We are continuing our author study of Julia Donaldson and are going to be doing some more activities related to The Gruffalo and will read some more of her popular stories.

The children have all been assessed to gauge how many of the common words they have learned. Please continue to practise any that have not been marked off. P1 have the lists in their white Common Word Book and P2 have the list in their Pink Home/School Book.

P1 Handwriting Homework – Handwriting letters for this week are g and e. 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 was and you. P1s, please complete the homework in the white book for Thursday. P2s, please keep practising the word list in your Home/School Book.

Reading – Primary 1 and 2 children will receive a new reading book on Monday and Wednesday.  Some children have a new word list in their Home/School Book which will continually be assessed in school, but please use it to help you practise the new reading words at home.

Phonics – all the initial sounds have now been taught. In addition to reading and spelling three letter words, we will introduce the oa sound as in boat or coat. 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.