Primary 2/1 with Mrs MacMillan
Summary of Learning
Literacy
P1 will be building on their talking and listening skills through Circle Time and the introduction of phonics. The children will be participating in lots of songs, games and play to develop their phonological awareness and rhyme. The children will be learning about different sounds through Jolly Phonics and how to blend them together to create words. The children will also be working on mark-making using a variety of materials to develop their fine motor skills and support them in writing.
P2 will be doing our Daily Supported Reading programme each morning to increase our fluency and expression when reading texts and having reading cafes with P6 to develop an enjoyment of reading! In phonics we will continue to learn sounds to support our reading and written work. During writing we will be writing recounts, focusing on ensuring our work makes sense, using simple punctuation and also using our phonics knowledge to attempt to spell words.
Numeracy
P1 are working on number recognition of 0-20. We will be practising counting through songs, games and movement. The children will have the opportunity to explore number in a variety of ways in the classroom, the street area and the playground. The children will also be given the opportunity to build on their number formation through sand, play dough, chalk, paint and of course through practice of pencil on paper. The children will be learning lots about 2D shapes too.
P2 will be counting forwards and backwards to 100, learning to skip count to 100 in 10s and work on addition and subtraction strategies. In maths, we will name, recognise and order coins to £1, create different combination of coins and make totals within £1.
We are also using SumDog as a home learning link for Numeracy which the children LOVE!
Topic
Our topic this term is ‘Emotions’ and we are covering this through our stories and books in class discussing different feelings and how to manage these.
PE Days
Our PE days this term will be Monday and Thursday. Please come to school dressed for PE and wearing no jewellery. Thursday’s PE is outdoors, so please bring a jacket.
Home Learning Help/Websites
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/
