Owen Hannah from P6/5 shared a certificate today at assembly. During the summer, Owen had the chance to participate in an organised activity, which involved learning to use an air rifle to shoot at a target. Let’s see if Owen can hit all his targets this year in his learning! 😉 Well done Owen! Great […] Continue reading →

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest news from P7/6. This week we have: Carried out independent research on our class topic on Scotland/Japan comparison. Looking at 7, 8 and 9 digit numbers and counting up in 10’s & 100’s In guided reading we looked at vocabulary and comprehension skills. In Big Talk, we discussed […] Continue reading →

Today the children were given their second “Big Talk” challenge for next Thursday (15th September). The details are below (just in case anyone loses the note I gave them!) Many thanks for your continuing support. 🙂 Primary 7/6 Big Talk Task for Thursday 15th September 2016: Online Blogs – please discuss with your parent/carer all […] Continue reading →

Just a quick reminder about the children’s “Big Talk” task for next Thursday: Primary 7/6 Talk Task due for Thursday 8th September 2016: “Newspaper Report – please discuss with your parent/carer all of the features of a newspaper report and be ready to talk about this next week!” Thanks. Mr Richards Continue reading →

This week in P6/5 we have been focusing on ‘Make It Grow’ enterprise ideas and have written our first drafts of letters to Ms Macrae requesting our donation of ten pounds. We are considering ideas such as a holding a sports tournament, creating Pokémon card games, decorating biscuits and a movie afternoon for pupils. We […] Continue reading →

Hello everyone – here is the latest news from P7/6! This week we have: Written formal letters asking for information or advice and to give ideas. Completed cursive handwriting challenge cards. Looked more at numicon and how to use them correctly. Had a look through and experimented with our maths resources. Played maths games on […] Continue reading →

The pupils of Primary 6/5 have had a great first week back to school. This week’s learning focused on getting to know one another, classroom organisation and expectations for the year. We have enjoyed playing a variety of games and participating in group challenges.  The favourite challenge of the week seemed to be working in […] Continue reading →

Hi everybody and welcome to our first blog of the new school year! We have had a busy first week and have settled into our new class really well. This week we have: Learned about square roots Handwriting practice Mental maths and some tricky subtraction sums Mnemonics (using our names!) Spelling Test Developed our class […] Continue reading →

Not put off by less than fantastic weather, Murrayfield Primary School Sports Day 2016 went ahead. Pupils from each class took part in a wide range of athletic challenges to earn points for their house, Bruce, Douglas, Stewart or Wallace. After a titanic struggle the results are as follows: 1st Bruce – 1740 points 2nd Douglas […] Continue reading →