Camstradden Primary School

Reading: 

Primary 1 have demonstrated their knowledge of phonics through their recent reading tasks.  Children have shown they can read words by sounding out and blending familiar sounds.  They are beginning to show an understanding of a text through using picture clues and recalling main characters/event in the text. 

Primary 1 demonstrate enjoyment and choice through voting for our ‘Book of the week’.  The story is read 3 times throughout the week, allowing children to develop skills in predicting, sequencing and summarising.  

Writing: 

Children in Primary 1 are now able to write CVC words with increasing independence.  They have been able to use their knowledge of sounds and apply this when writing short words.  Almost all children are able to draw a picture and narrate what they have drawn.  

Listening and Talking: 

This term, children have been learning to retell the story of ‘The Gingerbread Man’.  Children are able to identify the main characters in the story and retell the main events with increasing independence.  Children have been developing their listening skills and are able to follow short instructions.

Numeracy: 

This term, children have shown confidence when adding two amounts together.  They have demonstrated an awareness of number talks and are beginning to justify their reasoning behind their answers. Children will continue to work on formation of numbers within 20.

Social Studies: 

We have been learning about Transport this term as part of our IDL topic.  Children have been constructing cars out of recycled materials and learning about the transformation of cars through the decades.  Whilst playing in the role play area, children have shown an understanding of what jobs there are in a train station.  

Miss Murray and Primary 1b.