Mrs Kane – Primary 1/2 with Mrs Kane

Class Update

This is a two week update so I’m afraid there are lots of pictures for you to look at.

We have been really busy doing our number work in class. Primary 2s have been finding numbers after and before to 100. Primary 1s have been counting to 5 and practising number formation and number recognition. We have also started looking at data handling and have explored bar graphs and tally marks as part of our topic.

In Literacy, Primary 1s have been learning and then revising the first block of sounds (s a t p i n). We have now started to practise blending and spelling our first CVC words. Primary 2s have been practising their reading and sentence writing.

We spent some time with our buddies again on Friday afternoon and had a great time.

I have finally managed to take some pictures of our social play in the play area as well as of some of our more structured daily activities. The children are doing a great job developing their social skills and are practising kindness, turn taking and patience.

Thank you so much for coming along to our stay and play afternoon. The children had a great time showing you around and telling you all about what they have been learning.

Thank you so much! I think we all deserve a relaxing weekend after such a busy two weeks. See you again on Monday!

Rocket Phonics Reading Scheme

Children have received their usernames and passwords today to access their Rocket Phonics account and read their assigned books. Please check your child’s bag.

You can access the website at https://boost-learning.com.

Here is a short video to get you started:

Stay and Play

P2 Literacy Home Practice

This week, we are revising <oo> words.

Here are your child’s spelling words for this week:

Choose one or two activities from the sheet below to practise your spelling words. You can always do a mock spell check to see how well you know your words already.

Have fun!

P1 Literacy Home Practice

This week we are learning the sound <n>. This is the last sound in our first set of sounds and we will be spending a week or two revision all of our six sounds that we have learned so far. We will also continue practising sounding out and blending CVC (3 letter) words.

Here are some activities that you could do with your child at home to practise this week’s sound:

Make the letter n with things that you find around the house and garden, like coins, paperclips or rocks. Please work with an adult as these items may be quite small and could be choke hazards.
Use a white crayon to write the letter n all over a piece of white paper. Then use some watery paint to paint the sheet of paper and reveal your letters!

I have also issued another board game this week. This game practises all of our sounds so far. Enjoy practising your literacy work this week!

Our Week

This week we have been learning new sounds in Primary 1, new spelling words in Primary 2 and we have been practising our numbers.

Primary 2s have started to look at numbers to 100 and we have done a lot of number formation in Primary 1. We are also practising number recognition. Everyone has worked really hard in maths this week!

Primary 1s learned the sounds i and p this week. We practised letter formation and started some blending, too! Primary 2s have been working hard on sentence writing. We try to write a sentence every day and did a great job with writing our news on Monday, too.

We have been enjoying different play activities in our classroom throughout the week. We practised painting using sponges and made beautiful pictures of our pets. We also improved our cutting skills. We also had a scavenger hunt to find pictures starting with our different sounds.

On Friday, we had a chance to spend time with our buddies who had organised some brilliant games for us. We had a super afternoon with them. Thank you buddies!

Have a wonderful weekend!

P2 Literacy Home Practice

We have been busy revising our phonics from last year, starting with <ch>, <th> and <sh>.

This week we are looking at <ee> which the children have been finding a bit tricky. Here are our spelling words for this week:

You can practise these words at home. Primary 2s will receive a wallet with a whiteboard, a pen and a rubber on Tuesday that they can use for some of the activities below. The following are suggestions to practise spelling words but please feel free to practise in whatever way works best for you and your child. Please click on the image below to enlarge:

P1 Literacy Home Practice

This week we are learning the sounds <p> and <i> in our Literacy lessons.

In addition to reading with your child every day, you could do some of the following activities if you wish:

Think of things that begin with the letters p and i and draw them.
Rainbow write the letters p and i – pick a handful of different pens, pencils or crayons. Write the letters with a pencil first and then ask your child to trace them with different colours, multiple times.
If your child comes along with you to do the food shop, challenge them to find as many different fruit and vegetables as they can that start with the letter p.
Play letter detective by searching all of the <i> and <p> in a book or a magazine.
Practise all of our letters so far (s, a, t, p, i) by drawing a letter on each others backs with your finger and guessing which letter it is.
Sing along to our phonics songs: for the letter p and for the letter i.

Your child has also received a new literacy game to practise the new sounds. Have fun practising!

This week in P1/2

It’s been another very busy week in our classroom so this class update will be a bit lengthy, sorry.

We start every morning with different play activities that help us to practise some of the things we are learning in class at the moment. Some of our activities develop our motor skills and help us to practise turn taking and being kind.

In maths, P1s have been practising counting and we have started to practise number formation. Primary 2s have been revising numbers to 20. This week we have been looking at number words.

This week, Primary 1s learned the sound <t>. We have been doing lots of phonics work and have been practising to write t. Primary 2s have been practising sentence writing and have been doing a super job. We have also started Our reading and I will set up our new reading groups online as soon as possible so that you can practise at home.

We have been enjoying our P.E. lessons in particular. We are practising throwing and catching, team games, competitive games and have been improving our skills in station work.

On Friday afternoons, we get a chance to work with our big buddies. We may do sports activities outside or activities inside that develop our social skills and practise some of the things we have been learning in class.

Toothbrushing in Primary 1/2

In Primary 1 and 2 we brush our teeth after lunchtime on days when we have a helper in our class. Children have their own toothbrush and are being monitored during this time. If you do not wish your child to participate in toothbrushing at school, could you please contact the office and let us know.

Thank you!