Hi all,

Apologies for the delay in this being posted. I hope you all had a wonderful and well-rested break during the holidays.

This week is Health week and we will be focusing on mental health and substance misuse (for example, what are medicines?).

Just a gentle reminder that all children should have indoors shoes and a full P.E. kit please.

Thank you for attending the Learning Trios before the holidays, it was lovely to work alongside you and your child to create new targets for the term. Your copy of this will be put into your child’s bag on Friday.

Homework for the week:

Reading: Most groups have moved a stage in their reading, therefore their book may be a little more challenging. Please continue to practise reading every night and encourage expression when reading.

Spelling: This week we are learning the ‘ay’ sound (day, today, away etc.) The spelling list contains with the ‘ay’ sound.

Thank you!

Miss Lauren Waller

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a restful February break!

This week, Primary 3 will be looking more at the analog clock. I would recommend looking at o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to with your child so the ideas are fresh in their mind. We will be looking at these further in class, and then moving onto more specific times and digital as the weeks go on.

This week’s spelling pattern is /er/. There are three different spellings for this sound (er, ir, ur) and we will be practising remembering which spelling goes with which word in class. The spelling list is as follows:

1. drip
2. plug
3. third
4. winter
5. bird
6. over
7. hurt
8. butterfly
9. thirty
10. forty

Reading homework is the same as usual this week (half the book for Wednesday, whole book for Friday). If you have any questions about homework or what we’re doing in class, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Thanks,

Mr McGaff

Hi all,

Welcome back. Last week’s weather wasn’t the best but hopefully P7 managed to have a lovely, relaxing week off. This next part of term is about 7 weeks long and as usual, there’s lots to achieve!

What’s new?

This week is designated ‘Health Week’ at Loanhead with a particular focus on mental well- being and learning more about the dangers of substance misuse.

Looking ahead to this term, we have lots of science and computational thinking activities coming up. Science will look at energy and conservation of water; computational thinking will take a look at simple coding, binary, decomposition, algorithms and so on. We’ll have visits from our ICT support staff to hook us up to start using Chromebooks and give children log ins to Glow.

We also have a block of rugby with Bradley on Thursday afternoons so Monday PE sessions will cease for now. We’ll do drama instead.

Reading will focus on comprehension skills – strategies needed to rigorously interpret texts, both fiction and non-fiction.

House keeping:

• All children should have indoor shoes
• All children should have a full PE kit to change into.
• All children should be washing their hands before eating – can you remind your child please.

Schedule for the week: HEALTH WEEK

Monday:

Music

Tuesday:

PE – please bring a full kit to change into.

Wednesday

PE – please bring a full kit to change into.

Maths/Numeracy sheet home – I have forgotten the last few weeks- huge apologies!

Thursday

Rugby – bring PE clothes to be able to play rugby outside in the MUGA.

Friday

Learning Trios Parents Meetings – the report sheets/notes will be sent home.

That’s all for now!

Thank you,

Miss S Brunt

PHONICS

This week’s sound: er and ar

Reading:

Chips- Kippers Idea

Tuesday – p1-8

Wednesday -p1-16

Thursday- Whole book

Biffs- Nobody Wanted to Play

Tuesday – p1-8

Wednesday –p1-16

Thursday- Whole Book

Kippers- Red & Blue

Tuesday- p1-4

Wednesday- p4-8

Thursday – Whole Book

Independent Readers- 

Tuesday- p1-4

Wednesday- p4-8

Thursday – Whole Book

Miss Ramsay

Hello everyone,

A massive well done to Primary 3 on their incredible work last week. They set a great example and showed themselves in the best light with their manners, determination and energy!

This week’s homework is whole reading book for Friday (half for Wednesday) and the spelling pattern /k/ which is as follows:

1. hook
2. fork
3. back
4. brick
5. deck
6. flock
7. struck
8. rucksack
9. nineteen
10. twenty

Today, we allocated roles for Friday’s Scottish Inventors assembly (if your child will not be in on Friday can you please let me know ASAP so we can reorganise roles) and your child should have an annotated script home with them. I am on the hunt for the following objects/costumes if anyone happens to know someone who might be willing to lend Primary 3 them for their assembly:

• Cardboard (as much as possible for props)
• Bear costume
• Horse costume
• Cow costume
• 6 lab coats (child size)
• An old TV

If your child’s role one of the animals or a scientist, can you and try and search out any ‘Scottish’ outfits they could wear on the day? We should be able to find some costumes to use in school, but probably not enough to go round.

Thanks a lot!

Mr McGaff

This week is Miss Clements last week in Primary 5, we are all sad to see her go but wish her all the best in the nursery and primary 2.  Miss Clements will be teaching this week and pupils are learning about the layers of the ocean, note taking and Henri Rousseau.

WRITING -Last week we did some digital literacy on the music video for Titanium, and as a result the writing which came from it is excellent.  Pupils had homework to take this home and edit it – make changes in order to up level it.  Changes should be made in green and their work should have lots of green changes visible – this is an important step in the writing process before publishing.  ALL pupils have this to share with you and I have asked for a parent signature to show that they have discussed this with you.

READING – DAILY home reading for every pupil

SPELLING – Write words 3 times and write 10 sentences to include the words.

MATHS – Pupils have Sumdog challenges and maths targets to work on and if they forget, they should ensure knowledge of all the Learn its – please click the link to see the LearnIts-progresion fromP1-P7. 

LEARNING TRIOS – Take place on Thursday and Friday this week – please email or call if you cannot make your allocated time (k.hinton@mgfl.net)

Have a restful and fun holiday! We return back on Feb 17th and the first week back is our health week on substance misuse and emotional wellbeing.

Mrs Hinton and Mrs Cumming

Hello,

Information for this week is as follows:

Wednesday – Skiing at the Midlothian sports centre at Hillend. Children should bring their warm clothes and water bottles.

Thursday – Learning Trio Meetings.

Friday – Learning Trio Meetings.

If there is any uncertainty / issues with your meeting time for the Learning Trio, please contact the school office ASAP.

Homework:

Spellings – Tasks and Dictation is due on Friday 7th February.

Reading – Check diaries for reading set during the week for homework.

Numeracy – There is a money word problem worksheet that was given to pupils last week. It is due Friday 7th February. This will be marked and discussed in class.

Thanks for your support,

Mr. Nelson