Milton Primary School

This year our school is aiming to fill a box per pupil, please get involved and help bring happiness to others this Christmas!

Get in touch with any donations no matter how big or small, P5-7 will be wrapping boxes in preparation to fill them with goodies very soon!

We love numbers at Milton, the infants were buzzing this afternoon …numbers galore!   
    

Jonothan from Eden Court definitely helped us get into role on Wednesday during his drama sessions with classes. As part of the Blas festival we explored what it is like to live in the Highlands of Scotland. The children created all sorts of things using their bodies to create still images. Nessie and Inverness Castle were just two fantastic scenes created!  A huge thank you to our parents and friends who came along in the afternoon 👍  
    
   

Check out P1/2… they were all hard at work applying their measuring skills to make some delicious fruit kebabs. The boys and girls in P3/4 and P5/6/7  were delighted when Miss Spicer’s class shared their lovely fruit snacks with them too!

Well done P1/2👍

Mr Thorne delivers his Top 10 tips to help improve your child’s reading at home. Follow these steps as your child learns to read and you will be giving your child the best chance at building a better reading power!

This is a unique event at Fort George on the 13^th September which you may hopefully want to support.  There are 5km & 10km Walk and Run options as well as 5km, 10km and 20km cycle options.  All ages and abilities are welcome and everyone will receive a memento presented to them by a veteran.

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poppyscotlands-ride-ramble-or-run-tickets-16953293758?aff=eac2

This term as a school we will be setting family talk homework.

What is Talk Homework?

Talk homework is a planned discussion which takes place at home, topics should interest all family members regardless of age.

Whole school tasks will be set every 2 weeks on a Thurdsay, then class talk homework will be set every other week. The children will spend 30 minutes in class each Thursday discussing and sharing their homework

Ultimately we want to improve children’s listening and talking habits so we will be developing a consistent whole school approach to aid the development of quality listening and talking at Milton.

A child can only speak or write within the range of vocabulary or structures that they have already learned within the home, community or school. We need your help to support your child in learning new words and phrases, this will help their learning in reading and writing too!

The first talk mat can be accessed by clicking the link below, you may wish to print and record your responses and ideas in you child’s homework jotter.  Please feel free to print the talk mat and record responses on here if this is easier.

cycling dog

What an exciting year this is sure to be for Balnagown, Kilmuir and Logie. 

The election results were revealed today. The boys and girls presented their campaigns on Monday at assembly and their peers cast their votes yesterday. 

Well done to everyone who put themselves forward and best wishes to our new recruits! 

Do you have a special skill or talent you could share with a small group of boys and girls or do you have a spare 45 minutes for the next 6 Friday’s?

We are looking for someone to support our golden time activities on a Friday between 2.15 and 3.00 each week in term one.

Can you knit or do you know someone else that can? We think a knitting challenge could be fun! 

Please visit the office we want you to become involved in the school and share your skills !