Our first curriculum week of session 2024/25 starts on 23/09 and will focus on Maths in line with Maths Week Scotland. Curriculum weeks allow the whole school to focus on an aspect of the curriculum and share our learning.

From Nursery to Primary 7, learners will participate in additional numeracy and maths activities that support engagement through outdoor learning, make links to other curricular areas and to the world of work through STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Maths displays in the canteen will share learning from curriculum week.  Some classes may also choose to take part in national online challenges such as Times Tables Rock Stars.

Number Notion packs will go home on Monday with all P2-7 learners. The packs include activities and a learning grid to support family learning as well as the consolidation and development of Maths/Numeracy knowledge and skills.  Please make sure that your child/children take their Number Notion packs back to school on Friday 27^th September.  Primary one learners will take home paper copies of Maths/Numeracy Family Learning grids for use at home throughout our curriculum week.  Please take the time to engage with your child/children in these activities.

The Maths Week Scotland website includes lots of resources for use at home as well as school – see link below.

In addition to this, professional learning for teachers will focus on Numeracy and Maths. Miss Rebecca Simpson, P6 teacher, is leading a twilight session on the Effective Use of Questioning to support assessment in Numeracy and Mathematics.

Enjoy our curriculum week in line with Maths Week Scotland everyone!

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Welcome to Session 2024 2025

Happiness and Inclusion are two of Sound Primary School’s five values and are a key focus for term 1.

We had a great sports day on Wednesday.  On returning to school, the P4-7’s met in the gym for the presentations of mini marathon medals, 3 special award medals and the house cup.

The winning house this year was

CLICKIMIN

Well done to everybody for great performances and showing all our school values throughout the morning.

Wednesday 19th June (Weather Permitting) Clickimin Track

This year we are doing a P1-7 sports day.  We are continuing to do the same format for each P1-3 and P4-7, but they will run along side each other.  Here is a map of the track with the stations marked on it and the order the classes are moving.

sports day map

Congratulations to our STEM team who took home two prizes today at the YESC Shetland Regional Celebration of STEM.  Our Primary 6 and 7 classes have been working exceedingly hard over the past year, on a variety of STEM projects, developing their Meta-skills along the way.

Today’s team showcased all of the exciting learning that has been happening in their classrooms.  They won the STEM challenges section, displaying excellent teamwork, problem solving and communication skills.  They also were the runner up Regional Science Club of the Year! Well done!

Head over to the Nursery Blog for further details about ELC registration week.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/sh/soundnursery/