Category Archives: Pupil Council

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

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!

Building our early morning learning at Breakfast Club

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!

Brick Club

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

 

Calling all knitters!

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.

  • Do you like knitting or do you know someone who likes knitting?
  • Do you have some balls of wool you could donate?
  • Would you be interested in a parent/carer craft club at the school?

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.

Get Caught Reading! challenge @ Murrayfield PS for Book Week Scotland

Congratulations to everyone who entered our Get Caught Reading! challenge. The pictures are displayed on our Get caught Reading! display and on the LCD.

Our pupils and staff were caught reading on trampolines, broomsticks, ponies, sun loungers and even at the swimming pool!

Prizes and certificates were awarded at today’s assembly to Lyle, Carra, Eryn, Zoe, Jaxon, Kirstin and Melanie.

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