Sorry for posting on a Friday evening but I hope you can appreciate that it has been quite busy this past week and I was keen to confirm what is going to happen regarding school and your child’s education from Monday. I am so sorry that I won’t be with your children for the foreseableContinue reading “Changes for the next while…..”
Author Archives: Mrs Elbourne
Week beginning 2nd March
Hello, just a note to confirm that swimming is on as usual tomorrow. Please make sure your child has their kit with them. A few children are still forgetting their PE kits. If they could have one that stays in school that would be great as this would mean there is no chance of forgetting.Continue reading “Week beginning 2nd March”
Swimming cancelled
Please note that swimming has been cancelled tomorrow. Invergordon Leisure Centre is currently supporting children from Park Primary as a result of the terrible fire that struck their school yesterday. I will keep you informed as to whether lessons are running next week. Many thanks, Mrs Elbourne.
Week beginning 24th February
Again it has been a busy few days since our return after the February break. There has been the start of numeracy assessments in class based on the work we have been doing on estimating, sorting and counting of objects efficiently and accurately. For spelling we are continuing to look at the long /e/ sound.Continue reading “Week beginning 24th February”
Week beginning 10th February
Hello, this is our last week before the February break and its a busy one in P5. This week in numeracy we are looking at estimating, counting and recording. The children have already been busy with this using different bags of objects such as pasta, hamma beads and buttons! We are hoping that over theContinue reading “Week beginning 10th February”
Letter home
South Lodge has decided to start using Seesaw in class. Letters were sent home at the beginning of this week giving you some information as to what Seesaw is and how it will be used in class. In order for us to use this app to share your child’s learning we require the consent slipContinue reading “Letter home”
Life in busy P5
The whole school were so lucky last week to have a visit from the Scottish author Barbara Henderson. She spoke with the whole school about how a book gets published and then went on to explain why she was fascinated by stories on the theme of smuggling. The whole school got involved and everybody lovedContinue reading “Life in busy P5”
This week
Just a wee reminder that the children are performing their poem on Thursday. The poem they are learning is ‘I’ll meet thee on the Lea Rig’ by Robert Burns. Here are the words in case their sheets have gone missing. When o’er the hill the eastern starTells bughtin time is near, my jo,And owsenfrae the furrow’d fieldReturn sae dowf and wearyContinue reading “This week”
Change of menu
Just a wee note to let you know that the lunch menu has changed on Thursday 23rd January. The choices will be haggis, salmon or a sandwich. Many thanks, Mrs Elbourne
Happy New Year!
Hello and may I firstly wish you a very Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely holiday. We are already working hard in P5. We were lucky enough to have Mrs Brewer – one of our fabulous highland Numeracy Development Officers with us last Wednesday afternoon, she really brought our numeracy lessonContinue reading “Happy New Year!”