Author: Miss McCann

This morning we have been little authors-making animal fact files at our Writing area.

We have been engineers-working as a team to build an African Savannah zoo for the animals that live there.

 

 

 We have been problem solvers-putting the animal jigsaw pieces back together.

 

 

 

We have been artists- making our own jungle masks and patterns in the elephants!

 

 

 

 

We have been performers- putting on a jungle animal puppet show.

Happy Friday everyone 🙂

 

Here is the homework sheet for this week. Please click link to access:

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Please click link to access homework:

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Winter Is Coming… So We All Need Outdoor PE Kits!

 

Every week we have two periods of PE outside.  It’s starting to get a bit chillier now, so we all need to make sure that we are nice and cosy during these sessions.   Could we ask parents and carers to check that their child has PE jackets and trousers in school?  Shorts and polo shirts are fine for indoor PE, but we need to wrap up when we go outside.

 

Thank you 🙂

Dear parent/carer,

 

We are changing the structure of our homework programme in order to compliment the active approach to learning in Primary 1.

We will be continuing to practise our letter formation every week. A new letter formation sheet will be issued on a Monday to be returned as normal on a Friday. In addition to this, we will be uploading a ‘Common Words Grid’ and a ‘Numeracy Grid’ to our class blog.  These grids will feature a choice of lots of different active learning activities for your child to complete. Please pick one activity from each grid every week. The homework task sheet will also be uploaded online to inform you of the sounds of the week and any ‘other’ homework to be completed.

 

We will also upload a list of sounds and common words that we have learned so far.  These lists will be updated weekly for your own reference.

 

Thank you for your ongoing support.

 

Miss McCann and Miss Baillie

Being numerate helps us to function responsibly in everyday life and contribute effectively to society. It increases our opportunities within the world of work and establishes foundations which can be built upon through lifelong learning. Numeracy is not only a subset of mathematics; it is also a life skill which permeates and supports all areas of learning, allowing young people access to the wider curriculum.    (Education Scotland)

 

Monday 23^rd September  – Family Numeracy and Maths Homework Challenge

Families can choose one activity (or more if you wish) from the grid and work on this together over the next two weeks.  How you record and share your homework is up to you! There are some suggestions on the grid but please feel free to be as inventive as you wish.  This homework will last two weeks. On Friday 4^th October, the eldest child in each family should bring in their family homework and the pupils will get a chance to share their activity with the school community.  The homework should be carried out as a family and each activity can be simplified or extended to allow everyone to take part.  There are lots of real life challenges to allow our pupils to see the benefit numeracy and maths has on our everyday life.  These activities are designed to be fun, active and engaging for all our learners.  It will not only promote their numeracy, but it will also develop their problem solving, creativity and collaboration skills.

 

Please share your learning activities with us on twitter! @kirkhillPS and use our #   

#kpsachievements #kpsmathsweeekscotland2019 #mathsweekscotland

 

Thank you for your support!

 

 family numeracy homework

 

** Please continue to practise the sounds (s a t p i n) and common words ( a, at, the, I, in, it, an, is & and) we have learned so far. Can you recognise and read these sounds/words? **

 

Here are some of our favourite activities this week…

 

We have loved junk modelling in our Atrium-the creations and teamwork have been amazing! Thank-you so much for your donations.

  We have started to build and blend words using our sounds that we have learned so far: s a t p i n. Clever cookies :).

 

P1a have been learning to count objects to 10 and 20. We loved drawing pictures to match the amounts!

 

The class have been listening to Nursery Rhymes and playing rhyming games. This week, we  sequenced the story of ‘Incy Wincy Spider’ and identified the rhyming words. We can’t wait to learn our next Nursery rhyme!

 

What a busy week 🙂

 

 

 

 

Literacy	Complete phonics sheet for ‘p’ and ‘n’. Please practise sound and action. Revise common words ‘and’, ‘an’ and ‘is’. Can you read and write these words?   Please continue to practise holding your pencil correctly.
Maths	Practise writing the numbers 0 – 3 in the correct order, using the correct formation. Please see number rhymes for formation guidance.
Other	Please continue to practise getting dressed with someone at home. Focus on buttons, ties and zips. Could you please ensure that ALL clothing/belongings are named.

Number Formation Rhymes:

0 –  Circle left and round you go, round and round its number zero

1 –  Start at the top and down you run, one straight line its number one.

2  –  Make half a heart and add a shoe, now you’ve made the  number two.

3 – Around the tree, around the tree, that’s the way we make a three.  

Dear Parent,

 

We are planning to do some junk modelling in our Atrium area on Monday 16^th September. We would be very grateful if you could donate any materials we could use for this activity.  

For example:

Kitchen rolls

Plastic Bottles

Cardboard/Cardboard Boxes

Please no toilet rolls, egg boxes or milk cartons.

 

Thank you for your support 🙂 

 

Miss McCann and Miss Baillie.

OUTDOOR LEARNING CLOTHING 
Different outdoor learning experiences offer opportunities for personal and learning skills development in areas such as communication, problem solving, information technology, working with others and thinking skills. Learning in the outdoors can make significant contributions to literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing. Therefore, outdoor learning offers many opportunities for learners to deepen and contextualise their understanding within curriculum areas, and for linking learning across the curriculum in different contexts and at all levels.
(Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2010)

 

At Kirkhill Primary we strive to provide regular outdoor learning experiences for all our children. As a school we have a fantastic outdoor space which can be used across the curriculum to develop our children socially, emotionally and academically. During last session we had a super Science Garden added to our fantastic Eco garden and we can’t wait to explore here and other areas of our school grounds!

To allow all pupils to access outdoor learning in the changeable Scottish weather, we would appreciate the children bringing in outdoor clothing (wellies, rain jackets and trousers) on Fridays.   Also, if you have any spare items which your child is not using any more and you are happy to give these to the school, please put this in a bag with it clearly labelled as spare clothing for the school to allow items to be shared with our families.

Thank you in advance with your support with outdoor learning and please get in touch if you have any questions. This support will allow our children to have a fantastic time learning outdoors come rain or shine!