Miss Hambly - Monday and Tuesday
Mrs Shepherd - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Our P1 pupils have accesses to outdoor learning and play experiences daily. In class, our P1 pupils benefit from experiences planned in cognisence with our Play Pedagogy. Which can be accessed here: https://sway.office.com/QHPFUyvnMliKAR7l?ref=Link
Mrs Cameron - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Miss Hambly - Thursday and Friday
Our P2/3 classroom is a large, bright and spacious room, perfect for first level learning and engaging in a wide variety of exploration and investigation.
Miss Barnes teaches in P3/4 all week.
This class are part of the CYPIC programme this year. The aim of the programme is to support pupils to develop their writing skills.
Mrs Scott - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Miss Barber - Friday
This class are part of the CYPIC programme this year. The aim of the programme is to support pupils to develop their writing skills.
Miss Barber - Monday and Tuesday
Mrs Wickert - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
This year we have a large number of P5 pupils which meant that the cohort was split into a straight P5 class and a P5/6. Where possible opportunities for pupils to work with their peers are planned.
Mrs Frew teaches in P7 all week.
Mrs Frew is also a Deputy Child Protection Officer for the school and our link member of staff supporting military families.
P7 pupils take part in a range of transition events throughout the year in preparation for moving up to secondary education at the end of the year.
Mrs Wickert is also our PE teacher on a Tuesday. Mrs Wickert supports most classes during one of their PE sessions each week. All classes have two PE sessions a week.
All teachers in Scotland are entitled to non-contact time, for planning, assessment and preparing resources to support learning. Teachers are given 30mins per teaching day of non-contact time. At Mortlach this is given in blocks of time to our P1, P3/4 and P7 Teachers. On the days when our Class Teachers are on non-contact time, Mrs Horner teaches the class.
Mrs Shepherd is our ASN Teacher on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs Shepherd supports the development of a wide range of educational support plans including Learning Profile and Support Strategies (LPS) and Individualised Educational Plans (IEP). As well as overseeing the support needs of all pupils at Mortlach Primary.
Mrs Shepherd works closely with our support team to ensure that they are aware of pupils support needs and provides training to staff where needed. She supports the team to ran a variety of different groups including nurture groups, fine and gross motor skills and Seasons for Growth.
Mrs Shepherd also works closely with Mrs O'Neill on planning and preparing learning experiences for pupils who are accessing the 'Thistle Work' Room.