Category Archives: P3

Hello everyone!

Christmas – Dates for your diary

Not to alarm anyone… but it is just over a month ’til C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S !!! Due to covid guidelines we, unfortunately, are still unable to have a Christmas show.  However, we will still be performing a festive song as a class which will be put together with the other year groups as a Merry Christmas from Loanhead. P3 have chosen to sing Wizzard’s ” I wish it could be Christmas everyday” . This will be recorded by Loanhead’s own tech ‘Wizzard’ Mrs Hinton around about the  1st and 2nd week of December. If you could encourage your child to practise the words at home I would really appreciate it.

I wish it could be Christmas everyday lyrics – YouTube

Carol Singing at the Horn

Loanhead PS  are going to be carol singing at the horn at the bottom of Clerk St in December. Each class will take it in turns to perform. We invite you to come and watch your little ones sing. It’s not quite the same as performances in school but it is a step in the right direction. We don’t have specific dates for this yet as we have to timetable it but I will let you when dates and times are confirmed.

Xmas Party – 

P3’s Christmas party will take place on the afternoon of the 15th of December. This will also be p3’s Christmas jumper day. I can’t wait to see your festive sweaters.

A quick reminder that we are finishing up on the 22nd of December this year. It has all come around so quick!

Loanhead Parish Church Gift Donations

Once again Loanhead are working with Loanhead Parish Church to bring Christmas present and a little bit more festive spirit to local families who may find this time of year financially challenging. I’m sure you will all agree that for many of us the past few years COVID has significantly impacted most families and everyone deserves a happy and magical festive season. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Loanhead Primary School will be one of the donation points for the church. Any donation of new gifts for children from birth to 15 are hugely appreciated and should be dropped off by the 10th of December. 

Please do not feel pressured to contribute, give what you can afford. Remember even the smallest of things could make a child’s Christmas.

Homework

In class we use a behaviour management strategy called blurt beans. The children fill the jar with pebbles for excellent listening and kind words and at various milestones they earn a reward. You will remember recently we had our PJ day relating to this.

P3 have now achieved their next target which allows them a week’s homework pass. This means there is no reading or spelling homework this week. Reading and spelling will carry on in school as normal.  I  do still implore you to encourage your children to read for enjoyment this week. Whether it is books, magazines, comics, recipe books even just subtitles on the TV. Literacy and reading opportunities are everywhere.

That is all for this week.

As always feel free to contact if you have any questions or queries at:

k.ramsay@midlothian.education

Have a fabulous week,

Miss Ramsay

Hi everyone,

After last week we have now completed all of our learning trios for this term. Thank you to all parents who attended or spoke to me on the phone. It was fantastic to have your input and so lovely to see you all again. I have also had some of the children mention how glad they were they got to come with their parent/carer and how proud they were of themselves. It’s clear to see your involvement in their learning means a lot to them.

Requests:

We are hoping to explore and round off our Ancient Egypt topic by doing some artwork and model building. If you have any junk at home (particularly cardboard) we would very much appreciate if you could hand it in to school.

Reminders:

• All orders for tea towels being made by parent council must be in by Wednesday 17th of November.
• This Friday p6 have arranged a dress down for Children in Need. Donations of £1 are appreciated. They have specified no pjs, football strips or onesies please.
• P6 are also arranging a ‘Guess how many sweeties are in the tub?” fundraiser. This will be 50p per guess and will be available to take part in from Monday through to Friday at break time.

Homework

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.

Numeracy/Maths

I have stuck a numeracy/maths grid the the back of your child’s homework jotter. The expectation is that only one brick (activity)  be completed per week. Can you colour the brick after your child has completed the activity AND is confident in doing so independently.

A Sumdog challenge on multplication has also been set and will be available until next Friday.  The class have also been entered into the current Sumdog contest. Get earning coins!

Reading:

Dragons

Hampers Great Escape

Monday – Chapter  Two

Tuesday – Chapter Three

Wednesday- Chapter Four

Thursday– Chapter 5

Extension: Select an extension task from accompanying reading sheet

This can also be found at:

ttops_fic_hampescape_tns.pdf (oxfordowl.co.uk)

Unicorns

Jellyfish Shoes

Monday- Chapter 2

Tuesday – Chapter 3

Wednesday – Chapter 4

Thursday- Chapter 5

Extension: Select an extension task from accompanying reading sheet

This can also be found at:

ttops_fic_jellyfish_tns.pdf (oxfordowl.co.uk)

Kelpies

Super Dog

Monday – p1- 8

Tuesday– p8 –16

Wednesday- p17 – 24

Thursday- p24 – 32

Extension: Select an extension task from accompanying reading sheet

This can also be found at:

ort_bck_superdog_tns.pdf (oupjapan.co.jp)

Selkies 

The Broken Roof

Monday – p1- 8

Tuesday– p8 –16

Wednesday- p17 – 24

Thursday- p24 – 32

Extension: Select an extension task from accompanying reading sheet

This can also be found at:

ort_bck_brokenroof_tns.pdf (oupjapan.co.jp)

Mermaids

A Fright in the Night

Monday – p1- 8

Tuesday– p8 –16

Wednesday- p17 – 24

Thursday- p24 – 32

Extension: Select an extension task from accompanying reading sheet

This can also be found at:

ort_bck_frightnight_tns.pdf (oupjapan.co.jp)

Have a fab week everyone!

Miss Ramsay

 k.ramsay@midlothian.education

Hi all,

I just wanted to write a quick message to keep you up to date and apologise that the learning trio conversations haven’t made it out this week. Unfortunately, I have been dealing with some health issues this week therefore have not been able to update our targets post learning trio. They will all go home next week. For this same reason homework did not make it on the website this week. Thank you to all parents who have kept to our routine anyways, it has really helped with our learning in class.

I am sorry for any inconvenience or confusion this has caused.

Miss Ramsay

Hi everyone,

Reminders:

Parents evening is this week on Wednesday and Friday. All appointment slips have been handed out today. I have tried to accommodate any requests where possible. If you find your parents night appointment isn’t suitable you can either contact the school office or contact me directly and we can try to facilitate an another meeting on a different day. Please also remember these are learning trios. The child must be present and should be accompanied by one adult only. I would recommend turning up as close to your appointment time as possible as families are being asked to wait for their appointment in the playground. We are having a bit of a cold snap so I don’t want anyone to freeze! I look forward to seeing everyone on this week.

On a similar note, can you please ensure all children come to school prepared for the weather. Warm coats and waterproof shoes are an essential right now.

Flu vaccinations were on Monday. All children who had one came home with a slip detailing what they had. If your child didn’t receive a vaccine you can also arrange this through your GP.

Homework

Spelling

Spelling Words have been glued into the children’s jotters. Please remember to practise the words AND write the sentences.

Numeracy/Maths

I have stuck a numeracy/maths grid the the back of your child’s homework jotter. The expectation is that only one brick (activity)  be completed per week. Can you colour the brick after your child has completed the activity AND is confident in doing so independently.

Reading:

Apologies, I realise that today only the Kelpies and Dragons have brought home books. All children will bring home books on Tuesday and any missed reading from Monday reading will be covered in school.

Dragons

Cool Clive

Tuesday -Chapter  Two

Wednesday- Chapter Three

Thursday– Chapter Four

Extension:

Ask the children to reread all the notices on pages 14, 25 and 31, and to notice the jokes.
Encourage them to work with a partner to make up some more notices with similar jokes.

Unicorns

Captain Comet and The Dog Star

Tuesday -Chapter 2 & 3

Wednesday – Chapter 4

Thursday- Chapter 5

Extension-

Encourage the children to use an art software programme to design a flag for the Stardust
Space Station.

Kelpies

Survival Adventure

Tuesday– p8 –16

Wednesday- p17 – 24

Thursday- p24 – 32

Selkies 

The Lost Key

Tuesday– p8 –16

Wednesday- p17 – 24

Thursday- p24 – 32

Mermaids

Red Planet

Tuesday– p8 –16

Wednesday- p17 – 24

Thursday- p24 – 32

Spelling:

Have a fab week everyone!

Miss Ramsay

 k.ramsay@midlothian.education