Can you believe your amazing P1s have completed their first full term in primary school?  We are so proud of how well they have settled and how hard they have been working.

This week we have been focusing on the “p” and “n” sounds and we put a wee sheet in the book bags that explains the actions for these sounds so you can help to prompt your child at home.

Today was Go Purple Day and the children had great fun completing activities set for us by Primary 6/7.  We went out on a purple teddy hunt; we made giant purple paper chains; we had a purple treasure hunt in the class and we even made a beautiful purple card for the Ayrshire Hospice.

We also had great fun learning through play in the afternoons and the children are becoming so confident when building models and structures.

Just a wee reminder that the Book bags must be brought to school every day, and it’s especially important that the sound cards are in the bags every day too.

We hope you have a lovely week off and we will see you back on Tuesday 19th October.

Mrs Cook and Mrs Ferguson

We are collecting milk bottle for making resources and using as loose parts. If you have any you are due to throw out, please send them into us instead. Just pop them in your child’s book bag (we would really appreciate if they were rinsed out first).

Many thanks,

Mrs Cook and Mrs Ferguson

This week we have been learning the sounds “s” and “i”

Here are some songs that you can listen to at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APts0BQi0LA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL7w-PAQUb8

We have put the new “i” sound into their sound card bag to practice at home.

We also had great fun with all our maths activities this week.

What a start we have had to Maths Week Scotland in Primary 1 today!  We have been very busy learning all about numbers to 10 and had great fun in the afternoon designing and constructing models using the large Polydrons.  Please look in the Book Bag for some ideas of activities you could complete at home during our Maths Week.

Today your child was sent home with their own Book Bag.  Inside the bag you will find activities to be completed at home. In the bag there should be:

• Sound Bag – with sound cards
• Sound Book – for you to use to complete any sound activities or practice writing sounds
• Maths Activity Grid – to be used this week during Maths Week Scotland
• Maths Scrapbook – for you to use for any record any maths activity completed at home (feel free to stick things in as well)

Please bring the bag to school every day and keep all items in the bag (in particular the SOUND CARDS as new cards will be added)

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email us.

jill.ferguson@eastayrshire.org.uk

erin.cook@eastayrshire.org.uk

Your child has been sent home with a Home Learning pack.  Inside you will find a number of different resources to help them complete activities at home.

Inside the bag there should be:

• A white board, whiteboard pen and whiteboard rubber
• A pencil, sharpener and rubber
• A bundle of coloured pencils
• A pair of scissors

If there is anything missing from your child’s pack, please let us know.  From time to time we may send home items that should be kept in the pack so please keep it in a safe place.

The home learning pack should be kept at home and not brought back into school.

Next week we shall be sending home another bag that will be called the BOOK BAG.  The book bag will contain their sound cards for practising at home, as well as any other homework activities, and it must be brought to school EVERY DAY as we will be adding new sounds regularly.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email us.

jill.ferguson@eastayrshire.org.uk

erin.cook@eastayrshire.org.uk

Mrs Ferguson works Mon-Wed and I work Wed-Fri so it’s always a good idea to email us both and one of us will get back to you as soon as we can.

This week we started learning our sounds and common words.  We have learned the “a” sound and the “t” sound and we have learned the words “a, at and the”.  Here are some videos of the songs we have been learning to help us with our sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz2SKHp_Ukc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Pn2zVz3eo

Next week we will be sending home sound cards which you can use to practise the sounds.

Here are some of the ‘a’ and ‘t’ activities we had fun exploring.

We have also had so much fun playing outside and are becoming so adventurous with the loose parts play.

Please click on the link below to see what Primary 1 are learning about in Term 1

Primary 1 Term 1

We have had a fantastic week in Primary One.  In numeracy we have been learning how to form the numbers 3 and 4. We have been using play dough and pegs as well as making sparkly numbers.  We have also been practising counting and recognising numbers.

In literacy we have been continuing to work on rhyming words and made some beautiful rhyming rainbows.

We have also had great fun exploring some more of the resources such as the train set and the building blocks and this week we started brushing our teeth in class after lunch.  We did such an amazing job and just look at how clean and sparkly our teeth are in the photos!

This week we have been focusing on rhyming words in literacy. We have been reciting nursery rhymes and playing lots of rhyme games.

In numeracy we have been exploring numbers to ten and focusing on the formation of 0, 1 and 2.

In the afternoons we have been enjoying playing in the classroom and also playing outside with the loose parts with Primary 2.