Monthly Archives: December 2019

Hello P3 parents,

I’ve arranged a class trip to the Loanhead Library next Thursday, where the library staff will read a story to the class and they’ll get a chance to browse the book selection. We need two parent helpers for the trip due to class numbers, so this is my plea for any volunteers! We will leave school at 10:15am and return for 11:15am. If you are interested, could you please let me know at s.mcgaff@mgfl.net as soon as possible? It will be the first two to respond to me that we’ll take along.

Thanks a lot,

Mr McGaff

Hello everyone,

For P3’s homework this week, I have decided against standard reading and spelling homework. Instead, I have created a revision sheet that covers a few things we have done in 2019. This homework is entirely optional, but it should be a nice way to refresh your child’s memory before we break up for the winter break. Feel free to answer questions on the back of the sheet or on a separate piece of paper, and let me know if you have enjoyed the format and I can prepare something similar for next week! 🙂

Thanks a lot,

Mr McGaff

News / Events this week:

Tuesday:     

• Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Lunch.

(The options for lunch are turkey or macaroni cheese. Children may bring a packed lunch instead if they wish.)

• P3-7 Concert rehearsal for the rest of the school.

Wednesday: 

• Brunton Theatre Pantomime ‘Cinderella’. The bus is due to leave Loanhead Primary @ 1pm.

It should be noted that the pupils will be late back. The bus is due to collect everyone from the Brunton Theatre @ 3:45pm.

Children should wear their school uniform as normal and do not need to bring sweets or snacks.

Thursday:

• P3-7 Christmas Concert Show # 1          2pm     Tickets should be booked and received by now.

Friday:

• P3-7 Christmas Concert Show # 2          11am     Tickets should be booked and received by now.

Homework:

• Reading – See reading diaries.
• Spellings Dictation – This will be the same as last week, due to unforeseen changes made to the timetable last Friday, the dictation was not completed.
• Health & Well-being – ‘Keep Connected’ worksheet. This is a P5-7 task to create your own team of the special people in your life. (See worksheet for further info). This task is due on Friday 13th December.
• Pupil Talks presentation – I had originally set this homework to be completed by Monday 2^nd December, however some have yet to be finished and brought into school therefore I have encouraged those pupils who have not started, to try and prepare one this week. Thank you to those who have prepared a pupil talk and are waiting to present it. From the talks I have listened to so far, I am really impressed and I can see the effort the children have made to highlight their personal interests and hobbies.

Thank you for your support,

Mr. Nelson

I cannot believe how close the end of term is looming.  We have lots on this week (see below)

This will also be the last week of homework.  There will be the usual spelling words to be written 3 times and then written in sentences or a story.  There is nightly reading and a Maths revision sheet too.  The class are doing well at learning their times tables but it is CRUCIAL that work continues on this at home too. Their SUMDOG is used regularly in school and does update to get harder as they get more correct, I have set a multiplication challenge on SUMDOG this week.

Maths revision

For Monday – Resilience poster (for Mrs Donnelly) as part of the work that pupils are doing in assembly.  Parent sheet and info sheet has been handed out.

Tuesday

Dress Rehearsal – Please can pupils bring their costumes (boys- black shorts or trousers, long socks and white shirt, girls – long white sock, black skirt, white shirt)

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY – Cash donations being collected for the 2 third world children we sponsor.

CHRISTMAS LUNCH – Treated like a normal school dinner, payment on parent pay (Turkey or Macaroni)

Wednesday

Pantomime – late arrival home approx 4.30

Thursday and Friday

School Show (see additional newsletters and separate letter to request tickets – first come first served)

Many thanks for your support and patience over this really busy time

Mrs Hinton

Hi all,

Schedule for the week:

Monday- Can children bring any items of clothing needed for their Christmas concert costume in today please. Children should know what they need. We will have a pre-dress rehearsal! 

Tuesday: Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Lunch.

The two choices for lunch are turkey or macaroni cheese. Children can bring a packed lunch instead if they wish.

P3-7 Dress rehearsal in front of the school.

PE

Wednesday:   Brunton Theatre Pantomime ‘Cinderella’ ( afternoon). A reminder that children will be late back. Children should wear their school uniform as normal and do not need to bring sweets or snacks.

PE

Thursday – P3-7 Christmas Concert Show # 1          2pm     Tickets should be booked and received by now.

Friday – P3-7 Christmas Concert Show # 2          11am     Tickets should be booked and received by now.

Independent Study Task – There will be NO new numeracy task sent home on Wednesday. However, there are still many numeracy sheets from two weeks before last and last week to come in. Children should still be practising fractions and percentages ‘LearnIts’ that Mrs Caldwell sent home. The children know what this is.

Reading – We are progressing through ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ in class and completing comprehension tasks based on this story.

Other info:

Secondary school – a reminder that everyone should have registered with their chosen secondary school by now.

General- The next two weeks ahead are very busy with festive activities but  I have also planned a series of fun team challenges which will test their problem solving, numeracy, literacy, collaborative, sporting and creative skills. Watch this space P7!

We will also have a discussion about the voting system used in the UK to choose the next government; this is part of our curriculum and too good an opportunity to miss with the General Election being on Thursday!

Thanks for your support,

Miss S Brunt

Apologies for the lack of post last week. I unfortunately went home ill on Monday and didn’t return til Wednesday.

Our Sounds: Last week we covered ‘w’ and ‘ng'(as in sing, ring etc). The sounds we will cover this week are ‘v’ and ‘oo’.

Reading books.

Chips: By the Stream

Monday: p1-8

Tuesday: p8-16

Wednesday: whole book

Thursday: a reading activity will be send home during the week

Biffs: Biff’s Aeroplane

Monday: p1-8

Tuesday: p8-16

Wednesday: whole book

Thursday: a reading activity will be send home during the week

Kippers: Six in a Bed

Monday: p1-4

Tuesday: p4-8

Wednesday: whole book

Thursday: a reading activity will be send home during the week

Floppys: Six in a Bed

Monday: p1-4

Tuesday: p4-8

Wednesday: whole book

Thursday: a reading activity will be send home during the week

If your child has a new set of key words please focus on these. If they have not received a new set please continue with the current stage key words they are on and a note of the words that your child is finding challenging will be sent home.

Reminders:

Remember this Monday is p1/2 Nativity for parents at 2pm. Parent’s will be able to collect older children from class early after nativity if you wish.

A gentle reminder that the cost of the P1/2 Christmas party is £2 and this should be brought into school in an envelope, clearly labelled with your child’s name. The party is in the afternoon on Tuesday 17th December and Santa will be attending at 2:30pm. Please feel free to join us then for a wonderful photo opportunity!

Primary 1 and 2 are also going to be leading a drumming assembly on the morning of Tuesday 17th December (9:00 – 9:30), you are more than welcome to join us for this!

Tuesday 10th December: Christmas Lunches and Christmas Jumper Day. 

Wednesday 11th December: Christmas Show in school for Nursery – P4. 

It really is starting to feel very festive around here!

Have a wonderful week,

Miss Ramsay