Meldrum Primary School Blog

This week we spent three days at DCHS as S1s following our timetables with our classes. This was a great experience which we all enjoyed.

Here are our 5 highlights:

• Lunches…the food and choices were so good.
• Meeting new friends.
• Science- spraying metals into Bunsen burners to observe colour changes.
• The concert – the musician were so skilled.
• We were allowed to use our phones at break and lunch.

We are now excited to start high school in August.

Great Green (things that are going well)

We have enjoyed learning about the aquatic biome this week and using the computers to research the plants and animals that live there.

Think Pink (things that were a bit tricky)

We have been working on a Sumdog challenge this week, competing with the other children in our class.

This week’s Lead Learners are Jackson and Clark who have made excellent use of IT in their learning this week. Well done.

How on earth are we in the month of June already?  I’m not sure where the first half of the year has gone!  This week, the weather was not kind to us and we had to postpone our Sports Day.  A new date of 18th June was shared with you, keep everything crossed we will be in a better position to go ahead on that date.  Our P4 pupils had a soggy visit to 5 Sisters Zoo on Wednesday.  The rain didn’t dampen their enthusiasm for the visit and everyone enjoyed seeing a range of animals and the workshop that they took part in about Habitats and Adaptations.

Mrs Brown has decided to reduce her working hours and from August, will be working for 3 days per week.  Following recruitment processes, I am pleased to tell you that Miss Jones has been successful in securing part time Principal Teacher (Acting) and is now part of our school leadership team.  I am sure that you will join me in offering both ladies your good wishes for the coming school year.

A very big thank you to the Parent Council members and volunteers who organised and ran our Spring Fayre last Saturday.  The event raised over £650 which will be used to support school initiatives.  The next fundraising activity that our Parent Council are running is the chance for one pupil from each class to win a signed class ball.  Information about how to enter was shared with you earlier this week.

Applications for the school clothing grant and free school meals and milk are now open.  You should already have been sent details about this however you can find the link here below.  We would encourage parents of younger children who are eligible for free meals to apply even though meals are free to all.

School Clothing Grants, Free School Meals & Milk – West Lothian Council

Next Week

Tuesday – P7 to DCHS transition days

Wednesday – P7 to DCHS transition days; new P1 final visit and lunch

Thursday – P7 to DCHS

This week we have been practising for our leaver’s assembly which is exhausting but fun. We are all excited to present it to the teachers, pupils and parents on the 19^th June.

We also did a class Sumdog competition and are excited to see who are at the top of the leader board.

On Thursday we got our timetables for high school. We are looking forward to attend transition next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

At P.E. this week we did basketball in the hall as the weather was not good enough to go outside.

Great Green (Things that went well)

• This week we have all been showing greater respect and listening to one another.

Think Pink (Things we want to get better at)

• Learning our script for the Leaver’s Assembly.

This week our Lead Learners are Rosie and Adam for demonstrating respect.  Well done!

(Thank you Sierra for writing our blog this week).

Another great week in Primary 2! Despite the rainy weather, we’ve had lots of fun learning about different countries taking part in this year’s World Cup. The children are beginning to feel excited about the upcoming holidays and their move into Primary 3. I’ve reminded them all that we still have three weeks to go and there’s plenty more learning and fun ahead.

Great Green: Recently we have enjoyed…

-Becoming experts at our 2 and 10 times tables.

-Writing about the life cycles of butterflies and frogs.

-Finding out information about Ghana (one of our countries in the World Cup!)

Think Pink: Next week we will work on…

-Making links between multiplication and division (inverse operations!)

-Investigate and explore Argentina (another one of our countries in the World Cup!)

-Being courteous, kind and thinking of others when playing and working together. We are also going to focus on keeping the toilets and area tidy after playing.

Lead Learners:

Well done to Rosie and Matthew for being our lead learners this week. They have done a wonderful job helping the other children and encouraging them to be kind.

Our lead learners next week are Ellie and Annie. They are responsible learners, showing courage and perseverance if they make a mistake, knowing we are always learning… even as adults… and that’s a good thing!

Great Green

This week we have been deepening out understand of the life cycles of more interesting species and learning new complicated vocabulary. Like ‘metamorphosis, nymph, chrysalis, mandibles, transparent, thorax and invertebrate’.  We have also been discussing habitats and life expectancy of these creatures.

Think Pink

Remembering to bring in homework packs everyday, even if not completed so they can be undated.

This weeks Lead Learners are Aila and Hiteesha. Well done!

In Primary 1 this week we have been using coins to make a range of amounts. We have lots of fun using money in the home corner and using digital technology to practise our skills.

We were building a café using the building blocks and we used the pizza to sell food.

We also learned what day we were born on and used data handling skills to collect information to share.

Great Green: “What went well…”

-In Maths, we can identify a range of coins and use these to make simple amounts.

-We have been using dictation again to practise our writing skills. We can use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

Think Pink: “Even better if…”

-Next week, we will continue to practise our money.

-We want to learn about different countries and flags in the lead up to the World Cup.

Lead Learners:

Well done to Thomas and Cody.

Next weeks lead learners are Azaleea and Tanishq for showing responsibility and perseverance in their writing.