Meldrum Primary School Blog

This week, it has felt like we might be turning a corner and heading into more spring-like weather however the snow this morning sent us right back to the winter and the cold!  Hopefully it was just a blip and we see some more dry and nice weather over the coming weeks!  Today, everyone was buzzing about our World Book Day adjective dress up!  We had lots of cosy pupils, sporty pupils and some more unusual adjectives such as spicy and musical!  Thank you to all of our parents/carers for supporting this event which marked World Book Day and also led to lots of conversations about adjectives across the school.  We also had the chance to split into our 4 house groups and take part in some World Book Day themed activities which everyone really enjoyed.  A thanks to the staff team who embraced the theme of the dress up and prepared fun activities to help promote a love of reading.

A reminder to go onto Parents Portal and book a parents evening appointment if you haven’t already done so, there are some appointment slots left for anyone still to book.  Next week is our next Ragbag collection date, you will have been emailed by Mrs Stephenson about dates to send in clothing items.

Food allergies – a plea to please ensure that your child does not bring any items which contain nuts or are made with nut products.  West Lothian Council aims for all establishments to be “nut free zones” and we appreciate your support with this.  I know that previously strawberries were not able to be part of snacks/packed lunches due to an allergy of a member of the school community however this is no longer the case.

Next week

Tuesday – DCHS drama teaching student in the school

Wednesday – Soup Kitchen volunteers to St Andrews Church

Thursday – P6 to DCHS for Badminton festival; P6 and P7 football after school club

It has been an interesting week for P7 with lots of in put from different adults. We had a Masterclass on Monday to develop our skills using Adobe Express. We made two posters one for World Book Day using our artistic drawing skills and one to persuade pupils not to walk on the grass using Adobe Express.

In P.E. we were learning and practising the skills to play badminton.

Our DCHS Numeracy Transition this week was on how to find a percentage of a value. It was tricky at first, but Mr McConville showed us an easier way to work it out.

In Art we were expressing ‘Anxious’ and ‘Worried’ using a variety of media.

We have now started our new topic: Democracy.

This morning, we had a good time with our House Groups doing activities for World Book Day.

Great Green (Things that went well)

• We have been working independently, problem solving on our own, to complete tasks.

Think Pink (Things we want to get better at)

• Using persuasive language in our writing.

This week our Lead Learners are Aliza and Ameera for always demonstrating honesty… Well done!

They have decided that next week we will be looking for Respect during group work.

We have a great week celebrating World Book. We have listened to our favourite author – Tom Fletcher reading a prologue. We have brought in a discussed our favourite books and we have taken part in some reading activities, such as character interviews, book marks, and re-writing a blurb and much more. To end the week we all participated in dressing up as our adjectives!

In class we had:

Musical, messy, sporty, cold, stripy, sparkly, glittery, bright, soft,important and arty. Well done Primary 3!

Great Green

Exploring some of the Ancient Egyptian Gods and what they look like and their powers.

Think Pink

Remembering the minutes in an hour/half hour, how many days in a each month and converting 12hour time into digital time.

This weeks Lead Learners are Harris and Sky. Well done!!!!

We have enjoyed the warmer days and the sunshine this week during our Daily Mile and Outdoor Learning. Our little spider plants are liking the warmth of the sun coming through the window too.

Great Green – ‘What went well’

– Wow – we had a lot of ‘adjectives’ in our room on World Book Day – artistic, sporty, spotty, professional, obsessed, cosy…… We had lots of fun in our House groups with quizzes, illustrations and storytelling.
-Volleyball skills were practised in P.E. – using our hands in the correct way for digging, setting, and serving.

Think Pink – ‘Even better if’

– think about different words which can be used when we try to persuade others.
– time flies when you are having fun!! – read the time using a clock with hands (analogue) and a digital clock (only numbers). You never know just how much fun you will have. :0)

Lead Learners.

Our lead learners last week did a great job. Thank you – Zuzanna and Adam
This week our Lead Learners are Eilish and Lawclyn
Their tasks will be to
– monitor the library – tidying and sorting books in order of authors names.
– making sure equipment is left in a neat, safe way, both in the class and in the open area.

What an exciting range of adjectives in P4 for World Book Day!

Great Green (things that are going well)

We wrote some fabulous Spring poems this week.

IT has been used effectively in the classroom to support learning in Literacy and Numeracy.

Think Pink (things that were a bit tricky)

We are continuing to learn about the key figures and events in the Scottish Wars of Independence.

This week we were learning the French words for animals.

This week’s Lead Learners are Myleigh and Jay who showed our school values of kindness and respect. Well done!

We’ve had another positive week here at Meldrum.  A group of P5 and P6 pupils volunteered at St Andrews Church soup kitchen this week and will do this for the next few weeks, demonstrating the Curriculum for Excellence capacities of being effective contributors and responsible citizens in our local community.  Our P6 and P7 netball team took part in some matches yesterday and showed excellent teamwork, well done to everyone who took part!  We had the first session of a P6 and P7 football after school club which went well too.

School Uniform – we are noticing that some children are not coming to school in their uniform and would ask that you support us in trying to uphold our standards of pupils wearing uniform.  There is no obligation for children to wear jumpers with school badges, a plain red or black jumper/cardigan are absolutely fine however we do have some of our children wearing jumpers with slogans which we would ask are kept for home.  If anyone requires help and support with uniform, please contact the office and speak to either Mrs Stephenson, Mrs Brown or myself in confidence and we can assist with this.

P1 – we are going to have a student from Strathclyde University coming to work in P1.  She will work alongside Miss Jones and will support in the class and will work with small groups on learning activities.  She is with us for 1 day per week for a few weeks, building up to more days as her placement goes on.  Her name is Miss Lockhart and we look forward to welcoming her next week.

We will also be welcoming a student teacher who is currently on placement in the drama department at Deans Community High School to our P7 class this Tuesday and the following Tuesday too.  She will be observing Mrs Lang but will also deliver a drama activity in P5, P6 and P7 during her time here.  Her name is Miss Lusted and we are pleased to have the opportunity to have her in the school.

Next week

Monday – P7 to work with West Lothian Council Digital Pedagogy officer on Adobe Express resource

Tuesday – Student teacher from DCHS  in school

Wednesday – Miss Lockhart from Strathclyde University working in P1 today; opportunity for any pupils who have applied for P1 place at Meldrum to visit the school 4pm (not required if you attended the December drop in); Parent Council meeting Teams 6pm

Thursday – P6/7 football after school club

Friday – World Book Day dress as an adjective event