Book Fair – The Scholastic book fair is leaving Abbotswell on Tuesday so please hurry if you would still like to buy a book.

The photographer will be in school this week on Wednesday 10th February.

Our mid-term holiday is on Monday 15th February and the children are off on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th for In-service days. The children return to school for the Thursday and Friday of that week.

P1 Handwriting Homework – Handwriting letters for this week are t and u. These will be given as homework on Monday and Wednesday and should be returned to school the next day.

Common Words – This week our words are by and said. P1s, please complete the homework in the white book for Thursday. P1s and P2s, please keep practising the common word walls 1 and 2 in your Home/School Book. Word wall 3 will be stuck in the books next week.

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 – This week our sounds are ee as in feet and or as in fork. The sounds 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 again be no written homework for this sound.

In class we do lots of word making activities, so ask your child to show off their knowledge to you. Why not try getting them to set out their sounds into alphabetical order and asking them to spell a range of 3 letter words, along with oa words (boat, goat, coat, float), ai words (pain, train, jail, nail) and ie words (tie, cried, lie).

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

Number – Primary 1 and 2 will be working on fact families for + and -, for example

2 + 1 = 3

1 + 2 = 3

3 – 1 = 2

3 – 2 = 1