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King's Park Primary School



Primary 1

17

Aug

2021


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Letter from Fiona Robertson, Executive Director Children, Young People & Partnerships and return to school in August 221

Dear Parents and Carers Please see the attached letter from Fiona Robertson, Executive Director Children, Young People & Partnerships regarding the return to school this term. Parent_Carer_August 2021 Please also find attached a copy of the letter we issued in June regarding our return to school after the summer holidays, this includes the staggered start and [...]

Primary 1

25

Jun

2021


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Dear Parents and Carers Please see the attached letter regarding a confirmed case of Covid 19 at King’s Park Primary School. Letter to All Parents re confirmed case of COVID19 in school Kind regards KPPS

Primary 1

01

Apr

2021


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April Newsletter

Dear Parents and Carers, Please find attached our most recent Newsletter. Newsletter March 2021 We hope you have a lovely Easter break! Kind regards, KPPS

Primary 1

01

Apr

2021


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Letter from Fiona Robertson Executive Director Children, Young People & Partnerships

Dear Parents/Carers Please see the link below that contains a letter from Fiona Robertson, Executive Director Children, Young People & Partnerships. Parent_Carers_20210401 Kind regards KPPS

Primary 1

08

Mar

2021


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Return to school P4-7 Update 08.03.21

Dear Parents and Carers Please find in the link below an update regarding the return of P4-P7 learners next Monday (15.03.21). Letter to Parents P4-7 080321 Kind regards KPPS

Primary 1

16

Dec

2020


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Support fund

Support fund launched for local people in need Support is now available from Midlothian Council for local people who are in financial difficulty and struggling to buy food, fuel or other essentials. The Midlothian Food and Key Essentials Fund has been launched to help support those facing severe financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 [...]

Primary 1

07

May

2020


P1c Term Overview

Term overview for Primary 1c (April - June 2020)

Primary 1

07

May

2020


P1b Term Overview

Term overview for Primary 1b (April - June 2020)

Primary 1

04

May

2020


P1a Term Overview

Term overview for Primary 1a (April - June 2020)

Primary 1

23

Mar

2020


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Distance Learning Daily Schedule

This schedule can be used to help you structure your day. It is just a suggested timetable so you are free to adapt it to suit your own needs. Distance Learning Daily Schedule

Primary 1

23

Mar

2020


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Hub Lunches

Please see the attached information regarding lunches during school closure for those children who are entitled to a Free School Meal. HUB LUNCHES Thanks KPPS

Primary 1

05

Feb

2020


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Parent Calendar January – April 2020

Parent Calendar January – April 2020 Please find attached the Parent Calendar for January – April. Parent calendar 2020 (Jan) Further information will be sent regarding the Open Event, Lion King performances and the Church Service.  

Primary 1

04

Dec

2019


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Winter Vomiting Bug Communication

Winter Vomiting Bug Communication December 2019

Primary 1

02

Dec

2019


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PTA Minutes

PTA Minutes 26 November 19

Primary 1

01

Oct

2019


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Midlothian Police Appeal

Police appeal from Midlothian Police regarding a recent break in at our school.

Primary 1

30

Sep

2019


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Standards and Quality Report and School Improvement Plan 2019

Attached is our Standards and Quality Report for 2018-2019 and our School Improvement Plan for 2019-2020.

Primary 1

14

May

2019


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Nurture in King’s Park

This year in King’s Park, one of our school improvement priorities has been to improve inclusion, wellbeing and equality amongst our learners.  We aim to ensure that we meet the needs of each individual within our school.  One of the ways in which we are able to do this is through the introduction of Nurture Groups.

Primary 1

28

Jan

2019


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Items need for the Nursery

If you have any items on the list attached and are happy to donate to the nursery please let a member of staff know.

Primary 1

20

Dec

2018


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December Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is available for you to read. Catch up on some of the events that have taken place in King's Park this month!

Primary 1

07

Dec

2018


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Christmas Dates

Please find information regarding dates for the festive period. Christmas Dates parents 2018

Primary 1

07

Nov

2018


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November newsletter

Latest newsletter is here - happy reading!

Primary 1

30

Oct

2018


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Parent Council Minutes

Minutes from the 26 September Parent Council meeting 20180926-Parent-Council-meeting-minutes-FINAL

Primary 1

26

Oct

2018


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Wellies

If you have any old wellies please could you donate them to the nursery.  Our stock of spare ones is running low.   Many thanks The Nursery Team

Primary 1

24

Sep

2018


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King’s Park Standard, Quality and Improvement Plan

Our SQIP Parent Report is now available for you to read.

Primary 1

17

Sep

2018


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Lost wellies

These went missing at the end of last term. Many thanks

Primary 1

22

Jun

2018


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P1A

P1A have thoroughly enjoyed being buddies to the new nursery children. They have all been very responsible and have been trying hard to set a good example. They have given their buddies a tour of the school and even helped them complete tasks in order to prepare the nursery children for their time in P1 here at Kings Park. [...]

Primary 1

15

Jun

2018


P1C

P1C

Primary 1

01

Jun

2018


P1C

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Primary 1

25

May

2018


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Primary One B 04.06.18

This week we played a spelling game against Ms Kennedy and Mr Thomson and we won. We were learning all about poems and had fun learning about alliteration. We came up with some really interesting poems to help us learn all about our topic on the body. We had so much fun running in the [...]

Primary 1

25

May

2018


This week in P1A

Another busy week in P1A! We had a lot of fun this week making our very own clocks and we used these to help us learn about time. The children solved problems relating to time and enjoyed using something that they had made themselves. With Mrs Key we learned more about our senses, focusing on [...]

Primary 1

25

May

2018


P1C

P1C

Primary 1

18

May

2018


P1C

P1c

Primary 1

11

May

2018


Primary One B

This week in Primary One we have been learning about subtraction during our numeracy lessons. Were looking at our spelling and recognition of our tricky words.  The children are doing well. We were practising our handwriting and looking at different ways to change the sentences in our reading book. We used three different stimuli to [...]

Primary 1

11

May

2018


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This week in P1A

This week in P1A we really enjoyed watching the Primary 6 and Primary 7 children perform Beauty and the Beast. It was a great performance and all of our class sat beautifully throughout the show. It was great to see all of the hard work that went into this from actors and narrators to the [...]

Primary 1

03

May

2018


P1C

P1C

Primary 1

27

Apr

2018


Our Learning in P1B

In Primary one this week we have been focussing on subitising during our numeracy lessons.  The children’s recall is really improving.  Well done Primary one. In Maths the children have been working with money and are looking at different ways to make different values. We have been continuing with our key words this week and [...]

Primary 1

27

Apr

2018


P1C

P1C

Primary 1

20

Apr

2018


This week in P1A

This week in P1A we made the most of the lovely weather and spent some time learning outside! The children particularly enjoyed numeracy this week. We worked on our number sequences and counting. “We liked working with P1B outside!” “We practiced our before and after numbers.” “It was fun using the chalk.” All of the primary [...]

Primary 1

29

Mar

2018


P1C

Learning P1C

Primary 1

16

Mar

2018


This week in P1A

This week the class really enjoyed learning about what sort of things we need to have in a town. We looked at what amenities Dalkeith had and then worked in groups to carefully plan our own towns. The groups chose to include features like schools, shops, train stations and houses. This was super exciting and some of the [...]

Primary 1

09

Mar

2018


P1C

As a stimulus for writing this week we used Roald Dahl’s story cards. We worked in groups to create our own stories using the cards. We worked with our learning partners to assess Miss Hoffman’s work on the board. We identified that she had sometimes missed finger spaces and had only included the first sound [...]

Primary 1

09

Mar

2018


Our Learning in P1B

In maths this week we looked at symmetry and could say if a picture was symmetrical or not. With the help of ‘The Smurfs’ clip we have been able to start learning about time. We have enjoyed singing our time and money songs to help us learn. In numeracy we were looking at subtraction and [...]

Primary 1

09

Mar

2018


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This week in P1A

This week the Primary 1 classes have all been working super hard to prepare for their very own personal talk at home and in school. I am so proud of all of P1A for all of their efforts. In preparation this, we have worked hard discussing what makes a gold ‘talk’ and what also makes us [...]

Primary 1

08

Mar

2018


P1C Stoats Competition!

P1C Stoats Competition Winners!

Primary 1

28

Feb

2018


Snow Day Learning Activities and Ideas

Please find a variety of ideas that you can choose to work on during Snow Days. Please share your learning on our Twitter feed @KingParkPS

Primary 1

23

Feb

2018


Our learning this week in P1B

This week we were lucky to have the STEAM ambassador in to teach us about construction.  We got to become builders, architects, civil engineers and surveyors.  We used fantastic materials to help us measure, build and estimate. Within numeracy we focussed on number sentences and the missing number this week.  We looked at money in [...]

Primary 1

23

Feb

2018


P1C

Learning in P1C

Primary 1

23

Feb

2018


This week in P1A

This week in P1A we were very lucky to get a visit from Helen during their STEAM (sceince, technology, engineering and maths) session. The children were able to practise skills such as measuring, estimating and weighing in a variety of fun activities and contexts. They gained an insight into the way that STEAM subjects can [...]

Primary 1

09

Feb

2018

Primary 1

09

Feb

2018


P1C

P1C Learning

Primary 1

09

Feb

2018


This week in P1A

First of all we would like to say a huge “thank you”, to the grown-ups who came to work with us at our maths and numeracy open morning! We really enjoyed having you in class and showing you some of the games and activities that we regularly do during our rotations. This week the boys and [...]

Primary 1

02

Feb

2018

Primary 1

02

Feb

2018


Supporting Literacy

Literacy Support

Primary 1

02

Feb

2018


P1C

P1C

Primary 1

02

Feb

2018


This week in P1A

“We really loved going back to the library!” “We learned how to log onto the computers this week.” “We had fun learning all about computers.” Here are pictures of some of the class during our ICT lesson where they were learning how turn on and log onto the computer – very grown up! They can’t [...]

Primary 1

26

Jan

2018


P1C

Learning in P1C

Primary 1

26

Jan

2018


P1B Learning 26.01.18

P1B had lots of fun learning about Rabbie Burns this week.  We made a collage using our gluing and cutting skills and a variety of materials. They wrote wonderful imaginative stories using capital letters and full stops. They learnt their new sound ‘ay’ this week and are doing well with their dictation. P1B also had [...]

Primary 1

26

Jan

2018


This week in P1A

This week primary 1A were very excited to visit our new library/research room! We went along to explore for the first time and learned about its purposes. “We learned how to look after the books and keep it tidy.” “We are going to learn about the computers.” “There are lots of cool seats!”     [...]

Primary 1

22

Jan

2018


P1C

Learning in P1C

Primary 1

19

Jan

2018


This week in P1A

“Our favourite piece of learning this week was about a special Scottish artist.” “We looked at pictures by Steven Brown.” “We learned that he uses lots of bright colours and lines to make his work.” “He is a Scottish artists and he does lots of cow art.” “They are called McCoos.” We are going to [...]

Primary 1

19

Jan

2018


Our learning in P1B

It has been so lovely having all the children back in class after the Christmas break. Last week we wrote some amazing stories about the Little Red Hen and revised all our sounds. They did extremely well. Within numeracy we went over our last lesson and started our maths topic on money. The children have [...]

Primary 1

12

Jan

2018


P1C

Learning in P1C w/c 08.01.18

Primary 1

12

Jan

2018


This week in P1A

Welcome back! This week we have been learning the story of “The Little Red Hen”. We used actions and picture plans to help us remember what happened in the story and we really enjoyed doing this! We tried hard to then write this story independently in our books and we have included some examples of [...]

Primary 1

22

Dec

2017


Primary 1 Christmas Party

P1 Christmas Party

Primary 1

22

Dec

2017


P1C

P1C Christmas

Primary 1

19

Dec

2017


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PlayTalkRead Bus

Benji the PlayTalkRead Bus is coming to Midlothian. The Bus will be hosting free storytelling and rhythm sessions and a range of play and activity sessions for children and their parents.

Primary 1

18

Dec

2017


P1C

Learning in P1C (week of 11th - 15th December)

Primary 1

15

Dec

2017


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This week in P1A

We have had a lovely festive week in Primary 1A! We had a great time preforming the Nativity to you all and we hope that you enjoyed it.

Primary 1

13

Dec

2017


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P1C Christmas Lunch

P1C Christmas Lunch

Primary 1

08

Dec

2017


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P1C

Learning in P1C

Primary 1

08

Dec

2017


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Primary One B learning

Our learning this week and last 04.12.17. Last week was languages and literacy week. We had lots of fun reading our new books that we got to take home. We made play dough ice cream to go with ‘Gorilla loves Vanilla’ and practiced our writing skills. We made a bar graph to show the classes’ [...]

Primary 1

08

Dec

2017


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08.12.17 P1A

Another busy week in P1A! We have been feeling very festive this week and we have even had our own special visitor… Buddy the elf! He comes to see how kind and hard working we can be each day and then each night he flys back to tell Santa. Every morning he leaves us a [...]

Primary 1

07

Dec

2017

Primary 1

01

Dec

2017


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P1C

Literacy and Languages Week in P1C.

Primary 1

01

Dec

2017


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P1A 01/12/17

Primary 1A have had a lot of fun this week celebrating literacy and languages week! We studied the three books from the Scottish Book Trust – “Gorilla Loves Vanilla”, “The Fourth Bonniest Baby in Dundee” and “The Owls Egg”. We took part in lots of fun activities based on these books to help with a [...]

Primary 1

30

Nov

2017


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CHRISTMAS DATES AT KING’S PARK 2017

Christmas Dates parents 2017 (v2)

Primary 1

24

Nov

2017


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P1C

Learning in P1C

Primary 1

24

Nov

2017


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24/11/17

This week in P1A we have enjoyed learning our new ‘special friend’ sounds. “We have learned ‘ie’, ‘oa’ and ‘ai’ this week”. “We have even created words with these sounds”. We used our frog called Fred to help us with this! P1A have also loved writing about a time that they went to a party! [...]

Primary 1

17

Nov

2017


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P1C

Learning in P1C

Primary 1

17

Nov

2017


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Our Learning in P1B 13.11.17

We were allowed to look after Mr Fudge this week because our behaviour during huddle was excellent. We have had a fun week with Mr Fudge. We have been looking at what makes a sentence and have been looking at our key words. We have been learning new sounds and singing songs to help us [...]

Primary 1

17

Nov

2017


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17/11/17 P1A

Primary 1A  really enjoyed dressing up in odd clothes to raise money for Children in Need! “We watched a clip about why we are dressing up.” “We like to help other chilren.” “We learned that it is good to help other children.” “We love Pudsey!”   We have shared a photo with you to show [...]

Primary 1

10

Nov

2017


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P1C

Learning in P1C 10.11.17

Primary 1

10

Nov

2017


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10.11.17 P1A

It was so lovely to see so many of you at our parent consultations this week. "We really hope that all of the grown ups liked seeing all of our hard work!"

Primary 1

10

Nov

2017


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Primary One B’s learning 06.11.17

We have been learning about people who help us. We were looking at the police and the important job they do. Poor Ms Kennedy got arrested by her primary one class.

Primary 1

06

Nov

2017


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P1B learning week commencing 30/10/17

We have been learning about fireworks and making firework pictures.

Primary 1

03

Nov

2017


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P1 Parents Information Evening

P1 Information Evening

Primary 1

03

Nov

2017


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P1C

Learning in P1C

Primary 1

03

Nov

2017


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P1A 3rd November

  This week in P1A we all really enjoyed learning our new sounds. “I like using the sounds to build words.” “I like planning my writing and drawing with Miss Lyall.” This week in maths we began exploring data handling and we created a pictogram. We tried to find out which spooky Halloween costume we [...]

Primary 1

30

Oct

2017


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Primary One B – Learning during week 23/10/2017

We were looking at number pattern. We looked at our three rights and did our best to follow them. We were looking at odd and even numbers. We tried to start our story with a capital letter and end it with a full stop. We looked at 3 more sounds and our tricky hat words. [...]

Primary 1

27

Oct

2017


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P1C

P1C

Primary 1

27

Oct

2017


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27/10/17 P1A

This week in P1A...

Primary 1

26

Oct

2017


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P1 – Letter Formation Rhymes

P1 letter formations and rhymes

Primary 1

13

Oct

2017


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P1C

Learning in P1C

Primary 1

13

Oct

2017


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13.10.17 P1A

This week in P1A

Primary 1

12

Oct

2017


Primary One B Learning

We should eat healthy foods. We have many rights; we should follow our school rights. We talked about numbers before and after. We were learning how to count backwards and put them in order. How to draw a picture of us looking surprised. Our phonics songs and sounds. Putting full stops at the end of [...]

Primary 1

09

Oct

2017


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P1 Reading Homework

P1 Reading Homework

Primary 1

06

Oct

2017


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Our Learning in P1B

We have been learning more about full stops. We have been putting foods onto different plates to show our harvest learning. We have been learning our new jolly phonics letters and sounds and our tricky words. A combine harvester cuts the wheat. We have been learning about autumn. We have been adding on one more [...]

Primary 1

05

Oct

2017


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P1C

Learning in P1C - 05.10.17

Primary 1

05

Oct

2017


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P1A 05.10.17

This week in P1A… “We have enjoyed learning how to say some colours in French.” “We have played games and sang songs to help us learn the colours.” “We have read the story of ‘La chenille qui fait des trous’ – ‘The Hungry Caterpiller’ in French.   “We worked hard on our writing this week [...]

Primary 1

29

Sep

2017


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P1A- 29.09.17

This week in P1A…   “We have been learning some new sounds like d, m and r” “We liked singing the songs about each sound” “We have been learning how to write these sounds correctly”   “We liked drawing pictures about a time that we were excited, we included lots of detail to help us [...]

Primary 1

28

Sep

2017


P1B

P1B

Primary 1

27

Sep

2017


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P1C – 27.09.17

17.09.17 - Learning in P1C

Primary 1

25

Sep

2017


P1 Curriculum Evening Slides

P1 Curriculum Evening

Primary 1

01

Jun

2017


Early years Sports

P6 did a great job helping our younger pupils during their sports day. They really enjoyed the experience.

Primary 1

26

Apr

2017


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King’s Park Primary Telephone Line

  26 April 2017 We have a problem with our school telephone line this morning.  The engineers are working on the fault.   Please e-mail Kingspark_ps@midlothian.gov.uk if you need to contact the school.   Thankyou Mandi Pache School Admin  

Primary 1

22

Dec

2016


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Merry Christmas from P1!

P1 have been really busy over the festive period. They put on 2 fantastic performances of the Sleepy Shepherd, enjoyed their Christmas lunch and have been continuing to work hard in class! We are looking forward to the Christmas party with lots of dancing and games on Friday! We would like to wish everyone a lovely Christmas [...]

Primary 1

05

Dec

2016


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Children In Need

Thank you to all those who brought in their spare coins to make a class sized Pudsey.  Take a look at our creations!  We have been busy counting up all of the coins and we raised a whopping £685.12! We also had fun spotting the odd coin from around the World! Your Pupil Council  

Primary 1

13

Oct

2016


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P1 Science Week

P1 enjoyed learning about plants during science week.

Primary 1

06

Oct

2016


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P1 Police Visit

As part of 'People who help us' the Police came to visit and tell us about their job.

Primary 1

29

Sep

2016


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Primary 1 so far!

We would like to update you on some of the things that we have been doing in Primary 1 so far.

Primary 1

29

Sep

2016


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P1 Curriculum Evening

Hi everyone, we have attached a copy of the Primary 1 curriculum evening for you to have a look at.   Thanks, Miss Allan, Miss Lyall, Mrs Flockhart and Miss Davidson P1 Curriculum Evening. 2016-17

Primary 1

05

Aug

2016


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Writing our news

Each class will be writing their news and it will appear here.

Primary 1

03

Jun

2016


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Health Week in P1c

Primary 1c had lots of fun trying out new sports this week and learning how to keep our bodies healthy. We got to make a fruit smoothie by pedalling fast on a bike, it was yummy.     

Primary 1

20

May

2016


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500 Mile Walk

We all enjoyed our walk this morning around King’s Park. We have been recording how we travelled to school this week and it is good to see that a lot of us are managing to walk, cycle or scoot to get here each day. P3/4 made posters to remind us to use healthy ways to [...]

Primary 1

20

May

2016


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Healthy Travel Week Photos

Kings Park pupils took advantage of the good weather and made many healthy journeys to and from school this week. Well done everyone!    Pictured are pupils taking part in the Midlothian interschool walk, happy shoes-day and the Kings Park 500-mile challenge. Each child from nursery-primary 1 walked a mile around the park and school [...]

Primary 1

20

May

2016


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Exploring Dinosaurs and Fossils in P1C

P1C enjoyed learning about dinosaurs and fossils from our special visitor recently. Pictured are some pupils touching and looking at real fossils!  

Primary 1

19

May

2016


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Parent Helpers Wanted!

The Sports Committee are looking for parent helpers to support us on Tuesday and Wednesday of Health Week with accompanying classes to activities that are outwith the school grounds. If you could support us at some point across the two days please contact Miss Gardiner via the School Office. Thanks!

Primary 1

17

May

2016


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Sports Clubs this term

The Sports Committee have organised more clubs this term. The clubs will be starting next week (beginning the 23rd of May) and are on the following days. Football (P5-7) Miss Gardiner and Mr Cross – Tuesday Fun Fitness (P3-4) Miss Arbuckle andMiss Lyall- Tuesday Athletics (P1-2) Mrs Wilson and Mrs Clydesdale – Wednesday Rugby (P3-4) Mrs Hamilton and [...]

Primary 1

16

May

2016


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Health Week Plans

The Sports Committee are excited to announce that we have made plans for Health Week. We have arranged for coaches and instructors to come and deliver taster sessions in American Football, Football, Judo, Tennis, Yoga, Rugby, Tae Kwon Do and Dance. We will also be learning all about other aspects of health and trying out [...]

Primary 1

11

Apr

2016


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Lunch Time Clubs at King’s Park

Sports club helpers wanted! The Sports Committee are currently trying to organise sports clubs for the summer term as we aim for a gold award from Sports Scotland. We are looking for adult helpers who would be willing to help a teacher/coach at a lunch time club. If you are interested in supporting a lunch [...]

Primary 1

21

Mar

2016


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P1a Toys and Materials Topic

Today we investigated how some toys work. We played with a selection of toys with a partner and discovered that many toys work by pushing, twisting and pulling.  We then created a Venn Diagram to sort the toys into the correct category. Here is a picture of our Venn Diagram:  

Primary 1

21

Mar

2016


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P1a Toys and Materials Topic

We have been very busy learning about different materials. P1a were challenged to make a house for the ‘Three Little Pigs’ which would stay standing for at least 10 seconds if the ‘Big Bad Wolf’ (or the ‘Big Bad Fan’ from the classroom) huffed and puffed on it! Some of our houses were very strong and some not [...]

Primary 1

16

Mar

2016


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Visible Learning

We are gathering evidence from staff, pupils and parents as we begin our Visible Learning journey at King’s Park. We would like our parents to help us by answering the following questions: What makes a good learner? What makes an inspired and passionate teacher? These answers are anonymous and we will use the responses when [...]

Primary 1

10

Mar

2016


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World Book Day Update

Thanks to everyone who dressed up as their favourite book character and handed in donations on World Book Day. We raised over £170! This money will be spent on books for the school library. The library monitors have been making a list of possible purchases, taking ideas from the comments box in the library and [...]

Primary 1

07

Mar

2016


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Sponsored Obstacle Course

The Sports Committee want to say a big thank you to everyone who organised the obstacle course, who took part and who raised some money. We raised a massive amount – £923.05! The Sports Committee will now plan how we will spend this money for the school and the sports teams. Thank you again for [...]

Primary 1

07

Mar

2016


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Numeracy and World Book Day in P1C

Pictured are P1c pupils dressed up as their favourite book characters for World Book Day last week. P1c have been practising their number formation from 0-20. We took advantage of last week’s good weather to practise our numbers using chalks in the playground.  

Primary 1

04

Mar

2016


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P1b’s Judo Session

On Wednesday we (P1b) were lucky enough to have the opportunity to take part in a Judo class.  Our instructor was called Coco and he showed us different wrestling moves.  We had great fun and loved wearing our Judo suits!                                   [...]

Primary 1

29

Feb

2016


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Beautiful Oops!

Pupils from P1 to P3 have been reading the Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg. During reading the book we could see the wonderful things that you can create from a mistake. We used torn pieces of scrap paper and created something beautiful.  

Primary 1

26

Feb

2016


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This Week in P1C…

P1 enjoyed writing words using shaving foam. Pictured are some pupils sorting object into tubs to match their initial sounds. For our topic, we investigated the properties of different materials and discussed why they are used for certain purposes.

Primary 1

22

Feb

2016


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Sports Committee Update

The Sports Committee having been working very hard this year. We provided lunch tine sports clubs for pupils to take part in. The club that we ran were football, rugby and athletics. We will be running these sessions for four weeks because of those we missed due to the bad weather. if you would be [...]

Primary 1

12

Feb

2016


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Chinese New Year in P1C

  Primary 1C have been learning about Chinese New Year this week.   We made symmetrical Chinese dragons using paint to celebrate!

Primary 1

05

Feb

2016


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Open Morning

Thank you to all the parents who were able to pop into P1A this morning to have a look at some of the activities we have been doing this week to help us learn about money. We have been learning how to describe coins up to £2 and how to use pennies to make given [...]

Primary 1

28

Jan

2016


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P1C Explore Materials Outdoors

As part of our current ‘Toys and Materials’ topic, we are learning about different materials in the world around us and what purposes they have. Pictured are some pupils looking for different materials in our school playground and drawing what they saw.                        

Primary 1

08

Jan

2016


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First Week Back in P1c

 Primary 1c wrote super stories about the favourite Christmas present they received this week. They also enjoyed using pipe-cleaners to build models of their presents and form the letters of their name.   Everyone had a lovely holiday and is happy to be back at school. Pictured are some pupils practising over-arm throwing and balancing in P.E. [...]

Primary 1

18

Dec

2015


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P1A

P1A have had a fabulous Christmas party today to celebrate all the hard work they have done this term. We had a very special visitor at our party … Santa came to say hello! We sang songs for Santa and all received a lovely gift from him. P1A would like to wish you all a [...]

Primary 1

30

Nov

2015


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‘He has muckle lang tusks and knuckly knees…’

P1c enjoyed reading ‘The Gruffalo in Scots’ as part of Literacy and Languages week. They explored Scots language in the book and were able to use the author’s descriptions to create Gruffalos.

Primary 1

26

Nov

2015


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The Gruffalo in Scots

P1a have been busy during literacy and languages week.  We have been learning how to sing ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ in French and learning some Scots words to describe the Gruffalo. We drew the Gruffalo and wrote stories about our favourite part of the story. We also made Gruffalo faces by colouring in and [...]

Primary 1

25

Nov

2015


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Drop Everything And Read

As part of our Literacy and Languages week, P1b have participated in DEAR each day.  We have enjoyed talking about and sharing some of our favourite books.                      

Primary 1

17

Nov

2015


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Ordering Numbers and Building Words in P1C

Pictured are some pupils from P1c who have been busy putting numbers to 20 in order and building words with the sounds we’ve been learning.  

Primary 1

06

Nov

2015


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P1a – Literacy

P1a have been practising writing words this week. The children had to pick up a picture card, say the word, listen for the sounds in the word and then write it on a white board. Here is a picture of Innes with his completed task!  

Primary 1

04

Nov

2015


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Shaving Foam Letters

P1b have been learning how to form the letters in the ‘Ladder Family’.  We practised writing the letters ‘i , l , t, j and f’ in shaving foam.  It was very messy and lots of fun!  

Primary 1

04

Nov

2015


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Mr Fudge

P1b was awarded Mr Fudge at Huddle last week and he spent the week in our class to see what and how we were learning.  Mr Fudge even joined us for our lunch!                                        

Primary 1

30

Oct

2015


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Information handling!

P1a have been learning about gathering and displaying information in a variety of ways this week. We talked about people who help us at home, school and in the community.  We put the information in a venn diagram: We found out that lots of people help us in more than one way.   We also [...]

Primary 1

29

Oct

2015


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P1c Kings!

P1c enjoyed decorating crowns with feathers and sequins this week to help them learn the ‘ng’ sound in king!  

Primary 1

25

Oct

2015


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P1b Enjoy a Ball

Before the holidays P1b had the opportunity to take part in a taster session for the club Enjoy-a-ball.  We had lots of fun playing a variety of games with our instructor Scott.        

Primary 1

23

Oct

2015


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P1A

P1a have had a busy week. We have started to learn the songs for our Nativty play and been practising how to say hello, goodbye and thank you in french. We have also been working on our underarm throw, bouncing and catching and jumping skills during our gym lessons. Here are a few pictures of [...]

Primary 1

23

Oct

2015


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Busy week in P1C

We have been recording how we travel to school each day this week using an interactive resource on the SmartBoard. P1C have been making healthy choices and most of them have been able to walk scoot or cycle to school. Well done everyone!     🙂   In literacy this week, we’ve been learning more sounds and songs. One of our [...]

Primary 1

06

Oct

2015


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Enjoy-A-Ball Session for Primary 1

      Primary 1C enjoyed playing games and learning new skills with our visitor from Enjoy-a-Ball this week.  

Primary 1

30

Sep

2015


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Curly C Family

Primary 1b were using finger paint to begin learning how to write the letters in the curly c family.  We practised forming the letter c and a on our partner’s back before we used the paint.  

Primary 1

30

Sep

2015


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Handwriting Practise

P1a had lots of fun writing their letters on the playground in the fabulous sunshine this afternoon.

Primary 1

30

Sep

2015


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Autumn Art

P1a have been showing how good they are at listening to and following instructions. The children have created fantastic autumn tree pictures using crayon, paint and collage! Here are some photos showing P1a hard at work this afternoon!

Primary 1

23

Sep

2015


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Magic Beans and Word Building! P1C

In Phonics lessons, Primary 1C used the sounds they have been learning to build ‘human words.’ Our broad bean plants have been growing very well. We have enjoyed watering them and seeing them grow! We will re-plant them with fresh compost and send them home to be looked after. We look forward to seeing how much [...]

Primary 1

11

Sep

2015


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Busy Week in P1C

This week in Primary 1C we have been learning about plants and exploring how they grow. Each pupil planted some broad bean seeds. We have watered them each day and are monitoring any changes we see.     We have also been doing lots of fun activities to help us learn our sounds. Pictured are some pupils [...]