Good morning!
This week we will have 2 virtual transition events during our class video meetings.
Wednesday at 12noon – Mrs Woodhouse (PT Guidance and Primary Transition)
Friday at 10.30am – Mrs Nelson (Acting Depute Head Teacher)
The Class Video Meeting link is in the P7 Google Classroom, in both Classwork and the stream.
We look forward to seeing the P7s tomorrow.
Last Thursday, 19 of the P7s joined us for our first virtual transition event with Mr Humphris. I will update this blog (as well as Google Classroom) as soon as the details of the next virtual event are confirmed.
As ever, please remember that these are SUGGESTIONS. Feel free to do as much or as little as circumstances allow. On Google Classroom there is a short question for the pupils to answer about how much work I am setting each week. I would also welcome the P7 parents to share their views with me too. If you have particular comments or suggestions to make, or questions to ask, regarding the amount of work set or any particular tasks, please email me at: Kirstine.Mullin@glenurquharthigh.org.uk
Suggested weekly timetable and activities for P7 ~ Mon 11th – Fri 15th May
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | |
| Mon 11th | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Writing: Weekly Diary (in jotter or on paper) | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | French Culture Assignment (Google Classroom) | Expressive Arts ~ Free Expression (share a photo via Google Drive) | Maths: Mrs McLean will post in Google Classroom |
| Tues 12th | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Social Studies/Literacy: Personal Project | Numeracy: Money &/or Maths Pack Activity | Emotional Check-in via Google Chat: GUPS P7 room | Sciences: Mrs Mann will post in Google Classroom | Reading for pleasure | |
| Wed 13th | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Maths: Logic Problems (Sudoku) &/or Maths Pack Activity | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | RME: Mrs McLean will post in Google Classroom | “Wonder of the Week” (in yellow jotter or Google Classroom) | |
| Thurs 14th | Physical Activity: Mr Berrett (Google Classroom) | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | “Right of the Week” (see school website) | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | Gaelic: Mrs James will post in Google Classroom | Maths: Mrs James will post in Google Classroom | |
| Fri 15th | Physical Activity | Spelling: Dictations (mild/spicy/hot) (Google Classroom) | 10:30 Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | Profiling: What stuck with me this week? (Term 4 week 5) | Numeracy: Place Value Revision (Google Classroom) &/or Maths Pack Activity | Free Writing Friday (in jotter, on paper, Book Creator or Google Doc) | Social Studies/Literacy: Personal Project &/or Reading for pleasure |
A reminder that tomorrow, 8th May is a holiday to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. While I’m sure this will not be the usual long weekend for children (all the days merging into one is quite a familiar feeling at the moment) I hope that everyone is able to enjoy some fun time […]
May Day/New Challenge — 2019/20 ~ News
Starting tomorrow, Miss Mullin and Mr Crossland (volunteer) will be using ChessKid.com to run our after school chess club from 3pm-4pm every Tuesday.
Several pupils already have ChessKid.com accounts, so they are automatically members of our online club.
If your child would like to learn or improve their chess by joining our club, please send Miss Mullin an email at: Kirstine.Mullin@glenurquharthigh.org.uk and we’ll get you set up.
ChessKid.com will allow our pupils to learn at their own pace, whenever suits families, but also gives the option of fast, ‘live’ tournaments with our chess club. This week we’ll play whoever is online, but once we have our new members signed up we can try an online tournament, just for pupils at our school.
Our first competition is to see who can earn the most stars between now and next Tuesday (12th May.)
Parents, please see the safety features article and film clip below, plus FAQ documents for the pupils.
https://www.chesskid.com/article/view/how-to-understand-chesskids-safety-features2
Kind regards,
Miss Mullin
Good morning P7s and families! I hope you are all well.
This week sees our first “Virtual Transition” event: a question and answer session with Mr Humphris from Glen Urquhart High School. This will take part during our usual Class Video Meeting on Thursday at 12noon. We’re hoping that as many of the P7s as possible will be able to attend. Mrs Woodhouse and Mrs Brown will be joining us in coming weeks too.
P7s, please remember to register every day by 11am.
Parents: please can you ensure that your child joins us for emotional check-in (via our Class Video Meeting) at least once per week. If this will cause any difficulties, please email Mrs Laird: kerrie.laird@glenurquharthigh.org.uk
Highland Council guidelines are that you should aim to do 25-30 minutes per day of maths, reading and writing, with as much time spent on physical and creative activities as you want!
You DO NOT need to do EVERYTHING on your Chrome Book ~ use your maths pack, jotters, paper and pencil for any activities you wish.
If you are looking for more/different things to do, remember to check the Family Learning section of our school website. https://sites.google.com/glenurquharthigh.org.uk/family-learning-gups/home
Suggested weekly timetable and activities for P7 ~ Mon 4th – Thurs 7th May (Term 4 Week 4)
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | |
| Mon | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot Look, cover, write, check & sentences (Google Classroom) | Writing: Weekly Diary OR Free Writing (in jotter or on paper) | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | French Culture Assignment (Google Classroom) | Art & Design: Character Expressions (Google Classroom) | Maths: Angles Mrs McLean (Google Classroom) |
| Tues | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot Rainbow Spelling (Google Classroom) | Reading for Pleasure (own book or Epic, Giglets, HLH) | Numeracy: Money (Google Classroom) | Sciences: Mrs Mann (Google Classroom) | Global Citizenship: Dinnertime 360 (Google Classroom) | Transition questions for Mr Humphris (Google Classroom) | Screencastify Training (Google Classroom) |
| Wed | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot Rhyming Words (Google Classroom) | Maths: Logic Problems (Google Classroom) | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | RME: Free Will & Determinism Mrs McLean (Google Classroom) | “Wonder of the Week” (in yellow jotter or Google Classroom) | Food and Drink Lockdown Challenge (see class blog) |
| Thurs | Physical Activity: Mr Berrett (Google Classroom) | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot Word Scrambles (Google Classroom) | “Right of the Week” (see school website) | Core Reading (Giglets) | * 12noon Transition talk with Mr Humphris * (Class Video Meeting) | Gaelic Mrs James (Google Classroom) | Numeracy: Measure Mrs James (Google Classroom) |
The Right of the Week material can be found here: https://sites.google.com/glenurquharthigh.org.uk/family-learning-gups/rights-of-the-child
Details of the food and drink lockdown challenge can be found here: https://2019news.school.blog/2020/04/30/food-and-drink-lockdown-challenge/
See below for a great challenge which you may wish to take part in while at home. FDF Scotland has designed a Lockdown Lunch Challenge to help young people, parents and their educators and carers better understand what our industry is all about, including; where our food ingredients come from, how they are produced and […]
Food and Drink Lockdown Challenge — 2019/20 ~ News
Due to my husband working in Drumnadrochit today, he was able to deliver many of the leavers hoodies as a wee surprise for P7s today. Don’t worry if you didn’t get yours – those he was unable to deliver today have been posted and you should receive them in the next few days. A few of you have been in touch about the apple green hoody and I know this looks slightly different from the sheet. Unfortunately, we have no control over this and I have fed this back to the supplier. We are also unable to order more or different ones due to them going through in a batch specific for our school.
I hope you get some fun from wearing them, even if it is around the house. I’d love for you to send me a photo of you wearning them so that I could create a wee gallery for your blog page as a reminder too. My email is kerrie.laird@glenurquharthigh.org.uk
Suggested weekly timetable and activities for P7 ~ Mon 27th April – Fri 1st May
Good morning P7! I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. Please remember to register every day by 11am. If you can, try to join us for emotional check-in at least twice a week.
Highland Council guidelines are that you should aim to do 25-30 minutes per day of maths, reading and writing, with as much time spent on physical and creative activities as you want!
Try not to do EVERYTHING on your Chrome Book ~ use your maths pack, jotters, paper and pencil for any activities you wish.
If you are looking for more/different things to do, remember to check the Family Learning section of our school website.
Suggested weekly timetable and activities ~ Mon 27th – Fri 1st
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | |
| Mon | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Writing: Weekly Diary (in jotter or on paper) | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | French Culture Assignment (Google Classroom) | Expressive Arts ~ Free Expression (share a photo via Google Drive) | Maths: Mrs McLean will post in Google Classroom & Money Sense Mondays start today! |
| Tues | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Reading for Pleasure | Maths: Money or Maths Pack Activity | Sciences: Mrs Mann will post in Google Classroom | Global Citizenship: Dinnertime 360 (Google Classroom) | Emotional Check-in via Google Chat: GUPS P7 room | |
| Wed | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Maths: Money or Maths Pack Activity | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | RME: Mrs McLean will post in Google Classroom | “Wonder of the Week” (in yellow jotter or Google Classroom) | |
| Thurs | Physical Activity: Mr Berrett (Google Classroom) | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | “Right of the Week” (see school website) | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | Gaelic: Mrs James will post in Google Classroom | Maths: Mrs James will post in Google Classroom | |
| Fri | Physical Activity | Spelling: Dictations (mild/spicy/hot) (Google Classroom) | 10:30 Emotional Check-in (Class Video Meeting) | Profiling: What stuck with me this week? (Term 4 week 3) | Maths: Money (Google Classroom) or Maths Pack Activity | Free Writing Friday (in jotter, on paper, Book Creator or Google Doc) |
Good morning P7. I hope you all had a restful weekend and had a chance to enjoy the glorious sunshine. Please remember to register every school day by 11am. If you can, try to join us for emotional check-in at least twice a week (at 12noon.)
Highland Council guidelines are that you should aim to do 25-30 minutes per day of maths, reading and writing, with as much time spent on physical and creative activities as you want!
Try not to do EVERYTHING on your Chrome Book ~ use your maths pack, jotters, paper and pencil for any activities you wish.
If you are looking for more/different things to do, remember to check the Family Learning section of our school website.
Suggested tasks for this week:
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | |
| Mon | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Writing: Weekly Diary (in jotter or on paper) | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Google Hangout Emotional Check-in | Global Citizenship: Lyfta questionnaire (Google Classroom) Expressive Arts (Google Classroom) | French: Duolingo Challenge then contribute a page to class book about Easter in France on Book Creator. | Maths: Mrs McLean will post in Google Classroom |
| Tues | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Reading for Pleasure | Maths: Money or Maths Pack Activity | Global Citizenship (Google Classroom) | Sciences: Mrs Mann will post in Google Classroom | French: finishing off time (see above) | |
| Wed | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Maths: Money or Maths Pack Activity | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Google Hangout Emotional Check-in | Global Citizenship (Google Classroom) | RME: Mrs McLean will post in Google Classroom | Thinking Skills Question: Mrs Laird will post in Google Classroom |
| Thurs | Physical Activity: Mr Berrett (Google Classroom) | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Global Citizenship (Google Classroom) | Core Reading (Giglets) | 12noon Google Hangout Emotional Check-in | Gaelic: Mrs James will post in Google Classroom (+ Duolingo Challenge) | Maths: Mrs James will post in Google Classroom | |
| Fri | Physical Activity | Spelling: Mild, Spicy or Hot (Google Classroom) | Free Writing Friday (in jotter, on paper, Book Creator or Google Doc) | Profiling: What stuck with me this week? (Term 4 week 2) | 12noon Google Hangout Emotional Check-in | Reading for pleasure | Maths: Money (Google Classroom) or Maths Pack Activity | Global Citizenship (Google Classroom) |
This week staff have been discussing the best way of recording attendance. Today I had it clarified from Highland Council that we need to keep a daily attendance record. Staff feel that the best way to do this would be for the already set up Google Classrooms for P4-7. These have also been established for […]
Registration — 2019/20 ~ News
Primary 7 ~ Miss Mullin and Mrs James 