We will be going to church on Friday, the last day of term.

School finishes for the October break on Friday at 3pm. We return on Monday 29th October. Hope you all enjoy the holidays.

Letter Sounds

This week our letter sounds are h and r. Letter h homework should be completed for Wednesday and letter r homework should be completed by Friday.

Common Words

The children now have the first word wall stuck in the white common word homework book. This has our first 12 common words and can be used at home for revision of these words. We will use it in school to check which words the children recognise. Please complete the common word homework for Thursday. Words for this week are did and him. You may need to help your child to write the number after counting the words together.

Reading

The children will get one more reading book this week with pictures only. Books with words will be started after the holidays.

Word Pots

The children still have the main character names in their word pot. Kipper, Biff, Chip, Mum, Dad and Floppy. Keep revising any words your child does not remember. New words will be introduced after the holidays along with the reading books with words.

Maths

At the moment our maths work is mainly oral. We are continuing with our counting, ordering, recognising number dot patterns and finding missing numbers on a number line.

This week’s star of the week is Odafe . He has been very polite and has been showing good manners.

Well done Odafe.

Primary 1 are paired up with Primary 7 and on a Friday we get together with a book buddy to share books. Here are the Room 1 children sharing books with a P7.

This week parent interviews are on Tuesday and Thursday.

Letter Sounds

This week our letter sounds are c/k and e. Letter c/k homework should be completed for Wednesday and letter e homework should be completed by Friday.

Common Words

Every week in school the children will be introduced to two common words. These will be revised daily and displayed in the classroom. Our aim is for the children to recognise and be able to read the words. They can be reinforced at home by completing the common word homework for Thursday each week. Words for this week are me and and. You may need to help your child to write the number after counting the words together.

Reading

Reading books will continue to be changed daily for the books with no words, except on a Friday. The children will hear the extended story in school and can retell the story to an adult at home. Remember to refer to the reading letter, and ideas for questions are inside the front and back cover of the books.

Word Pots

The children still have the main character names in their word pot. Kipper, Biff, Chip, Mum, Dad and Floppy. Keep revising any words your child does not remember. New words will be introduced soon along with the reading books with words.

Maths

At the moment our maths work is mainly oral. We have been listening to Number Zoo stories related to the numbers 1-10, counting aloud together and individually and matching and counting in games on the computer. We have also been looking at the shapes of the numbers and what they look like so we can recognise a number symbol out of sequence.

Ready to go!

Rooms 1 and 2 at the viewpoint.

The children all did really well with our sponsored walk. We walked for an hour and a half from school up into the Gramps and back again!

This week we have our sponsored walk on Friday and also the Macmillan coffee morning. Please wear something green on Friday. There are colouring competitions for sale for 50p and raffle tickets to win a bear 20p or £1 for a strip.

Letter Sounds

This week we are revising our first six sounds – s, a, t, i, p, n. For homework use the letters in the envelope at the front of the pink book to make simple 2/3 letter words such as tin or pat. Please write the words you make on the sheet in the pink book for Friday.

Common Words

Every week in school the children will be introduced to two common words. These will be revised daily and displayed in the classroom. Our aim is for the children to recognise and be able to read the words. They can be reinforced at home by completing the common word homework for Thursday each week. Words for this week are the and are. You may need to help your child to write the number after counting the words together.

Reading

Reading books will continue to be changed daily for the books with no words. The children will hear the extended story in school and can retell the story to an adult at home. Remember to refer to the reading letter, and ideas for questions are inside the front cover of the books. If you want to draw any of the pictures suggested inside the front cover please use the pink book.

Word Pots

The children still have the main character names in their word pot. Kipper, Biff, Chip, Mum, Dad and Floppy. See if your child is beginning to recognise and remember the words. You will be able to see which words they remembered in school by the coloured faces on the character word wall.

Please bring the pink home/school book, reading book and word pot to school every day in the book bag.

The children have now been in Primary 1 for two weeks full-time. Here they are busy at some of our classroom activities.

This week is a short week. School is closed for the September holiday weekend on Friday 21st and Monday 24th September.

Letter Sounds

This week our letter sounds are p and n. Letter p homework should be completed for Wednesday and letter n homework should be completed by the following Tuesday.

Common Words

Every week in school the children will be introduced to two common words. These will be revised daily and displayed in the classroom. Our aim is for the children to recognise and be able to read the words. They can be reinforced at home by completing the common word homework for Thursday each week. Words for this week are he and she. You may need to help your child to write the number after counting the words together.

Reading

Reading books will continue to be changed daily for the books with no words. The children will hear the extended story in school and can retell the story to an adult at home. Remember to refer to the reading letter, and ideas for questions are inside the front cover of the books. If you want to draw any of the pictures suggested inside the front cover please use the pink book.

Word Pots

The children still have the main character names in their word pot. Kipper, Biff, Chip, Mum, Dad and Floppy. See if your child is beginning to recognise and remember the words. Each child will have a character word wall stuck in the pink home/school book one day this week, and these first six words will be assessed in school. We will colour the faces of the known words so you will know which ones still need to be revised.

Please bring the pink home/school book, reading book and word pot to school every day in the book bag.

This week’s star of the week is Aden. He has been great at getting himself ready independently at playtimes, lunchtimes and at the end of the day.

Well done Aden.

Letter Sounds

This week our letter sounds are t and i. Letter t homework should be completed for Wednesday and letter i homework should be completed by Friday.

Common Words

Every week in school the children will be introduced to two common words. These will be revised daily and displayed in the classroom. Our aim is for the children to recognise and be able to read the words. They can be reinforced at home by completing the common word homework for Thursday each week. Words for this week are I and in. You may need to help your child to write the number after counting the words together.

Reading

Reading books will continue to be changed daily for the books with no words. The children will hear the extended story in school and can retell the story to an adult at home. Remember to refer to the reading letter, and ideas for questions are inside the front cover of the books.

Word Pots

The children still have the main character names in their word pot. Kipper, Biff, Chip, Mum, Dad and Floppy. See if your child is beginning to recognise and remember the words.

Please bring the pink home/school book, reading book and word pot to school every day in the book bag.