Meldrum Primary School Blog

What a quick week it has been!  There’s been lots going on in our classes, remember to have a look at your child’s class post to hear more about their learning across the week! Thank you to the P1 parents/carers who joined us for our Literacy learning session on Monday, it was well attended and hopefully everyone found it useful.  Some of our P7 pupils took part in the West Lothian Cross Country event held at Dechmont Law on Thursday, well done to everyone who took part.  Today we were joined in school by staff from NHS Lothian who administered flu vaccinations.  Children should have a leaflet and vaccination slip in their school bag today.

False Nails and School Safety – To help keep all pupils safe, we ask that children do not wear long false nails, acrylic nails, or nail extensions to school. These can cause accidental injuries during play and learning activities, may break and cause harm, and can make participation in some school activities more difficult. Thank you for your support in maintaining a safe environment for all pupils.

Morning arrangements – please see email sent yesterday about arrangements for children during periods of inclement weather.

Big Breakfasts – thank you to everyone who has completed our feedback form.  This will close on Monday of next week so if you would like to provide feedback, please complete by then. Big Breakfast Feedback – August and September 2026 – Fill out form

Outdoor learning – each class spends time learning outdoors on a weekly basis however we are delighted to say that we are going to be resuming our visits to the local forest after the September break.  Leaving the school premises requires additional adult supervision so we are pleased that one of our volunteers, Mrs Curran, has agreed to support forest visits on a Tuesday afternoon.  Each class will get the chance to go on a rolling programme, look out for information about when your child’s class is going, this will be shared within their class blog and within the Meldrum Messages post on the Friday before it takes place.  For visiting the forest, please ensure that children have appropriate footwear (sturdy shoes or wellies) and have a suitable jacket.  If you require any support to provide this, please contact Mrs Stephenson or I directly and we will be able to assist.

Next Week

Tuesday – P7 to DCHS for maths lesson

Wednesday – School photographs

Friday – all break at 12.30pm for September holiday

Monday – school closed for September holiday

Great Green:

• We have been using digital software to design our ‘Dream Bedroom’, adding different shapes, images and text boxes. We all remembered to save our work and upload it to Teams when finished!
• We have been focusing on increasing our fitness and stamina levels in PE by participating in fitness circuits. We have especially enjoyed doing this with our upbeat playlist!
• We have been learning the difference between common nouns and proper nouns, and listing examples to keep us on track.

Think Pink:

• We will focus on respecting the school resources by not breaking them on purpose, putting them back where they belong and generally being respectful and responsible.

Lead Learners:

Thank you to Lawclyn and Lily for being our lead learners this week.

I’m proud to announce that our lead learners next week are William and Darcey. They were awarded this for showing great perseverance and responsibility in their class jobs and learning this week. Well done!

P1/2 have been learning another school value this week – Honesty. We have had lots of chats about why it is important to tell the truth.

P2 have started their Literacy Circuits and are enjoying learning in the different groups.

In P.E. this week we have been practising balance using different parts of our bodies and tried to balance beanbags and quoits on our bodies too.

We have continued to name and describe 2D shapes and did some problem solving to identify hidden shapes.

Great Green – (things that went well) …working well with a partner to sequence the Elmer story. Good sharing, turn taking and communication from everyone.

Think Pink – (we need to practise) … listening when it is time to stop and tidy up.

Our lead learners for next week are Fereti and Myla.

We are Alfie and Andrew, we are this weeks lead learners. We started our Extreme weather and Natural Disasters topic this week.

What went well:

Primary 7 has sped up on there daily mental strategies this week. We have used a timer.

We done a spelling test this week and everyone tried there very hardest and done amazing.

What could be better:

-We could work on our times tables in primary 7.

Lead Learners

The lead learners next week are Sara and Omar for showing kindness and responsibility.

A wee note from Miss Jones:

Primary 7 have had a fantastic week and a few of them even ventured out to take part in a Cross Country run against other schools. We have been learning about extreme weather and the social impacts of this. We are also focusing on our times tables and trying to improve our speed.

Ziggy the Zebra is starting out on his adventures with his classmates. We have made a calendar for him of the visits he is going to make in the coming weeks. I hope you enjoy Ziggy’s visit.

Great Green – ‘What went well’
• We have been working on our times tables this week. Each day we completed a 15-minute challenge and as the week has gone on the leader board has got closer and closer. We now have lots of pupils with a 100% score.
Primary 5 know that practise makes perfect.
• In our writing we have been trying our best to include as many interesting, exciting adjective as possible. Using them to describe nouns in our writing. We have also been trying to include joined writing.
What a busy, achieving week we have had!!

Think Pink – ‘Even better if’
• Using our knowledge of the properties of 2D shapes when exploring 3D shapes.

Lead Learners.
This week our Lead Learners are Struan and Tilly.
They have shown honesty and integrity in the class this week. Well Done Struan and Tilly.

This has been another busy week in P4/3!

Great Green

• This week in PE we worked on Circuits and Benchball skills. It was very exciting, exhausting and fun!
• We wrote about The Goose from Charlotte’s Web. Mrs Egan read our writing and said it was really good.

Think Pink

• We need to continue to practise listening carefully to others when they are speaking.

Our Lead Learners this week are Callum and Mia C  who have been very helpful in the classroom. Well done!

We’ve had another busy week here at Meldrum!  We had Family Big Breakfasts for P5, P6/5 and P7 and welcomed lots of family members to the school to hear all about school improvement plans for this year as well as meet class teachers, spend time with children in the classroom and not forgetting the chance to have some breakfast and a chat with other families.  Thank you to everyone who came along to support this event! On Monday, classes took part in a Destination Judo taster session and everyone had a great time.  P4/3 started their block of sessions with NYCoS (National Youth Choir of Scotland) and the children really enjoyed the activities that they took part in.  We held our first house gathering of the year this week too.  P7 delivered their speeches in the house captain elections and pupils voted for the person that they wanted to lead their house this year.  Congratulations to Elle and Alegra; Max and Darcey; Emma and Violet and James and Emily who were all successful and will lead our houses this year.  Also in house gatherings, the children looked at a question from the document “How good is OUR school” and thought about how welcoming our school is and what we could do to make it even better.  There were some really good suggestions and the school leadership team will consider how to take some of these forward. We rounded off the week with our assembly where teachers gave out values certificates to the children who will be lead learners in our classes next week.  Well done to everyone who received a certificate today!

Next week

Monday – NYCoS to work with P4/3; P1 session for parents on Literacy 2.30pm (enter via main office)

Thursday – P7 group to Cross Country event; No woodwind lessons today

Friday – NHS staff in school to administer flu vaccinations

Questions to ask kids about their day at school | Parent Club – some ideas of questions to ask your child about their day at school, hopefully you find these helpful!

We have had a lovely week in P6/5, exploring our new topic, experiencing judo and working on our ‘Think Pink’ from last week whilst working on our spelling tasks.

Great Green:

• We have produced great writing this week, remembering to use our core targets and add nouns. We also marked our own work!
• Our listening skills have definitely improved this week which is great as it has allowed us to enjoy some rewards as we are able to get through our lessons without disruption 😊.
• We loved having our families in for our ‘Big Breakfast’, exploring the tasks provided and proudly showing off our classroom.
• We continued exploring greetings and the French alphabet, and all had a go at saying it.

Think Pink:

We will focus on using our initiative to find out information already displayed in the classroom such as the date and the daily timetable.

Lead Learners

Thank you to Zuzanna and Callie for being our lead learners this week.

I’m pleased to say our lead learners for next week are Lawclyn and Lily. They were awarded this for showing great perseverance this week. Well done!

P1/2 have had another busy week learning new skills. In two of our activities this week we had to complete tasks with a partner: in Topic we had to cut and stick words to label the different parts of an elephant and in Numeracy P1 had to order Uno cards 0-9 then build the corresponding number with the matching colour of Number Blocks.

P2 worked together and helped each other to order the ten numbers (10, 20, 30…) then match the correct number of ‘tens’ to each one.

In P.E. this week we were learning to take turns when working in a team.

Our value this week has been Perseverance. We all showed this value during our writing lesson when writing a description of an elephant.

In Maths we have been learning about 2D shapes and in Art, with Mrs Stewart, we had to stick shapes onto a cauldron then print bubbles using different circles.

Great Green – (things that went well) …everyone worked well with a partner to complete their tasks.

Think Pink – (we need to practise) … walking (not running) about the classroom and cloakroom to keep ourselves and others safe.

Our lead learners for next week are Jenson and Leah.