Here are the files needed to complete this weeks P6 Numeracy work. p6-lockdown-maths-week-1Download
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Free bus travel for under 19s consultation
CONSULTATION ON FREE BUS TRAVEL FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 19 LIVING IN SCOTLAND The Scottish Government is consulting on Free Bus Travel for Under 19s and intends to launch a new statutory national concessionary travel scheme for young people living in Scotland up to their 19th birthday. It is anticipated that legislation would… Continue reading Free bus travel for under 19s consultation
P1 enrolment is now live!
If you have a child due to start school in August 2021, you need to register online for your catchment primary school. The system is now live and this link will take you directly to the form you need to complete: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/p1registration
P1 enrolment for August
P1 enrolment for August 2021 If your child’s date of birth is between 1 March 2016 and 29 February 2017 they are due to start primary school in August 2021. There is no P1 Open Day this year due to Covid restrictions. New P1 Parents/Carers will have received their P1 Enrolment letter. Between 2nd November and 13th November, parents/carers should go to the link below and… Continue reading P1 enrolment for August
Delay to opening of new school on Canaan Lane
Please click on the link to view a letter from CEC on the building progress of the new primary school on Canaan Lane canaan_lane_delay_letter_131020-final-2Download
Vision, values and rules PowerPoint
I hope you find this PowerPoint outlining our journey to creating our vision and values useful. vision-values-rulesDownload
A Very Special Golden Anniversary
Thursday, 20.8.2020, was a special day in the life of our school. We celebrated exactly 50 years since Mrs Saroj Lal came to teach at South Morningside. She was an inspirational woman who fought hard to promote social justice and equality over many years. We would have loved to have a whole-school assembly to mark… Continue reading A Very Special Golden Anniversary
Harvest Time!
Eons ago, in early March, some of our one planet groups, led by Ms Gould, were busy planting and sowing vegetables in our Comiston Road playground ‘allotments’. One lockdown and five months later... look at our beautiful harvest! potatoes, red onions and pea pods, ‘help yourself‘- tomorrow morning at the main school gate!
Deanbank & Canaan Lane – Short Term Overview maps
Over the summer, the work preparing for the build of a new primary school on Canaan Lane has been progressing at full speed. This of course has had, and will continue to impact on our Infant Annexe at Deanbank. Edinburgh Council and the contractors have shared a document outlining the planned work on the site,… Continue reading Deanbank & Canaan Lane – Short Term Overview maps
Happy Summer Everyone!
Here is one last video from the staff at SMPS for the school year 2019-2020, to wish you happy, fun and healthy Summer holidays. We are very much looking forward to seeing everyone in August! Stay safe and healthy and enjoy the well-earned vacation, even if it a staycation this time. https://vimeo.com/432455960 Password: summer
Happy Wellness Wednesday Everyone!
Continuing our theme from last month’s ‘Mental Health’ focus, we will be celebrating Wellness Wednesday every week with some ideas that can support all of us during School closure and beyond.This week our focus is: Stay Active! After an amazing sports day and brilliant sports IDL topic we want to keep the momentum going! We're… Continue reading Happy Wellness Wednesday Everyone!
It’s Wellness Wednesday at SMPS
Continuing our theme from last week's 'Mental Health' focus, we will be celebrating Wellness Wednesday every week with some ideas that can support all of us during School closure and beyond.This week, we are concentrating on Mindfulness and Meditation. Try some mindfulness or meditation today to look after your wellbeing. You could try a few… Continue reading It’s Wellness Wednesday at SMPS
Mental Health Awareness Week at SMPS
South Morningside Primary want to raise awareness about the importance of looking after your mental health and wellbeing. We are going to use this week to share some ideas that children, adults and whole families can do to look after their wellbeing. It is Mental Health Awareness Week this week. To celebrate this we will… Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week at SMPS
Oh Help! Oh No! it’s a…
(...so not a Gruffalo this time!) Axel Scheffler, award-winning illustrator of 'The Gruffalo' and other wonderful books, has teemed up with writers and scientists to create this free, downloadable book about the Coronavirus. Read more about this project, and download the book, or read online, on the Nosy Crow website
IDL topic this term: It’s the 80s! Here we go again!
Our Interdisciplinary Learning (IDL) for P3-7 this term is going to be a joint topic which we hope will offer everyone a bit of fun and light relief, as parents take a trip down memory lane with their children... South Morningside Primary are very excited to announce that we are going back to the 80s! … Continue reading IDL topic this term: It’s the 80s! Here we go again!
Habits of Happiness
Lovely Mrs Clark (P3C teacher) has created this mindfulness instruction-video and we thought that all of our children (and parents! and grandparents!) would enjoy trying this out. Mrs Clark, together with SMPS parent & kids' yoga teacher Vanessa Charlton and Anxiety UK therapist Samantha Littlejohns have been practising Mindfulness with P3 for the past few… Continue reading Habits of Happiness
New Covid-19 Guide from the Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has published a new document regarding Education matters during school closures. It is titled "Coronavirus (COVID-19): supporting pupils, parents and teachers - learning during term 4", and is accessible through the gov.scot publications page here, or download a copy of the 11-page document by clicking the Download button below Download If you… Continue reading New Covid-19 Guide from the Scottish Government
Back to (home) School
We hope everyone has had a lovely holiday, and would like to welcome you back to a new term at school. The weather has certainly participated in helping us welcome in the Summer Term, and though, at present, we might continue with our learning from home, we wish everyone a successful and enjoyable term ahead!… Continue reading Back to (home) School
‘All right,’ said the Gruffalo, bursting with laughter. ‘You go ahead and I’ll follow two metres after.’
Some of our favourite story books have recently been transformed to be more relevant for this time. You can read more about that here. Meanwhile, special story books have been created to help children and parents understand more about the Corona virus and how to deal with it. We think these are really excellent- clear… Continue reading ‘All right,’ said the Gruffalo, bursting with laughter. ‘You go ahead and I’ll follow two metres after.’
Active Schools A-Z
Working out with Joe is great, but here is even another treasure of ideas for staying fit and well during school closures: Edinburgh Council's 'Active Schools' (who provide many Sports' clubs at our school in peace time) are launching their A-Z daily activities , starting with the letter A. You can find the challenges either… Continue reading Active Schools A-Z
Helping children cope with anxiety around Covid 19
We are all a little overwhelmed by the information about the Coronavirus and the illness it brings, Covid19. The document below contains advice for parents, carers and people that work with children and young people about how to make it easier for all of us to deal with our life in the time of Corona,… Continue reading Helping children cope with anxiety around Covid 19
P3-P7 Home Learning Guide
P3-P7 home learning guide for parents. home learning p3-7 letter
P1-P2 Home Learning Guide
P1-P2 Home learning guide for parents. P1 and P2 Home Learning - A guide for Parents
Nursery Home Learning Information
Here is a copy of the Nursery home learning guide sent out to parents. Nursery home learning - A guide for parents
Edinburgh Learns: Teaching, Learning and GIRFEC during school Closure
"Edinburgh Learns" , an Edinburgh-Council framework set up to support parental engagement and involvement in our schools, have produced a new document for parents/carers and school staff to help us all with our Learning in the time of Corona. The attached , updated version, includes guidance about learning, teaching and GIRFEC matters arising during the… Continue reading Edinburgh Learns: Teaching, Learning and GIRFEC during school Closure
Holidays are coming..
We hope you are all looking forward to the holidays. We know this is an expensive time of year and also a time lots of children can find difficult. These are links to leaflets that give you information on how to help your family cope with this time of year and information on free and… Continue reading Holidays are coming..
Nursery Newsletter 06/09/19
Morning Session Week Beginning 9th September – Forest Kindergarten (See below for groups) Monday 16th September – holidayTuesday 24th September – 7.00pm – 8:30pm Curriculum Evening and children’s canvases for sale Monday 14th – Tuesday 22nd October – holidayWeek beginning Monday 30th September – Parent consultations (see below for further details) … Continue reading Nursery Newsletter 06/09/19
Read our latest newsletter!
Find out everything that has been going on at South Morningside! Newsletter December 2018
thank you for the toys!
We are overwhelmed by your generosity for the toy appeal. The box is literally overflowing with toys, which will make a wonderful present for children living in poverty.
what makes South Morningside unique?
We are thinking about our vision, values and aims, and have been asking lots of parents for the word (or words!) that sums up for them what makes SMPS unique. This is the word cloud so far, and we will update it as we get more responses. Please join in and either give your word… Continue reading what makes South Morningside unique?
Mission Christmas
SMPS have filled the box!!! Mission Christmas are making an early collection to start delivering all the wonderful gifts you have donated. Thank you all for being so generous it will make a huge difference to children in Edinburgh living in poverty. If you would still like to donate we are collecting until the 12th… Continue reading Mission Christmas
Mission Christmas
This year we are delighted to be a drop off point for Forth 1's Mission Christmas. We are an internal drop off point so not open to the public but just to staff, pupils and parents. Mission Christmas collect donations of presents for children aged from 0-18. They deliver these presents to children living in… Continue reading Mission Christmas
Mobile Uniform Up-Cycle Boutique
We were delighted to hold our first mobile up-cycle boutique at Deanbank on Friday. Thank you so much to everyone who supported us by taking some of our uniform. Our hope is that eventually as a school we up-cycle uniform instead of needing to purchase new uniform, this will support our work to be more… Continue reading Mobile Uniform Up-Cycle Boutique
Uniform Up-cycle Boutique!
We now have a permanent Uniform Up-Cycle Boutique. The boutique is located in the house and will be open the first Monday of every month. We desperately need more donations especially of bigger sized clothes. We would also like to offer kits for various sports clubs as well so would welcome any such donations. P7… Continue reading Uniform Up-cycle Boutique!
Uniform Pass It On Stall
Lots of uniform needing a new home! Open all day today in the meeting room please pop in and see if there is anything you can take. All free. All we ask is when you are done with your uniform you donate to be passed on.
Welcome back!
It has been lovely to welcome all of our children back to school- we have had a really positive start to the term. The P3 children have settled in so well at Comiston Road, and we are looking forward to the new P1 children starting properly next week. We are proud of our South Morningside… Continue reading Welcome back!
Staffing and Classes for 2019-20
Class Teacher Nursery Mrs Pam Ferguson (Mon - Thur) / Mrs Karen Richmond (Wed) P1B Miss Jenny Pow P1H Miss Rebecca Maltby P1P Mrs Julie Guyan P1C Miss Rachael Tait (Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri) / Mrs Marian Rae (Wed) STEM Mrs Lauren Lambie (Wed, Thurs, Alt Fri) P2B Ms Leiper P2C Mrs Yvonne McColm (Mon-Wed,… Continue reading Staffing and Classes for 2019-20
Infants’ Outdoor Classroom Day
The nursery, P1 and P2 children spent all day outside on Tuesday, for our Outdoor Classroom Day. They took part in art, numeracy, literacy, science and health and wellbeing lessons, without stepping foot inside the school building! The children had a fantastic day with the highlight being their sessions with Trailblazers Go- during which time… Continue reading Infants’ Outdoor Classroom Day
Forest Fun
Our fun two weeks in the woods has come to an end and the children have had an absolute ball! New friendships have been formed, much laughter has been heard and children so engrossed in play and exploration through every minute of the mornings have been seen. We love the woods!
Week Two in the Woods!
The beginning of our second full week, in the woods kicked off, today and already the children are more confident when exploring and are fully adapted to camp routines. Today we enjoyed making different transient art pictures- the best thing, commented one of the children, is that, ‘if you make a mistake, it doesn’t matter… Continue reading Week Two in the Woods!
P1C ‘Make a Difference’ assembly
Wow, wow, wow! P1C have done a fantastc job of spreading the message that smiling can make a difference! We retold the story 'Gotcha smile' which helped us to remember that if we smile at someone, they will smile back! It is a great way to make friends. Give it a go and see what… Continue reading P1C ‘Make a Difference’ assembly
Buddy Reading in our One-ery
Today, in the One-ery, the nursery children were keen to join in with Teacher Time activities and therefore shared reading experiences occurred. The Primary 1 children were delighted to show off their fabulous reading to the nursery children and in return, the nursery children asked questions and spoke about the characters. Meaningful, purposeful, collaborative play… Continue reading Buddy Reading in our One-ery
PRIMARY 4 JUNE MONTHLY MEMO
What have we been learning in May? Literacy – This month we have been focussing on imaginative writing. We have been looking at characterisation using descriptive language and feelings and emotions to bring our characters to life. We have also been focussing on how to make our writing more interesting and engaging for our… Continue reading PRIMARY 4 JUNE MONTHLY MEMO
Forest Kindergarten
Our Pre-schoolers have started their two weeks in the woods- come rain or shine we will be exploring, learning, playing and investigating in the woods. The children have had regular experiences in the woods, through our well established Forest Kindergarten programme, and now we look forward to enabling the children to demonstrate their wide range… Continue reading Forest Kindergarten
One-ery Weekly targets 28.5.18
Creative Zone: I can create a picture using different materials. Sensory Zone: I can identify the numbers that come before and after. Connection Zone: I can write words containing beginning and end blends Imagination Zone: I can measure the capacity of my shoe and compare with my friend. STEM Zone: I can build a house for… Continue reading One-ery Weekly targets 28.5.18
P3 Measure Up
This week, P3B are working on measure in maths - and P3A and C will be starting too. We are measuring objects and distances with the standard metric units of centimetres and metres, using rulers and metre sticks. There is no formal homework for the last few weeks of term but if you want to… Continue reading P3 Measure Up
Our ante-preschool children having lots of fun!
The youngest children in the school had a great time playing outside, in the sunshine today! Lots of discussions and negotiations took place and much laughter was heard! Hopefully the sun will stick around!
Building Resilience
Today at our Assembly, we launched our next unit of the Building Resilience project. This unit is called ‘Make a Difference’. They key messages in this unit are: Things humans do have an impact on the world Children can contribute to solving problems in the world Small things can make a meaningful difference Children will… Continue reading Building Resilience
P3 – Carrying Further
Welcome back, everyone! We hope that everyone had a relaxing break. It definitely seemed a little lighter in the morning today. Our Emergency Services Topic continues this term. All classes have now visited the Fire Station and the only service left is Mountain Rescue. We are hoping that we will have a visit from them… Continue reading P3 – Carrying Further
P3 – Adding and Carrying
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who came along to our technology sharing event last week. It was great to see so many people there and a wonderful opportunity for the children to talk with their grown-ups about what they had made and learned. If any of you still have… Continue reading P3 – Adding and Carrying
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