Learning Letter P7 Term 3 – 2017-18 JR.ER

Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to term 3 in Primary 7. Last term, we enjoyed our two IDL contexts, Mid Calder Memories and Wonder, and we have now started learning about Japan. After our focus on reading for enjoyment in term 2, I am pleased to see so many pupils bringing in their own novels to class and choosing to read them whenever they can. Please keep track of all that we are learning this term via the school blog. Mrs Redmond & Mrs Ramsay

Learning Letter P5a P5c Term 3

Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to Term 3 in Primary 5. We hope you have all enjoyed a restful Christmas and New Year break and that the children are ready for the new challenges of the term ahead. Last week saw the beginning of our new IDL context ‘RMS TITANIC’. The children have already engaged really well with this fascinating topic and many of them have been keen to share facts or information they have found with the rest of the class. Throughout this context we will be focusing on life in the Edwardian era, in particular the class system and how this impacted on the disaster. We will also learn about the personal stories of the passengers on board the ship and will consider whether the disaster could have been prevented. Miss Anderson and Mrs Campbell

Learning Letter P3 Term 3

Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to Term 3 in Primary 3. We are looking forward to a busy and fun term. The highlights of last term included our Mini Mid Calder Main Street sharing the learning afternoon and our IDL context based on The Creakers. We also loved learning and performing Tom Fletcher’s Afraid of Heights for the West Lothian YouTube channel. We have now begun our new IDL context for learning, Homeward Bound, and are excited about helping Gamba the Giraffe to make his way home to Africa.

Miss Sherlow

Learning Letter P2 T3

Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to Term 3 in Primary 2. We are certainly looking forward to a very busy term, and the children have already settled back into classroom routines.

The highlights of last term included our Sharing the Learning Afternoon. P2 enjoyed opening their own shop and selling the goods they had made. It was a great opportunity to handle money in a real life context. Thank you to everyone who also came along to our Open Afternoon during Scottish Book Week. The children very much enjoyed exploring the contents of their Read, Write, Count Bag with you. We have now started our new IDL context for learning – Homeward Bound. We are looking forward to helping our giraffe find his way back home to Africa.

Mrs Smith