Monday 16th February

Literacy

This week is our consolidation week. We will be revising the phonemes ‘ai’, ‘j’, ‘oa’, ‘ie’, ‘ee’ and ‘or’.

Talk about items that you have at home or objects in the environment that have these phonemes at the beginning, middle or end of the words.

Practise sounding out, blending, reading and writing the words, e.g. r-ai-n –> rain.

Here are some ideas that you can do at home:

practise at home ideas (1)

Our tricky spelling words this week are:

you

was

to

do

 

Here are some ways that you can practise at home.

spelling word activities

 

Numeracy

This week we will be finishing the number stories 2-5. Practise using items at home to help you learn all the calculations that make 2, 3, 4, and 5.

We will begin learning about subtraction. Talk about what subtraction means and relate it to real life, e.g. taking one item at a time out of the shopping bag is one less every time until the bag is empty.

Here are some games on Topmarks you can try.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=WaystoMake

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/subtraction/subtraction-to-10

STEM

Over the next few weeks we will be learning about water as part STEM.  

At home, make a boat that floats and bring it into school by 16/03/26.  

The boat should be sturdy enough to be able to float whilst holding at least 5 plastic counting bears.

Your boat must: 

– be able to fit in a washing up basin 

– have a sail  

– hold at least 5 plastic counting bears. 

 

 Materials you may wish to use: 

• Plastic container (e.g. a butter tub). 

• Plasticine 

• Foil 

• Lollipop sticks 

• Sellotape 

These are some ideas. Feel free to use other materials you may have. 

 

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

Monday 2nd February

Week Beginning 2nd February

Phonemes

We are continuing with the ‘ie’ phoneme & will be learning the ‘ee’ and ‘or’ phonemes.

Some ideas of how to practise at home are included in the document below:

Phonics at home ideas

Here are the word lists we will be using this week;

Group 1

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=WaystoMake

 

 

Monday 26th January

Here are some homework activities for this week:

Phonemes

We will be learning the ‘oa’ & ‘ie’ phonemes.

Some ideas of how to practise at home are included in the document below:

practise at home ideas (1)

Our spelling words are: ‘have’, ‘we’, ‘be’ and ‘you’.

spelling word activities

Scots Language

We have been  learning a lot about Scots language! Each child should have a copy of their Scots poem.

Can you please practise this with your child? On Thursday 29th January, each child will recite their Scots poem to the class & take part in our poetry competition. We have been practising saying the words clearly & with expression. Your child can add actions if they want to.

Numeracy

We have been working hard on our number stories! These are addition facts for each number. Learning & experiencing number stories is important as it provides a strong foundation for math skills and prepares students for advanced concepts.

Here are the number stories for 1-5:

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

 

19/01/26

Hello,

Here are some homework activities for this week:

Phonemes

We will be learning the ‘ai’ and ‘j’ phomemes.

Some ideas of how to practise these at home are included in this document:

Phonics at home ideas

Here are some of the words we will be using this week;

 

jam,

jar,

jet,

jump,

just

 

 

Scots Language

We have been  learning a lot about Scots language! Each child should have a copy of their Scots poem.

Can you please practise this with your child? At the end of the month (week beginning 26th January), each child will recite their Scots poem to the class & take part in our poetry competition. We have been practising saying the words clearly & with expression. Your child can add actions if they want to.

Numeracy

We have begun learning number stories! These are addition facts for each number. Learning & experiencing number stories is important as it provides a strong foundation for math skills and prepares students for advanced concepts.

Here are the number stories for 1-5:

 

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

 

2/01/26

Hello,

For homework this week please read your new reading book and learn your poem ‘My Wee Doggie’ by J.K. Annand. Practise reciting your poem with a loud, clear voice, look straight in front of you and try adding in some actions to make your recital fun.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

05/01/26

Hello,

Happy new year! I hope everyone had a fun Christmas holiday.

This week we will be learning the phonemes ‘f’ and ‘b’.

We will be practising the spelling words we have learned before:

the, a, at, in, it, an, is, am, did, and, can, ask, are, get

We will be consolidating addition in Numeracy.

For homework this week:

Literacy

• Find items at home or outside that have the f and b phonemes at the start, middle or the end of the word, e.g. ball, frog, flower.
• Practise the spelling words above (written in red). Here are some ideas that you may want to try to help you learn your words.

spelling word activities

Numeracy

• Practise laying out two groups of items. Count how many are in each group, .e.g. 2 spoons and 3 spoons. Then count how many there are altogether. Write your calculation down 2+3=5.
• Challenge: Can you complete some missing number problems? Use some items or toys to help you.
• 2+__=4, 
•  3+__=4,     
• 4+__ = 5

 

Scots Language

Our topic in January will be Scots Language. We will be reading the story ‘We’re Gangin’ on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen and we will be learning a Scots Poem called ‘My Wee Doggie’ by J.K Annand.

We will be having  a Burns/Scots poetry competition in February. Please learn the poem, ‘My Wee Doggie’ and practise reciting the poem to a family member at home. Try and speak with a loud, clear voice and practise looking ahead at your audience. Feel free to do some actions to help you when reciting your poem.

I will give you a copy of the poem during the week for you to start practising.

 

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

 

01/12/25

Hello, please see suggested homework activities for this week.

01.12.25 Primary 1 learning update

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

24/11/25

Week Beginning 24th November

Phonemes

We are learning ‘g’ & ‘o’ this week.

Some ideas to practise phonemes are:

• Ask your child to spell a word which has their phoneme.
• Go on a phoneme hunt to find things that have that phoneme in it.
• Have your child use sticks or stones to make their phoneme.
• Practise forming their phoneme correctly using pen, pencil, shaving foam, in the bath with bath bubbles, etc. Correct formation can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@uptoninfantschoolletterfor2792/videos

 

• Dominos – choose a domino & add the two sides. Try to write the number sentence e.g. 3 + 2 = 5
• Roll two dice, add the two numbers & write the number sentence.
• Create some addition calculations for your child so solve. Use concrete materials to help e.g. pasta, stones, sticks.
• Challenge: can you write down all the ways to make (addition) 2, 3, 4, 5 etc.

Thank you for your continued support with your child’s learning.

Mrs McKenzie

 

 

17/11/25

Please see some activities for this week:

17.11.25 Primary 1 learning update

 

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

 

10/11/25

 

Please see some suggested activities for this week.

 

10.11.25 Primary 1 learning update

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

03/11/25

Hello,

03.11.25 Primary 1 learning update

Here are some suggested homework activities for this week.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

 

27/10/25

Hello,

Please click on the link for homework activities this week.

27.10.25 Primary 1 learning update (1)

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

06/10/25

Hello,

06.10.25 Primary 1 learning update

Please click on the link below for some homework activities.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie

 

29/09/25

Hello,

Please click on the link below for some homework activities.

29.09.25 Primary 1 learning update –

Thank you for your support,

Mrs McKenzie