Good afternoon Primary 3! I hope you have all had a chance to get outside and enjoy the lovely weather!

This afternoon why not try to take your topic work outdoors where possible. I hope you like all the photos of some of the fantastic topic work we have been sent so far! We are so impressed.

Have a great afternoon!

Mrs Scott

Hello Everyone Click on the Link to see Part 1 of Mrs McEwan’s Monday Message.

25.5.20 Mrs McEwans Monday Message Part 1

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11.5.20 Mrs McEwan’s Monday Message (1)

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Morning everyone. Hope you are all safe and well.

Here is a link to a free digital book which explains the coronavirus to children.

Out now: a free information book explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope you had a lovely weekend and are now all well rested and refreshed.  The weather over the weekend was beautiful – I hope you had the chance to enjoy it at home.

The staff and I will send you information on things that come online simply as a means for you have the widest selection of choice for activities whilst at home. We don’t want to bombard you with information but neither do we want you to be struggling for ideas – so it’s about finding the balance and doing what’s right for you and your family.
Please don’t put yourself under pressure to get everything we suggest done. Prioritise yours and your child’s health and well being and when completing learning, focus on key areas such as Literacy and Numeracy and take it from there.  I would be advising lots of outdoor breaks too.
On that note, a couple of items came I last week that I thought you might find useful to engage your children at home.
The first of these is that this week is National Gardening Week. I have directed the pupils to the RHS website for ideas just as suggestions for things to do which will get them out in the fresh air – if that’s possible. Here is the link:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved/national-gardening-week/

There are other websites that have been refreshed and launched that also may prove useful. The first of these is the BBC bitesize page which you may already be aware of as it has been widely promoted over the weekend:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

The second of these is a web page which West Lothian Council have been developing over the past few weeks. A team of practitioners have been working hard to put together a new page entitled ‘Inspired’ for our primary age children. This is a page which will set weekly challenges online so it’s another ‘go to’ page for you to have a look at. The is a glow blog page and it can be followed on Twitter. If you do complete any challenges and post anything on the Twitter feed remember to tag our school too! Here is the link:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/stayinspired/

I would highly recommend having a look at all of these pages. Your child’s teacher may well be promoting them too!
The class teachers will also be working on your child’s annual school report in the coming weeks. More information on this will be communicated to you as and when I have it.
Thank you once again for all your help and support. It has been lovely to receive positive messages through the class Teams and school email account to let us know how you are getting on. Also, if you have a Twitter account and are happy to post snippets of what you are doing, you can tag the school twitter feed and that way we can see what many of you are up to.
We are ‘@St. Joseph’s RC Primary School’. The red and white school badge is our logo!
Keep letting us know how you are getting on and what you are all up to.
With kind regards to you and your families,

Mrs McEwan

Hello everyone!

I hope you have had a good start to your week and are enjoying the activities your teachers have posted for you today.

Our school birthdays over the last two weeks have been:

Grace P1, Lea P3, Mark P5, Craig P6, Toby P7 and Roberto P6 whose birthday is today! Congratulations to all of you – I hope you had a lovely day with your families!

Glad to see so many of you online, completing all the tasks and chatting to your friends.  I’ve been hearing that some of you have been doing ‘Zoom’ chats out with school time to keep in touch with each other socially which is also great. We need keep in touch with each other! While I am sure you are all doing your best to be positive just now, there might be times when you feel a wee fed up. It’s really important to keep yourself healthy – getting out in the fresh air really, really helps with this. I have been going out for a cycle everyday, making sure that I keep my distance from others and spending a bit more time in the garden.

There are lots of fun ideas to find online that you can be doing outside and at this time of year you can be planting or growing. I am going to plant some carrot seeds today. This is a very new activity for me and I am hoping to learn a lot about how to grow vegetables over the coming weeks!

There are lots of ideas for things that you can do outdoors. Here are a couple of websites to look at for ideas:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/gardening-children-schools/family-activities/Activities

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/kids-nature-activities-self-isolation/

Try and get out in the garden if you can- especially when sun is shining!

Have a good week everyone!

Mrs McEwan

I think most of us feel very   connected to our children at the moment.

However here are some ways that parents and carers can share connection, comfort and care with their children right now.

Staying connected (1)