This week is Mr Campbell’s last week with us. He will still be in charge of the class on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The children have really enjoyed having him in class and I’m sure you will join with us in wishing him all the best for the future.

On Friday we are hoping to join Simon from the ranger service up on the Gramps for a walk and minibeast hunt. We still require a parent helper or two to come with us for this to be possible. Please get in touch if you are able to help.

Mrs Will will be in class on Friday as Mrs Northcroft will be working on Monday the 30th of May for Mrs Will. Mrs Northcroft will be there at the start of the day for the Gramps walk but will be leaving later in the morning.

Primary  1 will no longer have handwriting homework as we have now covered all 26 letters.

Common Words – This week our words are they and one. P1s, please complete the homework in the white book for Friday.

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 the sound ng.

Spelling homework begins for Primary 1 this week. The children will get 6 words on a Monday to practise during the week, ready for an informal spelling test on the Friday. The first word will be one of their common words, the next 4 will be 3 letter words and the final word will be a slightly trickier 4 letter word. The main purpose of this spelling homework is to give the children a chance to practise their blending skills. We would appreciate your support in helping your child to copy each word two times at home, neatly and correctly. If they are finding it tricky please also help them to practise making their spelling words in other fun ways – magnetic letters, crayons, finger paints etc. The final part of the homework task is to choose one word to draw a picture of, in the blank space. Please encourage your child to write the word beside the picture. Please sign completed homework and send it into school by the Thursday.

P2 spelling homework will be given out on Monday to be handed in on Thursday.

French – Over the last few weeks the children have been learning French. We have been focussing on meeting and greeting people as well as simple instructions – bonjour, salut, au revoir, ca-va, ca-va bien, ca-va mal, je m’appelle, ecoutez, regardez and much more.  We have been having lots of fun and the children have been brilliant at picking up all the new phrases!! If your feeling brave, ask them all about it!

Number – Most of Primary 1 will be working with numbers to 20 – number after, number before and number between.

Most of Primary 2 will be thinking about the tens part and the units part of the numbers to 100. 4 tens and 2 is 42, 40 + 6 =46