Thank you to all of your for your patience and hard work during the school closure. We hope that the grids and resources posted over the closure period have been useful and enjoyable. It has been great to hear from so many of you and see that fantastic work you have been doing at home.
For the primary fives and sixes it will be great to see you back in August and for the sevens we wish you all the best for high school and the future.
Attached is a summer grid with different activities and resources you can use to keep yourselves entertained over the holidays.
I would like to say a huge thank you to CJ, this year’s Eco Award winner.
CJ has put in so much work into the Eco Group this year. He has had lots of fantastic ideas about how we can make the school more environmentally friendly and has continued to work hard even when the school has been shut.
All of the staff, myself and I am sure the rest of the Eco Group would like to wish him all the best for high school and hope he continues the good work at his new school!
This will the the final Wow Wednesday post of this year. I wanted to start by saying a massive thank you to all of you, children and families, who have worked through such an unprecedented and unexpected this year. Your resilience, patience and understanding has been incredible and humbling. Thank you to all the children who have been continuing your learning at home and have taken the opportunity to learn in new and interesting ways. Some of the projects that you have taken on have been incredible. I also want to say a huge thank you to all of the adults at home who have supported your children with their learning, many of you while juggling your own work commitments.
It has been great to speak to all of you at some point during the school closure time, either on the phone or out and about. It has been fantastic hearing what you have been up to.
I have included examples of just some of the fantastic work which was sent in for this final post. But I have also included some of the highlights of this year, from our VR tour of the Old Town with the Fruitmarket Gallery to the Risk Factory trip, we have done so much this year. I hope the pictures will bring a smile to your faces, it did mine when I was putting them together.
For many of you this is my second year teaching you and I would like to say how much I have enjoyed teaching and getting to know all of you (children and families). I have missed all of you and although next year I won’t be your class teacher I am looking forward to seeing all of you back.
Hello all, please feel free to join us today as we go on a virtual trip to the zoo!
You should already have access to Zoo trip guide for today so feel free to join at your leisure and to add comments on this post as you work through our tour.
This post will be updated at the times for each stop, so we will begin at 9 a.m.
Alternatively, you may wish to follow along on Twitter so please check in via the Primary 2 class Twitter account.
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It’s 9 a.m. so let’s get on the bus! Can you share some of your favourite music with us? Take 10 mins to have a sing and dance!
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9:15
Before we set off, it costs money to enter the zoo. We are having a virtual tour which is free. We need to know where we are going! We are visiting: the pandas, penguins, the tigers and lions and the koalas. You will also get to visit some other animals today but do join us on our tour!
Here’s a link to the some maps for the zoo: https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/plan-your-visit/day-planner/maps-and-guides/
Here’s another video of tigers and of lion cubs so you can definitely see some animals if the Edinburgh ones are sleeping.
Post any fun facts you’ve learned!
Can you find out 3 things tigers love to eat? What about lions?
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12:00
We stop now for lunch. Please join us again at 12.45!
You might want to look at some of the extra activities available on your class blogs such as the Zoo Grid or you might want to share more music and songs with us!
Please do feel free to comment below.
Please comment on what you watched and why and if you looked at animals or creatures not on this this!
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We are now on our last activity of the day!
Comment on your class blog or Twitter to share what has been your highlight of the day!
Even if you are touring at your own pace or at a different time, we would love to hear what you have to say.
Don’t forget to send in any work to your teacher that you want to share for our MEGA WOW Wednesday!
To all current Primary Five children and families,
I hope you are all doing well and have been able to stay in contact with each other over the lock down period. I am pleased to tell you that I will be your primary six teacher next year.
Although there are still many unknowns and questions about next year for children, parents and staff we will all work to make sure that next year is as normal as possible and children and families are well supported.
The classroom is looking a little different at the moment with the desks spaced two metres apart and the walls bare. But we can soon make it feel a little more warm and welcoming.
The grid for this week is all based on transition and moving on to primary six. It would be great to hear from as many of you as possible. You can email me at admin@royalmile.edin.sch.uk with the subject ‘FAO Mr McPheely’. I have attached the grid and all other resources needed below. There is also a social story to help explain coming back to school too.
Hopefully I will hear from many of you over the next week. If not have a fantastic summer and I am looking forward to welcome you back in August!
Royal Mile Primary School 