Monthly Archives: March 2020

This week we will be re issuing Online Learning passwords.  These are for Education City, Sumdog and Glow.  These are all subscriptions, paid for and used by Midlothian schools. P5 should be familiar with these and we encourage them to log on at home and let us know if they experience any issues.  Look out for a green card with 3 passwords on them – this should be in school daily!

Over the past few weeks, Mrs Hinton has begun to use Google Classroom with pupils during ICT time.  There will be more practise on this during this week.  Pupils should log into Glow CLICK HERE and from there they can use Google Classroom to access resources and work.  Glow also has links to Maths games, typing games, and Doorway Online which we use to Practise spellings.

We are continuing to regularly clean and wash hands.  I appreciate that this means some little hands are becoming irritated – please bring in hand cream as necessary.

WATER BOTTLES – Please can these be cleaned daily, they should also have  a lid on them to ensure cleanliness.

Homework this week – The next Alien activity, daily reading, spelling words and sentences.

Please can pupils also log into the Sumdog challenge and Google Classroom at home. – This can be accessed on phones, tablets, laptops, computers and consoles.

We are following government guidelines, please check their website and follow directions.  Do not come to school if you think you should be self isolating.

Many thanks

Mrs Hinton and M,rs Cumming

**A letter was given to all children on Friday to remind all that if your child presents a new persistent cough and/or fever then they should remain home for at least 7 days. It is extremely important that these guidelines are followed as it will help to reduce the spread of germs/illness. In addition to this the children have had an increase in hand washing, we are washing our hands when we arrive, before and after break/lunch and then once again before we leave. If the school soap is leaving your child’s hands irritated, could you please send in a clearly labelled bottle of hand soap for them to use.Please ensure your child also come to school with their own water bottle as we will not be providing spare cups or water bottles in class. Thank you.**

We are really focusing on promoting good hygiene in class and limiting the spread of germs as far as possible. We will be focusing a huge amount on the importance of hand washing. The children will also not be playing with play dough, water, sand etc. to try and reduce germs from spreading. For the same reason I unfortunately will be putting a pause on Tartan Tommy’s home visits for the weekend. I know the children will be upset by this but I will be discussing an alternative reward for the children’s hard work and good behaviour.

Wednesday is ‘Beep Beep Day’ and Mrs Sharp and the JRSO’s have planned some fun activities for the lower years to take part in! Children can wear bright clothing on this day (for example, a bright orange top or a hi-vis vest/jacket) and can bring in a donation for the charity BRAKE. Apologies for posting the wrong date last week.

Literacy-

This week we are revising all of our initial ‘l’ , ‘r’ and ‘s’ blends of the past few weeks.

Continual work on the home literacy wall is also encouraged.

Reading

Chips- The Storm

Mon- p1-8

Tues -p9-16

Wed – Whole Book

Thurs-Activity

Biffs- Strawberry Jam

Mon- p1-8

Tues-p9-16

Wed-Whole Book

Thurs- Activity (Picture and Word match)

Kippers – What a bad dog!

Mon- p1-4

Tues- p5-8

Wed-Whole Book

Thurs-Activity (Colour and sequence cards)

Floppy’s – Spiral Starters- My New School

Mon- p1-4

Tues- p5-8

Wed-Whole Book

Thurs-Activity (Word search)

All the Best,

Miss Ramsay

Hello,

I hope you all had a good weekend. Information for the coming week is as follows.

Schedule for the week

Tuesday

Football Club – Mr McGaff and I are running a P6 / P7 football club after school on Tuesdays (3:15pm-4pm), alternating weeks for girls and boys. This week it will be for the girls.

Football Festival – Unfortunately the planned football festival for P6 and P7 boys has been cancelled due to health and safety precautions in response to the corona virus (COVID-19).

Wednesday 

Road Safety Day / Beep Beep Day – The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO)and Mrs Sharp have planned activities for all the classes to take part in. It would be fantastic if they can wear a Hi-Vis item of clothing to school on the day. Loanhead Primary School are supporting the charity BRAKE therefore the pupils can make a donation to BRAKE if possible. All donations will be greatly received.

Thursday

PE – It is reminded that all pupils require a PE kit to change into and indoor shoes.

Friday

Homework

• Spellings – New spellings will be copied into homework jotters to be learnt, as well as completing the associated writing tasks provided. (To be completed by Friday 27.3.20.)
• Reading – Check pupil reading diaries. All pupils have reading due this week. Groups 1 and 2 – Tuesday 17.3.20. Groups 3 and 4 – Thursday 19.3.20.
• Maths – Interactive learning tasks will be set to be completed by Friday 27.3.20 using Education City.

Thanks for your support,

Mr. Nelson

Hello everyone, I hope you are all staying well and healthy!

This week’s homework is business as usual. I am now trying your children on non-fiction books at their exact reading level, which may be more challenging than last week’s reading. I would encourage you to discuss the topic of the book with your child and quiz them on any information within the book!

This week’s spelling pattern is <ey>. The words are as follows:

1. film
2. kept
3. key
4. honey
5. money
6. donkey
7. chimney
8. journey
9. thousand
10. million

Finally, for maths we will be wrapping up time and starting work on ‘chance and uncertainty’. This week’s focus will be discussing the likelihood of events occurring and using the correct language. For example:

‘Rolling a number between 1 and 6 on a dice is certain.‘

‘Rolling a number higher than 6 is impossible.’

‘The sun coming out today is likely.’

‘A penguin appearing in the playground is very unlikely.’

As soon as your child is familiar with the language we use when discussing chance we can move onto more advanced topics.

Thanks a lot,

Mr McGaff

Hi all,

This week sees ‘Road Safety Day’ ( Beep Beep Day!) on Wednesday so the Junior Road Safety Officers and Mrs Sharp have organised some activities for children. Pupils have been asked if they can wear one Hi-Viz item of clothing to school that day. Children can bring in a monetary donation for BRAKE if they so wish. Apologies for the wrong date for this event being posted last week. 

Football Club – Mr McGaff and Mr Nelson are planning to run a P7 football club after school on Tuesdays, alternating weeks for girls and boys.

Basketball Tournament – Ten P7s represented LPS on Wednesday morning at a local competition and won it!  They won all their five matches. So proud of you all! Fingers crossed, we can send a team to the County Champs.

PE is on Tuesday , Wednesday and the final session of rugby is on Thursday this week. Thanks so much to rugby coach Bradley for all his fun games and skills development.

Chrome Books – P7 have loved using Chrome Books in class this week and these have really engaged children in their learning. We are navigating our way around using Google Classroom and so home/class learning online is now perfectly possible.

Independent Study –Last Friday, a reading comprehension task was given out to  be handed in this Friday. My intention is to put study tasks on Google Classroom from now on. Please let me know if your child cannot access this at home.

Schedule for the week:

Monday:

Music

Tuesday: PE

Boy’s Football Festival

Football Cub after school (girls)

Wednesday: PE

Thursday: 

Rugby – bring PE clothes to be able to play rugby outside in the MUGA.

Friday – ‘Headstrong’ Session 2 ( last week’s session was cancelled)

Hi All,

With the current situation with regards to cornonavirus we are following the NHS guidelines and increasing our handwashing in class. Whilst most children have been fine some have expressed that they’re hands are painful as a result of the school soap drying them out. I have been from shop to shop trying to find an alternative but, as you can imagine, I didn’t have much luck. If your child is struggling with dry, sore hands as a result of school soap could I please ask you send them to school with an alternative if possible. Thank you in advance and I appreciate your cooperation.

Hope you are having a lovely weekend,

Miss Ramsay