What a busy term for Primary 1!!! We have had Hallowe’en celebrations and attended our first mass for “All Saints Day”.  Our Christmas Show celebrations are well underway!! The next few weeks will be very busy indeed!

Literacy

We are now learning the sounds that the individual letters make.  As well as being able to recognise and write these, we are beginning to put them together to make small words, eg at, it, is, sit etc.

We are continuing to work on our fine motor skills to help us when writing our letters.

In reading we are using pictures to help us to read words that are unfamiliar to us.  We are also remembering to point to each individual word as we say it.

Numeracy

We are continuing to think about the numbers before, after and between within numbers to 10.  We have started to count two separate quantities “altogether” and have been recording this in our own ways.  We are now going to be looking at adding on one and two more and learning how to lay this calculation out.

We are looking at patterns all around us and using what we find to help us produce our own.  We will be looking at 3D shape and making connections between these and the 2D shapes we have been learning about.

Number formation will continue to be a focus as there are some numbers which we find very tricky to write!!

Health & Wellbeing

In health & wellbeing Mr Bertocini will be talking about the effects of exercise on our bodies. Mrs Duff will be discussing our emotions and how different experiences make us feel .  We will also be talking about what we can do if we need help to feel better and who we can go to for help.

During PE, we are developing our gymnastics skills and focusing on jumping, travelling, rolling and balancing. We will also be learning social dances in preparation for our Christmas party!!!!

Religious Education

In RE we have been thanking God for the wonderful natural gifts He has given us.  We have also been thanking God for giving us people who love us and care for us.   We know that God has given us these things because He loves us so much.  In November we will be discussing Saints, focusing on the story of St Andrew. Our focus in December will be advent and the story of the Nativity. We will be preparing for Christmas by trying to be kind and caring to others.  We will explore the nativity through drama, art, music and stories.

Interdisciplinary Learning

Our topic for this term is “Materials”. We will explore and sort different materials, categorising these into their best uses. We will look at which materials float and sink and use this knowledge to help build a boat.

Expressive  Arts

Christmas will be the stimulus for our art, music, drama and dance activities this term.