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In assembly on Friday we introduced the next part of the Building Resilience programme we are following. We once more meet Skipper, the character we explore each concept with as he navigates the river of life in his boat. Over the next few weeks we will be looking at Growth Mindsets. Below is a description of the Challenge your mindset unit for your information as well as suggested activities you might like to do at home with your child or children.

“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you.

If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.”

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People who believe that we are born artists, athletes or scientists have a fixed mindset about themselves and others. They believe that learning potential and ability are fixed and can be measured. People with a growth mindset believe that effort, not just ability, leads to success.

Through this unit, we will encourage children to recognise that challenges, mistakes and problems happen every day in learning activities and social interactions. They will learn that how we respond to those difficulties has an impact on how we see ourselves. This helps us shape our own learning and how we handle the next problem that comes our way.

 In this unit, Skipper gives up when he finds something hard to do. He learns the importance of developing a growth mindset. Skipper helps the children to see that with effort and practise they can overcome problems by challenging their mindset, so that things that once seemed challenging become easier.

In this unit, we will be learning that:

• Who we are and what we are good at, is not fixed.
• The way we think, feel or learn, shapes our brain
• I can change through the choices I make.

Talk it Over:

Share with your child about a time you used a growth mindset when you were faced with a challenge or set back.

Home Activity:

Changing your words, can help you to change your mindset, e.g. Instead of saying: I’m not good at this, try saying: Mistakes are proof that I am trying. Support your child to create their own ‘DoodleArt’ poster of a growth mindset phrase and bring it into school to add to our display.

Key Book: ‘The Dot’ by Peter Reynolds

Mrs Jack’s last day at Currie Primary will be Friday 15 September 2017 as she leaves us for 2 years to take up a secondment as Principal Teacher at Gilmerton Primary School. We will really miss Mrs Jack as a very valuable colleague and friend at school but we know she will go on to great things at Gilmerton and we wish her every success.

Mrs Holt will be joining our team as a permanent member of staff to take over from Mrs Jack in P3B and we are very much looking forward to welcoming her to our school and working with her.

Our school photographer will be in school on Monday 11 September and Tuesday 12 September 2017 to take the children’s school photos which parents and carers will be able to buy. The photographer will be back in school on Friday 22 September to catch up with photographs of anyone who is not is school on the 11^th or 12^th of September.

This year we are planning to turn the school photos into a Curie Primary School Sticker Album – our P7 pupils will be co-ordinating this fund raising enterprise for us throughout the year. Each class, Nursery to P7 will have a section of the album and the children will be able to collect the stickers to complete their album. We have a few examples of these types of sticker books in school if you would like to get an idea of what our sticker book will be like. Only the children’s first names will appear in the sticker album so everyone knows where to sticker the stickers. No other personal details will be included.

If you do not wish your child to appear in our sticker album, or you do not want your child’s photograph taken by our school photographer, please contact school to let us know (you can contact school by telephone on 0131 449 3359 or by email at admin@currie-pri.edin.sch.uk). Even if you do not want your child’s photo to be included in the album their photograph will still be taken and you will be able to buy it if you want to.

If you would like to find out more about our school sticker book or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us in school.

Congratulations to our P7 winners of the Grow a Plant competition at the Currie Flower Show this weekend. A clean sweep for Currie Primary School – first place Ewan, second Matthew, third –  Jack and fourth Finlay!

It has been a busy first couple of weeks of the new school year here at Currie. We have had a number of new children joining us across our school, not just in P1 and everyone seems to be very quickly settling into our Currie ways. P7 are away at camp next week or following an alternative timetable of activities and our P7 children and staff are all very much looking forward to this week!

We would like to invite everyone to our annual Meet the Teacher event on Monday 4 September 2017 between 4 pm and 5 pm. This is an informal way for you to pop into school and see your children’s new classrooms and to meet their new teachers. We hope to see as many of our parents and families on the 4^th as can make it.

Please click on the link below for further information on this year’s P7 camp to Kingswood

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I hope you have all had a lovely summer break! We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Wednesday 16 August 2017. In case anyone still has a few last minute items of school uniform to get before school starts our ‘Nearly New School Uniform Shop’ is up and running with a great selection of school polo shirts, sweatshirts, dresses, trousers, PE kit etc. It really is worth a look so pop into school whenever you are passing!

See you on Wednesday!

A times tables help sheet has been added for your information.  To find it please go to the Information for Parents tab then click on Parent Prompts

Our expression de la semaine this week is, of course, ‘Bonnes vacances’ which means good holidays! It seems to have been a very fast year in school and it is hard to believe it is now the summer holidays! On behalf of all the staff in school we would like to thank all of our families and carers for the support you have given once more us over the year and we wish you all a bonnes vacances!