Craigour Park Primary SchoolMoredun Park Road, Edinburgh. EH17 7HL

Telephone: 0131 664 7594admin@craigourpark.edin.sch.uk

What will school look like?To keep in line with Government/ Council guidance children will be collected and

dropped off in the school front garden by their teachers.

There will be markings in the playground to support social distancing for drop off/ pick up time. Spots on the ground for lining up.

Only one parent per child allowed at drop off and pick up.

School reopens to staff on Monday 10th August and Pupils Wednesday 12th August.

P1 times Monday – Thursday 8.55am – 2.45pm

Friday 8.55 – 12.10pm

What will school look like?Break times and lunch times will be staggered so not all children are outside at once. Children

will be outside with their class in zoned areas of the playground. They will have outdoor equipment they can play with.

Lunches will be eaten outside the classrooms in the wings. These will be cold packed lunches to start off with.

Children will be provided with pencils, pencil cases, rubbers, etc. These will be kept in school in their tray. They do not need a pencil case.

Children will be washing hands regularly throughout the day

We do not expect the children to be able to social distance but smaller groups and class sizes will help with keeping children safe

If your child has a cough or high temperature please keep them at home and check the NHS website for current guidance.

Please do not send children in with school bags, we are trying to keep very little passing between school and home

As soon as we are able to invite parents in to visit the class and school we will let you know.

Everything is subject to change based on Government/ Authority guidance

When all children return full time our hours will be;

P1:8.55 am – 2.45pm Friday 8.55 am – 12.10pmPlease note

• The children will enter and leave via the front garden.

• Bicycles and scooters should not be ridden in the playground. Pupils should dismount and walk to the bicycle shelters at the front entrance or near the new build on Moredun Park Road.

• Children settle better if they arrive on time and can go into school with their friends. Getting picked up late can cause children upset and stress.

Hours for other areas of the schoolNursery: Full Time session

Mon-Thur 8.30am – 3.00pm, Friday 8.30-12.30pmNursery has its own entrance and exit.

P2: 8.45 am – 2.30pm Friday 8.45 am – 12.25pm

Mrs McHargDHT Early Level

P1B Mrs PalmerP1C Miss

MontgomeryP1A Mrs Liddell

We run a text service to send you important

information throughout the year. We will also text if your child is absent

and you haven’t phoned in to tell us

why.

Edinburgh Council’s website has information on all city

schools that includes holiday dates and severe weather

closures. Find out more details at

www.edinburgh.gov.uk

Check out our school website for up to date information related to varies things across the school. You’ll find

lots of useful information about Craigour e.g. staff,

dates etc

Each stage in the school has its own Twitter account.

The P1 Twitter is @CraigourP12020

We also have a whole school

Twitter account @CraigourPark

Our PE teacher MrMowbray Tweets

from @CraigourPE

Our ASL teacher Mrs MacDonald

Tweets from @CraigourA

Some of you may be familiar with Learning Journals from your child’s nursery. We will use these as a way to send work for home learning from August and send home information. If you request for your old nursery to

pass these on we can continue them. If not we will start a new one. You can also send comments and photos of things your child has done at

home.All we need is your full name and an email address to set up your account if

you don’t already have one. More information on this to come!

We love when you send in pictures of your child’s

learning or comment on our

posts!

We encourage healthy snacks for break time.

Please only provide one snack so that the children have time to run around

a play. Children are encouraged

to drink water throughout the day. Milk can be paid for

on Parent Pay.

Please fill in our Health questionnaire

and return to the office. This provides essential information

for us about your child.

Stop Head Lice. Once a week take a peek.

Please inform us of any

outbreaks.

We have regular visits from NHS

and do daily tooth brushing

from Nursery to P4.

MedicationPlease fill in a form

at the office if your child requires

the school to administer any medication e.g. asthma inhaler

Coronavirus Symptoms▪ If a child in class/school becomes unwell we will contact you to collect your

child/siblings straight away. It is vital you do this to minimise possible infection. We will follow Scottish Government Test and Protect Guidelines. It is vital that you keep us informed of any changes to your mobile/house phone numbers and Emergency Contact Details.

▪ School will arrange for a deep clean of all areas affected.

▪ Parents/Carers arrange a test online at www.nhsinform.scot or call 0800 028 2816

Child and household remain isolating at home while waiting for test result.

▪ Parent/Carer notify school of the result when they receive it

▪ Positive Response - Please keep child /siblings off for 10 days. Please note that other members of the household should stay isolated for 14 days. All information is on the NHS Inform Website.

▪ Negative Response – Negative test results come in both text and e mail format. This is required prior to your child returning to his/her class. Your child can return provided they are well enough and have not had a fever for 48 hours.

▪ We will be following Test and Protect approach for families and staff ( Scottish Government Guidelines )

ParentPay is a secure website used across Edinburgh Schools that lets you pay costs such as

dinner money, milk and school trips using your debit or credit card.

It is our only method of receiving money as we are a cashless school. Although P1-3s get free school

meals you will still need to choose their meal choice weekly from the 3 daily options.

If your child attends our nursery you should have a Parent Pay account already for paying snack money.

If not, you will receive information about how to set up an account for this when you child starts

with us in August.

Your child can also bring a packed lunch if they’d prefer.

ParentPay is a way of communicating with parents and letters will be sent out through

ParentPay.

School Uniform

•Red plain or school

sweatshirt/ cardigan/ jumper

•Plain white shirt/ polo

shirt

•Plain black/ grey/ red

trousers/ skirt

You can order school uniform from https://www.imagescotland.com/custom-catalogue/ISG-S1256/63742 and

have it delivered to your house with a cost for postage. Unbranded uniform

can also be bought from most supermarkets.

You may also be entitled to a clothing allowance and/ or free milk.

Please contact our office staff for more information about this and how

to apply -admin@craigourpark.edin.sch.uk

Health and Safety Considering the current situation we ask that children do not

bring anything other than a jacket and a water bottle to school.

Label all belongingsTo ensure you get everything home again, label it!

Things get mixed up/ lost easily when there is no name on it.For example, jumpers, cardigans etc will all be red/ have the

school badge and most likely be aged 4-6 years.

Shoes Buy comfortable/ all weather shoes as your child will wear them all day. Velcro straps are recommended until they learn to tie laces. You can send children in with a change of shoes and in

wellies on bad weather days as the ground is muddy.

Jackets

Send your child with a jacket every day – the weather is unpredictable, but we try to get the children outside to play

at break/ lunch as much as possible!

TOP TIPsName – Anne Pupil

Class – P1a

Positive Behaviour/Ethos

We aim to create an atmosphere of mutual respect, trust and responsibility.All children have the opportunity to contribute to their classrules/charters.

• Incident Report Slips - These will be sent home if your child has beeninvolved in an incident or injury. This may also require a conversation on

the telephone with the class teacher or management team.

▪ Behaviour – Weekly Class Star which will be posted on Twitter for a pupil who has tried their best and achieved. Positive rewards and kindness will continue to be promoted. Class Star will be displayed in our

P1 classroom.

▪ Wider Achievements – Please share with us all your child’s fantastic wider achievements eg sporting, musical, creative, reading etc. There isa section on the Learning Journals to add this! We will share with the

class and management team.

Literacy

Religious and Moral

Education

Health and Wellbeing

Numeracy and Maths

Science Social Studies Technologies

Expressive Arts

Play based learning allows us to provide a flexible and child - focused curriculum.

We provide appropriate space for children to play and learn and provide open ended resources for children to explore

and develop.

Open ended resources provide exciting

experiences which encourage children to share their own ideas, explore, investigate,

create and problem solve.

Play based learning in

action!

We follow the City of Edinburgh Early Literacy programme.

We work our way through;

• Rhyme• Syllables • Compound words• Single sounds (a, t, p)• Diagraph sounds (sh, ch, ai, ee)

Our play runs alongside the literacy programme to ensure the children are

exposed further to their new sounds in a meaningful and real life way.

Children also participate in various activities and have daily interactions through play to

develop vital listening and talking skills.

Practising the sounds at home, little and often, will have a huge impact on your child’s learning

and development.

SoundsWe learn 1 or 2 new sounds each week when we

start our literacy programme.

We introduce letters by their sound e.g. a for

apple. Each sound also has a song and an action to help

children remember it.

The children will be learning to make and read words e.g. c a t

makes cat

We watch videos to support children’s

understanding of the sounds. Alphablocks and Geraldine the

Giraffe are always a favourite!

Reading books will not be sent home at the moment. We will provide other literacy based home learning activities using Learning Journals and Twitter.

We will introduce the reading scheme when your child is ready

English as an Additional Language

staff work in the school every week

(EAL)If your child can recognise shop signs and/ or

pictures related to things they know and are able to tell you what it is then your child is reading!

We also introduce children to common

words which are tricky words that cannot be sounded out, you just

have to know them e.g. the, he, was, put

Cursive handwritinga b c d e f g h

i j k l m n o p

q r s t u v w

x y zAt Craigour Park we teach cursive

handwriting.

All letters start on the line, we

teach the children to say ‘up the run way’ to remember the lead in for each

letter.

With cursive writing, children learn to spell correctly since hand

movements create some muscle memory that retains the spelling

patterns.

Children are also exposed to a variety

of fonts when reading.

We use the City of Edinburgh SEAL (Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning) Maths Programme

Nursery to P4.

SEAL helps children to develop a deep understanding of number

and number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication,

division).

We also cover maths topics such as time, money, measurement,

shape, pattern, fractions, problem solving and data analysis.

Children also develop their numeracy skills through real life experiences, routines and PLAY.

Health and Wellbeing• We are following the Building Resilience programme and will look at –

Expect The Unexpected, Respect Yourself, Challenge Your Mindset, Take a Moment”. We will continue to learn new emotional vocabulary and how our emotions affect our relationships.

• We are also using the colour monster to highlight our emotions and try to work out triggers and ways to cope with overwhelming emotions

Religious and Moral Education• In RME we will learning about sharing and cooperating with others.• We will also explore and discuss a variety of religious festivals

throughout the year.

Science and Social Subjects• ‘All about me’ - the children and their families• Autumn and the change in seasons• Christmas around the world• Space• Fairyland• Senses• Mini beasts• Child led topic where the children decide what they want to learn about.

Primary 1 go outdoors at least two afternoons a week in all weathers. You will be notified of your child’s outdoor learning day at the start of term.

You can help by ensuring your child comes appropriately dressed in the following:

• Sensible footwear/trainers• Warm/ waterproof coat• Practical clothing (joggers/leggings)• Spare clothing in case they are needed• Hat and gloves during colder weather• Sun cream in warmer weather – please apply to your

child before they come to school. Staff are not allowed to apply this.

Please note - children may get dirty so old clothing is advised.

The outdoor environment plays an important role in the curriculum, providing pupils with opportunities to experiment and explore, ask question, make observations,

solve problems, take risks, make friendships, build confidence and evaluative learning.

Nature arts and crafts

P1 also have the opportunity to take part in Playpod sessions where children are encouraged to use a variety of loose parts and use their imagination to make

something of their choosing. This could be anything from a train to a shelter or even some cooking in the kitchen.

Children are encouraged to experiment and explore

‘risky’ play such as climbing trees as this helps increase

confidence and self-esteem. Supporting risky

play develops the ability to identify hazards and the

ability to cope with future challenges.

Give a note to your child to give to the teacher.

Arrange to speak to speak

to the class teacher on the

phone after school has finished.

Phone the office and make an

appointment.

We have a thriving Parent Council and are always looking for new

members. If interested please see the Parent

Council page on our school website or check out their Facebook Page

–Craigour Park Primary -

Parents Forum.

Important Dates

• School photographer – on hold due to

Covid 19 Guidelines

• Nasal Flu Immunisation – Provisional

date is 11/11/20

• Parental consultation – TBC Nov 2020

• P1 P.E. day – Tuesday (This may change

to a Friday some weeks)

I liked

What did last year’s P1s think of their first year at

Craigour Park?

I liked doing target tasks!

Emily P1D

I liked playing with all the toys and

games!Aleks P1B

I liked doing gym and doing lots of

activities!Sehaj P1A

Don’t feel nervous or scared, just go in and have some fun!

Jenson P1/2

I like getting to play outside. We have walls in the playground that

we are allowed toclimb up and walk

along!

Zaid P1D

I got to spin on the chair 5 times when I had my birthday

and I was 5!

Ayesha P1A

I liked learning about space!

Yusuf P1A

I like my teacher very much and I

like playing with my friends

Roman P1C

I was excited to make new friends!

Noah P1/2