Hello everyone,
This week’s homework is business as usual – first half of reading book for Wednesday and second half for Friday, and spelling homework due in on Friday too.
From now until further notice, PE will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays so please ensure that your child has their kit in school for those days.
Thanks a lot,
Mr McGaff
Homework for this week:
Spelling: as usual see the purple homework jotter for the sound. Blue group and Red group are to do their sentences and find 5 words that follow the same spelling sound and write the meaning of them -FOR FRIDAY.
Reading: Please see their reading diary.
Numeracy: This will be given out on Wednesday for the following TUESDAY.
Poppies will be on sale in the school…a donation of 50p would be appreciated.
Parents are invited to our Remembrance Assembly which starts at 11:00am.
Many thanks,
Karen Hinton and Lisa Cumming
Buy a poppy in school this week.
P7 have two boxes of poppies to sell in school this week. We suggest a minimum donation of 50p and one poppy per child to begin with.
Thank you.
Hi all,
I hope everyone is fully rested after camp last week. Camp was a great success overall. New friends were made and many fears were challenged and overcome. I plan to create a PowerPoint of photos which will be shown or shared soon. It was difficult to get photos of everyone from Loanhead as we only had a couple of our own children in our activity groups each day. Hopefully, I can pool together photos from other leaders that were there.
Here is the schedule for the week:
Monday:
Tuesday:
PE
Wednesday:
PE
Friday:
P7 Remembrance Assembly – 11am sharp. Parents are welcome to attend but please arrive 5-10 minutes early to be seated. Part of this assembly will be presented by two lovely ladies from Bravehound, a charity which trains dogs as companion and assistance pets for veterans suffering from PTSD. We will have a donation bucket at the door for this charity.
Some children will have lines/poems/song lyrics home to practise for the assembly so I will not give out any other homework this week.
Scottish Poppy Appeal– P7 have two boxes of poppies to sell this week. We suggest a minimum donation of 50p and one poppy per child to begin with so that everyone gets a chance to buy one in school.
Independent Study Task – Children have chosen which area of World War 2 they would like to research independently. I will send home more specific information on this soon.
Thanks for your support,
Miss S Brunt
Hi all,
The Halloween disco is on Thursday evening, 6:30pm – 7:30pm. Tickets are £2 and children can purchase these during school time.
Homework:
Reading: The pages to be read are in your child’s green reading record. Some groups have been sent home with a list of key words for their reading stage too. Please ensure that you help your child in learning these as it will improve their fluency and confidence when reading.
Spelling: We are learning the short vowel sounds this week (a,e,i,o,u) in words like bag, sun etc. The spelling list contains some words with these sounds and days of the week. We are learning cursive handwriting so it would be great to see the children practising this in their homework.
*******It has been super busy in school since the October holidays that Miss Waller’s forgetfulness has gotten a little worse! At the Learning Trio’s I spoke to many parents regarding sending resources/extra work home to support their child to achieve their targets. However, I have realised that I have not done this yet and some of the things I had discussed, I have lost the note of them. Please do email me or speak to me at the end of the day if you were meant to have received something from me and have not yet – L.Waller@mgfl.net ********
Thank you,
Miss Lauren Waller
We are back to a full week and the following homework:
Spelling Homework
New spelling patterns are written up in individual homework jotters and taken home on a Wednesday afternoon to be returned the following Tuesday morning. This must be checked and initialled by an adult.
At home they should use:
LOOK THINK COVER WRITE CHECK
Write out their new spelling words three times in neat columns. They should also complete a green activity card which will earn pupils 2 credit card points. An optional red activity may be completed for extra practice (and 1 credit card point) but is not mandatory.
Reading Homework
Reading will consist of a variety of activities including Literacy Circles, Novel Studies and individual reading tasks. A library novel will also be chosen by your child.
This week individual reading books will go home on Tuesday and returned on Thursday 31st October to be read again in class. Please check your child’s bookmark to note pages to be covered and ensure that you initial to show that an adult has heard reading at least once per week. Your child will read to an adult between two and three times per week in class. It is extremely important that you take the time to listen, encourage and correct any sounds that your child is reading incorrectly. Thank you for your support with developing your child’s love of reading.
Maths & Numeracy Homework
Maths/Numeracy homework will be given out on a regular basis to tie in with what has been taught in class. This will be handed out on Wednesday to be returned the following Tuesday morning.
This week P4 will be reinforcing their work on number-bonds through addition and subtraction. Remember to also practise your child’s chosen times-table target noted during our Learning Trio meeting.
Topic Homework
There will be occasional homework for topic which may include individual research and class talks.
This week’s topic question is:
What material are the Lewis Chessmen pieces carved from?
Additional Information
Please note that on Thursday 31st October children should come to school dressed in their PE kit as they have a number of activities going on that day and this will save time changing throughout the day.
Many thanks for your continued support,
Mrs Watts & Mrs Roy
Our Sounds: ‘l’ and ‘f’
Our Tricky words: ‘to’ and ‘do’
Reading books.
Chips: Kippers Balloon
Biffs: Spots
Kippers: The street fair
Floppys: The street fair
REVISION OF KEY WORDS, TRICKY WORDS AND PREVIOUS SOUNDS.
Reminders
This Thursday is our Halloween disco! Doors will open at 18:15pm. Tickets are on sale in school for £2. They will also be available on the door. If you have any last minute donations for our Halloween tombola we would always appreciate your contributions.
This Thursday primary one will be receiving a visit from the police. We are still looking for any other volunteers to come and talk to our children about how to help keep us healthy or safe. Please see the below post.
All the Best,
Miss Ramsay
Hello everyone,
This week’s homework is back to normal with the full week of school. If your child could read half of their reading book by Wednesday and the second half by Friday, that would enable us to have a much enhanced discussion in class! Spelling/Read-Write-Inc. homework is due Friday. Feel free to approach this task in any way that you think would benefit your child (some great examples I have seen include rainbow writing, funny sentences and monster writing).
Best wishes,
Mr McGaff (s.mcgaff@mgfl.net)