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Jolly Phonics Songs

August 18, 2016 Miss Dunn

Each day we learn a new sound we also learn an accompanying song. Click on the link below to access the Jolly Songs through youtube.

We are sure they will soon be stuck in you head, they are very catchy!

https://youtu.be/ybiJTZNLvTI?list=PLvJD8NvkFLop1HRwtVM6cZxGyv68Bknay

Please find the song words to the songs we learned this week below:

Literacy and English

Jolly Phonics – 18th August 2016

August 18, 2016 Miss Dunn

We learned our new sound ‘i’ today in Jolly Phonics.

We learned about letters and sounds using ICT today. Our favourite website had lots of images to help us identify the inital sounds of words.

Tips for phonics at home:

Access the website Starfall ABC. In the ABC section select our new sound ‘i’ and explore images and clips related to this sound.

http://www.starfall.com/

Literacy and English

Jolly Phonics – 17th August 2016

August 18, 2016 Miss Dunn

We learned our new sound ‘t’ in Jolly Phonics today.

We had lots of fun using a tennis ball and large letters to practice letter formation. We also made our own tinfoil letter ‘t’.

Tips for phonics at home:

Try searching for the letter ‘t’ in a newspaper, magazine or webpage. There will be lots to find!

Literacy and English

Jolly Phonics – 16th August 2016

August 18, 2016 Miss Dunn

We learned the sound ‘a’ in Jolly Phonics today.

We had a go at writing the letter ‘a’ at our writing table, have a look at our work!

Tips for phonics at home:

Try taking a notepad to the supermarket with you and note down all the items that begin with the sound ‘a’.

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Jolly Phonics – 15th August 2016

August 18, 2016 Miss Dunn

We learned our first sound in Jolly Phonics today. It was the letter ‘s’.

Our favourite ways of learning today were searching for sounds in the sand and rainbow writing the sound ‘s’.

Tips for phonics at home:

Scatter some sugar on a tray or plate at home and try using your finger to write the sound ‘s’ in it.

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Welcome to Primary 1

August 18, 2016 Miss Dunn

Welcome to the Primary 1 class blog. Please check this site for information on what we have been learning about in class as well as hints and tips for exploring this learning at home.

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Transition to Calderwood Lodge Primary School

May 24, 2016 Miss Dunn

Thank you to all the parents who made it along to the first of our Taster Days today. The children and Miss Dunn had a wonderful time exploring the Primary 1 classroom and getting to know our new friends in Primary 1.

Please find a link to the presentation given at this Taster Day below:

induction day presentation

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Spring has sprung!

April 12, 2016 Miss Dunn

Over the past few weeks at Forest Schools our children have been observing all the changes in the park.

We have drawn pictures, taken photographs and even used tally charts to record how many daffodils are in the park – that was a tough one!

We have discovered our Forest School mouse has had babies in the mouse house. We saw the baby mice following their mummy around our Forest Schools area and got a chance to take a photo of her.

Back in the playroom we have been making clay flowers and making our own Spring time flowers using a variety of materials and techniques.

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Coffee Mornings

April 12, 2016 Miss Dunn

This week we hosted a range of Coffee Mornings for parents and carers.

The theme of this week’s coffee mornings was Transitions in a Young Child’s Life.

In an informal setting with coffee, tea and biscuits we discussed the types of events in a young child’s life that can involve transitions and how to best equip both our children and ourselves for this change.

Many parents commented on how they now had a better grasp of what the word transition can mean, involving moving house, welcoming a new family member or developing new friendship groups.

Thanks to all the parents who made it along to the event. Remember to check our parental engagement and involvement booklet for up and coming events.

Events, Literacy and English, Sciences, Social Studies

Gruffalo

April 12, 2016 Miss Dunn

On Friday our nursery had a special visitor from RSPB Scotland. Our visitor had heard we have been exploring The Gruffalo in our establishment and helped us to further explore some of the animals featured in the book.

We learned all about how owls hunt, where mice live and even got to touch a fox’s tail.

We then moved outside to create our very own Gruffalo house.

We had lots of fun learning about the real lives of the animals in The Gruffalo. Our visitor was particularly impressed with our knowledge of animals from Forest School sessions, commenting that she had never been to a nursery where the children had so much experience in investigating nature.