We are continuing our author study of Julia Donaldson and are going to be doing some more activities related to her much loved book, The Gruffalo.  If we get some nicer weather this week, we are hoping to go up to the Gramps to do a Gruffalo Hunt with the children.

The final word making homework is now in P1 pink jotters.

P1 Handwriting Homework – Handwriting letters for this week are a and d. These will be given as homework on Monday and Wednesday and should be returned to school the next day.  Please help your child to practise carefully and encourage them to hold their pencil and form the letters correctly. There is a helpful pencil hold and letter formation sheet at the start of the pink books.

Common Words – This week our words are be and we. P1s, please complete the homework in the white book for Thursday. There are some children who need a bit more practise in recognising the second set of common words so we would appreciate your support in helping them at home. We will continue to assess Common Word Wall 2 this week.

Reading – Primary 1 and 2 children will receive a new reading book on Monday and Wednesday. We have reorganised our reading groups to best meet the children’s needs but we may still need to make changes in the next few weeks as we continue to assess reading. If you have any questions regarding reading, please feel free to come in and discuss these with us.

Phonics – all the initial sounds have now been taught. In addition to reading and spelling three letter words, we will introduce the ai sound as in rain or hail. The sound will be put in the sounds envelope at the front of the pink book and can be used to make words along with the other letter sounds. There will be no written homework for this sound.

P2 spelling homework will be given on Monday and should be completed for Thursday. These words should be practised each night at home, ready for the spelling test on Friday.

Number – Primary 1 and 2 will be continuing to work on subtraction.