🩹 Blythwood Care SHOEBOX APPEAL 2022

This year Loanhead Primary school are excited to, once again, work with Loanhead Parish Church to support the Blytheswood care Shoebox Appeal.

Shoeboxes can be filled for boys, girls, teenagers, men and women of all ages. The essential items include underwear, socks and tights, hat, scarf, gloves, soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, sweeties (not chocolate) and a wee toy for a child. The essential items must be new. Other items are then included – stationery, toiletries, make-up, sewing stuff, kitchen utensils etc.

If you can donate an empty shoebox, just  a couple of items or even a pre filled box this would really help make a difference this winter.

Donations should come in to school by 26th of October.  If possible can Shoebox lids and bases be individually wrapped, elastic band around it and with a checklist inside? This is so they can be checked.

Go to https://blythswood.org/shoeboxappeal/ for more information or to download a checklist. Checklists are also on the letter home and can be obtained from the Office.

 

Primary 2 information 11.10.22

Week beginning: 10.10.22

Spelling words – “ar” sound (to be written in jotter)

  1. at
  2. yes
  3. slug
  4. arm
  5. hard
  6. scarf
  7. card
  8. are
  9. all
  10. farmyard

 

Spelling – write out the spelling words 3 times then write 3 sentences using 3 of your words.

Reading: Reading should be every night.  I have also included key words.  Children should know up to the end of the next stage of reading. E.g. if their reading book is stage 4 they should know stage 4 and 5.

In numeracy we have been looking at showing addition sums using concrete materials.  So laying out 6 objects and 7 objects and counting them, talking about how many altogether etc.  We have also been looking at doubles, halves to 10/20 and counting up in 2s to 100 (even numbers)

Learning trio times will be out this week unless you have alternative meetings arranged

CHARITY: PYJAMA DAY (27.10.22) TO RAISE MONEY TO SPONSOR A CHILD TO GO TO SCHOOL IN RWANDA

CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL – A P7 is organising this.  Donations to go to the office by 26th October – all donations will make a difference to someone this winter.  Letters will come home this week.

P1 Week Beginning 10.10.22

Reminders

Children will bring home their Learning Trio appointments this week. If your appointment is unsuitable, please contact the school office.  

Please note that Monday 24th October is a holiday, Tuesday 25th is an inservice for staff and children will return to school at 8:50am on Wednesday 26th October. We finish for the holidays on Friday 14th October at 12:25pm. 

This week we will welcome a student, Mrs Dickson, into our class. She will be with us for 2 days a week until May.

Friday 4th November – We are going to visit the Loanhead Library for a story and are looking for two parent helpers to join us. We will be leaving the school at 10am, if you are able to help, please email me. Thank you.

Friday 11th November – We are having our first Primary 1 ‘Stay and Play’. Parents/Carers are invited to stay for a little bit of the morning to come and experience some of our play-based learning. I do ask that only one parent/carer attends per child, if possible, as we have limited space in our class/atrium. Please come to the P1 classroom door for 9am and we will finish around 9:40/45am.

Homework

Reading: Pages to be read will be written in your child’s green reading record, please sign to evidence reading has been completed.

Sounds: This week we are learning the sounds l, f, b and the children will be bringing home the sound worksheet to practise their letter formation that same day the sound has been taught. Monday – l, Tuesday – f and Wednesday – b.

Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to school EVERYDAY, as we will be doing reading everyday. They will be kept in school on a Friday, in order to have new homework ready for the following Monday.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children will bring home their P.E. kits on Thursday to be washed and returned after the holidays.

Thank you,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

P2 News and Info 3/10/22

🚲 This week is Bike to School week.  Children are encouraged to enjoy cycling, or scooting, to school every day.  On Friday we have a “Bling your Bike” competition where there will be prizes for the best decorated bikes.

📚 Homework is in the homework jotters and there is a maths activity, reading and spelling homework.  Information will be in the yellow diaries as well as in Jotters.  Our spelling sound is “qu”.

PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILD’S BOOK BAG COMES TO SCHOOL DAILY!

Learning Trio requests are due back on Tuesday.

We have been enjoying gardening over the past couple of weeks and we have also been doing some short lessons on Google Classroom to get use used to it., many children are able to log onto their Chromebooks and access and assignment in out Google Classroom.

Mrs H

P1 Week Beginning 3.10.22

Hello,

This week is ‘Bike to School Week’ and the children are encouraged to cycle/scoot to school this week. On Friday, they can ‘bling’ their bike or scooter, if they would like to, and it will be judged by the JRSO’s!

Last week, all pupils took home the Learning Trio letters. Please fill out the attached slip and return it to school by Tuesday 4th October. 

A gentle reminder, that children should not be bringing toys in from home and if they do, they should remain in their school bags until home time. Thank you.

Homework

Reading: Please remember to practise your child’s ORT key words, as they cannot start reading books with words until they are able to read their key words. Pages to be read will be written in your child’s green reading record, please sign to evidence reading has been completed.

Sounds: This week we are learning the sounds g, o, u and the children will be bringing home the sound worksheet to practise their letter formation that same day the sound has been taught. Monday – g, Tuesday – o and Wednesday – u.

Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to school EVERYDAY, as we will be doing reading everyday. They will be kept in school on a Friday, in order to have new homework ready for the following Monday.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children should bring a P.E kit to school to change into for P.E.

Please label all items of clothing to help prevent anything going missing. 

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

📸 P2 – Week beginning 26.9.22

Week Beginning 26/9/22

📸 PLEASE NOTE: The SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER will be in school on Thursday to take individual and sibling photos

SPELLING HOMEWORK – “ng” sound.  Pupils should learn these 10 words at home.  In their jotters they have been asked to write the words out 3 times. In the last column they should write the ng in a colour.  See jotter for an example.

READING:  New books issued on Monday for most groups.  Continue to read the words, talk about the picture, encourage sounding out of tricky words and learn KEY words.

MATHS HOMEWORK – We have been having fun challenges to learn addition within 10 and 20 without counting.  This is our focus in school.  There is a short worksheet in jotters.  When adding, if children do not know the answer off by heart, the strategy we have been using is hold the bigger number in your head and count up. E.g. 11+4 – hold 11 in your head and jump up 4, 12-13-14-15 the answer is 15

PE – Mon and Thurs, please have a change of clothes, shoes and water bottle in school