We were proud to have two of our Primary 7 House Captains, Lara Findlay and Aarin Higgins represent us at the P7 Pupil Consultation on Friday 6th October 2017 at West Lothian’s Civic Centre. There, they met with other P7 pupils from selected Primary Schools across the Authority to give their views on the quality of the education they receive. Following the Consultation, they were given a quick tour of the Council Chambers. What a terrific experience!
Good morning Blackburn!
We don’t let the grass grow under our feet in the mornings here at Murrayfield. Children love joining in with our Wednesday “Wake up, Shake up” classes because they are great fun. Why don’t you come along to Breakfast Club and join in the fun if you are in P1 – P7? ( Sorry parents – if you are interested we can see if we can arrange a session for you to join in too!)
Breakfast club gets us off to a fantastic start every morning. It’s free to all pupils and we love to welcome newcomers. Doors open at 8.15am.
It is also the P1 and P2/1 Assembly tomorrow at 9.15am. Hope to see lot’s of parents there!
Miss Akram and Mrs Mackie
(UNCRC article 24: I have the right to good quality health care, to 24 clean water and good food)
Our Breakfast club children got off to an early start in “building their learning” this morning. There was huge excitement when they discovered a box of Lego in the cupboard and as soon as they had eaten their breakfast, they came over to start creating! Dot in the Kitchen very kindly donated some trays for them to use to keep the bits tidy on the tables. We are looking forward to seeing some lovely masterpieces from them.
Meanwhile, some of our other “early learners” worked to piece together cogs and to see how they worked together to make the different cogs spin. There was a lot great learning going on, well before the bell even rang. The best thing is that they were all having so much fun, they didn’t even realise how much learning was going on!
Another group of early morning explorers tackled Tangrams and either used the pieces to build their own pictures or decided to try to make the pictures shown on cards.
It is lovely to see our pupils eat a healthy breakfast in the morning and to see them safe and happy in the school environment, ready to go into their classes and learn. If your child has not yet come along to the breakfast club, please feel free to come along for a quick look or ask a member of staff for details. The more, the merrier!
Below is a list of the class assemblies planned until Christmas. Please note that these dates maybe subject to change. All assemblies start at 9.15am in the school hall.
Some of the children at Murrayfield are making good use of twiddle muffs in school. Twiddle muffs can help children, who need to fidget, to concentrate and focus on listening tasks.
Please click on the link below for a pattern for Twiddle muffs.
http://www.knitforpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Twiddlemuff-Pattern.pdf
Mrs Turnbull will be pleased to receive them any time.
The uniform supplier will be in Bathgate Academy to measure for blazers on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th May between 6pm and 7.30pm. There will be a member of the school office staff there on the night too selling ties.
This week in P7/6 we:
Thank you for taking the time to read our school blog, and we will write to you next week. 🙂
Marcus and Logan C.
P7-6 learned the joy of playing Scrabble this week during our spelling lessons. We had so much fun working together in small groups, finding out about the rules, challenging ourselves to come up with some quite impressive words at times. It must have been fun, because almost every day since,
groups of children came to ask when were going to play again. Mrs Millar finally caved in and we had a second round on Wednesday. It was really lovely to see the teamwork, co-operation and most importantly, the fun that everyone had while they were learning.
We began to link fractions to decimals in Maths and did some Maths Talk activities where we found out people’s different strategies for multiplying two 2-digit numbers together. It was very interesting to see how differently we all think. Alyssa and Logan learned a new game where they built up groups of tens and hundreds and exchanged pieces with the friendly banker, Logan, to see who could collect the highest number.
Preparations are still underway for the P7 transition Ceilidh at Bathgate Academy and we have some talented dancers, a few interesting moves and most children now dancing in the same direction.
Handwriting and presentation is still a key priority in our class. I would be really grateful if you would make sure that your child comes to school prepared with a pencil, rubber and ruler. Also, they should all have a pair of indoor gym shoes to wear, and an outdoor pair of gym shoes for outdoor PE. Shoes which are loose, too small or broken will be sent home as early as possible to enable you to replace them. Thank you for your support with this.
We are trying to work alongside the other classes in our school to promote healthy snacks at break time. In class, children are allowed to drink water. If you wish to purchase milk for your child to have each day, please speak to Mrs Strachan in the office.
As well as our class novels, each child selected a personal reader which they agreed to complete before Christmas. Next week, as part of their homework, they will be asked to complete a book report about this book. Your support is much appreciated in ensuring that your child completes their homework and returns it on time.
We are currently working on an argumentative piece of writing about the pros and cons of homework. Thank you for getting involved in the Big Talk homework in preparation for this. It is a very controversial argument and P7-6 have presented many different viewpoints so far. I am sure you will look forward to reading their final drafts.
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