Owen Hannah from P6/5 shared a certificate today at assembly. During the summer, Owen had the chance to participate in an organised activity, which involved learning to use an air rifle to shoot at a target. Let’s see if Owen can hit all his targets this year in his learning! 😉

Well done Owen! Great achievement 🙂

Hopefully as the year progresses we’ll be able to share more wider achievements from Primary 6/5.

First of all a HUGE thank you to all parents, carers and children to came along to the ‘Meet the Teacher’ night on Wednesday.  It was lovely to meet you all and I hope you found out everything (and more) that you hoped to.  Please remember that I operate an open door policy and encourage you to come to me with any concerns, compliments, worries or feedback on any aspect of your child and their education.  I love to hear about the positive things as well as the negative and look forward to hearing from you throughout the year.  What goes on at home has just as much, if not more, of an impact on your child as what happens in school so please keep me updated.

As always, on a Friday, the children and I spent some time reflecting on our week.  Here are the highlights from this week:

I was really excited to find out that our new topic is Oceans and fishing.  Neive

I can’t wait to start our new topic next week. – Kirstin.

I loved getting my head teacher’s award this week. – Kaiden

I really liked getting to create tally charts and bar charts this week. – Brooke

I really enjoyed going to the meet the teacher night this week. – Neve

Our Pokemon class charter looks really cool. – Joshua and Harry

Our new ‘Birthday Board’ display looks great! – Liam

I still really like doing the cursive handwriting.  A’s and C’s are my favourite so far. – Scott

I was really pleased to win the chance to sit on the pink chair in the raffle this week. – Layla

I’m delighted to have been picked to be a class rep for the pupil council. – Emma

P.E. with Mr Richards was great fun on Wednesday. – Robbie

My favourite thing this week was getting to choose the colour and pattern for Mrs Vince’s nails.  We even created a bar chart to show which one was most popular. – Esme

The children decided that my nails should be blue with flowers.  We decided this by conducting a survey, creating a tally chart then displaying our results on a bar chart.  They were all really excited to see them on Thursday morning and were delighted with their choice – as was I!!

Homework for next week

Children will be focusing on place value for the first 6 week block.  To help them consolidate their learning in class homework this week will be an online game.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity03

This is a super way for the children to improve their skills and understanding in a fun way.

Thank you to everyone who has covered their homework jotters already.  This will help protect them between home and school.  For anyone who hasn’t done this yet, please ensure it is done by Friday of next week. (09.09.16)

Reading and spelling homework will be allocated next week for all children so look out for this.  Spelling homework is due to be handed in on a Thursday but reading homework varies from group to group. (Please see the inside cover of your child’s homework jotter for further details.)

Talk homework will be sent home as normal on Monday.  The topic for the week is ‘My first day at school.’  This could be their first day at a new school, first day in their new class, first day in P1 or whatever is easiest for them to write about.  I was really pleased with the writing this week so look forward to seeing what they can do!

One or two children still do not have an outdoor gym kit and/or indoor shoes.  Please ensure your child has these as soon as possible.

Have a fantastic weekend, whatever you’re doing.

Mrs Vince <3

This week in P6/5 we have been focusing on ‘Make It Grow’ enterprise ideas and have written our first drafts of letters to Ms Macrae requesting our donation of ten pounds. We are considering ideas such as a holding a sports tournament, creating Pokémon card games, decorating biscuits and a movie afternoon for pupils. We hope everyone will support our attempts to raise money for our class.

Our class charter is based on ‘Pokémon Go’ – We’re Going places in our learning!  Each pupil designed their own Pokémon trading card and for achievements in learning, they will gain a rainbow Pokeball. A Pokeball recognises individual pupils that have worked hard throughout the week. 

The children were set their first piece of homework and most produced great results. They researched Olympics athletes or Paralympic athletes who have overcome challenges to succeed in their sport.  Many of the athletes demonstrate great determination and hopefully will inspire us not to give up!  Thank you to all the parents or carers for helping the children complete their homework.

Homework will be given out on Mondays and should be returned on Thursdays completed and signed. 

Gym days will be on Mondays and Tuesdays.  Please ensure your child comes appropriately prepared for indoor and outdoor gym.

P6/5 had an amazing week at school! P6/5 said they love their new teacher Mrs Harrison 🙂 

Well, we have reached the end of our first successful week in P5/4.  The children have all really enjoyed lots of things that we have worked on but here are a few of our favourites:

I like having Mrs Vince as my teacher. – Anna

I really enjoyed completing my ‘All about me’ challenge and listening to what everyone else did. – Esme

Golden time was great! – Jay

The classroom scavenger hunt was the best thing.  It was really good fun. – Emma

We got to do a raffle on Friday before Golden Time.  We get raffle tickets for lots of different things. – Layla

The tic-tac-toe game in PE was really good.  It was my favourite thing. – Scott

Next week we will have an equally busy week.  From this week, look out for listening and talking homework which is related to our writing which will take place in class on a Thursday.  The title of this week’s writing is

‘The best day out – ever!’

The children will be writing a personal piece where they will be asked to tell the reader about a day out they have taken part in that they particularity enjoyed.  I will be looking for appropriate punctuation, descriptions and use of connectives.  You can help your child achieve success by speaking to them about the day out and getting them to make some notes in their homework jotter to help jog their memories when it comes time  to complete the writing task.

P.E. for P5/4 will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday.  On a Wednesday this will take place OUTSIDE with Mr Richards.  Please ensure that your child has an outdoor P.E. kit (jogging/tracksuit bottoms and a jumper or tracksuit top are ideal) in school as well as their traditional indoor kit.

We have been working hard to create our class rules and class charter.  As these are almost complete, look out for a copy being sent home.  I would appreciate you going over these with your child to ensure that they are familiar with them and they fully understand the expectations.

I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible on Wednesday evening (4pm – 6pm) at our ‘Meet the Teacher’ event.  Come and have a look at our classroom and find out they types of things your child will be learning about this term.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Vince

The pupils of Primary 6/5 have had a great first week back to school.

This week’s learning focused on getting to know one another, classroom organisation and expectations for the year. We have enjoyed playing a variety of games and participating in group challenges.  The favourite challenge of the week seemed to be working in pairs or trios to create the longest paper chain they could from one A3 piece of paper. I’m sure you’ll agree from the pictures, the children excelled in the challenge! Well done P6/5!

In Art, the children were inspired by Paul Klee’s ‘The Blue Night Sky’ to create their own fantastic pictures using their own names. I’m looking forward to displaying them in the classroom. I hope you can manage to meet on the teacher on Wednesday 31st August, where you will have an opportunity to view their work.

We also had an interesting discussion on the Perfect Pupil and Terrific Teacher – with all the groups expecting every individual in the class to be respectful, kind, hard working and encouraging towards each other.  Hopefully all parents and carers can help their child to strive towards these values throughout the year!

The class charter is yet to be created, but we’re well on our way with developing ideas on the best way to display the rights and rules of the classroom. Watch this space for a photo of either an Olympic or Pokemon themed charter.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

What a great first day with P5/4.  I really enjoyed getting to know the children better and look forward to working with them.  Keep checking the blog for photos, information and homework.  Please get in touch if you need to speak to me about anything.

Mrs Vince

Not put off by less than fantastic weather, Murrayfield Primary School Sports Day 2016 went ahead. Pupils from each class took part in a wide range of athletic challenges to earn points for their house, Bruce, Douglas, Stewart or Wallace.

After a titanic struggle the results are as follows:

1st Bruce – 1740 points

2nd Douglas – 1710 points

3rd Wallace – 1660 points

4th Stewart – 1640 points

Well done to everyone who took part and a big congratulations to everyone in Bruce for their winning score.

And finally a massive thanks to all the parents and carers who turned up on the day to support the event.

We just wanted to wish all the parents and carers a very happy Easter! Please remember that everyone starts back at school on Monday 11th April.

This week we have:

• Completed our PowerPoints about London and presented them to the class
• Had a game of basketball and rounders outside in the sunshine
• Worked on more mental maths strategies

Please enjoy our photos below and as promised from last week, we have added in some photos of the Jammy Jog for Sport Relief. See you all again after the holidays!