Category Archives: Primary 7

Maths & Numeracy, National Maths Week 2017, Primary 7, Uncategorized

Coordinating Coordinates with P7/P6

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Learning Intention
We have been learning to explore the use of coordinates to plot points, and describe positions and movements on a grid.

Success Criteria
I can use coordinates to locate a point on a grid I can use coordinates to describe and locate a unique point on a grid
I can make journeys on a grid, following instructions about the coordinates to visit.

This week is maths week and we’ve been working on coordinates.

In coordinates we’ve been identifying the coordinates of objects on a grid.We also made our own grids.We wrote down the coordinates of objects around and island. Then we applied these skills to create our our own graph and created our own island. We did negative and positive coordinates. We had to identify the coordinates in which the objects were placed on a grid and we swapped with a learning partner to find our coordinates. We had great fun doing this as a challenge.
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Events, Information for Parents, Learning Letters, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7

Meet the Teacher

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Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended Meet the Teacher tonight. If you were unable to attend all the presentations are now available on the blog.

Thank you to the house and vice captains who welcomed our guests, acted as tour guides and helped you to complete the evaluations – if you would like to complete an online evaluation, please do so here.

https://www.slideshare.net/midcps/meet-the-teacher-2017-18

Learning Letters, Primary 7

P7 Learning Letter: Term 1 & Meet the Teacher

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Dear Parent/Carer,
Welcome to our first term in Primary 7. All of the children are settling well into P7 and we are looking forward to a busy and fun term. This term has begun with a very good effort from all pupils as the eldest in school. They have settled back into their Responsible Roles around the school, providing support and encouragement to P1 Buddies. All pupils are soon to join a Junior Leadership Team and look forward to making positive changes within our school this year.
Mr Glancy and Mrs Redmond, P7 Teachers

Learning Letter P7 Term 1 – 2017-18 

https://www.slideshare.net/midcps/meet-the-teacher-p7-20172018

Learning Letters, Primary 7

P6/7 Learning Letter Term 1

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Dear Parent/Carer,
Welcome to our first term in Primary 7/6. All of the children are settling well into P7/6 and we are looking forward to a busy and fun term. There is lots to look forward to including our new IDL context: The Jacobites. The children are excited and motivated to learn and are already sharing facts about the topic and stories about The Jacobites. Also, all pupils are soon to join a Junior Leadership Team and look forward to making positive changes within our school this year. We have enjoyed working on our House Election Presentations and look forward to taking on our House Captain and Vice Captain roles.
Miss Richmond

Learning Letter P7-6 Term 1 – 2017-18 (1)

https://www.slideshare.net/midcps/meet-the-teacher-p76-20172018

Achievements, Events, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, School News, Technical Troopers, Technologies

Mid Calder Primary Wins National Award for Excellence in Digital Teaching and Learning

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Wednesday 6th September – Mid Calder Primary and Nursery School have gained national ‘Digital School’ status for excellence in digital technology in teaching and learning.

The Digital Schools Award recognises the dedication and innovation shown by Mid Calder Primary in areas of leadership and vision, digital technology for learning and teaching, school culture, professional development and resources and infrastructure.

22 primary schools from cities and towns across Scotland were recognised for their work on digital technology in the classroom at a special presentation ceremony.

Recognised by Education Scotland and supported by HP, Microsoft and Intel, the award is designed to encourage and recognise schools that make the best use of digital technology in the classroom.

Shirley-Anne Somerville, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, said: “This programme positively impacts upon pupils’ motivation to learn as well as recognising achievement by teachers and schools in advancing the integration of technology in the classroom. I commend all the primary schools receiving their digital schools award on their great achievement.”

Depute Head Teacher, Sarah Burton, of Mid Calder Primary, West Lothian said: “The Digital Schools programme offered our  school a supportive structure to evaluate our digital learning journey and where we needed to go.”

“It has also enabled our Technical Troopers pupil group, to take on a valuable leadership opportunity within our school. We are very proud of how digital learning is embedded in our school from nursery to primary 7, and this award was a chance to celebrate this work and share with others.”

Mid Calder Primary in West Lothian is now among 43 Scottish primary schools from across Scotland that are recognised for excellence in digital teaching and learning

 

 

 

 

Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, School Aims

Aims Assembly

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On Friday we had an assembly to share our new school aims that the pupil council rewrote into child friendly language. Each stage took a different aim.

  • P1: We aim to have fun and interesting learning where everyone tries their best.

  • P2: We aim to live by our school values and have a welcoming school.
  • P3: We aim to develop our skills and recognise achievements.

  • P4: We aim to provide an exciting place to learn and to learn about things that interest us.
  • P5: We aim to connect our school life to our home life and our local community.
  • P6: We aim to become independent learners by making our own choices and decisions.
  • P7: We aim to be prepared for transitions and the world of work.

The nursery also created a video to share their values with us.

Class Community Contracts, Health & Wellbeing, Primary 7, Uncategorized

P7/6 Class Charter

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This week in Primary 7/6 we have been extremely busy creating our Class Charter. We started by looking at The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child and decided which ones were most important to us within the classroom. We selected four Rights which include:

Article 16
You have the right to privacy.

Article 28
You have the right to a good quality education.
You should be encouraged to go to school to
the highest level you can.

Article 29
Your education should help you use and develop
your talents and abilities. It should also help
you learn to live peacefully, protect the environment
and respect other people.

Article 31
You have the right to play and rest.

From our rights, we created a Class Charter to follow in the class. Some of our rules include:

We will listen the opinions of others and respect other people’s property.
We will take on our roles within the school seriously.
We will always try our best and celebrate our achievements.
We will be kind and support each other.

To demonstrate these rights, we created a freeze frame to show what our rules should look like. We had a lot of fun acting these out. We look forward to you coming into our classroom and seeing our Class Charter.