School Newsletter January 2016
Issue 2
Happy New Year It was lovely to see all the children again after the holiday. The mornings may be dark and blustery, but the children have returned to school with renewed energy for the new term. Where do they get all that energy from? We are very much looking forward to the new term with new targets and a renewed focus for the term ahead. A plea from the start - Even if the weather is clear and dry in the morning we would like to encourage all children to make sure they have a jacket with a hood every day as we feel it is important that our children do go outside to play at school in most weathers – A true Scottish childhood!
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Assemblies We have made a good start to our assemblies this term learning about having a growth mindset. As part of setting ourselves targets at the start of the year we have been finding out about how important it is that we believe we can improve. You may have heard as a result of these assemblies that I now have a Fitbit to keep track of the steps I do every day as part of my target. Children are helping me keep to my target by asking how well I am doing (or not!) We are trying to keep focussed on what our targets are and how we can achieve them, even when it seems difficult. Last week at assembly we found out that ‘Good Learners Go into the Learning Pit’ Why not ask your child about the power of the word ‘YET’ as in - we no longer say “I can’t do that”, instead we say “I can’t do that yet!”
Wild About Scotland We are very excited to be welcoming the Wild About Scotland bus on 28 January. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has teamed up with Clydesdale bank to offer a unique teaching experience for children across Scotland. The project is called ‘Wild about Scotland’ and involves a specially designed double decker bus, which travels around schools and we are lucky enough to be one of the schools chosen for the bus to visit. P4-7 will visit the bus on Thursday afternoon to learn about Wildlife including Wildcats and Beavers.
https://visiblenqts.wordpress.com/ Yesterday morning we held our annual Burns Assembly. Children have been busy learning poems for homework and having performed in front of their classes the shortlisted few then performed their recitals at assembly yesterday. Well done to all children who were able to challenge themselves to learn their poems and congratulations to Maisie Calder and Aniyah Khan our winners from P1-3 and to Jonathan Mostyn and Joel Begg our winners from P4-7. We were also very grateful to the nursery and to Sam, Jonathan and Findlay who spent the morning making some delicious Haggis, Neeps and Tatties for us to enjoy as part of our celebrations..
Homework Homework will continue to come home on Tuesday’s to be returned the following Monday in order that it can be marked and new homework issued. Homework should be seen as an important part of your child’s development and your cooperation in ensuring this is completed on time is greatly appreciated. Look out for our Maths Home Learning Games coming home once again –a great opportunity for some family home learning together!