August 2025 – Primary 1/2 with Mrs Kane

P1 Home Activities for Literacy

Dear Primary 1 parents,

We have been learning the letters s and a this week.

In addition to reading with your child daily, here are some fun letter activities to do with your child at home if you want.

Put some dry rice, sand, shaving foam or similar on a baking tray and encourage your child to write the letters s and a with their finger.
Make the letters s and a with playdough. You can make playdough yourself – here is a simple playdough recipe .
Alligator starts with a. Roll dice and snap like an alligator that many times.
Go for a walk and see if you can spot the letters s and a on signs and posters.
Look at the pictures below. Practise saying the word and listening to the first sound. Encourage your child to identify the pictures that start with an a and those that start with a s.

Happy learning!

Our Teachers

This year our class has two teachers who work with us when Mrs Kane gets her planning time.

Mrs Cunningham works with us on a Monday afternoon and we do P.E. with her.

On a Friday, Mrs Rooney does STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) activities with us for a little while.

The children seem to have enjoyed their time with Mrs Cunningham and Mrs Rooney this week and we are looking forward to many more fun activities with them.

Literacy

Primary 1s and Primary 2s have been working hard in Literacy over the last two weeks. Here is what we have been learning and doing:

Last week, Primary 1s learned their first sound – <s>. We have been practising writing the letter s in different ways. This also helps us to develop our fine motor skills.

This week, we learned the sound <a>. Again, we practised letter formation but we also sorted words starting with s and a, and we practised reading our first sentences.

We looked at how to read a sentence – put our finger underneath the word we are reading (on the big black dot) and read from left to right. We use picture clues to help us.

Primary 2s have also been busy revising their sounds. We explored sh, ch and th over the last two weeks. We sorted words, made a sh booklet and practised reading words with these sounds. We are also learning more about capital letters and wrote our summer holiday stories!

I’m looking forward to another exciting week of literacy in our class!

Welcome to Primary 1/2

Hello and welcome to our new Primary 1/2 blog.

My name is Mrs Kane and I am so excited to be your teacher this year!

Here are a few facts about me:

I have two cats called Archer and Lana.
My favourite animal is a sheep.
I love to knit and crochet.
I can speak three languages – English, German and some French.
My favourite colour is purple.
I love going for walks along the beach.

I am really looking forward to getting to know you and your parents, and hearing all about your summer holidays!

Here are a few bits of information for your parents:

Our P.E. days will be Mondays and Thursdays. This may change throughout the year as we adjust the timetable as and when necessary. Please provide a P.E. kit which is kept in school so that your child can participate in P.E. at any time.
Children will store their bags and jackets in our cloakroom. We do not have trays for personal items in our classroom so if your child brings in a pencil case, they will keep this in their bag.
We have a space for lunch boxes and water bottles in the classroom. Children can take a drink from their bottle at any time.
In the first few weeks, Primary 1s will be collected by their P7 buddies for their snack time. This will allow them to build a strong relationship with their buddy. Buddies will visit our class or do activities with the whole class throughout the year but especially in the first few weeks.
Children will come through the front entrance in the afternoon. It would be of great help if you could give your child (and me) a wave when they are at the front of the line so that I know that they have someone to pick them up. It is not a problem if you are running a bit late, we will always keep your child safely with us until they are being picked up.

Please don’t hesitate to come to me at the end of the school day if you have any questions or concerns, or just fancy a chat. If it is urgent, please always contact the school via phone (01290 700351).