Mrs Kane – Primary 1/2 with Mrs Kane

Class Update week beginning 30th March

We are all excited for our Easter break to start and have been doing lots of Easter activities as well as our “normal” hard work.

I hope that everyone has a lovely holiday!

But first – Here are some pictures of what we have been doing:

Class Update week of 23rd March

This week we have continued to work on our subtraction skills in maths. We looked at how to find a missing number by using cubes and number lines to help us.

We also continued to learn about 2D shapes. We looked in more detail at the properties of 2D shapes and identified sides and corners. We also used 2D shapes to create some lovely art.

We practised our phonics and spelling with different activities this week. P2s practised writing a description as part of our The Snail and the Whale book study and we have started working on a lapbook for our book study.

In our play activities we continued to develop our fine motor skills. We also explored free writing by creating a Snail and the Whale book, working with CVC words on a big sheet of paper and by finishing our information booklets. We practised our maths skills throughout the week with different games and followed instruction when working with construction materials.

It has been such a busy week, we are definitely ready for the weekend and a shorter week next week!

Home Practice 23/3/26

Spelling

Please check your spelling jotters for your new word lists. Primary 1s are looking closely at <v> and <w>, while Primary 2s are exploring <er> at the end of a word.

Remember that we will be doing a spell check next Monday.

Sumdog are doing a competition this week. If your child wishes to take part, please log into the Sumdog website with the username and password that has been issued to your child. I have included another copy of the logins in your child’s homework pack this week.

Class Update for week of 16th March

We have had such a busy week! Luckily, the weather has been nice which meant we enjoyed our 3 day visit from Archaeology Scotland even more!

We played “I Spy” to find differences and similarities between our school and the old school. We found out that the old school has a bell tower that our school doesn’t have and that the old school is made from stone, while our school is build with bricks. The next day, we went into our school pitch and did some archaeological digs in some of our many mole hills. We found lots of “treasures”, some of which were shards from a 200 year old plate! On Friday, we did some time travelling and found out that 200 years is not that old after all! We made a timeline in the playground and travelled along it.

We have started to put together a lap book of our time travel adventures. Here is what we have created so far:

In between our archaeological work, we also continued working hard on our literacy and numeracy skills. We practised subtraction, our new sounds and graphemes, and wrote super news stories on Monday morning.

We really have been busy and doing a super job! I hope that everyone will have a wonderful weekend and will be able to enjoy the lovely sunshine.

Home Practice 17/3/26

I have issued new Homework folders to all P1 and P2 pupils. Please make sure to return these folders with all of their contents on a Monday morning.

In Maths, we are practising subtraction within 10 (P1) and within 20 (P2). Please play the board game with your child, encouraging them to explain how they found the answer to the calculation. If an answer is wrong, the player has to move back 2 spaces.

I have made up new word list jotters for all pupils. Please practise reading and writing the words on the list. We will be doing a spell on a Monday.

I have included a sheet with 50 sensory activities that you could use with your child to practise the words at home. Please do not use the word list jotter for any of these activities.

I hope you have a great week!

Class Update Week of 9/3/26

We have been working hard learning all about the ocean and ocean animals as part of our book studies.

We started reading The Rainbow Fish a couple of weeks ago and are now working on Commotion in the Ocean. We are exploring non fiction writing as part of this and are working on creating a leaflet all about the ocean at our free writing table.

We have been looking at measuring length using standard and non standard unit, and have also started exploring a wider range of 2D shapes.

We have also been busy making sharks out of paper plates which will be our craft entry for the cattle show next month. Here are some pictures of our very busy activities this week.

In our maths lessons we have continued to practise subtraction within 10 / 20. We did a scavenger hunt and made up our own sums in our maths jitters.

In P.E. We are continuing to improve our gymnastics skills. We are now working with Primary 3/4 and we are leaning lots of new skills from our new P.E. Buddies.

World Book Day

We have had a great time celebrating World Book Day today. Thank you to everyone for putting in so much effort with all the wonderful costumes!

We showed off our costumes and discussed our characters in class this morning, then we showed them off in front of the whole school. We did a quiz in our School Houses and then shared our favourite books with reading buddies from Primary 5/6.

We have been looking at The Rainbow Fish in class over the last week. We wrote our own Rainbow Fish book and looked at the setting, characters and re-telling the story. We also made Rainbow name plates which the children brought home today. We ended the day with fruit and a story.

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!

P2 Literacy Home Practice

This week we are looking at the sounds <or> and <ur>.

Here are our spelling words:

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

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

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.