Mrs McCole – P1M
Dear Parent/Carer,
I hope you find the following information useful. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
General Information:
We hope you all had a lovely summer holidays, P1 have settled in well into their new classroom and routines. This term Primary 1 will receive Music and Art from the Expressive Arts team and should bring in a painting shirt to school for messy activities (old t-shirts are great!). Brand new Red Communication poly pockets have been distributed to every child. We ask you look out for these in your child’s school bag as it will have information about homework and be used for other school communication.
Homework will 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.
Please ensure your child has an appropriate snack kept separately from their lunch. 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.
Class Dojo
To promote positive behaviour Primary 1 are using Class Dojo. Please note we cannot access the messaging aspect of Class Dojo, should you need to contact us please do so by telephone or in writing.
PE days
This term P.E. days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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 ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ we will be learning about:
- Describing characters and settings in the story
- Floating and sinking
- Healthy eating
- The purpose of a lighthouse
- How to react in unsafe situations and emergencies
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:
- RWI Speed sounds
- Letter recognition and letter formation
- Sounding and blending with the help of Fred talk
- Our writing lessons will focus on a variety of personal and imaginative tasks with some being linked to the Lighthouse Keeper stories.
- We are working on our listening and talking skills through Show and Tell, Book Blessings and sharing our news at circle time.
Core Numeracy:
- Number rhymes 0-10
- The children will continue to build on their knowledge of numbers 0 – 10 (and beyond). They will learn how to form the number correctly and will learn about value.
- Number sequencing and number ordering
- 2D and 3D Shape
Health and Wellbeing:
As a Health Promoting school we actively encourage and teach our children to make healthy choices, to enable then to become healthy, active and emotionally resilient young people of the future.
We are delighted to be able to continue to deliver 2 hours of PE a week as well as opportunities for children to be active in our fabulous new grounds.
We would appreciate your support in promoting a healthy and balanced diet, both in your child’s morning snack and in their packed lunch. We would discourage any type of fizzy juice in school or energy drinks. Children are encouraged to bring in a water bottle, which they can use during class time. There are water fountains situated throughout the school for daily use.
Please encourage your child to participate in the Active Sports Clubs that are on offer at lunchtimes and after school, as well as any school based clubs that take place throughout the year. Keep looking in school bags for further information.
A reminder that all children who cycle or scooter to school must wear a safety helmet and ‘walk’ their bikes whilst in the playground. There are bike racks available.
Class Birthdays
We always celebrate if a member of the class has a birthday however we would request that birthday cakes are not brought into school to share with the class. In school, we have children with allergies who may be at risk from some ingredients.
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.
Cuddle On Couch/ Book & Blether:
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. Dates have been issued. If you require further information, please ask a member of staff
Many thanks,
Mrs McCole
