St Martin's Primary School

Primary 1 and 2 enjoyed a visit from Mr McPherson the East Lothian Biodiversity Officer today.

We learned about different food chains and how they work.

We are now going to investigate different animals in East Lothian.

Please have a look at this website

snh.gov.uk/big5

On Sunday, 26 May eleven pupils in Primary 4 will receive the Sacrament  of First Holy Communion. Mass is at 9.30 a.m. in St. Martin’s Roman Catholic Church. Everyone is welcome to attend mass and witness the children receiving the sacrament. The children are excited and looking forward to the celebration.  It is a very important time in their journey of faith and we ask you to pray for them and their families

Hope you are having a good couple of days holiday

Miss Docherty and I enjoyed our abseil down the Forth Rail Bridge yesterday.  I’ll bring in my certificate to show you all.

Here’s your homework for this week:

For the remainder of this term new reading books will be given out on a Wednesday.

Finger Spaces- your title this week is ‘Tom Thumb’ and sounds are ‘a,e,i,o u

Capital letters – ‘The Greedy Green Gremlin’ and yes you guessed it your sound is ‘ee’

Full Stops – ‘Scruffy Ted’  lots of sounds for you this week – ve,ng,nk,tt,ll,ff ck

Question Marks – ‘Jade’s Party’ and your sounds are ay, a-e a

Maths: number sequence worksheet

There will no spelling this week as it is a short working week.

FUN DAY AND CAR BOOT SALE

Just a wee reminder that the Fun Day and Car Boot Sale take place on Saturday 25^th May.  There are still spaces available for the Car Boot Sale. To book a place please see a member of the Parent Council or ask at the School office. Spaces cost £10 and the boot sale will run from 9.30 to 12.30.

We would also be grateful for donations for the Tombola/Bottle Stall, which can be handed into the school office, and any donations of home baking can be brought to school next Friday or on the Saturday morning.

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you next Saturday.

Thanks from the Parent Council

Fiona O’Donnell MP joined children from St Martin’s RC Primary School at their Water Aid Showcase last week, to learn more about the project the whole school has been working on.

Ms O’Donnell was shown the wonderful work that the school and the nursery have been doing on the activities around the world undertaken by the international development charity Water Aid.

Each class in the school has been learning about a specific country and the work that Water Aid does there.  The MP was taken to each classroom where the children told her what they had learned about countries such as Nigeria, India, Ghana and Malawi.

The school also held a Macmillan Coffee morning in the dining hall, with Fairtrade tea and coffee sourced by P2 pupils.  There was also some art work on sale in each of the classrooms and all of the money collected will be donated to Water Aid.

Speaking after her visit, Fiona O’Donnell MP said:

“I want to thank all the pupils and staff at St Martin’s for inviting me to come and see their Water Aid showcase.  It was clear they had put a huge amount of effort into the project and had been very creative in the way they displayed what they had learnt about Water Aid’s work. But it was also obvious that they had taken on board the important message about the vital need to increase access to clean water and sanitation in many parts of the world.

“Time and time again, schools in East Lothian are leading the way when it comes to education about development issues and taking practical action to help people in need in other countries.  Giving children and young people the opportunity to learn about these issues and the problems their peers in developing nations experience, is really valuable and gives them much to think about.”

Primary four are just starting a new class novel:

Author: Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Hero : Jack Stalwart
Occupation : Secret Agent
Mission : to find his brother, Max – last seen on a mission for Global Protection Agency.

It looks like it’s going to be a great read!

Take a look at the fab website for Jack to find out more about him and try out some interactive games:

http://www.jackstalwart.com/

and if you think you might want to find out more about the author and the rest of Jack’s adventures, look here:

http://elizabethsingerhunt.com/

Happy reading!

Congratulations to all pupils who took part in the Readathon 2013 this year. You have raised a whopping £335.00.

The money raised will help:

CLIC Sargent: CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, providing care and support for them and their families from diagnosis, during treatment and beyond.

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity: This charity was set up by Roald Dahl’s widow in 1990. It specialises in helping children with serious neurological or blood conditions, providing children’s nurses, equipment, carers and toys, working with hospitals and care organisations or directly with patients.

Please feel free to have a look at our report from the Care Inspectorate.

The unannounced visit took place in early March and I’d like to share the findings with you and I’m sure you’ll find the report a very happy read. We are all very proud of our Nursery pupils and staff.

Well done

Mrs S McDonald

Congratulations and well done to the eleven P.4 pupils who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday, 12 May 2013. Unfortunately only 9 pupils managed to get into this photo with Father Jim!

The boys and girls are looking forward to their Minibeast Hunt on tuesday – please remember to dress appropriately and take a small snack that fits into your jacket pocket.

Homework: 

Reading : Capital letters will read Sanjay stays in bed and focus on the sound ‘ay’

Question Marks will read The jar of oil -  ‘oi’ and ‘oy’ sound the same

Finger Spaces have ‘Off Sick’ and will focus on a,e,i,o,u

Full Stops will read The dressing up box and they have 6 sounds to work on – ck,nk,ng,pp,tt,ll

Accelerator Readers – are you ready for your quiz?

Spelling:  what’s your pattern this week? Remember to LOOK,WRITE COVER CHECK then choose 5 words and write a sensible sentence for each

Maths:  number pattern worksheet

Topic: to help us gather information about playground games your task is to complete a chart with information gathered from members of your family about games that they played when they were at school.   We will make a bar chart to display this information – This is due on 24th May

Have a good week Everyone!!