Category Archives: Literacy and English

Our Nursery Rhyme of the week is…..

One, two, three, four, five Makaton

 

Please try this rhyme out at home with your child pointing out the rhyming words this is very important in raising your child’s phonological awareness. Miss Clark is collecting data on the children’s knowledge and awareness of each rhyme before it becomes our focus and again after. I will share these results in pie chart form in the next few weeks. I recently attached our first pie chart on Hickory, Dickory Dock which showed an increase of knowledge and awareness when the rhyme was focused on at home and within the ECC in a partnership. Please try and incorporate this into your every day routine Nursery Rhymes are portable: Here are some examples of when they could be sang…..

*While in the car on the way to the ECC each day

*When out walking in the outdoor environment

*When your child is having a bath or shower

*Before or after story time  at home.

*While making the dinner or tidying up.

*While visiting some relatives.

 

Freya Lee 3rd Place Winner!!

Freya Lee in P4A took part in the Ayrshire Association of Burns Clubs School Competition at St Joseph’s Academy and won 3rd place for P4/5 Verse Speaking.  What a fantastic achievement.  Well done Freya!!

Congratulations to all the other children who also made it to these finals. They were all delighted to give up their Saturday to represent the school and we couldn’t be prouder.

Back row left to right: Beth Patterson, Emma Dickson, Emily Dippie, Isla Crawford

Front row: Louis Lindsay, Freya Lee

 

World Book Day

What a pity we shall not be in school tomorrow for World Book Day, however, any ECC, or Primary 1 to Primary 4 children who would like to still wear their costumes can do so on Monday instead.

What better way to spend a chilly World Book Day than curling up with a good book – happy reading everyone!

World Book Day

The ECC and base 1 and 2 will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 1st March by dressing up as their favourite book characters.

Happy reading everyone!

P1B Class Assembly

 

Class P1B will be performing a small assembly based around their

topic of Arran.

Parents and carers are warmly welcome to come and see what the children have been learning.

Our assembly will be on Monday 5th March beginning at 2:45pm.

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Due to World Book Day being re arranged for Monday – we ask that if any pupil

plans to wear a costume  , they bring school uniform

for the assembly.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Parents and carers should arrive no earlier than 2:30 pm please.

Communication Board update…

February get down to childs level

Please click on the link above to view our top tip to aid your child’s communication. Please have a look at the communication board displayed in the cloakroom this board has key information to aid your child’s speech and language development and other information in regards to contacting the Speech and Language Therapy Unit.

ECC Nursery Rhyme Data…

We have been focusing on developing the children’s awareness of Nursery Rhymes by focusing on one rhyme each week within the ECC and sharing this on the blog and communication board for you to do at home with your child. Nursery Rhymes aid your child’s phonological awareness and assists with reading and spelling at a later stage. Please have a look below at the statistics gathered from before we focused on the rhyme in partnership with yourselves at home and after regularly singing the rhyme in the ECC and at home. The data shows a 23% increase in the amount of children who were able to recite Hickory, Dickory Dock in the morning session and a 13% increase in the PM session. Please continue to focus on our rhyme of the week at home as this has a positive impact on your child’s development. Our Rhyme of the week is Twinkle, Twinkle little star.

World Book Day

This year World Book Day is on Thursday 1st March. Today the Literacy Group started gathering ideas for this special event.

Watch this space…

Nursery Rhyme of the week…. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

twinkle twinkle nursery rhyme           

Please sing our Nursery Rhyme of the week with your child at home. Singing regular nursery rhymes with your child aids their phonological awareness which aids your child’s reading and spelling skills when they go to School.

Please click on the link above for Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star words. Please highlight to your child the words within Twinkle, Twinkle that rhyme.

Information on stammering…

https://www.stammering.org/help-information/parents/school-children/parents-school-age-children-bsa-leaflet

Please have a look on this website it gives information and ways to support your child if they have a stammer.