Category Archives: Primary 6

Nursery, P7-6, Parents and carers, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Rights Respecting School

Christmas Jumper Day – 15th December

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Hi Parents/Carers,

On the 15th of December we are having a non-uniform day.  We would like children to come to school in Christmas Jumpers and donate a £1 towards Save the Children.

You do not need to splurge on a new jumper,  you can get the children to be creative and make their own unique Christmas jumper!  There will be a prize for the best “SUPER SILLY SWEATER”! 🙂 This means get your tinsel, baubles, pom poms at the ready! At Murrayfield we are always encouraging our pupils to be creative so lets get our silliest sweaters on for December 15th! 🙂

By taking part in Christmas Jumper Day we as a Rights Respecting school are looking out for the rights of children in need, who require their rights to be protected.  [UNCRC article 2: All children have these rights, Article 3:  Adults must do what is best for us,  Article 6:  I should be supported to live and grow, Article 24: I have the right to good quality health care, to clean water and good food, Article 27: I have the right to have a proper house food and clothing]

“Make the world better with your sweaters. By joining in on Christmas Jumper Day, you’re helping to save children’s lives. Together we can be there when children need us most. When they’re in danger we can keep working to keep them safe. When they’re sick, cold and hungry we can keep working to bring them food and water, medicine and shelter. Because of your help, we can keep making the world better
for children everywhere.” (Save the Children)

Discover more about the work of Save the Children visit:
savethechildren.org.uk/about-us

Language Centre, Nursery, P7-6, Parents and carers, Peer Mediation, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Pupil Council, Rights Respecting School, Uncategorized, Vertical Groups

P7 Pupil Consultation, Friday 6th October 2017, West Lothian Civic Centre

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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!

Parents and carers, Primary 3, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

HOMEWORK CLUB

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Unfortunately homework club was unable to take place today as there were several events taking place within the school and there was no working area available during our lunch time.  There will be a homework club slot tomorrow (Thursday) for any children who were unable to attend today and still have homework tasks to complete. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.  Normal times will resume next week.

 

Mrs Waugh

P7-6, Parents and carers, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Rights Respecting School, Uncategorized

Breakfast Club – Rise and Shine

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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.

Nursery, P7-6, Parents and carers, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Pupil Council, Rights Respecting School, Uncategorized

Building our early morning learning at Breakfast Club

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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!

Language Centre, Nursery, Parents and carers, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Pupil Council, Uncategorized

Brick Club

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I have just received training in LEGO based therapy and I am hoping to begin work soon with some groups of children in our school.

LEGO® based therapy is a social development programme based on the highly structured, systematic and predictable nature of LEGO play.  Through LEGO therapy, children can learn to communicate with others, express their feelings, change their behaviour, develop problem-solving skills and develop a relationship with the world around them.

In order to get started, we will need to build up a bank of LEGO resources to enable us to work with the children.  We would be very grateful if you could have a look for any LEGO or DUPLO in new or very good condition which you would be happy to donate to the school to help us.  Loose LEGO would be great, as would any small, complete boxes of LEGO or DUPLO with instructions included, as instructions are required for some of the activities.

Thank you for your help and support.

Kind regards

Mrs Millar