This week is all about formation and handwriting. Please complete the worksheet above and return by Friday 14th November.
Please also remember to keep practising your Big Talks at home, ready to be presented to the class next week. Later in the week I will post details of which day each child will be presenting. We are really looking forward to hearing them!
It is the end of another busy week in Primary 1!
This week we have been consolidating our knowledge of the initial sounds covered so far (a, t, s, i, p, n) before we move onto new learning next week.
We also continued to work on our common words. We had lots of practise reading and writing them. We typed them on the computer, made them out of playdoh, did some rainbow writing on some very big paper and even managed to spot some of our common words in books from the class library.
In numeracy, we continued to work on forming numbers up to 20 and addition. We looked at “one more and one less” using concrete materials like the cubes and used other strategies such as the number lines. We enjoyed playing partner games at our stations and enjoyed giving each other a ‘challenge’.
In writing, we did a detailed drawing of ‘I am splashing in wellies’.
Some of the detail in our drawings is improving lots and some of us even tried to write the sentence to match. Take a look!
This week we also had a visit from the Firefighters, made fantastic firework artwork, went on a walk around the community, started a new dance topic in P.E and attended our very first ‘Discovery Dens’ where we took part in things like clay modelling and pancake making! Phew!
*note- all pupils have been sent home with a large piece of paper which can be used for Big Talk preparation/presentation*
Just a little reminder that gym days are now a Tuesday afternoon and weekly walks will be on a Thursday afternoon. Please remember to remove all jewellery on Tuesdays 😊
This is Week 1 of our next homework block. This block is focusing on literacy. Week 1’s task is preparing for Big Talk Week which will start on Monday 17th November. Details are as follows:
Big Talk Homework
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 practise their talk. They can bring in photos or posters to help them. Please see below a great example of a poster that was made. They used lots of drawings instead of writing which helped the child remember what to say about each person in their family.
Some ideas to include in their talk might be:
The talk should be ready to be presented the week bg Monday 17th November. More details will be given shortly (please check Blog) about which day that week your child will be giving their talk.
We look forward to hearing them!
What a spooky, fun week we have had in Primary 1! Our sounds this week were p and n. The links for the Jolly Phonics songs are below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CZcqnzCAfg
https://youtu.be/wpia7YSXFdo?si=FUzRqFpABev3U4eu
We’re continuing to work hard to recognise the letters and form them correctly. We’ve also had fun doing lots of p and n activities like designing pumpkins and making potions, designing necklaces and using Halloween pompoms to form the letter.
In numeracy we’ve continued to focus on numbers 0-10 and 0-20. We’ve looked at recognising numbers, counting and working out the missing numbers. We used the number fans to play ‘show me’ games.
We also began to learn about addition. We had lots of knowledge already and described adding as “putting things together” “combining” and “makes the number bigger”.
We used the spinners and animals to combine groups to find a total and also used the numicon to add. Some of us were able to use the addition sign to create our first calculations!
We have also had lots of spooky Halloween fun this week. We played Hallowe’en games at PE, sung Halloween songs in Music and made some fantastic Hallowe’en crafts. We hope you loved our Frankenstein Monster decoration!
On Friday, we joined up with Primary 2 and had some more Hallowe’en fun! We played games, danced and had a snack in the Primary 2 classroom. In our own classroom we had some spooky sensory activities, like making ‘ice-screeeeam” with foam and creepy crawlies and scented playdoh. We also got a chance to use a hammer and some nails in a pumpkin and worked together to crack them open and see what was inside!
Here are some pictures, you might also find some more on the P2 blog!
We wish you all a happy Hallowe’en weekend! 🎃👻
It has been a lovely week catching up with everyone after the October Holiday. Primary 1 have come back ready for action as we continued our learning of the initial sounds. This week our focus sounds were ‘s’ and ‘i’.
Here are the links to the Jolly Phonics song and action videos which would be really useful to practise together at home.
Primary 1 were delighted to have some visitors to our class, including Inky the Mouse who took a quick selfie with our class! We worked hard this week on our formation of each letter and began to look at building some words with the sounds we have learned so far. You can use the card sent home on parents night to do this at home, too! We also began to learn some ‘common words’ which sometimes cannot be sounded out.
We consolidated our learning with lots of activities including creating our own Sammy the Snake and Incy Wincy Spider crafts. You might have seen our wonderful creations coming home in our bags this week!
In numeracy, we learned how to ‘subitize’ which means looking at how many items are in a group, or in a pattern (like on a dice) without counting them. This is a really useful skill which lots of us found very fun to practise. We have also been looking at missing numbers, with some of us building and writing numbers up to 20. We will continue to work on ordering numbers in the coming weeks.
Here are some other snaps taken during this busy week!
Finally, a quick note to say that our day for walking around the village will be changing from next week. We will now be walking on Thursday with Mrs Hasson.
This week we have started learning about sounds. We will be introduced to two new sounds each week, from the ‘Active Literacy’ programme. We began our learning with the ‘a’ and ‘t’ sound.
Here is a link to the Jolly Phonics rhyme and action videos for each sound which could be used to support our learning at home. You could also begin to use the sound cards issued on parents night to practise each sound and begin to word build. We were amazed to discover that we can already build the word ‘at’ with the sounds we learned this week.
We worked hard on the formation of each letter and self assessed our work using tickled pink and green for growth.
In numeracy, we continued working on our number sense, formation and ordering. We used the rekenreks to make number and show them in different ways.
On Wednesday afternoon, we celebrated a wonderful first term in Primary 1 with a party. We danced, played games and all had a lovely time together to celebrate our hard work in P1.
Here are some other pictures from a fun filled week in P1! We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and we look forward to seeing you all again in Term 2.
This week we have been working on our formation of 6,7 and 8. We worked hard to form them correctly in our jotters, made some sparkly numbers and used the bingo dabbers to practise our hand eye coordination and make some lovely 8s.
In numeracy, we also worked on matching the numicon and practiced our scissor skills at the same time, some of us are getting very good at cutting around shapes carefully.
Here are some more pictures of us practising formation, including using loose parts and the peg boards!
We also continued to work on hearing sounds in words. We played lots of games such as I Spy and word bingo. We also created some wonderful drawings of “My Face” at writing time.
In gym, we have been continuing to learn how to move our bodies well and exploring how to manage and control it. We have been practising moving fast and moving slow.
We have also found out how to use and share space safely. This week we played a new game called ‘Shark attack!’ where we had to listen and react quickly to the whistle, finding an island to live on as fast as we could!
During our walk this week we collected leaves for our artwork. We decided to create leaf friends. Look at our amazing creations!
As we were given a MASSIVE box last week, we decided to work together to turn it into something special. We all planned what we wanted the box to be. We had done great, creative designs.
On Friday afternoon, we got to work on creating something special! We decided to make a den and worked together beautifully to bring it to life. We realised that when the doors were closed, the den was too dark to see! We decided to add some windows and Mrs Hasson helped us to add some curtains. We even made it cosy on the inside with some things from around our classroom.
This is our last week of homework in this block and it’s a game of I Spy, counting to 10.
Please complete and return by Friday 3rd October.
Thanks again for your support 😊
This week we have been continuing to look at correct number formation. We have been learning about 3,4 and 5. We have also been investigating some of our STEM resources, experimenting with gears and creating models.
We continue to practise our cutting skills and were able to use scissors to cut out the numicon pieces and then match them to the correct digit, in the right order!
We used our ‘tickled pink’ and ‘green for growth’ system to do some peer assessment. We were great at complimenting others on their excellent work and giving some feedback on how they can keep getting better, too!
In literacy we have been continuing to work on pencil control, writing our names and rhyming words.
We have also been working really hard on our phonological awareness. We have been listening carefully to different sounds and discussing what sounds the same and what sounds different. Today we played an ‘odd one out’ game and managed to pick out which word started with a different sound than the others. This is a game that we can play at home for some practise, too!
Our ‘Wonder’ this week is all about transport. We learned about different ways we can travel on land, on water and in the air.
This afternoon, we listened to a story called ‘The Dot’. We were inspired to create our own masterpieces, starting from just a tiny dot. We enjoyed listening to relaxing music while we created our artwork. Remember to have a look at our work on parents night!
