October 2025 – Primary 1/2 with Mrs Kane

Halloween week update

This week we were having lots of Halloween fun but we have also been working hard.

Primary 1s practised their /k/ sounds and Primary 2s wrote lots of tricky words. We have also practised sentence writing, even Primary 1s! We looked at numbers to 20 and sequenced them, as well as adding numbers within 10. P2s looked at tens and ones in numbers. In art we used sponges to make scary monsters.

We have had lots of fun in our play area this week with some additional Halloween costumes for our dress up corner. We did lots of Halloween themed learning activities too!

This week we did one of our PE lesson outside and we had a choice of activities which we really enjoyed.

On Friday, we started the day with a costume parade. We then did Halloween stations with our buddies. We did some work in our class after break and then we had an amazing Halloween party in the afternoon. It was great fun!

Primary 2 Literacy Home Practice

This week, we are focusing on some Common Exception Words, we usually call them tricky words.

Here are the words we are practising this week:

Choose one or more activities to practise your spelling words from the menu below:

I have also passed home some word cards to practise your spelling with. Please cut the cards along the lines, then choose from the game suggestions or play your own games with the cards:

Please continue to practise your “I can blend” cards which I will refresh on Wednesday. I will also add some sound cards and common exception words that go along with the book we are currently reading in class (also assigned in Rocket Phonics).

Primary 1 Literacy Home Practice

This week we are learning the phonemes <c> and <k>.

Here are some activities that you can do at home with your child to support your child’s learning at home:

Write the letters c or k really big on a white sheet of paper. Use coloured paper or scrap paper from magazines to tear up small pieces and stick it to the letter written on the paper. This will develop your fine motor skills and reinforces our sounds.
Search for the letters c and k in your favourite story book.
Draw a picture with something that begins with the letters c or k.
Practise writing the letters you already know on a family member’s back. Can they guess which letter you have written?

Click here to listen to the song that goes with our /k/ sound.

I have passed home an additional activity in a small folder this week. Please feel free to keep the alphabet cards at home and simply return the empty folder to school. The folder has a number of game suggestions but do feel free to play your own games or use the cards to reinforce the sounds we have learned so far.

Week Update

It has been a busy week for us in Primary 1/2 despite just being back from the holidays.

Primary 1s learned their new phoneme o this week and we practised letter formation and blending and segmenting. Primary 2s looked at the phoneme <oa> and practised reading and writing oa words.

In maths, P1s are still practising counting and number recognition to 10 but we also started looking at the concept of addition. Primary 2s practised counting in tens and ones and we then looked at partitioning big numbers.

We did some fun art activities this week to hone our cutting skills and further develop our fine motor skills.

Next week will be all about Halloween and we will have a Halloween party at the end of the day on Friday! It’s promising to be a fun week!

P1 Literacy Home Practice

Welcome back! It’s good to see everyone after our October break.

This week we are learning the sound /o/.

Here are some activities you can do at home to support what we are learning in class:

Spot the letter O o on signs and posters when you are out and about.
Play letter detective and circle or highlight as many <o> as you can find on a page in an old magazine, a newspaper or even an old letter.
Write all of the letters we have learned so far (s a t p i n m g and o) on several small scraps of paper – one letter on each paper scrap. Make several scraps of paper for each letter but make lots with the letter <o>. Crumble the scraps of paper up and put them into a bowl. Take turns to take a piece of paper out of the bowl and read out the letter. If it’s an <o> you can keep it, if it’s any other letter, say the sound and put it to the side. The winner is the player who managed to collect the most o’s by the time the bowl is empty.

You can also practise <o> with our song.

P2 Literacy Home Practice

Welcome back! I hope that everyone has had a great October break.

Primary 2s are looking at the phoneme /oa/ this week. Here are our spelling words: toad, goat, coat, boat, loaf, soap, oak, moat.

Please practise these words ready for our spell check next Monday. You can choose one or more activities from our spelling menu if you want:

Class Update

I cannot believe that we have already reached the October holidays! We are definitely having lots of fun in our class as time just seems to fly.

It has been so lovely to have a wee chat with mums and dads at our parents night and all the boys and girls loved that you were able to see their hard work.

Here is just a small update of some of the things we have been doing this week:

Primary 1s have learned their new sound /g/ this week but we have also continued to revise the letter <d> as both letters have quite tricky letter formations. We have also practised some phonemic awareness by identifying objects that start with /g/. Primary 2s have continued to practise sentence writing and we are working towards being able to write a complete sentence independently, including reviewing the sentence once we are done.

In maths, Primary 1s have continued to practise number recognition and number formation as well as counting up to 10. Primary 2s are practising writing numbers to 100 and finding numbers after, before and between. We have also continued to make bar graphs and have practised making tally marks.

We have not had much time for free play this week but here are some of the activities that we have been doing in class to support our learning. We will also end our last day before the holidays enjoying the play area with our big buddies.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday! I can’t wait to see you when we return on Tuesday, 21st October!

P2 Literacy Home Practice

This week we are looking at the phoneme /igh/ written <igh>.

Here are our spelling words for this week:

Please practise these words at home. You can choose one or more activities from your spelling menu below if you want:

I have also given your child new words for their word tubs. Please practise sounding out and blending at home. We will do our spell check and I will collect the word tubs after the October holidays.

Have fun!

P1 Literacy Home Practice

This week we are learning the sound /g/. We have been exploring how to form the letter g and we have been sounding out CVC words with g.

Here are some extra activities you can do at home with your child if you wish:

Put some shaving foam, dry rice, or similar and ask your child to write the letters G and g. Ensure that they use correct letter formation.

Go on an autumn walk and collect some different materials to make the letters G and g with them. You could use conkers, acorns, small pebbles, twigs, leaves etc.
Play “I spy” and find things beginning with g. This is a great game to play with all of our other sounds, too! You can even play it with sounds that we have not yet learned as it helps to develop your child’s phonemic awareness.

I have put new words in your child’s word tub. Please practise these words at home. Encourage your child to place a finger underneath each sound and sound it out. Then “drive through” the sounds and blend them together. Finally, ask your child to tell you the word. I will collect the word tubs when we return from the October holidays.

Have fun!

Class Update

This is a bit of a shorter update this week, mainly because we have been so busy that I often forgot to take pictures!

We have already started our new topic this week. We started off by looking for signs of Autumn and we did leaf rubbings. We also spotted signs of autumn on our autumn amble around the village! After the October holidays we will be exploring some Eco themes through our Litter Lab called Harriet’s Adventure.

We loved going on our Autumn Amble around the village to raise funds for our school. Thank you to everyone who sponsored us! It may have been a rainy day but that did nothing to dampen our spirits!