All posts by Miss Ferris

Parent Council Dress Down Day – Friday 12th October 2018

Good morning,

Message on behalf of Simpson Primary Parent Council

Please see attached poster with information regarding dress up/dress down day this Friday.  Participation is optional and any funds collected will go towards our float for Newlands Day.

2018_10_09_Parent Council Harry Potter Poster

Sports Day – Monday 18th June

Just a reminder that Sports Day is this Monday. Children can wear their sports clothes to school. It would be great if they could wear their House colours which are;

Bruce – Blue

Castle – Yellow

James Young – Red

Leyland – Green

Further information is on our website at;

http://www.simpsonprimary.westlothian.org.uk/article/28964/Sports-Day-Monday-18th-June

With thanks

Miss Ferris

Parent Council Race Night – Saturday 5th May – Fairway – Tickets still available

Dear All,

We would like to invite you to support our Newland’s Day Team by attending the Race Night organised by our dedicated volunteers which will take place on Saturday the 5th of May (19.00) at the Fairway Restaurant and Hotel in Bathgate.
Our Newland’s day team has worked incredibly hard to put this event together but sadly only 46 tickets have been sold so far.
We would be so overjoyed to see more of you take part, if at all possible. Please, if you have not purchased a ticket yet, get in touch as soon as possible either via Email, our Facebook page or Twitter.
Tickets are only £5 per head, there will also be a raffle and many other games on the night with lots of amazing prizes to be won. This Race Night is bound to be a fun filled event and all the funds raised will be used for our Newland’s day float and our School.
It would be fantastic to see you there, we hope to hear from you soon!
Kind regards,
Silvia Small – On behalf of the Newland’s day team

 

 

 

P6c Mrs Paradies – Snow day activities

P6c parents/ carers,

These are possible activities the children can complete on the snow day.

Either complete the education city activities allocated to your account or some of the activities listed:

Numeracy
*log into www.sumdog.com
*choose a times table to improve and practise

Literacy
*read a chapter of a novel
*update reading Reading Passports
*find out more about your favourite author (date of birth/ death, where they are from, books they have written, who/ what inspired them to write) and create a poster with your information

Have a nice weekend!
Mrs Paradies

Mrs Gillies – Snow day activity ideas

Hello everyone,

Here are a couple of ideas linking to what we have been doing in art and music.

ART

If any of the p1s, 2s and 3s want to follow up their Andy Goldsworthy Transient Art from last term, today’s conditions are perfect for creating snow art, either with just the snow, or with snow and greenery/stones/sticks/etc. And because it is transient a photo is what makes it last. With help, you should take photos of your art and post them in.

The older children could also be doing the same – we are looking at line as well as colour… Question, how can you create line with snow/ in snow?

MUSIC
p3/4 have been looking at sound stories for Tam O’ Haggis and we have listened to the Tam O Shanter Overture. And p2/3 last term looked at selecting appropriate music to fit with drama. Can you take a video (with help) of either your snow art OR some dramatic weather and find some appropriate music to put as the background?

Best wishes,

Mrs Gillies

 

P6C Mrs Paradies – snow day activities

P6c parents/ carers,
These are possible activities the children can complete on the snow day.

Either complete the education city activities allocated to your account or some of the activities listed:

Numeracy
*log into www.sumdog.com
*choose a times table to improve and practise

Literacy
*read a chapter of a novel
*update reading Reading Passports
*choose a reading dare from homework jotter or write a summary of what has been read
*It is World Book Day. Visit www.worldbookday.com

Other
*we have heard from two engineers this week. Can you design and create a sledge out of materials found at home? Tip- think about materials that won’t rip when wet (remember to ask people at home before using something)

Mrs Paradies

Mrs Paradies P6c – Snow day activities

P6c parents/ carers,
These are possible activities the children can complete on the snow day.

Either complete the education city activities allocated to your account or the activities listed:

Numeracy
*log into www.sumdog.com
*choose a times table to improve and practise

Literacy
*read a chapter of a novel
*update reading Reading Passports
*choose a reading dare from homework jotter or write a summary of what has been read
*choose a spelling activity from homework jotter

Other
*we have heard from two engineers this week. Can you engineer a bridge that has a span of 50cm and is strong enough to hold your reading book?

Mrs Paradies