Category Archives: P5

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week:

Reading – please see reading book for homework.

Spelling – please see spelling jotter for the pattern or sound they are learning.

P.E. is as usual on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.

On Monday, as part of the Midlothian Science Festival, we are taking part in a live session about Edinburgh Zoo.

Wednesday and Thursday is Class photo day. Please make sure your child is in school uniform. If it is a P.E. day then please can you send a school sweatshirt / jumper to be worn for the photo.

Wednesday we have Mandarin as normal.

Children have been given a shield to decorate in their house colours, if they are taking part in this competition it must be returned by Friday.

Christmas Cards and money are due back on Friday 15^th October.

Many thanks,

Lisa Cumming

l.cumming@midlothian.education

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week:

Reading – please see reading book for homework.

Spelling – please see spelling jotter for the pattern or sound they are learning.

P.E. is as usual on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.

On Tuesday we are taking part in an online STEM event which will hopefully be really interesting for the children.

Wednesday we have Mandarin as normal.

This week we will be working on our Christmas cards that we do every year, the children will bring the form home this week for you to decide if you want to order them.

Many thanks,

Lisa Cumming

l.cumming@midlothian.education

Dear Parents and Carers,

The children really enjoyed the drumming session with Infectious Grooves on Wednesday, learning about the history of the drums we were using and making polyrhythms.

This week:

Reading – please see reading book for homework.

Spelling – please see spelling jotter for the pattern or sound they are learning.

P.E. is as usual on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.

On Wednesday this week we will probably not have Mandarin but hopefully back to normal next week.

It is Bike to School week this week. Every child who cycles either to or from school or both will be entered into a raffle to win a prize.

Miss Simpson has organised the Smoothie Bike for P5, 6 and 7. The children will get the opportunity to design and make a smoothie using the bike to power the machine.

On Wednesday it is ‘Bling your Bike’ day so get your bikes decorated!

Maths Week Scotland: this week there is a competition on Sumdog for the children to take part in. All children should have their usernames and passwords to be able to use Sumdog at home. This is great to be part of the competition but also to use regularly for general numeracy revision.

Many thanks,

Lisa Cumming

l.cumming@midlothian.education

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you all had a lovely long weekend break.

This week:

Reading – please see reading book for homework.

Spelling – please see spelling jotter for the pattern or sound they are learning.

P.E. is as usual on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.

On Wednesday this week we will not have Mandarin but we are taking part in an African Drumming workshop. This is part one of two sessions.

Many thanks,

Lisa Cumming

l.cumming@midlothian.education

Hello,

I hope the children have all enjoyed their first full week back, I know I have.

Homework this week:

Spelling – see their jotter for the spelling pattern.

Reading – on the post-it note which comes home with the book.

To avoid confusion reading is to be done on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday nights and books should be brought to school every day.

Meet the Teacher – Tuesday 31st 3.20-3.50pm. This is an opportunity to have a wee chat with me (in the playground).

PE on Tuesday will be in the morning this week.

Many thanks,

Lisa Cumming.

Dear Parents / Carers,

We have had a good start to the term in P5, I am certainly enjoying working with them, it is lovely to see how much they have grown and developed since P1!

A little bit of information for you, as from Monday 23^rd August:

On Tuesday and Thursday please make sure your child comes to school in clothes suitable for P.E. and with a rain jacket.

Reading books will come home this week, please support them to do their reading every night.

Homework will be given out on a Monday and returned by Friday.

Spelling homework should be worked on every night whenever possible….little and often! This is starting on Monday 23^rd August please see their jotter for the word pattern they are learning and information to help them complete the homework and learn the spellings.

Please could you cover their homework jotter with wrapping paper or wallpaper – it protects their jotter and helps them to identify it quickly.

Date for your dairy: Meet the Teacher – Tuesday 31^st August 3.20pm – 3.50pm

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Lisa Cumming

Good Afternoon,

It is lovely to be back and to see all the children after the summer.  We have had a lovely day today.

This is just to give you a quick note to tell you that they have P.E. tomorrow (Thursday 19/08/21) so should come to school dressed for P.E. I did tell the children today but wanted to let you know too.

I will provide more information about homework and P.E. etc. next week.

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Regards,

Lisa Cumming

l.cumming@mgfl.net