P1 Handwriting Homework – Handwriting letters for this week are x and z. 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 come and some. P1s, please complete the homework in the white book for Thursday. P1s and P2s have now got Common Word Wall 4 in your Common Word Book or your Home/School Book. These words will be assessed in school, but please use them to practise at home.

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 we are learning to recognise, read and spell with th at the end of words.

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 oo words (moon, pool, foot, book), ai words (pain, rain, jail, nail), oa words (toad, goat, moan), ee words (seed, weed, feet, street) and or words (torn, storm, fork).

P2 spelling homework will be given on Monday and should be completed for Thursday. The new th words should be practised each night at home, ready for the spelling test on Friday. Please remember to practise the two common words as well as these can often trip the children up.

Number – Most of Primary 1 will be working with numbers to 20 – counting, reading, writing and sequencing the numbers.

Most of Primary 2 will be revisiting the numbers to a hundred – counting, reading, writing and sequencing the numbers.

Our topic this term will be Parks and Gardens. This week we will be using Google Earth to investigate the Duthie Park and will go on to make a simple map of our own park.