We hope you all had a lovely Easter break. As we head into our final term, Primary 1 are “in training” for moving up to Primary 2.  As well as pushing on with new learning, we will be working hard to consolidate the learning that has taken place throughout the year.

Literacy

Phonics – Now that we have learnt all the sounds in the alphabet and are using these to make and break words, we are going to start learning the sounds made by two or more letters such as “sh” “ch” “th” (joint phonemes).

Spelling – We will continue to practise the spelling of our tricky common words to ensure we can use these when writing sentences. We will learn some new words to add to our ever growing bank of vocabulary.

Writing – We are continuing to develop our skills in describing this term as well as having a go at writing some words and sentences by ourselves. We will also be using our knowledge of describing to write reports about what we are learning in our topic.

Letter formation and hand writing will continue to be a focus to allow us to showcase our spelling skills with ease.

Reading – Reading for information will be a focus this term. We will look at non-fiction texts and record the facts we learn.  We will also continue to practise our decoding skills by reading all types of text whenever we can.

 

Numeracy – Primary 1

The focus for Numeracy this term will be number processes, measure and time.

P1 – As well as keeping our skills in addition going, we will focus on subtraction this term. We will initially explore this concept using concrete materials before developing mental strategies to help us solve calculations.

We will continue to explore the teen numbers……taking steps beyond our “terrific ten”. We will look at the quantities represented by the teen numbers and ensure we can recognise, record and order the numbers to 20.

As part of our Sun, Moon and Stars topic, we will be learning about time. We will name and order the days of the week and months of the year. We will also be exploring ways to measure time and learning to read “o’clock times” in analogue and digital formats.

Measure will also be a focus for us through our topic as we use the correct language to describe the size of various planets and shadows. We will measure using non-standard units such as our hand spans, feet and cubes.

 

Health & Well-Being (HWB)

During our last term of PATHS lessons we will be introduced to some new emotions. We will explore each emotion in detail, thinking about how each emotion looks and feels and will consider whether it would be a “comfortable” or “uncomfortable” feeling.

We will also continue to reinforce our strategy of “Doing Turtle” and will use our PATHS sessions to talk through our feelings about moving into our new class at the end of the year.

We will be learning about our amazing bodies and the correct names for each body part.

Staying safe on the roads, at home and what to do in an emergency will also be a focus.

During PE we will be focusing on Athletics, Striking and Fielding Games and Dance.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR TAKING ALL EARRINGS OUT FOR GYM DAYS ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS.

RE

During the month of May, we honour “Mary”. We will recite our special prayer of the “Hail Mary” and revisit the stories of the Nativity, Annunciation and Visitation; giving special consideration to the role of Mary in each one. We will prepare our class altar in honour of Mary.

During this term, we will link our RE with our HWB through the teaching of “God’s Loving Plan.” We will be thanking God for our amazing bodies! We will learn the names of the body parts and consider the choices we can make to help look after our bodies.

We will also talk about the needs of a new born baby; learning about the tasks and equipment required to look after a baby.

 

IDL (Topic)

Our topic this term will be Sun, Moon and Stars. We will consider the differences between day and night through our experiences and activities. We will also observe the sky in the day and night, noting the differences. We will learn about the sun, moon and stars by listening and reading for information. We will record what we learn in a way that conveys information to others.

During our topic we will link with Maths to explore time and measure but we will also explore the earth’s rotation and how we get “day” and “night”.

There will be lots of opportunities for technology through our topic and we look forward to building and designing models.

A fun and exciting summer term ahead with lots to look forward to!

Mrs Duff