Can parents/carers please return any forms to the nursery ASAP.
Thank you
ELC Autumn Walk
During one of our afternoon sessions some of the children went out into our local area on an Autumn walk. We were looking for signs of Autumn for example, leaves changing colour, leaves falling off the trees and berries on the bushes. We went on an adventure to look at different sizes of leaves.
As we will be going on more walks throughout our community, please make sure your child comes to nursery with a pair of wellies and a jacket.
Autumn in the Orchard
Yesterday in nursery, some of the children went on trip to the school orchard. In the orchard we found signs of Autumn, some of the leaves were starting to change colour. There was even some berries on the tress and bushes, we found blackcurrents and gooseberries. We also found some apples from the apple tree. We took them in and washed them for snack.
What a busy start!
In nursery over the past few weeks, we have been super busy welcoming all our new children, who have settled in very well. We have also welcomed back our children after the holidays.
We have a few changes this term! We have welcomed Mrs Macleod and Mrs Finlay and said goodbye to Miss MacDonald.
Mrs Macleod will be looking after the Purple group.
Mrs Finlay will be looking after the Yellow Group.
Miss Clarke will be looking after the Red Group.
Miss Bennet will be looking after the Green group.
Mrs Buckle/Mrs Watson will be looking after the Blue Group.
We have a meet the teacher drop in session on Friday 27th September between 10-11am. Feel free to drop in and meet the staff and explore the nursery and see what your child gets up to.
Throughout the nursery year we will have students from both college and university visiting us and spending time with us.
If you do not have access to online journals please let a member of staff know your email address and we can get you set up!
A Brilliant Week in P5
In primary 5 we have being learning about area and we thought it was fun. We were also doing our space topic and we learned about how far planets are from each other.
In PE we played crabs and cranes and we did a daily mile and a monsters game.
We had master classes. The theme was Roald Dahl books. The choices were Charlie and the Choclate factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Twits, The Witches, Going Solo and Georges Marvellous Medicine.
In literacy we pretended we were someone else writing a biography about ourself.
We also did reading and we had to find wow words in the book and write a new sentence about it. We had different reading books for each group.
Caiden and Riley
Save the Children, #MurrayfieldcomestoMurrayfield
Save the Children, Scottish Rugby Union and some of our wonderful families from Murrayfield Primary School explain in this video (please click on the link above and download), how the Families Connect programme enables parents to engage in their children’s learning.
If your child has just started in Primary 1 or has just gone in to Primary 2, please watch out for details of upcoming Families Connect groups which we will be running at various points throughout the year.
So Far in P5/4 (Term 1)…
A great start to Primary 5/4:
- Class Room Rules
- The Learning Pit
- Learning Promises, linked to Class Charter
- Exit Tickets – Goals for 2019/20
- The Curriculum for Excellence and The Four Capacities
- Emotion Works and Well Being Indicators
- Science – Space (50 Years on from Apollo 11)
- Numeracy – Number Talks, Mild, Spicy and Hot Bright Start, Time and Place Value.
- Writing – Autobiography, Biography, Letter to Mrs Murray, Apollo 11 Moon Mission and Astronaut Factfile.
- Reading – Ebook (A Huge First Step – Apollo 11), The World’s Worst Teachers, Class/Main Library books and Guided Readers.
- Art – Started Self Portraits.
Our journey in Primary 5/4 has been very busy. I can’t wait to see how much more you will achieve after the September Weekend.
Well done Primary 5/4! See you all on Wednesday 18th September.
Thank you Mrs Glancy & P5/4
Primary 3 visit the Edinburgh International Book festival.
We had lots of fun at the Book Festival this morning. We travelled by coach into Charlotte Square and were ready in the theatre in plenty time for ‘Lift Off!’ Tracey Corderoy, the author, told us stories about their characters Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam – who used to be robbers, but then became cafe owners. We looked our for aliens and played games. We were in ‘Shifty McGifty’s’ team and we won the space game – hooray! Steven Lenton is an illustrator and he showed us how to draw ‘Slippery Sam’ – the results were amazing. After the show we had time to soak up the atmosphere of the Festival. We ate our snacks and then looked about. We met some very friendly alpacas. Mrs Turnbull even had a selfie taken with one of them!
Summer Family Groups
The final sessions for the summer Family Activity group will run on Tuesday 13th August 2019.
There are a few spaces available for the morning session (10am to 12 noon) if families would like to join us for craft activities, family games and a snack.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please contact the Family link Worker on 07770 751061 to book a space.
Summer Family Groups
Some “monster” fun during week 3 of the Countdown to School group. The families had a go at messy play, craft activities and games.
Next Monday (12th August) will be the last session before the children are welcomed into P1!
