Happy Halloween.

This week we have been learning all about the letters c, k and ck. The boys and girls have been practising forming these letters correctly and we learned the action for the sounds too. We have been putting the letters we have learned together to read CVC words. We found this tricky but Miss McConnell says that the more we practise blending letters together, the easier it will become. We have been practising to read and write our tricky words too. We had lots of activities to choose from when doing our Literacy work, including snakes and ladders where if we landed on a square with a word on it, we had to read the word. We had a writing table where we practised writing letters and words. We also used our magnetic boards to make, read and write words.

In Maths we have been working hard with with addition within 20. We practised writing our numbers to 30 this week. We are getting better but sometimes we write our numbers round the wrong way. We are trying hard to remember that the 1 comes first when writing teen numbers.

Finally, we have had lots of Halloween fun. We have been reading scary Halloween stories and listening to Halloween songs. We made our very own scarecrows using paper plates and made lanterns. We had to cut very carefully and stop at the end of the line. Miss McConnell says we did a really good job. On Friday afternoon we had Halloween colouring activities, design a pumpkin and cutting out activities to choose from.

Have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on Monday.

Here is a short video to help you to log onto Teams:

Just a reminder that we will be having a virtual pumpkin competition on Friday 30th October. More details and information can be found on the main school blog page. Remember to post your entry on our P1 Teams page by 9am this Friday 30th October.

Good luck everyone! 

Please note that active Maths games do not work (for me anyway when using google chrome) They work using internet explorer on a laptop or computer.

I am still unable to upload photographs to our class blog however here is an overview of what we have been learning at school this week…

Literacy

This week we learned all about the letters d and e. We learned the actions for these sounds to help us remember the sound they make. We practised the formation of these letters and blending sounds to help us read words. We used magnetic letters to help us say, make, break, read and write words with all the sounds we have learned so far. Our tricky words we learned this week were did, as and he. We practised writing these words using different coloured pencils. Some children decided to make spelling bees and spelling shapes and wrote their tricky words inside the bees or shapes they drew. 

Please practise the sounds for five or ten minutes every night and use books to look for these words. Now that we have learned a good few sounds, we are also focusing on building words with these sounds. Use the sound cards to help your child build, read and write as many words as you can at home. Thank you. 

Numeracy

We have been learning to add two numbers together using a numberline. This is a tricky concept and I am pleased with the progress the children are making. This will be our focus for the next couple of weeks at least. We are getting much better at recognising, ordering and writing our numbers, especially the “teen” numbers, although a common mistake at this stage is writing numbers back to front and this is something we will continue to work on. It would also be helpful to spend just five or ten minutes every night adding numbers within 10 or 20 and practise the correct formation of numbers.

Topic

We have been exploring Autumn this week and the boys and girls loved going outside to collect leaves. The leaves are currently drying out and we will be using them next week to create a hedgehog picture. Gym is a mix of yoga, general fitness activities and team games. 

Look out for a little letter in your child’s diary today telling you all about Bug Club and how to access it. Your child’s login details are on the inside cover of their yellow diary and we have now allocated a wordless book for your child to explore and Maths games for you to  try out.

Have a lovely weekend and I can’t wait to hear all about your weekend news on Monday boys and girls. 🙂

This week in Literacy we have been revising our sounds and tricky words and we have been learning to say, make, read and write 3 letter words using the sounds and letters we have been learning. Please practise doing this at home with your child to help reinforce the learning taking place in class.

In Numeracy we have been learning to add numbers within 10 using cubes, counters and a numberline.