We have just been notified that our school website address has changed slightly. Effective immediately, our new website address will be:
https://murrayfieldprimary.westlothian.org.uk/
Thank you
Category Archives: Parents and carers
Bookbug Bag and Read, Write, Count Bag Gifting event
A big thank you to all the parents who were able to come along on Wednesday afternoon to find out all about the Bookbug Bags (P1) and Read, Write, Count Bags (P2 & P3). We had great fun showing you what is in the bags and know you’ll enjoy sharing the stories at home, as well as playing the games, writing stories and counting. It would be a great idea to keep everything in the bag as your teacher may send home some tasks which you will need the books and games to complete. You can also find more activities to try by going to the Parentclub website: https://www.parentclub.scot/
Everyone deserves a bright day!
Dyslexia Awareness Week
Did you know that 1 in 10 people are dyslexic?
Dyslexia ranges from mild to severe. 1 person in 10 is dyslexic and of those, 1 in 4 has severe dyslexia. It often runs in the family.
Dyslexia can affect reading, writing and spelling.
If you have dyslexia you may –
- Have difficulty matching sounds to letter combinations
- Be confused by similar looking / sounding letters (for example p, b and d)
- Have difficulty remembering common letter patterns in spelling
- BUT
- You may be able to cope well verbally – talking may be a strength.
Dyslexia can also affect:
- short term memory
- ability to follow directions or instructions
- organisational skills
Everyone is different and dyslexia affects people in different ways. Not everyone with dyslexia will experience the same things.
Dyslexia is not a sign of low intelligence. Some of the most successful business people are dyslexic.
The process of identification of dyslexia involves the child, the class teacher, the parents and the Support for learning teacher. A profile of strengths and needs is developed. Targeted intervention and strategies are put in place, assessments carried out and an identification can be made dependent on progress made and the continuing needs of the child.
Log on to https://www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/ to find out more about dyslexia
or if you are between 8 and 18, log on to https://unwrapped.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/
Take care on Bonfire Night
SNSA – Scottish National Standardised Assessment – Primary 7 Pupils
Dear Parent/ Carer,
SNSA (Scottish National Standardised Assessment) – Primary 7 Pupils
In August 2017 Scottish Government introduced the SNSA, a single, nationally developed set of standardised assessments for aspects of literacy and numeracy, designed to align with the way we deliver education in Scotland through Curriculum for Excellence.
In addition to SNSA, ongoing and informal assessment continues to be a central part of everyday assessment in schools. The Scottish National Standardised Assessments (SNSA) are now available to schools and local authorities.
The main purpose of the assessments is to provide information for teachers on how well children are doing in literacy and numeracy and to help guide learning and teaching.
The assessments are also designed to produce national-level information about children and young people’s progress for teachers’ use in school and the Scottish Government at national level. National level information covers the whole of Scotland and not individual schools.
Our P7 pupils will be completing their SNSA assessments over the next few weeks in compliance with West Lothian Council policy.
Further information
For further information about the Scottish National Standardised Assessments please use the following link which can be found on our blog and which will take you to a ‘Assessing Children’s Progress: A Guide for Parents and Carers’ which has been produced by Education Scotland:
Thank you for your support.
Yours sincerely
Mrs Waugh
Safer Internet Day 2019
Safer Internet Day 2019 will be celebrated globally on Tuesday 5th February with the slogan: ‘Together for a better Internet’.
Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved and join a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.
The day offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community. It calls upon young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers, and wider, to join together and help to create a better internet.
Each year for Safer Internet Day the UK Safer Internet Centre creates a range of resources to help educational settings and wider to celebrate the day. This includes:
- Lessons plans, assemblies and films tailor made for all ages
- Resources to support social media involvement on Safer Internet Day
- Registration as a Safer Internet Day Supporter
- National research looking at young people’s use of technology
The UK Safer Internet Centre invites everyone to join Safer Internet Day supporters across the globe to help create a better internet on Tuesday 5th February 2019, and throughout the whole year!
UK Safer Internet Centre
The UK Safer Internet Centre is a partnership of three leading charities – Childnet International, the Internet Watch Foundation and South West Grid for Learning, (SWGfL) – with a shared mission to make the internet a better place for children and young people.
The partnership was appointed by the European Commission as the Safer Internet Centre for the UK in January 2011 and is one of the 31 Safer Internet Centres of the Insafe network.
The UK Safer Internet Centre delivers a wide range of activity to promote the safe and responsible use of technology by children and young people:
- coordinates Safer Internet Day in the UK, reaching millions every year. In 2018 Safer Internet Day reached 45 of young people and 30% of parents in the UK.
- founded and operates an online safety helpline for professionals working with children in the UK, including teachers, police officers, GPs and more
- operates the UK’s hotline for reporting online child sexual abuse imagery
- develops new advice and educational resources for children, parents and carers and teachers to meet emerging trends in the fast-changing online environment
- delivers education sessions for children, parents, carers, teachers and the wider children’s workforce, including free events across the UK
- trains children and young people to be peer educators and champions for the safe and positive use of technology
- shapes policy at school, industry and government level, both in the UK and internationally, and facilitates youth panels to give young people a voice on these issues.
For more information visit www.saferinternet.org.uk and the websites of the partners: Childnet, the Internet Watch Foundation and SWGfL.
Murrayfield Primary School Website launched
At Parents Evening, we showed you our Murrayfield website and promised that we would share the link with you.
Here it is!
http://www.murrayfieldprimary.westlothian.org.uk/
As always, please feel free to share any feedback. We hope you find it helpful.
School trip to Cran Gevrier
We were delighted by the response from our teaching colleagues in Cran Geverier, who came to meet us to talk about how to support our pupils’ learning. After eating a delicious lunch rhey spent the afternoon with us, showing us some of the beautiful sights in and around Cran Gevrier and Annecy. We were then treated to another delicious, traditional meal of “Croziflette” and “jambon cru”, courtesy of the chairperson of the Twinning Committee. It was a really wonderful weekend and we are all looking forward to sharing our memories with our children at Murrayfield and helping them to learn more about our French neighbours.
Parent Council Meeting
Good evening,
Our first parent council meeting will take place tomorrow evening, Wednesday 5th September at 6.15pm. Please come along to find out more about the important role the parent council plays within our school and to hear about some of the great work taking place in Murrayfield at the moment.
All parents/ carers welcome to come along
Teas, coffees and goodies will be provided.
Please see the attached document for more details.
We look forward to welcoming you along.
