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Hi all,

This week:

Spelling – as normal; homework to be completed for next Monday.

Reading – Children are working very well with their reading journal. Everyone is now working on Task 3. The children got some personalisation and choice here and were asked to choose three question types to work on with their book. We went over this again last week and children seemed happy with their question choices.

PE – Can children just have their kit in all week please as our normal Thursday slot is taken with other things this week so I’ll find a slot in the timetable elsewhere to fit in PE. Tuesday PE remains unchanged. We have finished our netball sessions and will move onto basketball.

Indoor shoes – can you ask your child if he/she has their indoor shoes at school. If not, can they please bring a pair ASAP as the floors and carpets are getting very muddy!

Community Police Officer – PC Ian Black will visit P6 on Wednesday morning to chat about staying safe online.

P3-7 Christmas Concert – all  children who asked for an acting part have been given their roles and lines. We need to sort out costumes but we will try to source as much from school as possible. However, children may have to provide some of the costume themselves. Watch this space!

Christmas Fair –  Friday 30^th November from 12:30pm. Stalls include: toys and books, home baking, tombola, hamper raffle, crafts, café, Santa’s Grotto and much, much more! We are still looking for more Fair Trade items for our P5-7 hamper. Thanks so much to those who have already handed items in.

Thanks for your support,

Miss S Brunt

Congratulations and a huge thank you to all those who helped with our ‘Sustainable Palm Oil’ bake sale today raising funds to sponsor our Orang-utan, Keke.

We raised enough to sponsor him for 3 years as our total was a whopping £100.96!

P5 were over-the-moon and extremely proud as this total was shared during our whole school assembly.

Many thanks,

P5, Mrs Watts & Mrs Roy

Good evening. I would like to apologise for the lack of a post last week, I had issues with the website however I have managed to fix the issue now.

Homework for this week:

Reading: Please see the blue reading record book and continue to help your child learn the words and sounds in their word box. It is really important that the children learn these words so that they can begin to feel that they are successfully reading their book and can progress onto the next stage of reading books.

Phonics: We are currently learning digraphs in phonics. These are where 2 letters make one sound, for example ‘oa’ makes the ‘o’ letter sound heard in boat, goat and float.

Please help your child complete the following sheets in their red phonics book:

Monday – ie – ‘i’ letter sound heard in pie and lie

Tuesday – ee- the ‘e’ letter sound heard in see, bee, sheep

Wednesday – or

Nativity: A nativity newsletter has been sent out to let you know the casting for this years nativity. If your child has a speaking part please encourage them to practice their part and help them to learn their lines.

If you have any props or outfits that may be suitable for this years theme – Christmas around the World we would really appreciate borrowing them for the show.

In particular we are looking for outfits or props for the following characters : Spanish, Hawaiian, Indian, American, Chinese and African

Thank you

Miss Maley and Mrs Cumming

Hi all,

There are just five weeks left of this term and it’s shaping up to be very busy indeed. Here are some reminders of dates for your diary. **Please note, I made an error with the date of  the P3-7 Christmas Concert so have changed it from Wed 19th to Tuesday 18th December. My apologies!**

W/B 19^th November – Book Week Scotland – children should bring reading material to read in class when the ‘reading bell’ rings.

Thursday 22^nd Nov. – Dress as a book character

Friday 30^th November – Christmas Fair* @12:30pm

Wednesday 5^th December – Pantomime at Brunton Theatre (late return)

Wednesday 12^th December – Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas School Lunch

Tuesday 18th December – P3-7 Christmas Concert (afternoon)

Thursday 20^th December – Christmas Party

Friday 21^st December – Last day of term – Assembly at LP Church.

*Details of events will appear nearer the time but with regard to the Christmas Fair, the Upper Atrium will be compiling a Fair Trade Hamper to raffle at the event so if you can donate any FT items to the hamper, that would be super.

This week –

Spelling – as normal; homework to be completed for next Monday.

Reading – Children are working very well with their reading journal. Everyone is now working on Task 3 but I’ve given two weeks for completion (by 29/11/18). The children got some personalisation and choice here and were asked to choose three question types to work on with their book. I will explain this again on Monday and make sure everyone is clear about what they are doing.

PE – Can children  have their kit in all week please as our normal Thursday slot is taken with other things this week but I’ll find a slot in the timetable elsewhere to fit in PE. Tuesday PE remains unchanged. We have finished our netball sessions and will move onto basketball. Speaking of basketball…

Congratulations to our P6/7 basketball team who won all their matches at last week’s tournament! LR, WL, LM, ZM and LCh; we are very proud of you all!

Thanks for your support,

Miss S Brunt