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Learning Letters, Primary 7

P7 Learning Letter Term 2

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Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to Term 2 in Primary 7.  This term we began with demonstrating that we were confidence individuals who could represent our school at a cluster wide event.  On October 26th P7 pupils travelled to Excite at East Calder to participate in Sportshall Athletics, competing against four other cluster schools.  All of the pupils demonstrated excellent sportsperson-like attitudes and were a credit to our school.  Our focus for IDL learning is our production of Alice the Musical.  Pupils are currently working very hard to learn songs, lines and dances to create a fantastical and magical production, which we are all excited to share with you!

Mrs Ross

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Achievement Awards, Achievements, House Points, iAchieve, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Top Scorers, Uncategorized

Celebration Assembly- Term 1

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On Friday, we had our first Celebration Assembly of this session. Each class teacher nominated two people in their class to receive a Remarkable Reader award and a STEM Superstar award and their parents were invited along to the assembly.

We presented top scorer awards and celebrated the fact that Linhouse were our winning house last term.  Some of our pupils have also achieved their bronze and silver awards for their iAchieve level which tracks achievement inside and outside of school.

Well done to everyone who received an award!

 

English & Literacy, Expressive Arts, Primary 7, Reading IDL 2016, Uncategorized

It’s all about the acting in P7/6!

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‘Alice’ the musical is well under way and in preparation for this P7/6 have been looking at play scripts and how they differ from stories.

LI: We are learning to identify the differences between a play and a story.

SC: I can identify stage directions

I can identify dialogue.

I can confidently discuss the differences.

Pupils have been looking at a story and how this could be changed into a script. Children had to identify dialogue and stage directions then had the opportunity to write their own dialogue and stage directions and act this out in front of the class. I can safely say, we have a very talented bunch in P7/6.

All of the upper area are working very hard at the moment to perfect our performances  for the show in a few weeks time. We are very busy making props and scenery and everyone is involved. We look forward to sharing our talents with you soon.

Miss Anderson

 

English & Literacy, Expressive Arts, Primary 7, Reading IDL 2016, Uncategorized

Primary 7 are “acting” up a storm!

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This term’s IDL focus, linking Literacy and Expressive Arts, is all about getting musical and creative with Alice in Wonderland.

In our Literacy lessons we have been learning about playscripts as a genre and how they differ from a traditional story text.

Learning Intention:

We are learning to identify the features of a playscript.

Success Criteria:

I can identify the purpose of a playscript text.

I can confidently discuss the differences between a fictional text and a script.

I can explain what stage directions, dialogue and actions are, relating them to how an actor would use them in real life.

We have begun working on Alice the Musical, our wonderful production, and are all busy learning lines, dance routines and movements and of course, tuning our voices to be able to sing the tracks.  We look forward to sharing our show with you and showing off all of the different talents we have in Mid Calder Primary!!

Events, Health & Wellbeing, House Meetings, House Meetings, House Points, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7

Linhouse PJ Party!

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Congratulations to Linhouse who won the House Cup in Term 1.

The pupils and staff of Linhouse joined together for a PJ party today organised by Jamie and Freya. The party  included  corners, games, dancing and lots of yummy food. A big well done to the house captain, vice captain and all the Primary 7s who helped to organise and run the party.

Well done Linhouse!

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Newsletter, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7

October Newsletter

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Dear Parent/Carer

Where has a full term gone?

Throughout the school the children have been learning about many different topics and the classrooms are looking bright and inviting. Some children have been experiencing outdoor learning this term and the children were very excited when they came back to explain what they had been doing and what they had seen. It is great that new opportunities arise which keep the children enthusiastic about their learning and give them ownership of how to take the learning experience forward. It also gives them the opportunity to explore different ways of learning; sometimes the classroom is not always the best place to enthuse children. I would like to thank the parents who helped on these trips because without helpers these outings could not go ahead. If you are a parent/carer with a few extra hours and feel you could offer help please call at the office and complete a PVG form and we could add you to our list of helpers.

We are almost at a full complement of staff and following very recent interviews we, hopefully, will have a new teacher starting soon. This will be after all West Lothian Council checks are carried out and when they can be released form their own school. This will give class teachers a regular professional dialogue opportunity through time out of class with our support for learning also back to a full balance of hours.

I hope everyone has a lovely break and I look forward to seeing all the children back on Tuesday 25th October 2016

Mary McKenzie

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