Primary One need your help for a special activity we are planning for next Monday and Tuesday.  We will be learning the ‘g’ sound and thought it would be fun to practice wrapping up gifts so we would love it of you could raid the recycling boxes and send in any small cardboard boxes you may have. nothing too big please, just about the size of a cat food box or biscuits, that kind of thing.  Anything that you think would be good to wrap up.  Thank you so much for your help.

We had great fun on our walk this week. We played lots of tig games at the games hall cage.

We used the blocks to create some amazing buildings.

We played a sound game to revise our sounds ‘r, d, e, m, c and k’

 

We used the pegs to make numbers.

 

Gracie, Lillie-Rose and Leah told us all about their dance show. We were all so proud of them!

On Thursday we spent the morning making lanterns for the ‘Make Catrine Sparkle’ parade.  It was very sticky work but we all did so well.

Next week is our first Big Talk week. Please see previous post or letter for details.

Please send in any posters/photos etc on the day your child will be presenting their talk:

Monday 27th – Freddy, Harris, Ella, Gracie and Jaxson

Tuesday 28th – Ashton, Elleana, Meah, Dawson and Dalton

Wednesday 29th – Jay-Jay, Ethan, Ruaridh, Lillie-Rose and Savannah

Thursday 30th – Daniel, Blair, Leah, Jake and Emily

This week we learned the ‘c’ and ‘k’ sound. We made cards, practised our cutting, made playdoh cakes with candles and created castles!

We also had great fun building with the big Polydrons…

We had a lovely morning on Wednesday at the Literacy Open Morning. Thank you so much to all the families who were able to attend. The children loved showing off their learning and we hope you enjoy sharing the Book Bug Bags at home,

I’m so sorry but you may have spotted a mistake in my recent letter regarding the Big Talk homework. The talks will take place on week beginning 27th November, not May as stated on the letter. I know you’d like some preparation time but that might be a bit extreme! Apologies again!

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 our Health topic is Myself and My Family.  At home, your child should prepare and practice their talk.  They can bring in photos or posters to help them.

Here is an example of a poster made last year.  The child had drawn pictures instead of words to remind them what each family member liked.  This meant they were able to confidently talk about their poster instead of relying on words that they can’t read yet.

Some ideas to include in their talk might be:

• A photo or drawing of themselves. Talk about them – What they like? Dislike? etc.
• Photos or drawings of their family.  Who lives in their house? Any pets?

The talk should be ready to be presented the week beginning Monday 27th  November. More details will be given shortly (please check back on the Blog) about which day that week your child will be giving their talk.

We look forward to hearing them!

This week we have been learning about Remembrance Day. We used different materials to paint poppies. Look out for our wonderful display next time you come into school!

We learned the ‘d’ and ‘e’ sound this week.

We played outside using the equipment and had great fun. We made obstacle courses and gaming stations!

This week we had great fun doing lots of Halloween activities. We hope you liked our spooky paintings that were sent home 👻🎃🦇

We absolutely loved joining up with Primary 2 to have a fantastic Halloween party!