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February homework grid
Here is the homework grid for February. Your child should have received a paper copy this week in their school bag.
Ceilidh to celebrate Robert Burns Birthday
27-1-16
We watched a video all about Robert Burns. We sang our scottish song ‘Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny off a Bus’ .
We then had our tartan shortbread then danced to some ceilidh dances before finishing our party traditionally with a dance to ‘Auld Lang Syne’.
The we were joined for Auld Lang Syne by our P6 friends!
Robert Burns Birthday on January 25th Making tartan shortbread biscuits
In preparation form our wee class Burns Birthday party, we made tartan biscuits. The children had been learning all about tartan patterns in art this week. We then used that learning and made tartan patterns on our shortbread using icing pens. They looked amazing!
Literacy- P1 Reading in January 2026
This term has seen Primary 1 start reading some of the books from Bug Club- the school’s online reading programme. Each child has been allocated a book. Please log in and support your child in developing their phonic and reading skills. Don’t forget to click on the bugs!
In class we visit the book and read it together from the big screen. Children come in differentiated ability groups. Once we have read the book together and practised at home, the children then read to a fellow group member in pairs. It has truly been my pleasure to listen in.
The children are using their phonic strategies to build two and three letter words- supported by Mrs Lee and Mrs Templeton.
In addition January saw our new differentiated Literacy targets introduced. They are independent tasks which the children have the responsibility to complete and post their love hear to show that it is done. The targets are always related to the lesson’s focus but are independent task.
Sharing a book with our lovely Primary 6 friends.
The children had some special visitors this week. Primary 6 came to share a book with them. The children had a wonderful time and enjoyed reading with the older children!
29.1.26
People Who Help Us/ World of Work Week Visitor – PC Aitken
Our campus police officer PC Aitken very kindly came to talk to the children about her job. She showed them the different parts of a police officer’s uniform and the equipment that she uses to keep her safe. She also talked about the job the police do in helping to keep people safe. Thanks you so much as the children seemed engaged in the activities and visit.
January- PE- Basketball
Over the next half term the children will be learning to play basketball. We would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to our Active School Co-ordinator Courtney helped the children develop their bouncing, travelling and shooting skills! The children listened well to her expert guidance and instruction and tried their best! Well done Primary 1L!
Counting to 20- talking about and recording our learning through detailed drawings
The children have been learning to count to 20, to recognise numerals to 20 and are starting to form them. Today we discussed our learning so far and recorded it by drawing ourselves playing and learning. The wonderful completed detailed drawings are shown in the gallery below. Enjoy!
January Focus- Scotland (16.1.26)
Our focus this month is on Scotland and scottish culture- poems, songs and art. The children have been learning all about Scottish tartan and creating their own using the art skills of painting with colour, creating patterns using straight lines. The children also learned about Thistles as our national plant. They used chalk pastels to complete observational and detailed drawings of Thistles. The children will also be learning all about Scotland’s national poet – Robert Burns. They will also be learning a scottish poem- ‘Roguey Poguey’ by JK Annand. Please help your child to learn our scottish poem at home. Some of the children’s wonderful work is in the gallery below.
Home Learning ideas- Some ideas for when we are at home and looking for something good to do!
Primary 1 – Home learning and fun ideas
Scots poem – 6.1.26
This month we will be learning the Scots poem – Roguey Poguey by JK Annand.
A copy will be included with your child’s homework grid for you to practise at home. Please click the link below.
Roguey Poguey by JK Annand
January 2026- Welcome back!
We hope you had a wonderful Christmas break!
Bug Club – online readingJanuary 2026 – Your child will be starting to use Active Learn – Bug Club which is an online reading resource.The Bug Club log in details for your child- password, username and school code are attached to our January ‘Have a Go Board’.Please note, the website is: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/Please keep the small slip with your child’s login in a safe place. The login will allow you to gain access to your child’s reading books.Please ensure that your child completes all the bugs throughout the book once a week.We would encourage you to read the book with your child each day (Monday – Thursday) encouraging them to discuss the pictures and sound out words.I hope you enjoy using it. Should you need any further help to log your child in, please email me at –eaelaine.lee@glow.sch.uk 
This week we are starting to learn about 3d shapes. We looked around our classroom for 3d shapes. We then took our shape hunt round the inside of our school.
We then looked at shapes with straight or curved sides too and made pictures using circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. The children named the shapes they used in their pictures and talked about their shape art.
The children then explored 2D shapes further using our magnetic shapes. They used the magnets and drew round shapes and patterns too.
Then Shakira noticed that these 2D shapes can join to make ones which stand up too- 3D shapes!
5.12.25- Outdoor Learning – 2D Shapes
As part of outdoor learning this week, we have been revisiting the names and properties of 2D shapes. We came outdoors to do a 2D shape hunt together. We talked about some of the shapes we saw in our outdoor classroom and school playground, Then the children tried drawing the 2D shapes they had found using chalk on our damp playground. This practical play allowed for lots of talk about shapes, their sides and their corners. Next week we will move on to investigate 3D shapes too!
5.12.25– Numbots
Please remember to encourage your child to play the online game Numbots to help reinforce concepts taught in class. If you require your child’s password please get in touch.
December homework grid
Merry Christmas
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas when it arrives!
Your child should have received their homework grid for December. Here is a copy of our homework grid.
December 2025 have a go boards!
Pattern Making Outdoors – 25.11.25
The children also made some firework pattern collages using colourful pipe cleaners and buttons. We love learning through play here in P1L
November Homework Grid- P1L
Please find below the link for our November homework grid. Your child should have received a paper copy earlier this month. Please continue to encourage your child in sounding out and blending the words on the back of the grid.
Hallowe’en 2025
The children have enjoyed carving and painting pumpkins and other Hallowe’en art and play activities. They all had fun at our class Hallowe’en party where we played party games, bobbed for apples and guised- singing a song or telling a joke. We had a lovely, spooky day!
Book Focus ‘Leaf Man’ by Lois Elhert (6.10.25)
We have been reading the book ‘Leaf Man’ and looking at the wonderful art work within it. The art work was made with leaves. The children had a go at making their own leaf people outdoors.
Colour Mixing and Finger Painting
Autumn Trees ( 6.10.25)
The children colour mixed to make brown for the trunk and branches of their trees then used autumn colours to finger print the falling leaves
Our Farm Visit (3.10.25)
We visited Dumfries House Farm to learn all about farm animal life cycles, caring for farm animals and where the different foods we eat come from.
We fed the chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. Then we met the horse , the claves and the sheep. We loved the pigs and we milked the pretend cow. We played games too and listened well to Dumfries House teachers- Heather and Claire.
Indoor Leaf Sorting and creative leaf art (1.10.25)
The children sorted the leaves we found during our autumn walk . We sorted by type of tree/leaf and by colour then had fun making imaginative pictures with them. We worked indoors as it was windy!
Our October Autumn Walk (1.10.25)
We have been learning about the seasons of the year. We have been learning about how the trees change colour and about hibernation. The children went an autumn walk and gathered leaves, twigs, acorns and other exciting autumn finds. They then used a leaf identifier to identify the trees which the different leaves came from. We had a lovely afternoon and the weather was kind to us!
Welcome to October !
Our October ‘Have a Go ‘Grid
We are going to be learning new phonemes and numeracy concepts this month. Your child will have a copy of our homework grid in their bag along with games to play. Please spend time encouraging your child to sound out and blend words to help with their reading, writing and spelling e.g. rat – r a t blend the letters rat, say the word – rat.
October have a go boards! 2025
23.9.25- Parents Open Afternoon- Numeracy Focus
A huge thank you to parents and family members who came to support our open afternoon. It was just wonderful to see you all and I hope you enjoyed your visit. Here are a few photos of your time with us-
September-Outdoor Learning
The children love to learn outdoors. We use leaves, twigs and natural materials, we go walks and use our senses to learn about nature and most importantly, we have fun playing learning outdoors-
September – Play in Primary 1
Here in Primary 1 the children learn through play- they make decisions, make choices and work together. They also visit our teaching table for more teacher led activities too. Here are some of our play photos-
September -Numeracy
Our September focus has been on number rhymes, counting out objects, matching amounts to numbers to 5 or 10 and forming numbers too. We were counting indoors and outside too!
September – Literacy
Literacy – Active Literacy –
This month, we were excited to start Active Literacy, spelling with the phonemes we have been taught. To help us learn we have to say the word, break it up ( at = a t), make it with the magnetic letters, blend it and read it then finally write it in the elkinon boxes. We tried our best and had a go!
Each week we will be spelling using these strategies.
Our focus has also been on reading and enjoying traditional tales, learning about rhyming words, writing our first names and learning our class literacy routines.
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September 2025 – Homework have a go board
September Homework Grid
Come and take a look at our homework have a go board for September. Please encourage your child to have a go with the phonemes and common words we are learning in class.
