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

We had lots of fun using whiteboards and pens to write our sounds with Mrs Watson.

Tips for Phonics at Home:

Help your child identify phonics sounds by having a sound hunt around the house. Write the sounds we have learned so far on post it notes and hide them around the house. When your child finds one ask them what sound it is.

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:

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.

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

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.

At Calderwood Lodge Nursery Class this term one of our key focuses for both Ante and Pre School children is:

Number and number processes

I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities, and I can use them to count, create sequences and describe order.

MNU 0-02a

We have been exploring numbers in many different contexts, from singing number songs to counting blocks in our construction area.

At our numeracy table we have been using unifix cubes and counting steps to match quantities to a number.  

Try accessing the following youtube link to sing some number songs at home:

There was lots going on in the Home Corner in Calderwood Lodge Nursery Class today! Mrs Bodenheim paid us a visit and ran a Challah making session in our home corner kitchen.

We measured out the ingredients for the dough and had lots of fun mixing and kneading it together.

Afterwards Mrs Bodenheim taught us how to do lots of fancy braids and patterns in our dough.

We took the cooked challah home to enjoy with our families (if they are quick enough before it’s all eaten up!)