Scholastic Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair arrives on Thursday 23^rd March in school and will be available until Wednesday 29^th March including the the evening of parent’s consultations.

The Rights Respecting School Committee group working with Mrs Telfer have made it their ‘quest’ to build our library and book selection.  They have set a target of £600.  If we sell £600 worth of books we get 50% of the total sales back to spend on books for our school. For every 2 books we sell we will get one free! 

The RRS group have also come up with a reading quest competition. Each child in the school has been given a challenge to read as many books as they can between Wednesday 15^th and Monday 27^th March. To keep track of this they have been issued with reading quest booklets.

On each page children should complete an a short review for every book they have read. Then have it signed by an adult in or out of school and return the completed book to school by 27th March. There will be a £5 book token up for grabs for each class PLUS the opportunity to win a further £5 token for the overall winner.

Your support with this project would be much appreciated. If you would like more information please access this link: https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/

Dear Parent/Carer,

To mark Red Nose day in Torphichen Primary School on Friday the 24^th March we (The Pupil Council) have come up with the idea of a bake sale.

To assist with this we would like to invite pupils and parents to bring in a donation of home baking on Thursday 23^rd March and handed into Mr Turnbull in P4/5.

The bake sale will run Thursday 23^rd March at break and lunch and Friday 24^th at break time.

Also, on the run up to Red Nose day we will be selling Red Nose day merchandise.

We have also set a ‘wear red for red nose’ theme and invite pupils to dress in red on Friday 24^th March.

Yours sincerely,

The Pupil Council

Sumdog’s West Lothian maths contest has started today, Monday 10^th March 2017. Torphichen Primary School has entered Sumdog competitions in the past and the last one we entered we came 2nd!  

Sumdog uses educational games to motivate children in numeracy and maths. When students master skills, Sumdog rewards them: their virtual pets learn tricks. Each correct answer earns a virtual coin, which can be spent in Sumdog’s on-screen store.

We have organised for each class to have 30 minute a day Sumdog sessions between Monday and Thursday. The challenge is to answer 1000 questions per child before Thursday.  We would encourage that during this week the children also logon at home.

Below outlines the potential prizes that could be won for taking part in local and national contests:

• Overall winner: Sumdog Mathematics and Certificate of Achievement
• Daily Winner: Printable Certificate of Achievement
• Top 10 Student: Printable Certificate of Achievement
• Participation Reward: an item for the child’s Sumdog house

For more information access the link at http://www.sumdog.com

Click the link below to see the Calendar of Events over the next few months.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/Torphichen/parent-council-information/

Read, Write, Count’s new parental engagement campaign, ‘Future Me’ launched on 2oth February 2017.

Future Me, as part of Read, Write, Count, asks parents and carers to talk to their children to discover what their children’s hopes and dreams are, to share those dreams on our Future Me wall and make a promise to do all they can to help their child realise their ambitions. It’s about what’s important to the children of Scotland, and parents making a commitment to help their child imagine a great future and live out those dreams. Future Me’s wall will preserve those dreams, and build a picture of Scotland’s children’s hopes and ambitions – a country that believes every child has the right to succeed, regardless of their circumstances.

A copy of the leaflet to find out more information will be given out to children in P 1 – 3

The Future Me will help parents understand that learning together is useful and purposeful, we want them to feel positive, confident and optimistic about learning together and to engage in their children’s learning journey. By taking part in Future Me together families become closer, the child feels supported by their parent and the parent feels empowered to make a lasting difference to their child’s future, whatever they imagine that to be.

Please complete the survey by February 28th below and you will be entered into a prize draw where you could win a personal Read, Write, Count Goodie bag filled with books, games and activities for all the family to enjoy.

Parents survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FCP6MQN