Today we learned that the 6th of January (today) is a special day for people across the world. Some people celebrate Epiphany. On this day it is believed that the Wise Men/ Three Kings/ Magi visited Jesus, bringing him gifts. Once we learned about Epiphany, we created Wise Men Puppets. Our Wise Men came in threes and followed the star, before going into our folders and hopefully arriving home.

It only seems like yesterday we went on holiday. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. It’s great to have everyone back. The spring term is set to be another busy one in Primary 1.

PE

This term, we continue to have PE on a Monday and a Wednesday. If you’d prefer, they can wear their PE kit underneath their clothes on these days. For the first half of the term we will have PE with Mrs Campbell, our PE teacher, on Monday afternoon. This is a treat for P1.

STAFFING

Mrs Sutherland will continue to teach Primary 1 on a Thursday this term when I am out of class on management. Mrs Paul, our Pupil Support Assistant (PSA), will continue to work with our class and our neighbours – P1M.

LEO THE LION

Our class mascot, Leo the Lion, has been to quite a few houses for the weekend now. He will continue to arrive home with one lucky P1 on a Friday afternoon to take part in your weekend adventures. It would be great if you could write a few sentences in their home/school diary about what Leo got up to. You could also include a photograph if you wished.

IN THE LOCH

Our topic for the first part of this term is ‘In the Loch’. We will be learning about Scottish Myths and Legends and Urquhart Castle. The Medieval Castle within our classroom has started to take shape. We will be working with P3FS over the next few weeks to build the castle walls. This is an exciting opportunity to work with the older pupils. We’re hoping to go on an excursion this term also. More details will be made available later on.

SHOWING

Your child, if they wish, can choose something to bring along and talk about with the class on the following date during our ‘Showing Time’:

HOMEWORK

To continue to support your child’s development, please continue to practise:

• ‘Look and Say’ words either within the Word Pouch or Word Sheet
• Phonic sounds and actions (Sound Pouch)
• Word building using cards within Sound Pouch e.g. c – a – t = cat
• Writing letters ‘o’, ‘c’, ‘a’, ‘d’, ‘g’, ‘q’, ‘e’, ‘b’, ‘p’, ‘h’, ‘n’ and ‘m’
• Writing numbers 0 – 10
• Ordering numbers 0 – 10, including asking questions e.g. ‘What is 1 more than/less than?’
• Adding two numbers together to make a sum of 10 or less

Mr Cook