Check out the short film our current Primary 1 pupils made to introduce the school to our new P1 friends who will start this August.
New P1 parents, join us for a Q&A session tomorrow, 8th June at 4pm.
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Author: Ms Craig
Check Out Our May School Newsletter
| LEITH PRIMARY NEWSLETTER MAY 2021 |
| Welcome to the May edition of our school newsletter. |
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Well Done to Our Bright and Persevering Pupils
| Tabitha | Primary 1a | Tabitha has had a brilliant week. She has been working very hard to read some tricky sentences this week and is always a kind and helpful member of the class. We’re lucky to have you Tabitha! |
| Mavi | Primary 1a | Well done Mavi for being so kind with your friends! We are very proud of you. |
| Jayden | Primary 1b | Jayden loves challenging himself with his writing and this week he has really shone! He has produced lots of different types of writing and has been eager to write independently. Well done done Jayden! |
| Jack H | Primary 2b | Jack always works hard at school with his learning. He is a kind, respectful member of the classroom and a super role model to others. |
| Amos | Primary 3b | Amos has been wonderfully creative during our topic and STEM lessons. Over the past few weeks, he has designed an innovative paper bag, a sturdy life raft, a hologram telephone and he persevered with building a marble run maze. |
| Isla | Primary 4a | Isla has shown great focus when working and she has been answering questions about her reading. |
| Ameenah | Primary 4a | Ameenah showed good teamworking skills and creativity when doing drama and making Freeze Frames related to castles. Excellent work! Keep it up! |
| Rory | Primary 4b | Rory has been working hard on his independent tasks demonstrating perseverance and challenging his mindset. Keep up the good work Rory! |
| Zara C | Primary 5 | The incredible vocab in her WW2 poem |
| Alex W | Primary 5 | Alex for his incredible home learning work. Let me know if you want to see it! Zara Cowie was last week’s entrant for her WW2 poem, she used some excellent vocab accurately. |
| Nadia | Primary 6a | This week Nadia has worked hard and persevered with her numeracy work on fractions. She is making great progress, well done Nadia! |
| Blake | Primary 6a | Blake has worked really hard on fraction work with Miss Gibson and has really excelled! He has also been a very useful rugby helper and demonstater! |
| Sarah | Primary 6b | An amazing piece of writing by Sarah this week describing a Wild West setting. Well done Sarah. |
| Aden | Primary 6b | Great work in Maths this week converting improper fractions into mixed numbers. Well done Aden! 🙂 |
| Evie | Primary 7a | For her quick, detailed and accurate responses in maths. Evie has fantastic mental maths skills and is always able to explain how she got her answers. She always works well during teaching time and is supportive and helpful to others in her group. Well done Evie! |
| Rosie | Primary 7b | Rosie worked very hard in maths this week, making good progress in shape and number. Well done- it was great to see you put in so much effort. |
A Long List of Lovely Leith Learners!
| Layla | Primary 1a | Layla has made fantastic progress in maths and writing this week. She has been working very hard and has enjoyed sharing her success with the class! Well done Layla! |
| Taylor | Primary 1a | Taylor has shown hard work and perseverance in her learning this week. Taylor loves to challenge herself and has made brilliant progress this week. Well done Taylor! |
| Altay | Primary 1b | Altay has worked so hard on following instructions this week and has been learning how to say lots of new words in English. It has been lovely to see him ready and excited to learn. Well done, Altay! |
| Abude | Primary 2a | Abude has worked really hard all week in class for Mrs Walsh has shown great listening skills. Great work! |
| Muslim | Primary 2b | Muslim has worked very hard this week. It has been wonderful seeing him growing in confidence in P2B! Well done! |
| Temperance | Primary 2b | Tempy has been working really hard with her learning this week and was very kind to Ms Stewart showing her how to draw! Well done! |
| Gary | Primary 3a | Gary has improved his attendance and has worked really hard in class. Great improvement Gary! |
| Kade | Primary 3a | Kade has been working so hard all week, following his timetable and producing some excellent maths work – brilliant job! |
| Fawziyah | Primary 3b | Fawziyah has worked really hard on her reading this week. She has persevered with tricky comprehension questions and she has tried her best when reading out loud in a group. What a star you are Fawziyah! |
| Patryk | Primary 3b | Patryk has overcome different challenges this week and we are very proud of him for trying his best. In particular, he persevered with his reading and finished all his questions in one day. Well done for concentrating so well Patryk! |
| Oran | Primary 4a | Oran has been working very hard. He has doing very well finding the area of shapes this week. He also always follows the school rules. Keep it up 🙂 |
| Amna | Primary 4b | Amna has made terrific progress with her writing. She use description well and it is always a pleasure to read her texts. Well done Amna! |
| Zak | Primary 6a | This week Zak has been working hard and persevering with his work in numeracy with our work on fractions. Great focus, well done Zak! |
| Kade | Primary 6b | Kade has been working well in writing and has brought lots of ideas to discuss about our class novel holes. Well done Kade. |
| Ruby | Primary 6b | Ruby always tries her best and has worked so hard since she arrived after lockdown. Well done Ruby! |
| Samuel | Primary 7a | For his excellent role as question master in our literature circle. He asked really some probing questions which made the group think! Well done Samuel! |
| Olik | Primary 7b | Showing consistent patience and support to a friend. Well done! |
Very Well Done to These Wee Leithers This Week!
| Belle | Primary 1b | Belle has shone this week and has worked so hard during our phonics sessions. Even when faced with something tricky, Belle perseveres until she has mastered it. Keep smiling and trying your best, Belle! |
| Zara | Primary 2a | Zara is being very kind and sympathetic with her peers and adults. She is always willing to help and follow the rules without complaining. She has also put a lot of effort in the tasks and has progressed in her learning. She very much deserve to be recognised. |
| Snithik | Primary 2a | He has improved so much on his literacy and numeracy skills. He has also been very kind and helpful with his peers and the adults. He deserves to be recognised. |
| Elle | Primary 2b | Elle has been working so hard with her learning this week. She has focussed on her tasks, been enthusiastic and persevered with challenging work. Well done! |
| Keira | Primary 3a | Keira has consistently done her best all week. She has been a good listener and kind to others. She has been especially good at helping Mr Ordish and the class tidy up this week! |
| Nico | Primary 3b | Nico has tried his best with his learning this week. He has persevered with his numeracy and handwriting. Keep up the super work Nico! |
| Tas | Primary 4a | Tas has consistently shows all the school values. He is very respectful to all members of staff and always works to complete all his work. This week he has been making good progress with times tables. |
| Teejay | Primary 4a | Teejay has worked really hard this week. He has done all his maths and literacy. He has found ways that work for him to get his work done and learned new skills while figuring that out. Amazing ! Keep it up 🙂 |
| Remaz | Primary 4b | Remaz is a super role model in our class demonstrating the school rules and values. Thank you Remaz foe helping make our class a great place to be. |
| Mansur | Primary 4b | Mansur is always polite and shows good understanding of instructions. He has impressed this week by contributing in class discussions. |
| Alistair | Primary 5 | Alistair finished his evacuee letter before anyone else. It is a brilliant letter! I also think this might be the first time Alistair has ever finished something first!! |
| Ahmed | Primary 6b | This week Ahmed has been full of enthusiasm for his learning. He is always eager to join in and share ideas. He has also shown kindness towards another child and is always ready to help adults in the class with jobs. |
| Rahul | Primary 6b | Rahul has settled in well to Leith Primary and is a great team player. He is getting involved and sharing his artwork, enthusiasm and ideas with the class which is great to see. |
| Eboni | Primary 7a | For her excellent 50 word fiction using a visual stimulus. Eboni created a really interesting story with a ending which made the whole class want to know more! |
| Harry | Primary 7b | Harry has worked very well in Health & Wellbeing this week, well done! |
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| LEITH PRIMARY NEWSLETTER APRIL 2021 |
| Welcome to the April edition of our school newsletter. After our lockdown hiatus, we cannot wait to share all the great things that have been happening at Leith Primary School with you. |
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Well Done to All of these Fabulous Wee Leithers!
| Tamer | Primary 1b | Tamer has worked incredibly hard this week in our literacy groups and is making super progress with recognising his sounds and forming his letters. I’ve been impressed with Tamer’s positive attitude towards his learning. Well done! |
| Ayo | Primary 2a | He has been very responsible and perseverant this week, joining all the activities and doing everything he was asked to. He has also started building links with his peers, which shows his great capabilities to join a new group and school. Thus, he deserve to be recognised for this! |
| Omar | Primary 2b | Omar has been working hard with his learing tasks this week – well done! |
| Caleb | Primary 3a | Well done to Caleb for showing such enthusiasm and joy when coming to school each morning. |
| Osh | Primary 3b | Osh has worked extremely hard on his writing this week. He wrote a super diary entry based on our book The Creakers and another piece about a girl trapped in a clocktower. Keep up your super concentration skills Osh! |
| Elly | Primary 4a | Elly was nominated by some of her classmates for being kind and playing nicely in the playground. Well done for showing the school value of Kindness Elly! Keep it up! |
| Josephine | Primary 4b | Josephine has worked well on her literacy and numeracy tasks tihs week especially learning times tables. Well done Josephine! |
| Kayla | Primary 5 | Perseverance when completing a maths assessment |
| Denise | Primary 6a | For being a supportive and patient learning partner and for all her hard work and perseverance this week. Denise is a delight to have in the classroom. |
| Eva | Primary 6b | For her amazing artwork including llamas! Well done Eva. |
| Malika | Primary 7a | For their amazing work in writing a 50-word story with a partner. They used short sentences, show not tell and left things secret to create suspense. Well done! |
| Zainab | Primary 7b | Zainab has worked so well in creative writing this week, fabulous mini stories! |
| Mia | Support for Learning | Mia (P4B) worked really hard in support for learning this week and was kind and helpful to others. Her work is always well presented and neat. Well done, Mia! |
Our School & Final Remote Learning Champs
| Rayyan Zeeshan | Primary 1a | Rayyan has been showing lots of hard work and determination this week. He keeps going even when things are tricky and has been showing lots of confidence when speaking in front of the class. Well done Rayyan! |
| Ibra Diabate Chele | Primary 1b | Ibra has been a very respectful member of our class this week and has come into school happy and ready to learn. Ibra has worked particularly hard in his phonics group and has produced some fantastic pieces of writing independently. Well done, Ibra! |
| Lucia Munoz | Primary 2a | She deserves to be recognized for being a fantastic student who is always willing to learn and support others with their learning. She is also a very responsible student, and this has been seen this week when looking after our plants. |
| Taisia | Primary 3b | Taisia has been a wonderful friend to our new boy Kamil this week. She has been working hard translating and explaining school routines to him in their home language. Thank you Taisia for being a fantastic classmate and super help! |
| All of P4a! | Primary 4a | I’ve been so impressed with the children (and their adults) for all their Home Learning. Particularly using Teams. They have quickly developed their skills by: for example joining calls, using Word, completing assignments, saving, uploading and sharing work. I’m also proud of them for how well they have persevered when things were new and challenging. Well done !! Great Job! I’m looking forward to seeing you all in person on Monday 🙂 |
| Yanis Georgiev | Primary 4b | Well done Yanis for being a super home learner! This week Yanis demonstrated a good understanding of symmetry and completed his numeracy tasks accurately. Keep up the good work Yanis! |
| Charlie Hawkins | Primary 5 | ~Charlie presented his information handling task in an Excel document, it was absolutely brilliant!! |
| Noel | Primary 6a | Noel has been to all our meetings during lockdown and is always full of answers and ideas. He puts lots of effort into daily tasks and made a fab Count Olaf head piece on World Book Day! |
| Eva Gildner-Dell | Primary 7a | For her piece of writing on her ‘wonder’ inspired by the novel ‘The Nowhere Emporium’. Eva not only fulfilled the steps to success but used sophisticated language and created a real sense of place for the reader. Well done Eva! |
| Sarah McLean | Primary 7b | Sarah has been resilient and hardworking during this session of remote learning. She has attended every call, taken part with enthusiasm and tried her best in challenging circumstances. Well done Sarah! |
Believe. Persevere. Achieve. 