Our new primary one pupils have had a great first morning in school so far. They have been sharing stories about their holidays, playing and exploring their new classrooms. Their buddies have been helping them to find their pegs and trays. Well done Primary One boys and girls!

Murrayfield gym bags, hats, jackets and fleeces can now be ordered at the school office. These items can be purchased at the following cost;

Gym bags – £5.00

Hats (one size) – £6.00

Jackets ( sizes available – 3-4yrs, 5-6yrs, 7-8yrs, 9-10yrs, 11-12yrs, 13-14yrs) – £25.00

Fleeces (sizes available – 3-4yrs, 4-6yrs, 6-8yrs, 8-10yrs, 10-12yrs, 12-14yrs) – £10.00

A sample of these items can also be seen at the school office. Orders should be placed by 30th January.

– about the different types of clouds, specifically Cirrus, Stratus and Cumulus. We went outside cloud spotting to see the formation and position of these in the sky.
– the 3Rs of recycling in our eco vertical groups.
– with Mrs Millar we have been singing the alphabet in French as well as finding out about Papa Noel (Santa)!
– Primary 2 have been rehearsing the songs for the nativity. Anton’s favourite is Donkey Plodding and Jack really likes Wriggly Nativity. They are looking forward to performing these during Wednesday’s performance.

We designed a class advent calendar.

We had a great visit to the library with P2/1. We looked at books and listened to stories.

We have been counting the sides of different types of 2D and 3D objects.

• We have been thinking about the kindness of others and the ways we can be kind.
• We made penguin winter pictures using paper and glue.
• We made little Maisie cats for our Scottish Book week door display. We used small pieces of paper, paint and glue to create the finished Maisies.
• We have been learning about hot and cold lands and the animals that live in these places.

After a busy week in P3/2 we have been:
•       developing our skills in addition, subtraction and division within numeracy as well as sorting number, shapes and items using Venn and Carroll diagrams.
•       working on alphabetical order
•       counting in French and learning the days of the week for our class calendar
•       decorating our classroom door to the theme of Peter Pan for Scottish Book Week. We worked in groups to sketch, colour and paint the main characters and setting for our Neverland scene. Pictures to follow!

•       learning all about weather for our new topic. We can describe the processes involved in the water cycle.

• We have been practicing our assembly this week and we did a fantastic performance today.
• We created posters with facts about penguins
• We went on a 3D shape hunt around the classroom.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came along to our classroom today. We enjoyed showing you what we have been learning so far in P2.

All afterschool clubs begin next week. They will run every week for 4 weeks with the last week for all clubs being week beginning the 24th November.

Clubs run on the following days;

Tuesday – Bootcamp P4-7, Ukulele, Drama club and Light club

Wednesday – Art and Craft P4-7 and Art and Craft P1-3

Thursday – Bootcamp P1-3

All clubs will finish at 4.15pm. If your child cannot attend their club for any reason please notify the school by phone or letter on or before the day.

• We have been learning about different types of farms.
• We have been finding out about the journey of a carrot.
• We wrote our own stories about the journey of a carrot.
• In science we designed our own experiments to find out about the things plants need to grow.