Our new Numeracy Homework is called ‘The Number Five’. It is due in on Monday 5th December.
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Week Ending 18th November
First of all, Mrs Ferguson and I would like to thank everyone who attended our literacy morning on Wednesday. We know how hard it is to fit these things in around work and other commitments and we really appreciate those who were able to attend. We love having you in the school and the children love showing off their learning. We are so lucky to have such supportive parents and it really helps to strengthen the link between school and home. Here are just a few pictures as we were so busy chatting we forgot to take more!
Literacy Superstars
The children have been learning the ‘c’ and ‘k’ sounds this week and have had great fun doing activities relating to the sounds. We made Cards for someone we Care about, we typed our words on the Keyboard, we made Cakes, and Cookies with the Cutters and decorated them with Candles, we made beautiful Crowns fit for a King.
Here is the song to practise the ‘c’ and ‘k’ sounds.
In maths we have started looking at addition and Oh, My Goodness, the children have been absolutely AMAZING! We looked at part-part-whole models and used them to create our own calculations. The children have been practising using the addition and equals signs to create their calculations. Maybe you could practice this at home, especially with the magnets that came in the Book Bug P1 bags that were sent home.
The boys and girls looked fantastic in their casual clothes and Pudsey outfits today. We had a lovely relaxing time doing some Pudsey mindfulness colouring in this afternoon.
Big Talk Week: wk bg 21st November
Just a reminder that next week is our first Big Talk Week so the children will be given a time to perform their talk to the class. Remember they can bring in toys, drawings or photos to help them with their talks. These should only be brought in on the day of their talk. Details as follows:
Monday 21st: Cole, Hunter, Harper, Logan
Tuesday 22nd: Lyle, Ellie, Shaun, Ayla
Wednesday 23rd: Ava, Harry, Demi, Harley
Thursday 24th: Matthew, Tyler, Carson, Poppy
Numeracy Homework
Due to the success of the last dice game homework, we thought you’d like another easy game to enjoy called ‘Beetle’. In this game you roll the dice to try to be the first to draw a beetle. We had great fun playing the game in class today!
This homework is due on Monday 21st November.
Week Ending 11.11.22
The children had a busy week again this week. Look at some of the wonderful things we’ve been doing.
In Literacy this week have learned the sounds ‘d’ and ‘e’. Here are the Jolly phonics videos to match.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxHGPWFmMSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMUo6dxfUek
There are lots of words you could make with these sounds. Here are some to try making at home.
You can try making the words with your letter cards and even try writing them out on your whiteboards.
We are really looking forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday for our literacy morning. The children can’t wait to show off all the amazing work we have been doing with our sounds.
Big Talk Homework: My Favourite Toy
Twice a year, the children take part in our whole school ‘Big Talk Homework Challenge’. This is where your child gets the opportunity to prepare and present a talk to the class. The topic will change depending on the focus for that term. This term we are learning all about Toys so the talk is called ‘My Favourite Toy’. At home, your child should prepare and practise their talk all about their favourite toy.
Some ideas to include in their talk might be:
- What is their toy called?
- Who/where/when did they get their toy?
- Why is it special to them?
- What games do they like playing with their toy?
- Draw a picture of their toy to show during their talk
The talk should be ready to be presented the week bg 21st November. More details will be given shortly about which day that week your child will be giving their talk. They can bring any pictures or toy in from home on that day.
We look forward to hearing all about the toys!
A busy week in P1
We had such a great time at our Hallowe’en party on Monday. We did lots of nice activities all day including making potions and playing with the Hallowe’en rice and playdough.
In literacy this week we have been focusing on the ‘r’ and ‘m’ sounds and have been working hard to use these sounds to make words using the magnetic letters.
Here are the Jolly Phonics videos for the songs to help practise the sounds at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQe5Op1fU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOiNSTsIvfA
Please remember to send the book bags in EVERY DAY as there are currently only about half of the bags coming in and I am unable to add the new sound cards for them to practise at home.
Numeracy Homework
Today the class were given the next Numeracy Homework task. It is called Dice Bingo. We played a game in class so everyone knows the rules and it was great fun! Task to be completed and returned by Monday 7th November.
