Scots Poem and Song

Primary 1/2 will be learning ‘Up in the morning early’ by Robert Burns and the song ‘Bonnie wee Jeanie McColl.’

Please find a copy of the words below and some links to watch both online.

Up in the Morning Early

Robert Burns

Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west,
The drift is driving sairly;
Sae loud and shrill’s I hear the blast,
I’m sure it’s winter fairly.

Up in the morning’s no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a’ the hills are cover’d wi’ snaw,
I’m sure its winter fairly.

The birds sit chittering in the thorn,
A’ day they fare but sparely;
And lang’s the night frae e’en to morn,
I’m sure it’s winter fairly.

Up in the morning’s no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a’ the hills are cover’d wi’ snaw,
I’m sure its winter fairly.

Homework: Week Beginning 5th January 2026

Whilst Mrs Kane is absent there may be some changes to the usual homework tasks or routines but Miss Smith and I will plan collaboratively to ensure learning opportunities are shared at home.

Primary 1

Phonics: Our new sounds are ‘r’ and ‘h’.

Talk about these sounds with your child. Can they form the letters? Discuss different words with the sounds and look for objects around the home that begin with each sound.

Reading: New books have been assigned today. Word tubs have also been updated with ‘I can blend’ words. We have also included the ‘exception’ words for pink level. These are words that cannot be sounded out, otherwise known as ‘tricky’ words.

Numeracy: Here is a link to an online game which revises number bonds.

Number bonds to 4 | Reception maths | addition – BBC Bitesize

Primary 2

Phonics/Spelling: Our new sound is ‘ow’ (like cow). Please find the wordlist below. Pupils can practise their words however they wish- coloured pens, tracing in flour, typing out, saying aloud etc.

owl     cow    now    how    gown     down     brown    crown

Reading: Boost learning has been updated with two new books for practise. Children have also been given ‘exception’ words for red level. These are words that are not decodable and are therefore ‘tricky’

Numeracy: Here is a link to a game to reinforce numbers to 100.

Coconut Ordering – Comparing Numbers, Prices, Mass, Length and Capacity

Please contact the school if you have any further questions.

Thank you,

Mrs Meek

Welcome Back

Happy New Year and welcome back to Primary 1/2!

Lots of cold and happy faces arrived back at school yesterday to start Term 3 in P1/2. We started the day by sharing our news and had a go at writing it too. P1 did a fantastic job of using some of their initial sounds to have a go at writing independently. Primary 2 impressed Mrs Meek with their knowledge of a super sentence (Capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop). They were giving extra detail by using the connective ‘and.’

We revised the days of the week and months of the year before learning more about the seasons. Mrs Cunningham taught us about healthy habits and took us to P.E for gymnastics.

Miss Smith returned to class today and planned some revision of number activities. Primary 1 are recapping their number bonds to 5 before moving onto addition within 10. Primary 2 were busy sequencing numbers to 100 before comparing using the language before/after/between.

This term we will be preparing for our Burns celebration so watch this space for an update on our chosen poems and songs to learn at home.

We look forward to another busy term ahead.

Mrs Meek 🙂

Class Update

It has been a very exciting week in our newly painted classroom. We have settled back into our space well and are excited to get our hard work back up on our walls. I will share our “new” classroom with you once it has been properly tidied and organised.

On Tuesday, PC Shirkie visited our class to talk to us about the job a police officer does. This was as part of our learning about “People who Help Us”. We learned all about police officers’ uniforms, had our finger prints taken and even got handcuffs (though we all managed to escape PC Shirkie’s arrest). A big thank you to PC Shirkie for visiting our class!

On Wednesday, we went into our community garden and did some bulb planting for the spring. We were lucky with the weather and even though it had been frozen in the morning, the sun was lovely and warm and had thawed the ground by the afternoon. Thank you to Margaret for coming into school to help us with our planting!

This week, P1s learned two new sounds – <e> and <u>. We practised letter formation, reading and writing simple sentences. P2s looked at <or> and <ur> and worked on different activities to help with their spelling. In maths, P1s were practising writing sums using + and =; P2s are now comparing numbers up to 100. We are also continuing to practise making patterns by copying them or making our own. We are getting better at creating repeating patterns. We have been very busy and have been working hard!

 

P1 Literacy Home Practice

This week we are learning two new sounds: <e> and <u>.

You can do the following activities with your child at home if you wish:

  • Spot letters Ee and Uu on signs and advertisements on your next drive or shopping trip.
  • Draw big “bubble letters” of E, e, and U, u and ask your child to trace them with different patterns.
  • Think of things that begin with e or u and draw them. You can make a poster if you want.
  • Practice letter formation of e and u.

You can also play this game to improve phonetic awareness. Choose the initial sounds for an easier game, the last sound for a medium challenge and the middle sound for a harder challenge.

Please also check Boost Learning for this week’s reading books.

Outdoor Education on Wednesday 19th November

We will be doing some gardening in our school garden and some work in our outdoor classroom on Wednesday 19th November.

Could you please provide your child with a bag with old clothes or outdoor clothes and appropriate footwear? We will be spending time in our pitch and the garden itself – the ground is likely to be muddy and wet.

Thank you!

Class Update

It has been an exciting week for us! Our classroom has been painted and we moved back into it this morning, just in time for Pudsey day.

We spent most of the week in the play area, a little treat for us. Here is what we have been up to:

We are learning about people who help us with Miss Smith. We have been learning all about what police officers do and how we can contact emergency Services.

In maths, we have been looking at comparing weight, using vocabulary like lighter / heavier and lightest / heaviest. We used cubes to measure how many cubes different toys weigh.

We had our first achievement assembly this week and celebrated everything that we have achieved in school and at home. Well done to everyone!

We had a great time doing some Pudsey activities today. We decorated our own Pudsey, did a Pudsey workout and listened to a Pudsey story. The best Pudsey even won a prize and we had the runner-up for the lower classes in our class – well done Mia!

We have been learning all about hedgehogs this week. Next week, we are planning to go into the garden to do some planting and we would like to build a hedgehog hibernation box with help from Maidsafe, too. The children have been fantastic at learning hedgehog facts and we painted, drew and made our own hedgehogs, too. We really improved our cutting skills as making our hedgehogs was quite a challenging job.

Primary 1s created their first description story last week and continued practising their writing this week. Primary 2s are also working on writing descriptions. When we were not working hard on writing and maths, we developed our skills doing different activities around the play area.

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