Category Archives: P7

Hi all,

I hope everyone is safe and well after the terrible weather over the weekend! Winter is truly here.

 PE  – Monday and Wednesday – please come to school dressed for PE outdoors. Remember to bring a water bottle for hydration. 

 Bikeability – Group 2 have their next session on Monday 29th November.

Lunches / Parent Pay –  P7 can now select a pre-paid lunch from the school lunch hall. The menu should be posted on the school website very soon. Children are still welcome to bring in a packed lunch from home to be eaten in the classroom. 

Reading – We have started to read a class novel called ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ .  WW2  is our new topic. Can every child still have a personal reading text in school for such times when children may read quietly.

Bud Bus – The children gave very positive feedback about their visit to the Bud Bus from Poppy Scotland  last week. I have put some photos of this and the P7 Remembrance Assembly in a slideshow, in Google Classroom, visible from Monday at 08:50

School Camp – The most welcome and very wonderful news that School Camp will go ahead next spring was met with loud cheers from the children! Please note that a deposit is required within the next few weeks. Everyone should have received a letter home about it.  Thank you.

Homework :

Spelling –  Please hand in completed work on Friday. Please ensure all writing is neat.

 Maths/Numeracy –More work on decimals and percentages will be sent home this week.

That’s all for now,

Thank you,

Miss Brunt

Hi all,

 PE  – Monday and Wednesday – please come to school dressed for PE outdoors. Remember to bring a water bottle for hydration. 

 Bikeability – Group 2 have their next session on Monday 22nd November.

Lunches / Parent Pay –  P7 can now select a pre-paid lunch from the school lunch hall. The menu should be posted on the school website very soon. Children are still welcome to bring in a packed lunch from home to be eaten in the classroom. 

Reading – We have started to read a class novel called ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ .  WW2  is our new topic. Can every child still have a personal reading text in school for such times when children may read quietly.

Wednesday  24th–  The Bud Bus  ( rescheduled from two weeks ago)  will come to school for P7 to visit in groups.

Homework :

Spelling –  Please hand in completed work on Friday. Please ensure all writing is neat.

 Maths/Numeracy –  I will  post a new  Sumdog challenge- starting 22.11.21.

That’s all for now,

Thank you,

Miss Brunt

Hi all,

 PE  – Monday and Wednesday – please come to school dressed for PE outdoors. Remember to bring a water bottle for hydration. 

 Bikeability – Group 2 have their second session on Monday 15th November.

🥪Lunches / Parent Pay –  P7 can now select a pre-paid lunch from the school lunch hall. The menu should be posted on the school website very soon. Children are still welcome to bring in a packed lunch from home to be eaten in the classroom. 

💓Remembrance Assembly – Last Thursday, P7 led the Remembrance proceedings via Zoom. Every single pupil played an important part in this assembly and I have to say, it was very moving and  poignant. I am very proud of them all.  Thank you P7 and thanks to the parents who allowed their family member’s stories to be told.

Reading – We will be starting to read a class novel called ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ this week.  WW2  is our new topic. Can every child still have a personal reading text in school for such times when children may read quietly.

Homework :

Spelling –  Please hand in completed work on Friday. Please ensure all writing is neat.

🧮 Maths/Numeracy – In maths this week, we are still  revising time⏰ – telling the time, using 24 hr clock and working out time durations. In Numeracy, we are revising decimals – place value, rounding, ordering,  + – X ÷ and worded problems.

A homework sheet about decimals will be sent home on Monday (due the following Monday). This is the sheet that was meant to go home last week but unfortunately I had printer problems! I will also post a new  Sumdog challenge starting 15.11.21 for one week.

💬 Modern Languages – There will be no Mandarin with Miss Sun  this week but children will start French lessons with Mrs Lynch on Tuesday afternoon.

My new email address :

s.brunt@midlothian.education

That’s all for now,

Thank you,

Miss Brunt

Hi all,

 PE  – Monday and Wednesday – please come to school dressed for PE outdoors. Remember to bring a water bottle for hydration. 

 Bikeability – Group 2 have their first session on Monday 8th November.

Parents Eve/Afternoon: It was lovely to see parents face to face again last week. This week, there are still phone calls to be made. Appointment slips were handed out last week. Please contact me if you haven’t received one.

Homework :

Spelling –  Please hand in completed work on Friday. Please ensure all writing is neat.

Research task – A task about purple poppies was issued last week on Google Classroom but children were telling me they had trouble getting onto this at home.

Remember – To access GC from home:

• Do not go through GLOW anymore.
• Search up GOOGLE CLASSROOM instead.
• Type in your whole username eg. smithp37@midlothian.education
• Put in your new password.

This should take you to our class page. Please let me know if there are any problems.

P7 will lead an assembly of Remembrance via Zoom on Thursday ( in school only).

Reading – We will be starting to read novels about WW2 very soon as this is our new topic. Can every child still have a personal reading text in school for such times when children may read quietly.

🧮 Maths/Numeracy – In maths this week, we are revising time⏰ – telling the time, using 24 hr clock and working out time durations. In Numeracy, we are revising decimals – place value, rounding, ordering,  + – X ÷ and worded problems.

A homework sheet about decimals will be sent home on Wednesday ( due the following Wed). I will also post a Sumdog challenge starting 8.11.21 for one week.

💬 Modern Languages – There will be no Mandarin with Miss Sun  this week but children will start French lessons with Mrs Lynch on Tuesday afternoon.

My new email address :

s.brunt@midlothian.education

That’s all for now,

Thank you,

Miss Brunt

Hi all,

 PE  – Monday and Wednesday – please come to school dressed for PE outdoors. Remember to bring a water bottle for hydration. 

 Bikeability – Group 1 have their next session on Monday 11th October.  These are: LC , CR, LBar, SW, EvT, AR, IG, JM and CG.

📷  P7 CLASS PHOTO – Wednesday 13th

🌾 HARVEST COLLECTION – P1 are collecting non perishable items to donate to Women’s Aid – if you are able to donate anything at all, please send these items in ASAP – thank you SO much!

PEER MEDIATION TRAINING – P7 will be trained to be peer mediators during sessions run by Tara Larkin, every Tuesday. Once trained, children can volunteer to take turns to be peer mediators in the playground – this means they can help to sort out any disputes between younger pupils.

Homework :

Spelling –  Please hand in completed work on Friday. Please ensure all writing is neat.

 Maths – Sumdog maths challenge – Starts Monday

Reading – Can every child please have a personal reading text in school for such times when children may read quietly.

Recent News

IT –  Midlothian Council are in the process of migrating our IT systems to Google. In a few months time, we hope that each pupil will get their own device to use ( Chromebook). Children now have an ‘@midlothian.education‘ email address and new log-in details.

We have also successfully migrated into our new Google Classroom and very soon, I’d like to share some photo albums of recent events with you there.

My new email address :

s.brunt@midlothian.education

⛱️HOLIDAY REMINDER – School closes for the October break on Friday 15th at 12:25pm. Pupils resume on Tuesday 26th October and that first week back will be a whole school Health Week ( focus on food/ healthy lifestyles).

That’s all for now,

Thank you,

Miss Brunt