Monthly Archives: September 2019
P1 Reciprocal Teaching in Literacy
The children in P1 have been working on the sounds a, t, s and i. This week they have been participating in reciprocal teaching activities with a partner using their magnetic letter boards. They have been practising using the 5 finger approach (say, make/break, blend, read and write) as they learn to read and write words using their developing phonics skills.
School Forums
Every child in our school is a member of a school forum. At the beginning of the year they choose which forum they would like to join. Each forum has children from P1-P7 represented and the senior pupils are elected by their forum group to become Chairperson and Secretary. The Chairperson leads the meeting and the Secretary records the minutes. Everyone is encouraged to have their say and children listen well to the views of others. Congratulations to the pupils below who were elected as Chairperson and Secretary.
This Week’s Events
This week marks the beginning of Global Goals Fortnight. Each class will be focussing on one of the Global Goals in class and participating in lots of activities related to these.
Monday 23rd September – P6 swimming at 1pm
Monday 23rd September – South Lanarkshire Council Recycling Education Officer to talk to P2 from 1-2pm and Nursery from 2-3pm.
Tuesday 24th September – Junior Road Safety Officers from P6 attending JRSO event in Hamilton
Tuesday 24th September – Anti-Bullying Assembly – 2pm
Wednesday 25th September – Forest Group – Week 2 with Mrs Alexander and Mrs Shearer
Thursday 26th September – After School Football Club for P6 and P7 pupils
Thursday 26th September – Bikeability for P5 pupils
Friday 27th September – September Weekend Holiday – School and Nursery Closed
Have a great holiday! We will see you on Tuesday 1st October!
Star of the Week
Every week staff highlight any child who has achieved excellence or who has worked hard in class or at home. These children are awarded a ‘Star of the Week’ certificate from Mrs Alexander. Well done to this week’s stars!
Nursery – Maeby Graham for excellent writing!
P1 – Aaron Leary for excellent reading!
P3/4 – Lucas Carswell for excellent maths!
P3/4 Kyeran Galbraith for super reading!
P4/5 – Calvin Sommerville for excellent manners, super maths work and for working hard all week in class!
P6/7 – Ellie McCutcheon for super handwriting!