Category Archives: All Classes

P6 Week Beginning 21.3

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Hi all,

This week we return back to normal with myself teaching the class again.

This week:

On Tuesday, we will have a science morning with myself and Mrs Cumming. The class will be learning about electricity and electric circuits. It should be great fun.

P.E: Tuesday and Thursday – please come dressed for P.E and bring a water bottle for hydration.

Mandarin on Wednesday with Ms Sun.

The first 10 children took part in  gardening last week and there will be another ten this Wednesday afternoon and next. All children will have the chance to take part.

Please remember that children are expected to bring their Chromebook into school every day and it has to be charged at home. 

We will begin to use twitter more often to share pictures of our learning. Be sure to give our twitter page a follow to keep up to date with everything! https://twitter.com/loanheadps

Homework:

Spelling: Words should be written three times in neat, cursive handwriting in their jotter, and then there is a task to complete in their jotters too. All information is on Google Classroom.

Titanic Pupil Talk: For the next two weeks, children should work on producing a solo talk to present to the class, all about our new topic, The Titanic. A letter containing the details on this can be found on Google Classroom. I have also created a ‘drop box’ where children can upload any digital resources they may have for it (powerpoint, images etc.), as this will be easier to access on the day.

Just a reminder that ALL children are expected to hand in their homework on FRIDAY of each week. Homework should be neat and legible. 

Thank you,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

P7 Info W/B 21st March 2022

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Hi all,

🏕️CAMP – One week to go! Excitement is mounting and we’ll make sure we have plenty of discussion this week about what to expect at camp. I’ll post up a copy of the kit-list in Google Classroom mid week ( plus any other reminders/arrangement details).

🎽 PE  – Tuesday and Thursday – please come to school dressed for PE outdoors. Remember to bring a water bottle for hydration. 

🧪Science – Last week, with Mrs Cumming,  children employed fair testing techniques to investigate the process of dissolving. Children had to plan an initial test, record and understand their findings and then carry out a second test, only changing one aspect. Substances tested included sugar and coffee.

🌋In the week ahead with Mr Forbes,  P7 will use further scientific processes to explore the power of volcanoes. Our current topic is ‘Natural Disasters‘.

🏠Homework :

📝Spelling –  Please hand in completed work on Friday. Please ensure all writing is neat.

🧮 Maths/Numeracy – A task will be set in Sumdog from Monday 21st.

That’s all for now,

Thank you,

Miss Brunt

P3 Homework – 15/3/22

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Hi everyone,

Reminders

Learning Trios

Having finally caught up with all my remain learning trios I can finally go about updating each of the target sheets. These will appear in children’s bags on Monday 21st March.

Chromebooks –

Children will sign their contract this week and the chromebooks will be sent home on Thursday if both parent and child have signed the agreement. These are a key tool for your child’s learning therefore the expectation is it will come to school every day and be charged every night. If a chromebook is forgotten a call will go home to ensure it returns to school.

Can you please discuss sensible usage with your children. Remind them these are heavily monitored for your child’s safety so children should consider if they are using it appropriately. Even simple terms such as ‘gun’ being used in a story or searched online as part of a video game will be flagged.

Homework –

Homework will go out on a Tuesday and be returned the following Monday. This is to accommodate families who have parents working long hours and children with extracurricular activities. If you wish to still hand in Friday that isn’t a problem.

Spelling

Spelling words have been glued into the children’s jotters. Please remember to practise the words AND write the sentences unless this has been discussed with me previously. Remember the third column is optional.

Spelling focus for each group:

Ravenclaw – long a –  ai and ay and a_e revision

eg – strain, clay and stage

Gryffindors: compound words

eg – football, handbag and rainbow
Slytherin and Hufflepuff: the -all word family

Reading:

eg- call, ball, fall

Dragons : Petey

Tuesday– p11-20

Wednesday – p21-30

Thursday- p31-40

Fri/Weekend  p41-62

 

Nessies: Grace the Pirate

Tuesday– Chpt 1-2

Wednesday – Chpt 3 – 4

Thursday- Chpt 5 – 6

Fri/Weekend  chpt 7 – Historical Note

 

Unicorns – Cool Clive and the little pest

Tuesday –  Chpt 1 + 2

Wednesday –  Chpt 3 + 4

Thursday- Chpt 5 + 6

Friday/Weekend –  Chpt 7

 

Kelpies – Purple Buttons

Tuesday– p1-8

Wednesday- p9-16

Thursday- Chpt 17-31

Fri/Weekend – Activity – Design your own costume using buttons. What would it look like, would the buttons be decorative or functional?

 

Selkies – Save Floppy!

Tuesday– p1-8

Wednesday- p9-16

Thursday- p17-24

Fri/Weekend – p25 – End

 

Mermaids – The Kidnappers (cont)

It seemed many of the kids had not finished this book so we are keeping this for a final week.

Tuesday– p1-8

Wednesday- p9-16

Thursday- p17-24

Fri/Weekend – p25 – End

Have a fab week everyone!

Miss Ramsay

 k.ramsay@midlothian.education

Primary 2 Homework 15.3.22

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Hello,

The reading homework and spelling words went home today.

Our sound of the week is ‘y’ as in ‘sky’ and the spelling words are:

win     sit     stop     fry     dry

crying     sky     more     before     myself

Numeracy: The class have entered the Midlothian sum-dog challenge, every correct answer counts! See how many correct answers you can get on sum-dog to add to our class tally.

Many Thanks,

Mrs Lynch

P5 Week Beginning 14/03/22

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Dear Parents and Carers.

Thank you all for your contributions for the Ukraine collection. We will know the final amount later this week but on Friday at assembly it was just over £5oo – a wonderful amount to raise!

Last week we enjoyed learning about the skeleton, the brain and the lungs. This was delivered live from the Glasgow Science Centre. The children were all practising their new skill of ‘sketchnoting’ whilst watching these live sessions. Sketchnoting is a method of drawing and writing to take notes to help with learning.

Homework: Reading and spelling please see reading books and homework jotter. Also please continue to work on times tables with your child.

Now that Chromebooks are coming home can I please ask you to remind your child to charge it when necessary and to ensure that they are brought to school every day. All children have been given guidance about transporting their Chromebooks.

Bike Workshop

On Friday 18th March (12.00pm – 2.00pm)   all children can bring their bikes to school and have them checked over for safety and possibly some minor repairs undertaken.

OUTDOOR LEARNING

On Monday 21st and Monday 28th March P5 will be doing outdoor learning led by Miss Simpson. a letter has been sent home today about this. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately and has wellington boots on. Also please send a change of clothes.

As always, if you have any questions then please get in touch.

Kind regards,

Lisa Cumming                                                     l.cumming@midlothian.education

P6 Week Beginning 14.3.22

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Hello,

It was such a wonderful sight on Friday to see so many children dressed in blue and yellow! Thank you SO much to everyone for your generous donations, we will have the final total of how much we raised later on in the week!

It is Ms Gault’s final week and she will be missed lots by us all! The children have really enjoyed her lessons over the past six weeks and we wish her all the best with the future.

The children took their Chrome-books home last week and they must bring them to school everyday. If they do not, then the office will phone home to ensure it is dropped off, so the children do not miss out on any learning. It is important that the children charge it at home and take care of it.

This week:

P.E: Tuesday and Thursday – please come dressed for P.E and bring a water bottle for hydration.

Mandarin on Wednesday with Ms Sun.

Friday 18th – Bike Workshop – 12 -2pm  Bring bikes to be checked over and minor repairs done if possible.

On Wednesday some of the children will be involved in some gardening in the school grounds under the guidance of some parent helpers.

Homework:

Spelling: Words should be written three times in neat, cursive handwriting in their jotter, and then there is a task to complete on Google Classroom.

Numeracy: There is a revision task of multiples and factors on Google Classroom.

ALL children can complete their homework as they are now taking their chrome books home, and homework is due in on FRIDAY each week. 

Thank you,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education