Block 2 (January – April 2026)
P1 is a class of 25 children which can be found on the bottom floor. We strive to follow our school values safe, ready and respectful. We have a recognition board with a weekly target, we try our very best to get on the board each day.
In literacy, we are continuing to revise our sounds each day at the beginning of our lessons. On a Monday we focus on our reading. We are learning to decode by blending our sounds to read words. We also practise our tricky words, and we know that these are words we cannot sound out so we try to practise them as much as we can. Miss McComiskie reads with each reading group before their books go home on a Friday. On a Tuesday, we are learning alternative spellings for different sounds. On a Wednesday, we focus on forming our capital letters and being able to say the name and the sound for each letter. On a Thursday, we focus on our writing. We are learning to write in sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, full stops and using our sounds to spell words. Every day after break, we have milk/water and story. We listen to the story carefully so we can answer Miss McComiskie’s question at the end.
In numeracy, we are continuing to work on our number knowledge up to 20 and beyond. We are comparing and ordering numbers as well as identifying numbers before, after and between a given number. We are also learning to subtract this term. We will be using strategies such as concrete materials, number lines, fingers etc to support us with this. In maths, we are going to be working on data handling, measure and revisiting money.
Our topic this term is Scotland. We have come up with our key questions and are very interested to learn about the country we live in. We will be using the Hamish McHaggis books to enhance our topic learning through literacy.
Our PE day is a Monday and we aim to come to school in our PE clothes. This term we have worked on Scottish Country Dancing. We will be moving onto football and then fitness later in the term.
As part of our health and wellbeing learning, children in P1 will be covering Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP). This term we will be covering: “Our families, Unique, similar and different, Asking questions, Making choices, Saying yes/Saying no and looking after plants and animals”. We hope any questions you have can be answered through the national resource https://rshp.scot/.
On a Tuesday afternoon we get Mrs Ritchie for music. Mrs Ritchie will let us out at the end of the day on a Tuesday.
In P1, homework goes home on a Friday and should be returned the following Wednesday.
If your child wants to practise some of their learning at home, some useful websites are:
Literacy
Doorway online https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/
Balloon Phonics https://www.topmarks.co.uk/phonics/balloon-phonics-cvc-game
Spell CVC words https://www.roythezebra.com/english-ks1/spelling-games/cvc-words/play/
https://wordwall.net/resource/30585391/cvc-gameshow-quiz
https://wordwall.net/resource/51245722/phonics/cvc-word-matching
Educational youtube: Alphablocks
Numeracy
Topmarks teddy numbers https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
Topmarks underwater counting https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting
Topmarks addition to 10 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10
Topmarks subtraction https://www.topmarks.co.uk/subtraction/subtraction-to-10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/todays-number-up-to-20
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue
Educational youtube: Numberblocks
We are looking forward to learning lots this term!
