We have been learning about the days of the week this week.  We worked together to sequence the days of the week.  Everybody enjoyed working with mixed groups.  Then we read one of our favourite stories, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to help us learn the days of the week in a different  way.  Primary 2s were very good at reading the names of the days.

I have been really impressed with our “Show and Tell” times in the class.  This week we found out about Nursery Graduations, special medals, favourite toys and the equipment nurses use.  The children are really prepared and confident.  The audience are also asking super questions to find out more information.  It is really fun wearing the microphone too!

 

On Friday we had a special delivery of fabulous book bags.  We hope you enjoy them at home.  The books look fantastic and lots of fun games too.

Please remember that the school will be closed next Thursday and Friday for staff in-service.  There will be no homework next week but please keep practising your sounds and words.  I would really appreciate if P2 could practise their words for the Nativity.

Thank you

 

 

 

Class Newsletter: Term 2

Mrs Given and P1/2G

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you find the following information useful.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Learning in Term 1:

In term 1 we learned all about life at school and the routines that we follow here at Redwell Primary. We focussed on creating new friendships within our class and finding out about all the people who help us in school.  We really enjoyed reading The Lighthouse Keeper’s stories and finding out about Mr and Mrs Grinling and their cat Hamish.  The stories also provided an excellent stimulus for writing.  We wrote speech bubbles, imaginative stories and shopping lists.  We have been developing our knowledge of number this term and will continue to do so in term 2.

Homework will continue to be issued on a Monday and should be completed by Friday.  There will be a selection of Numeracy and Literacy activities and occasionally topic related tasks.  Reading books will also be sent home and you will find details of the books in your child’s diary.   Please make sure that your child’s diary and reading books are kept in their red folder every day.

Your child should also have a clearly labelled water bottle everyday which is filled with plain water prior to arriving at school.  Please ensure your child has a labelled weather appropriate jacket as there will be outdoor learning opportunities.

You will be able to follow what we have been doing in class each week by looking at our class blog. This can be accessed via the link on our class page on the school website and via the school app.

PE days

This term P.E. days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.On these days it would be helpful to the children if they could come to school dressed with polo shirt and jumper rather than shirt and tie in order to make changing for P.E. easier.

Learning focus this term:

Through our topic Space we will be learning about:

• The Sun, Earth and Moon
• The Planets
• Life as an astronaut

If you have any experience in this area, please let us know. We would love to have some ‘experts’ come in to share in our learning journey.

Core Literacy:

Primary 1:

• RWI Speed sounds
• We are working on our listening and talking skills through Show and Tell, Book Blessings, the Nativity and sharing our news at circle time.
• Sounding and blending with the help of Fred talk
• Introduction of Storyworlds Reading Books and other texts
• Our writing lessons will focus on letters, lists and imaginative stories.
• We are working on our listening and talking skills through Show and Tell, Book Blessings, the Nativity and sharing our news at circle time.

Primary 2

We are continuing with our Read, Write Inc literacy programme for phonics.

• Children will bring home a reading book and may also have a tricky words list to practice.
• Our writing lessons will focus on letters, lists and imaginative stories. We are continuing to develop the use of connectives within our sentences, such as ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘because’ to extend our writing.
• We will continue to recognise and use verbs, nouns and adjectives in our reading and writing.
• Letter formation
• We are working on our listening and talking skills through Show and Tell, Book Blessings, the Nativity and sharing our news at circle time.

 

Core Numeracy:

Primary 1

• Number rhymes 0-20
• Number recognition 0-20 (and higher for some)
• Number formation 0-20
• Number sequencing and number ordering
• Time
• Pattern

 

Primary 2

Addition and subtraction, to include doubles, and tens and ones

• Money
• Pattern
• Compass points

Health and Wellbeing

This term, we are learning to be like Learning Larry. Pupils will be able to receive their Learning Larry certificate if they:

1. Come to school with everything they need to learn (including red communication folders, reading books and diaries)
2. Listen carefully to instructions
3. Follow instructions promptly
4. Always try their best
5. Present work neatly and take pride in their work
6. Never give up!

 

We will have further certificates for other Redwell’s Rights and Respecting School characters later in the session.

Playground toys:

We have a playground equipment for children to play with during lunchtime.  Please do not bring in your own toys – except for Golden Time on a Friday – so that we can be sure that all toys in the playground belong to the school.  Many thanks for your support.

 Golden Time toys:

Children can bring a ‘toy’ to school on a Friday to play with during Golden Time. Please remember that the school cannot take responsibility for the safety of these toys and therefore we request that your child does not bring in expensive/ electronic items without your consent.  We appreciate your support with this matter.

 

Yellow Wing Cuddle on the Couch

Please help us to promote reading by joining us for Cuddle on the Couch. Come along to the Yellow Wing and spend some time reading with your child.  Our last session for this term will be on Monday 9th December. If you require a schedule of Cuddle on the Couch dates, please contact the school office.

 

Nativity:

This year P1 and  P2 will be participating in the nativity, which will be taking place during the week beginning 9^th December. All children will be learning songs and some will have speaking parts. These will be sent home for you to practise with your child.

I look forward to working in partnership with you this session.

Kind regards,

Mrs Given

P1/2G  had great fun learning outside today.  We started off with our writing lesson.  We were writing about Fireworks since lots of us had been to Firework displays on Tuesday or were about to go at the weekend.  We started off pretending to be fireworks and made fabulous firework noises.  We then gathered some materials and made wonderful pictures.  Finally we added firework words to our pictures.

After playtime we explored our playground.  We had a special job from Mrs Ainsley to do.  We had to choose names for different parts of our playground.  We went up to the pond and spoke to Mrs Johnstone about the area.  We will go back up next week to see what the pond looks likes after the clear up.  Then after a look in all the planters we found out about the herbs growing in our planters.  Some of us tried some of the herbs and we could all smell the wonderful herbs.

Thank you to everyone who helped us today and to our families for helping us come to school dressed for the weather.