.
Our P1 were the only classes able to offer a face to face parent night appointment and they happened last night and again tonight.
The other classes will be as follows –
Tuesday 2 November P3 (Miss Hughes), P4/3 (Miss McFetridge) 3.15 – 5.15
Wednesday 3 November P2 (Mrs Lennon), P3/2 (Miss Thomson), P4 (Miss Johnstone) 3.15 – 5.15
Thursday 4 November P5 (Mrs O’Brien), P6/5 (Mr Priest), P6 (Miss MacLeod) 3.15 – 5.15
P7/6 (Mrs Palmer), P7 (Miss Thomas) 3.15 – 5.15
These times are all approximate. Some phone calls may be made with school mobile phones so you may not recognise the number.
There may be a few parents who staff wish to see personally but they will be contacted individually.
The Halloween Parade will go ahead this year but a maximum of two classes will use the school hall at any one time – the Parade will be shown on the schools’ Youtube page. Parents are unfortunately unable to attend due to Covid guidance where they cannot be admitted to the school except for an appointment.
The plan for the day is as follows –
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Friday 29th October
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9:20-9:55
P1F P1G |
9:55-10:30
P2L P2/3 |
10:50-11:35
P4/3 P3
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11:35-12:15
P5 P4 |
1:00-200
P6/5 P6
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2:00-3:00
P7 P7/6 |
The children will be asked to dress up if they wish (no pressure) They should not wear anything too scary eg Scream masks. They should not have too many accessories if possible.
Each class will have a time in the Hall to- parade, dance and, if time permits, play some games (See above).
Apples will be provided, however as I’m sure you appreciate, we will be unable to ‘dook’ for apples this year.
I’m sure our children will enjoy this type of activity once again and hopefully our parents will make themselves available for the update on their children’s progress.
Sunday 3 October 2021
Looks like the weather is going to be quite mixed this week and certainly a lot cooler than it has been, very much more Autumnal than it has been for some time. Hopefully we’ll avoid wet intervals but all children should be wearing a suitable jacket every day.
There will be four days of school this week due to the staff inservice day on Friday 8th October. P1-3 will finish at 3.10 and P4-7 at 3pm as usual on Thursday 7 October. The week of the 11-15 October is the October week holiday which will hopefully be dry to enable our children time to play outside.
School Times
All children will return to starting school at 9am and finishing at 3pm from Monday 18 October. Hopefully this will continue from this point onwards without any interruptions as was the case pre Covid.
Football
Some of our football players have been invited to play at St Rochs secondary after school on Thursday 7 October. This will be the first football game since 2019. I’m sure the children will be very excited.
Cop26 Trip
Eight children have been selected to take part in Tree Planting at Cathkin Braes. This is part of a Glasgow Children’s Woodland project. They will be taken by bus to the tree planting site, kitted out in school wellies and waterproofs. I’m sure it will be lots of fun.
Blairvadach
We have also managed to be successful in gaining a place at Blairvadach Outdoor Centre. Our P7s will be going 6-10 December. There will be no cost as the cost will be covered by the Pupil Equity Fund. There are 48 place available.
These three events a certainly positive signs of schools eventually opening up. Certain restrictions remain but it seems that things are definitely going in the right direction.
Halloween
The annual school Halloween Parade was cancelled completely last session. This session children will be allowed to dress for Halloween if they wish. We will not be able to have all the children in the hall at the same time but classes will be able to parade one at a time. This will be filmed and added to Elmvale’s Youtube channel for you all to watch at home.
More details will follow in a letter nearer the time of the event.
Christmas
We also intend to hold a Christmas Fayre for the children only. Parents are only allowed in the building on an individual basis – this guidance remains the same.
As singing is now allowed we intend to do a Christmas Show which will be presented on the school’s Youtube chanel.
Hopefully this is a positive sign of things getting better and certainly returning us to the time when school was much busier and an even more enjoyable place to learn than it was during the very strict Covid restrictions.
Parents Evenings
These are not due to resume until March 2022 at the earliest. Staff will be contacting parents by either phone or conference call – more information to follow.
Monday 6 September 2021
The weather is going to be unusually warm for this time of year – potentially as warm as 29 degrees by Wednesday so it would seem to be another week without jackets. It also means lots of opportunities for outdoor learning which are likely to take place in the playground but could also involve Springburn Park. However it is possible that the weather might change again from Thursday onwards with lightning – a good learning experience in itself and rain on Friday.
Today’s assembly is on a third school value – Respect and will be presented by Mr Lynn. You can find the presentation here.
P3 are reading ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ which is a well known book and loved by children so they are going to be in for a real treat. The class will also be studying animals and their habitats. In science they will be exploring light and dark, both of which are also very relevant as we head from Summer into Autumn and then Winter. The class will begin to learn their x tables and in Literacy characterisation. There will be opportunities to create their own characters linked to the story. Homework will be found on SeeSaw. For any parents who have no ICT device or internet please contact the school as we can help.
P2 will be continuing with their reading books and relearning their sounds. In Numeracy they will be revising numbers to 20. In Health & Wellbeing they will begin the PATHs programme.
P3/2 will be working on their sentence structure in writing and numbers 0-50 in Numeracy.
Monday 30 August 2021
Looks like it is another dry week, sunny in places, not quite as warm as last week but still an improvement on the usual rainy Glasgow!
Our second assembly takes place today at 1.30pm on TEAMs. The theme is another school value – Kindness. You can access it here. This value is encouraged throughout the school and is shown by our staff and children on a daily basis.
Both Primary 1 classes are learning the phonemes ‘a’ and ‘t’ in literacy. In numeracy they are investigating the numbers 0, 1 and 2. Buzzbee is teaching P1 the school values and the importance that these have within school. Primary 1 are enjoying daily visits exploring the ‘Hive’ and learning through play on a daily basis.
Miss McFetridge has said that P4/3 will be starting their ‘healthy body’ health and wellbeing topic and their ‘climate change’ IDL topic. In maths, we are going to be looking at the properties of 3D shapes and will also be practicing our skip counting and reading, writing and ordering numbers. In literacy, we are going to be learning how to put words into alphabetical order so we can learn to use a dictionary and thesaurus to help us with our writing. We have started learning about characterisation in writing and so need to find lots of good descriptive words to help us!
Thank you for continuing to avoid the roads directly outside of the school, it really does make a huge difference to our children’s safety.
I’m sure that this week will be another amazing Elmvale week with lots of interesting learning experiences in both the nursery and primary. Please look at our Twitter feed @ElmvalePrimary for regular updates.
Monday 23 August
This will be completed each week and provide information about what is happening in class on a regular basis. It has been too long since you had access to this information. The blog will be posted on Twitter and eventually you’ll (parents & children) receive access via SeeSaw.
This week looks like a return to summer weather, Wednesday could even be as warm as 25 degrees so no jackets will be required.
Our first assembly of the new session takes place today at 1.30pm on TEAMs. The theme is one of our very important values – Determination. The powerpoint can be found here. This value is something that is important to all of our children as it helps them continue to progress but it is also helpful to us as adults to overcome challenges in our lives.
Mr McLauchlan tells me that the Turas room will be opening soon for our core group. We will have some pupils returning and we will be welcoming some new starts! This term, we will be focussing on our school values and establishing our morning routine. We are looking forward to challenges, activities and, of course, Mrs McClune’s famous toast!
Mrs Palmer P7/6 will be writing about setting using similes and metaphors, making predictions before reading and starting our new novel, Goodnight Mister Tom. In maths, we will be using a number of addition strategies in a variety of contexts. We are starting our new topic of WW2 and we will be focusing on how to manage stress . We are reflecting upon our personal skills and abilities and in French we will be revising greetings.
Miss MacLeod P6 plan on getting started in earnest with reading, writing, and numeracy and will be doing this most days. We also hope to finalise our Class Charter as well as taking part in some more health and wellbeing activities, including beginning the PATHS program.
It’s good to see the P6 & P7 starting quickly with their learning in what is only the 2nd week back after the summer holidays.
This week primary 5 will be creating our Elmvale values display in Art, writing postcards recounting an activity we took part in during the summer and reviewing place value in numeracy.
P4 will be working on PATHS, Capitals letters and full stops, Handwriting, Reading (comprehension), Reading strategies (focus on predicting), what we know about climate change for our topic in T1 on COP26
Look out next week for information from the infants.
Uptodate Covid information –
A parent also has given us a link of how to access lateral flow tests easily –
https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests
Pick up & Drop off
Please avoid driving & parking outside the school gates as this is now a pedestrian and cycle area 8.30-9.15 & 2.30-3.15. The police are due to make spot checks from time to time.
Hope everyone has an excellent week!
