Just a reminder to wear your Christmas jumper on Wednesday 5th December if you have one and also to remind you that it’s that time of year again for a Jingle Bells walk down the corridor, followed by a delicious Christmas dinner, lovingly prepared by our wonderful team in the kitchen!
Always a treat! What did you order this year?
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
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/
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 –
Dyslexia can also affect:
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/
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:
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:
For more information visit www.saferinternet.org.uk and the websites of the partners: Childnet, the Internet Watch Foundation and SWGfL.
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.
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.
On Tuesday all Primary 3 pupils and all Primary 5 pupils have the opportunity to attend the Edinburgh International book festival in Charlotte Square Edinburgh. This event is held every year in Edinburgh and has a variety of reading workshops and activities for pupils to enjoy as part of the schools programme.
Tuesday 28th August is a special primary school gala day and primary schools from across Edinburgh and the Lothians will be visiting.
P3
P3 pupils should arrive at school at the earlier time of 8.45am and will return to school at 12pm (approx)
They should be in school uniform and bring a small snack. Waterproof jackets should be worn.
The children will be visiting the workshop ” Animal Artwork” with Nicola Davis and Abbie Cameron. They will learn about animal illustrations
P5
P5 pupils will be leaving at 11.15am during the school day. They should be back at school for 3pm approx
They should wear their school uniform and bring a packed lunch to have at the festival.
The children will be visiting the workshop ” A Royal Runaway” with Theresa Breslin. They will find out about Mary Queen of Scots escape from loch leven castle.
We are sure the children will have a fantastic time at the festival. Can parents and carers please ensure that all forms and EE2’s have been returned to school by Monday morning and if your child has medication this has been handed in to school with the correct forms for this year completed. Children will not be able to attend if they do not have the required medication or if the correct forms have not been completed.
Come along and join the fun on Saturday.
All pupils and parents are welcome to come along and join Murrayfield parent council members and staff as they walk around the village as part of the procession, which takes place straight after the crowning ceremony. Look out for our Super Mario themed school float which is currently under construction…we are hoping to scoop 1st prize again! As usual there will be spaces available for nursery children and their parents (these spaces will be given on a first come basis)
The school have chosen to go with the theme Super Mario (easy costume idea – dungarees/jeans, brightly coloured t-shirt, pretend moustache) but you are welcome to come along as another cartoon character or approprate gaming character.
We are looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.
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