14th September 2026
📚 Jolly Phonics – A Little Practice at Home
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have been busy learning and reinforcing our Jolly Phonics Group 1 sounds – s, a, t, i, p, n. 🌟
We are now beginning to blend these sounds together to read words. For example:
s – a – t → sat
p – i – n → pin
s – i – t → sit
To help your child become a confident reader, please spend a few minutes practising these sounds at home. The aim is to develop rapid recall, so that your child can recognise each sound quickly without having to stop and think.
You could practise by:
- 🔤 Showing your child a sound and asking them to say it quickly.
- 👂 Saying a sound and asking your child to find the matching letter.
- 🧩 Blending simple words together, such as sat, sit, pin, tap, tip.
- 📖 Looking for these sounds in books, signs and words around you.
Just a few minutes of fun practice each day can make a big difference! 💛
Thank you for supporting your child’s early reading journey. Together, we can help them develop confidence, enjoyment and a love of reading! 📚✨
NUMERACY
Practise writing your numbers from 0-20. Focussing on pencil grip and number formation.
Encourage more independence and confidence in numeracy by practising counting, backwards from 20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6a2W8UQP5w
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering
Ordering-backwards- select 0-10 0r 0-20
🌟 Welcome to Primary 1/2! 🌟
Dear Parents and Carers,
A very warm welcome back to Primary 1/2! I hope you all have had a lovely summer and are looking forward to an exciting year ahead. The children are so eager to learn, have fun and enjoy new experiences and are already becoming familiar with the new routines! 😊
I’ve put some information below to help us work together to build a positive classroom community! 🌈:
🌟 Our Class Charter & School Values
As the new school year begins, we have be creating our class charter together and learning about our school values. We have been discussing the importance of being kind, respectful, fair and responsible, and how to work together to make our classroom a happy, safe and fair place for everyone to learn. The children are encouraged to listen to one another, make good choices, show kindness and understand that everyone has the right to learn, feel valued and be included. 💛
🏃♀️ PE Days – Wednesday & Friday
For PE children should wear:
- 👟 Gym shoes/trainers
- 👕 A loose-fitting T-shirt instead of their shirt/school tie
- 🩳 Jogging trousers or shorts
- 👗 If wearing a skirt, leggings or shorts could be worn underneath for comfort and ease of movement
👂 Earrings & PE
If your child has pierced ears, please provide a permission letter.
For safety during PE, earrings must either be:
- Removed before coming to school, or
- Covered securely so they cannot cause injury.
🍎 Healthy Breaktime Snack
Children are encouraged to bring a healthy snack for break time, there is also a selection of fruit on offer from the trolley.
Please remember to provide a water bottle each day too – nothing too big as these can be refilled from the tap throughout the day. 💧
🍽️ School Lunches
It would be greatly appreciated if you could discuss the school lunch options with your child before they come to school each day. This will help your child feel confident about their choice and prevent any mix-ups at lunchtime.
👕 Labelling Clothing & Belongings
Please ensure that all items of clothing and personal belongings are clearly labelled with your child’s name. There are many items that look the same, and having names on everything helps me to quickly identify belongings and return them to the correct child.
📚 Homework
Homework will be introduced and given in due course, check back here soon for more information! Your support in helping and encouraging your child with their homework would be greatly appreciated. Your involvement makes a real difference to your child’s learning and confidence. 🌟
Best wishes always,
Mrs Robertson
Happy New Year everyone!
Please click the links below to find some suggested homework activities to help with your child’s learning.
PHONICS AND SPELLING
WINTER : AUTUMN GROUP HOMEWORK
BURNS CELEBRATIONS
Everyone should continue to learn their Scottish poem for Friday 6th February when they will get the chance to recite it to their class.
PRIMARY 1 PRIMARY 2 (choose 1 only)
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READ, SPELL, COUNT, EXCEL!
Have a go at the home learning activities below.
LITERACY
PHONICS
SUMMER GROUP – Stage 2
Practice saying and writing the Stage 2 phonemes:
sh ch th ng wh ph ee oo ck
and all common words from Stage 1 word wall
WINTER GROUP – Stage 1
Practice saying and writing all the sounds from Stage 1 and all Stage 1 word wall
AUTUMN GROUP – Stage 1
Practice saying and writing the Stage 1 sounds:
a t s i p n r m d e c k ck
and common words from Stage 1 word wall:
a at the it in I an is am did and are can ask
READING
SUMMER GROUP – BUG CLUB RED
Go West, Ox!
The Fox Twins
The Quiz Went Fizz!
Yak’s Pants
Get The Bell!
WINTER / AUTUMN – BUG CLUB PINK
Is Nan In?
Nod
Tin Man Tim
Tom’s Mad Mop
NUMERACY
DIAMONDS CIRCLES SQUARES
We have been exploring the coins we might use when we go shopping.
Click below to play the game.
