We had lots of fun at the Book Festival this morning. We travelled by coach into Charlotte Square and were ready in the theatre in plenty time for ‘Lift Off!’ Tracey Corderoy, the author, told us stories about their characters Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam – who used to be robbers, but then became cafe owners. We looked our for aliens and played games. We were in ‘Shifty McGifty’s’ team and we won the space game – hooray! Steven Lenton is an illustrator and he showed us how to draw ‘Slippery Sam’ – the results were amazing. After the show we had time to soak up the atmosphere of the Festival. We ate our snacks and then looked about. We met some very friendly alpacas. Mrs Turnbull even had a selfie taken with one of them!

Summer Reading Challenge

The theme for the 2019 Summer Reading Challenge is Space Chase, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings.

The Summer Reading Challenge takes place every year during the summer holidays. Sign up at your local library and then read six library books of your choice to complete the Challenge. There are exclusive rewards to collect along the way, and it’s FREE to take part! Register at your local library NOW and start reading!

The Summer Reading Challenge is open to all primary school aged children and is designed for all reading abilities. Children can read whatever they like – comic books, fact books, joke books, picture books – just as long as they are borrowed from the library.  Children receive special rewards each time they finish a book.  Every child who completes the Challenge receives a certificate and medal and FREE entry to Almond Valley Heritage Centre when accompanied by one paying adult per child.

You can join in the fun at Blackburn Library on the 30^th July from 10.30-11.30 where you can make your own flying straw rocket!

Find out more here: https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ 

It has been brought to our attention that children are not crossing the road safely on their way to school in the morning, especially in Catherine Terrace.

PARENTS and CARERS:

Please PARK in a safe place to drop your child off, NOT on or opposite the yellow KEEP CLEAR markings.

ALWAYS let your child out of the car onto the pavement and take their hand to cross the road.

Why not …?

• Park further away from the school gate and walk into school?
• Sign up for the walking bus?
• Leave the car at home and walk to school?

Check out https://www.theschoolrun.com/walking-school-run for the benefits of walking to school.

At Murrayfield we use an online literacy resource called IDL. All pupils in P4 and P5 have access to the resource as well as some pupils in P6 and P7. Working through the lessons in IDL is beneficial for all pupils as it provides practise on the skills needed to become an effective reader and writer.

The best results are seen when pupils complete at least 1 hour a week on the program. This can be done in school and at home. We would be grateful if you could support your child to log on and complete some lessons at home. Pupils using IDL in school are aware of their username and password.

Further information can be found on the IDL website https://idlsgroup.com/parents

We’d love to see P1-P3 parents and Carers at our gifting event on Wednesday 21st November at 2.45pm.

19th-23rd November is Road Safety Week.

The JRSOs would like you to try out a free road safety app called ‘Klang’.

Look out for posters around the school and click on the link to see a trailer for the game – http://klangtheroadhome.com/downloads/klang-trailer.mp4

Download the app here: http://klangtheroadhome.com/

Jack and Esme are our new JRSOs at Murrayfield PS. This morning they attended the training for new JRSOs  at Southdale Primary. At the training they were given lots of ideas for highlighting road safety issues in school. If you have any road safety concerns contact our JRSOs via the school email.

The Lighthouse Club (Scripture Union) are very excited to be leading the Easter Service at the church tomorrow morning. The Easter story will be told by ‘Lighthouse Television’, with reports from some of the important scenes starting from when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem right up to the events of Easter day. The service will start at 9.30am and parents are welcome to join us in the church (although space is limited).