If any parents have empty shoe boxes Primary 3 would be grateful if we could have them. Our topic this term is the Rainforest and we are going to be making jungles in a box. Thanks for your help.
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Primary 1’s first full day!
It has been a long, busy day, but we have all enjoyed our first full day as Primary 1!
Today, we practised writing our names and then learned all about Kipper from the reading books that we will be getting home later in the term. After break, we worked on our counting by singing 5 little ducks! We then worked on our cutting skills by cutting out 5 ducks and sticking them onto some blue paper. This afternoon, we read a story called The Rainbow Fish, and spoke about how important it is to share in school. We then started making our own rainbow fish by sticking coloured tissue paper down as a collage. After some free play, we had a circle time about how important it is to have a name, and learned the names of everyone in our class. At the end of the day, we spent some time outside playing on the trim trail and then rounded off the day with some yoga!
This week in Greenrigg…
w/b Monday 29th August
This week your child’s teacher will put Gym days on the Blog
On Wednesday a photographer from The Courier will be in school to take a photographer of our P1 class and their teacher Mrs Anthony
Primary 2 sharing their Class Charter at our very first assembly of the session.
Great teamwork boys and girls and Mrs Croser and Miss Milne!
P5/6 Growth Mindset
We have been talking about how important it is to be positive and work out our brains.
We watched 2 videos about Mojo who wanted to give up when he found something too hard and when he made mistakes. We found that our brain is a muscle and we need to exercise it and learn from our mistakes.
We’re starting to use phrases to help our minds and brains grow. We are using “I can’t do it yet” rather than “I can’t do it”.
We’ve created a display with what we can do and what we can’t do yet.
P5/6 information
A few notes for parents/carers:
Please ensure your child’s name is on all items of clothing – indoor, outdoor, PE kit, bags and shoes.
PE days are Wednesdays and Thursdays starting next week. On a Wednesday it would be helpful if your child came to school dressed ready for P.E as it is first thing. Also if your child could wear a polo shirt on these days rather than a shirt and tie. Please provide a PE kit suitable for indoors and outdoors, i.e. shorts, jogging bottoms (or similar) and a t-shirt. (You can also provide a zip up top and outdoor trainers if you feel necessary for outdoor PE lessons).
Please ensure your child wears a jacket (preferably with a hood) every day, regardless of the weather.
Water bottles should be provided with plain water for in class and after PE lessons – juice or flavoured water is only permitted for lunch and should be kept in your child’s bag or lunch box until lunchtime. Please ensure your child’s name is also on lunch boxes and water bottles.
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Cooke, Mrs Millar (at the office) or a member of management (Mrs Gibson/Miss Tuke)
Street dance champion in P5/6
Last weekend, I went to the Street Dance world championships in Glasgow. I went with my team called Pressure and my Mum.
I had to perform a dance in front of all the other teams and some judges. I used hip hop and wacky dance moves. From our performance on Friday my team and I went straight through to the final on Sunday.
We performed the dance again and came 5th in the world.
Here I am with my medal.
By Abby Lamont
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Welcome Primary 1, August 2016!
A very big welcome to all our new Primary 1’s!
We had a lovely first day with Mrs Anthony – after settling in and colouring some beautiful pictures, we spoke about how we were feeling about starting school. Most of us were excited and a few of us were a bit nervous! We then had a dance to ‘Milkshake’ on GoNoodle before spending some time getting to know our classmates while exploring the classroom and having some choosing time. Our P7/6 buddies helped us to get ready for break and we went outside to enjoy our snacks and get some fresh air.
After break, we read a story and showed Mrs Anthony how good we are at sitting and listening. People who had ordered milk enjoyed drinking their milk while listening to the story. We then practised our smart walking in the corridors as we had a tour around the school, meeting Mrs Millar, Miss Tuke, Mrs Monahan and Miss Swan on our travels!
It was then time to get ready to go home. We did well waiting patiently for Mrs Anthony to call our name before we ran to our parents/carers!
We are all looking forward to day 2!
A few notes for parents/carers:
Please ensure your child’s name is on all items of clothing – indoor, outdoor, PE kit, bags and shoes.
PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays starting next week – it would be helpful if your child wears a polo shirt on these days rather than a shirt and tie. Please provide a PE kit suitable for indoors and outdoors, i.e. shorts, jogging bottoms (or similar) and a t-shirt. (You can also provide a zip up top and outdoor trainers if you feel necessary for outdoor PE lessons). This should all be put in a small bag that will be kept in class and sent home to be washed at the end of each term.
Please ensure your child wears a jacket (preferably with a hood) every day, regardless of the weather.
Water bottles should be provided with plain water for in class and after PE lessons – juice or flavoured water is only permitted for lunch and should be kept in your child’s bag or lunch box until lunchtime. Please ensure your child’s name is also on lunch boxes and water bottles.
The children only have 15 minutes to eat and play at morning break, therefore only a small snack is required at this time.
A letter will be sent home tomorrow regarding lunch on Thursday – the children are invited to have lunch at 12pm in school and then can be picked up at 12.30pm at the main office.
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Anthony, Mrs Millar (at the office) or a member of management (Mrs Gibson/Miss Tuke).
Thank you!
