Mrs Hamilton – Page 2 – P3.10 Blog 2023/24

Numicon

Numicon is a multi-sensory way of learning, it helps your child to see connections between numbers by seeing and feeling.

The holes in the Numicon Shapes represent the numbers 1 to 10. When they are arranged in order, as in the picture below, children can easily see connections between numbers, such as ‘one more’ or ‘one less’.

In class, we were using our Numicon sets to look at numbers before (1 less than), and numbers after (1 more than). Later on, your child will be able to see more complex mathematical ideas, like how two fours make eight, three twos make six, add and subtract visually and so on.

Numicon1

Numicon2

Loomin’ Marvellous

As we develop our fine motor skills for writing, it is important to remember, little hands need lots of practise. Other activities like using large tweezers, chopsticks, screwdrivers, scissors etc can all help the muscles and muscle memory required for pencil control.

This week we put out the fabric loom which, after a slow start, has grown in popularity! The pupils have been weaving pieces of material in and out the vertical threads to create beautiful coloured patterns and designs. We are now running out of material. If anyone has any spare scraps of fabric gathering dust at home, please send it in, we would be very grateful.

Google Classroom

Welcome parents/carers!

It has been a busy first full week in P1.4. Pupils are becoming more familiar with their new surroundings and settling well to the routines of P1. You’ve probably noticed sleepier children returning home to you!

We are very keen to start using Google classroom as our way to communicate information, weekly homework diaries as well as links to new posts on our class blog. The weekly homework diary will be posted on Google Classroom every Monday.

On Monday 30th you will be issued your child’s Google classroom/Glow user name and password as well as a help sheet for support. You will find this in their homework folder. (Please ensure homework folders are returned by Friday each week)

We advise all parents to download the Google Classroom app to their phone. We have found this the easiest way to receive notifications and upload any photos of pupil homework, when required.

In order to spread the message to parents, we would be grateful if this message could be shared on any class WhatsApp groups.

Please bear with us next week while we ensure everyone is able to log into Google Classroom. If you are having any technical difficulties, please call the school office who will notify our ICT coordinator, who will be able to help!

Many thanks for all your patience.

Mrs Hamilton