Moorfoot Primary School, Moorfoot Nursery Class and
Garvel Deaf Centre
Weekly information leaflet
PLEASE NOTE: Our weekly newsletters are sent by email. This information can also be found on our
school website. If you still wish to receive your newsletters as a hard copy, simply call into the
school office to collect one.
We will continue to send home the weekly comment sheet to be signed and returned to school on
Mondays. Class newsletters, if issued, will continue to be sent by hard copy for the first term.
Thank you.
School website:
http://moorfoot.inverclyde.sch.uk/
Week Beginning Monday 14th September
Sat 12th
September
Monday
14th
September
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Tues 15th
September
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10am-1pm : Good Luck to Ben MacSwan and Bobby Stone who will be taking part in the
Inverclyde Phoenix Car Club Cycling Competition at Lady Alice Primary School today.
Dance sessions for P1, 2/1, 4/3, 6/5, 6 and 7b cancelled today. Will take place on Monday 28th
September instead.
3-4pm: Signing Choir begins at Garvel for interested P5 pupils and all Garvel pupils until 30th
November. A small number of parents indicated disappointment at both choir and signing choir on
the same day. We will try to address this in the future and will keep you informed. Thank you.
3-4pm: P6 and P7 boys’ football with Mr Phillips
3-4pm: School Choir for P5, 6, 7 in Mrs McKelvie’s classroom.
Please let us know in your newsletter return if your child is interested in taking part in any of these
groups. It will be assumed your child will be making his/her own way home at 4pm unless otherwise
indicated. Thank you.
Last day for Tempest Photograph orders. Thank you
Breakfast Club. Pupils arrive at any time from 8.15am. Cereal/toast/orange/apple juice provided
at no cost to pupils.
Elections take place today for our pupils groups. We are seeking representation from each class:
Rights Respecting Schools Group
Eco Group
Health Group
Five Star School Group
Candidates for groups will be delivering campaign speeches this morning to their classmates.
Lunchtime Club: 12.30pm-12.45pm: One of our P4 pupils would like to start a Bible Story Club for
Primary 1 and Primary 2 pupils. If your child would like to take part please indicate in your
newsletter return. Thank you.
3-4pm: After school Athletics Training for P6 and P7 pupils. Parents of pupils who should attend
initial training sessions will be contacted by text or phone by the end of the day on Monday.
Other pupils will be given opportunities to train in the future. We will keep you up to date in our
newsletter.
7pm: Parent Council AGM. Creche organised By Parent Council for pupils to allow parents/carers
to attend.
Wed 16th
September
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P5 Welly Wednesday
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Interviews for permanent Depute Head Teacher post taking place today at Education HQ. Mrs
Sheena Beaton (Quality Improvement Officer) will be covering the school from 8.30am until
10am this morning.
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Dance sessions taking place today.
11.00-11.45am
P3/2
11.45am-12.30pm P3
1.15-1.50pm
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P5
1.50pm-2.20pm
P4
2.20-2.55pm
P7a
Lunchtime “Cheeky Cheetahs” club resumes for P3 pupils in the gym hall at 12.15pm until 12.45pm.
If your child would like to take part please indicate on your newsletter return. Thank you.
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Robert Henderson from the “Talking Newspaper” to speak to Primary 7 pupils in relation to our
“Celebrating Diversity” events.
Thurs 17th
September
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Breakfast Club
Ruth Binks, Head of Schools, to visit Moorfoot Primary, Nursery Class and Garvel Deaf Centre
this morning.
Week 2 of “Dementia Friendly” presentations for Primary 4 to 7 pupils throughout the day. The
Greenock Telegraph will be visiting the school to take photographs.
Lunchtime Karate Club for P5 and P6 pupils in the ICT Room. Please let us know in your
newsletter return if your child would like to take part. Thank you.
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3-4pm: Mrs McKelvie meeting with P7 soloists this afternoon in preparation for future musical
events. (These rehearsals will usually take place on Wednesdays from 3pm until 4pm). Next
week Mrs McKelvie will work with P6 pupils. Parents/carers of those attending have been
notified.
Fri 18th
September
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As part of our “Celebrating Diversity” events, “Diabetes” presentations will take place for all
children across the school from Nursery children to Primary 7. There will be two presentations:
9.40-9.55am: Nursery to P3
10am-10.25am: Primary 4 to Primary 7
1.50-2.55pm: Weekly Rugby Training for P6 pupils until Friday 2nd October. Training will take
place outside. Please complete consent forms with additional information regarding appropriate
clothing and footwear. Forms to be returned to school as soon as possible. Thank you.
IMPORTANT DATES TERM 1
Monday 14th September
Tuesday 15th September
Wednesday 16th
September
Monday 21st September
6.30pm – 8pm Parent Council P6 & P7 Badminton Club resumes. Please indicate if your child
would like to take part.
 3-4pm: Athletics Training starting for selected P6 and P7 pupils. Parents of pupils
involved will be notified by the end of the day on Monday 14th September by text or
phone.
 Parent Council on Tuesday 15th September @ 7pm at Moorfoot Primary School. All
parents / carers welcome. Please note creche facilities are available.
 3-4pm: Mrs McKelvie working with selected soloists from P7. Names, details and
further dates will be confirmed in next week’s newsletter.
 9.45am: Primary 4 year group taking part in Heritage Trail Walk. The walk will last
approximately 30 minutes and will take place at Lunderston Bay. Pupils will return to
school for 11am. If you would be available to accompany the pupils on the morning
please let us know in your newsletter return. Thank you.
Thursday 8th October
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Friday 9th October
Monday 19th October
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Tuesday 20th October
Rugby Festival for P6 pupils at Greenock Wanderers Rugby Club. Parents of pupils
taking part will be notified nearer the time.
School closes at 3pm today for the October holidays.
Pupil Holiday
Staff In Service Day
Pupils and staff return to school.
MOORFOOT PRIMARY SCHOOL
WK 2
Monday
Tuesday
Soup
Soup of the
Soup of the
Day
Day
Hot Meal
Chicken
Steak pie and
1
Curry with
mashed
rice
potato
Hot Meal
Pizza &
Chicken and
2
Pasta
sweetcorn
with Rice or
Potato
Hot Meal
No option
No option
3
Mix &
Match
Baked
Potato
Essential
Dessert
MENU
Wednesday
Soup of the
Day
Steak Pie with
potato
Thursday
Soup of the
Day
Macaroni
Cheese (v)
Roast of the
Day with roast
potato
Omelette with
toast
No option
Filled Baguette
Wrap
Panini
Breaded
Salmon &
potato
Sandwiches
Various
Various
Various
Various
Sweetcorn
Salad
Portion of
Fruit
Jelly
Yoghurt
Selection of
Fresh Fruit
Broccoli
Salad
Portion of
Fruit
Jam sponge
Yoghurt
Selection of
Fresh Fruit
Carrots
Salad
Portion of
Fruit
Hob Nob
Yoghurt
Portion of
Fresh Fruit
Beans
Salad
Portion of Fruit
Apple cake
Yoghurt
Selection of
fresh fruit
WEEK 2
Friday
Melon
Fish & Chips
Sausages in
Gravy with
Chips or
potato
No option
Pasta Pot or
Sandwiches
Various
Peas
Salad
Portion of
Fruit
Frozen
yoghurt
Selection of
Fresh Fruit
MOORFOOT “SUNSHINE ROOM”
A number of pupils throughout the school access the “Sunshine Room” throughout the course of the week. It is also a
part of the school where staff can take small groups to develop social skills and have some quiet working time.
We are making effort to furnish and equip the room and would like to appeal to parents/carers for donations of items
they may no longer be using at home. At the moment we would appreciate: jigsaws suitable for age 5+, construction
toys-Lego/mobilo etc, turn taking games eg “Pop up Pirate”/ “Frustration”, doll’s house, dressing up clothes.
Any items would be wonderful and should be handed into the school office. Thank you.
Yellow Day
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate the opening of
our school garden.
Your very kind donations raised £367.41 for Ardgowan Hospice.
Thank you
What have our pupils been learning?
PRIMARY 2/1
PRIMARY 1
We are learning to use BSL.
We are learning to use BSL (British Sign Language.
We are learning how to sign days of the week.
We are learning how to sign “colours”.
We are learning about number 3 (Primary 1).
We are learning about the number 3.
We are learning number stories up to 10. (Primary
2).
PRIMARY 3/2
We are learning about number stories.
PRIMARY 3
Primary 3 are learning about number stories up to
20.
We are learning to write our letters on the line.
We are learning how to make our capital letters the correct
size.
PRIMARY 4
Primary 2 are learning about number stories up to 10.
We are learning about ways we can be a good friend.
PRIMARY 6
We are learning about common nouns.
We are learning about rotational symmetry.
We are learning to add tens and units with carrying.
We are learning to use success criteria to assess
our own work.
We are learning about Arctic animals.
PRIMARY 6/5
PRIMARY 5
We are learning how to write a descriptive
poem.
We are learning about symmetry.
We are learning how to treat everyone fairly
and equally.
We are learning how to identify lines of symmetry.
We are learning to use the correct punctuation in our
writing.
NURSERY
PRIMARY 7a and 7b
We are learning how to convert fractions to percentages
and decimals.
We are learning to share.
We are learning to take turns.
We are learning about respiration.
We are learning about how historical conflicts begin.
(within the context of World War Two).
PRIMARY 4/3
We are learning how to write a report.
We are learning how cursive writing can help us
with reading and spelling.
We are learning about Disko Bay in Greenland.
Parental Feedback
Your feedback is extremely helpful in alerting us to ways we can improve our
service.
Following the recent “Meet the Teacher” event. We would appreciate comments
as to how much this event met your expectations.
Could you please indicate below 2 areas you felt worked well at this event and an
area where the event could be improved? You may wish for example to comment
on the time of the event or whether or not you would have preferred to stay in the
hall with items of interest as was the format last year.
Your responses will help formulate how we take this event forward in the future.
Please return feedback through your newsletter return. Thank you.
MEET THE TEACHER: September 2015
Two things which worked well
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Something I think would have improved the event
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General comment: