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.

P1 Literacy Home Activities

This week we are continuing to review our sounds so far with a focus on letter formation.

Please practise writing our letters using the tracing sheet and whiteboard pen. As an extra challenge, you could ask your child to write a letter on a white or lined sheet of paper, e.g. “Can you write the letter /m/?” This will practise letter recognition and letter formation.

Please continue to practise our I can Blend words in your child’s word tub. Please return tubs on a Wednesday to receive the new weekly words.

Classroom Renovation and PE changes

This week we will be working in our play area full time as our classroom walls are getting painted.

The classroom is all ready for this much needed refreshment and we will be able to return to it next week.

There has also been a change in our PE timetable. Children currently have Miss Smith as their teacher on a Tuesday whilst I work with small groups to support learning as well as taking on additional duties around the school. This is only temporary. However, Miss Smith will now do PE with the children on a Tuesday morning.

Our PE days are therefore on Mondays and Tuesdays for the time being. As we approach Christmas, children will also practise social dancing with P3/4 at the end of the week but they will not need to get changed into their PE clothes for this.

I will keep you updated on our classroom renovation and our progress this week. I’m aware that I have not given an update about last week and will do so as soon as I can.

Have a lovely week!

P1 Literacy Home Practice

This week we are continuing to look at our /k/ phoneme, exploring <ck> in particular. We will also review all sounds we have learned so far.

Please continue to use the game cards I have passed home last week to practise all of the sounds we have learned so far at home.

I have also given your child a “I spy” sheet to find things with <ck>. Can your child highlight or colour the <ck> grapheme in each word and then count how many of each item they can find? Write the number of items in the box next to the word and picture. This is also a great opportunity to develop pencil grip and fine motor skills by asking your child to colour the items neatly. This activity does not have to be completed but is available for you to work on if you wish to.

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