👑 P1-3 Jubilee Celebration day 👑
Wednesday 1st of June
Wear Royal Theme/Colours
Bring a small teddy and small cushion or blanket to sit on (needs to fit in your bag)
*Donations of flags, decorations etc are not necessary but gratefully received.
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Our school community have been desperate to do something to help Ukraine. 🇺🇦.
We have decided to have a dress down day on Friday and ask everyone to wear something blue and yellow if possible. We ask that everyone brings a cash donation too. We are donating money to a charity that matches your donations, so anything we raise will be doblubled. More info will be given when donations are in.
Thanks for your support
This week, and next, we have Outdoor learning on Monday. Please can children come prepared for this including a spare change of shoes for indoors.
We are consolidating sounds to l this week and listening to sounds we hear in words and trying to write them down. Children are encouraged to do this before asking for an adult to scribe it for them. We are also moving onto our next stage of key words if ready, please continue to work on these at home. If you need additional copies just let me know.
In Numeracy we are looking at subtraction in 10. Children have home learning to complete on this.
Scots Poems – In January, all Loanhead are given poems to choose from which they then learn at home and recite in class. Children perform their poems in class (they may ding, use actions, props etc. if they wish) and some may even recite at assembly. This is set as homework for all children at LPS. This is always a fabulous activity and I love hearing them all. P1 Scots poems
Reading – groups will stay as they were this week but I plan to move some children around over the next couple of weeks. Please remember that it is helpful if children do not read these in advance.
Thanks
Mrs H
As part of Midlothian Council’s Equipped for Learning programme, a digital device for learning is being provided to every child of school age. This is to ensure that all young people have access to the technology they need for learning, both at school and at home.
For further information on the programme, and to fill out the parental agreement form please see the links below. The devices will not be allocated for full use until the agreements are filled out. This is an online form.
Equipped for Learning Information
https://bit.ly/efl-parentcarer
Parental Acknowledgement Form (must be completed ASAP).
This information will be sent home in paper form on Wednesday 12th of November. We appreciate the tight timing but for Christmas orders this is the deadline.
Payment and order forms should be returned to teachers or office by Wednesday 17th November, in a sealed and labelled envelope.
You can always print the form below and hand into the office with payment and in a sealed envelope.
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Dear Parents/Guardians,
As part of the Parent Council’s fundraising this term, the children are designing brilliant tea towels showing a collage of self-portraits. It will make a great present for family and friends or for you to hold on to as a keepsake! Due to numbers, there will be a choice to order an upper atrium towel (P5-7 children) or a lower atrium one (P1-4).
The product is 45% cotton and 55% linen and is high quality. The cost of each tea towel is £5. As the towels will be printed to order, please complete the order form below and hand it in to the office with your payment in cash (exact change), and in a clearly labelled, sealed envelope, by Wednesday 17th of November to ensure that we beat the Christmas rush!
Thanks very much and we hope you like them!
The Parent Council
😃Home Learning
📗Some parents requested homework over the weekend so I am trialling TUES-MON homework. Pupils should bring their yellow diary, book and book bag every day, especially Mondays. Children should do 10-15 minutes each night to help consolidate learning in class and to enable them to progress.
Sample of activities: But work this around your lifestyle.
Day 1 – Look at the pictures and discuss what is happening, help them to read the words for first half. Play a 2 dice board game.
Day 2 – Reading whole book plus key words (It is important this is done as much as possible throughout the week)
Day 3 – Read book with pictures covered plus trying to make sentences with key words. Play dominoes.
Other: Read every night to your child, identify key words they spot in the story. Number bonds orally or apps like Teach your monster to read, phonics match or similar.”
IF YOUR CHILD HAS THE SAME BOOK, THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE CONFIDENCE AND DEPTH OF LEARNING BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.
SEESAW – I realise the letters home about the Seesaw class app never went home while I was off so I will send these out this week so children can complete tasks at home.
🌹Notes: Can bring £1 donation for a poppy to class. In school we are designing atrium Tea towels, these are not Christmas themed but we hope for them to be ordered in time for Christmas. Payment for these needs to be in by the £17th.
Maths: In class we have been learning to read numbers, count and add to 13. E.g. in the sum 2+7 we are encouraging children to start at the bigger number and “jump up 2”
👮🏾♀️-We are beginning our topic “people who help us” If you are available to visit us and talk about your job then please get in touch.
🍱-Next week we will begin eating in the dinner hall. Same menu as before, if you wish to make changes to the menu choice please let us know.
This week on Monday we have the flu nasal vaccine.
✨In the topic of world religions we will be learning about Diwali which is Thursday.
We will also be focussing on firework safety and our buddies are doing and assembly about it for us on Friday. 🎆
🧮Numeracy: We are looking at adding within 10 using various strategies. We are also learning to recognise a number as its numeral, name and amount of dots on a ten frame.
✏️Phonics: Our sound this week is “e” like elephant. We now know s,a,t,i,p,n,c,k,e and are learning to make CVC words with these (consonant, vowel, consonant e.g. Pen) Practising this at home would be beneficial.
Home learning: Not many people accessed the seesaw activity, this can be found on the seesaw class app. The seesaw family app is the learning journal. Reading books will go home on Tuesday. I have assessed children’s key words for stage 1 and 2 and these will also go home to practise.
📗I know children are keen to learn, it is amazing that they are keen to read but please do not purchase the ORT books we read in school as the children memorise these by picture and are not progressing through the scheme by learning key words etc. I have assessed key words and I am sending home new stage 1 and 2 flashcards and a copy of the assessments so you know which to work on with your child. The flashcards etc do not need to come into school each day.
Learning trios/ Parent consultations are Wednesday and Friday, unless otherwise arranged. Please contact me if you cannot make your time and we can arrange for another day. Your child is expected to attend with ONE ADULT ONLY. This is due to COVID restrictions.
I hope you have all had an enjoyable holiday week and a day off and are all relaxed and ready to learn.
This week is health week, we are encouraging a healthy morning and afternoon snack to be brought in each day.🥝
🥪Lunches: This week is the start of pupils having pre chosen lunches. We are on week 3 currently and the menu can be found on the Midlothian school website if you never had a chance to take a copy of the order form.
Friday: Dress in a happy outfit. This is not a Halloween dress down day. no props or accessories please.
Homework: There are some SEESAW activities and children should be practising key words a few times a week. There are no reading books this week but I have asked the children to play a board game with 2 dice so they can add the 2 numbers together. This supplements work done in school.
Our phonic sounds are c/k this week.
Please can you return you treasure hunts and parents night slips by Friday. Flu Vaccines are on Monday 1st Nov.
Thanks
