If your child in is Primary 1-3, you are invited to our parental workshop on Wednesday 7th October at 6.30pm. The workshop helps to explain what your child is learning in school and how to support your child at home with literacy.
Category: Primary 1
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Infant Enrolment for August 2022
Dear Parent,
Children who attain the age of 5 years between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2023 should register for starting Primary 1 in August 2022.
Please read this information prior to completing and sending your form, thank you.
Information
Infant Enrolment December 2021
Forms and Mailboxes
Enrolment forms
Please note that the deadline for completing enrolment forms is 24th January 2022. Thank you!

Penny the Panda welcomes all of our Primary 1 children! -
NHS Letter Regarding Isolation
Please find attached an important letter from the NHS regarding isolation dates.
Updated Isolation Dates Letter
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Primary 1 Homework Week Beginning 30th November
Hello everyone,
Homework will now be posted via Teams instead of the school blog. Details of how to access Microsoft Teams can be found in the letter which was issued today. You will find this inside your child’s clear plastic zippy wallet.
Thank you,
Miss McEleney
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Primary 1 Homework Week Beginning 23rd November
Hello everyone😁!
I would like to start by saying a big well done to all of you for taking part in last week’s North Lanarkshire Sumdog contest! You all worked so hard and tried your very best.
774 classes took part and our class finished in 116th place!🏆
Amazing effort boys and girls! I am so proud of you all!👏
I would also like to say a special congratulations to Adam who was our class champion!👏⭐
This week your child has been set tasks for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night. To keep us all safe, we have decided that all completed work should be kept at home (until further notice). Please remember to send back the clear zippy wallet empty on Tuesday and return your reading book on Thursday.
Could you please encourage your child to practise their reading book each night. 📖
Literacy
Letter sound- b 🦇
Practise saying the ‘b’ sound. Listen to the ‘b’ Jolly Phonics song. Sing the song whilst doing the action.
Go on a sound hunt around your house looking for objects that begin with the sound ‘b’. Can you think of any other words that begin with ‘b’?
Complete letter ‘b’ formation worksheet.
Maths
Addition
We have learned all of the addition facts for 2, 3, 4 and 5. Children are encouraged to memorise these facts for rapid random recall.
Use practical materials at home to show all the different ways to make 2, 3, 4 and 5. You could use pegs, toy cars, playdough or playing cards.
Remember Jack Hartmann is always there to help if you get stuck. Just search Number Bonds for 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Tuesday
Literacy
Common Words: be, but, you
- Use your word tin to practise your common words. When you look at each word, read the word and then spell it out loud.
- Can you think of a sentence for each of your common words this week? Tell an adult your sentences and see if they can spot which common word you have used in each sentence.
- Choose a task of your choice from the menu below, to help you practise this week’s common words. Have fun!
Maths
Addition➕
Complete adding machine worksheet.
Wednesday
Literacy
Letter sound- u ☂️
1.Practise saying the ‘u’ sound. Listen to the ‘u’ Jolly Phonics song. Sing the song whilst doing the action.
2.Go on a sound hunt around your house looking for objects that begin with the sound ‘u’. Can you think of any other words that begin with ‘u’?
3.Complete letter ‘u’ formation worksheet.
Maths
Complete dinosaur addition to 10 worksheet.
Remember boys and girls, if you are really proud of your homework you can scan or take a picture of your wonderful work and send it to my email or tweet me a picture @St_BarbarasPS. 📧
If you have any questions please contact me – gw13mceleneylauren@glow.sch.uk
Thank you,
Miss McEleney🌈😊
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Primary 1 Homework Week Beginning 17th November
I hope you all had a lovely long weekend!
This week your child has been set tasks for Tuesday and Wednesday night. To keep us all safe, we have decided that all completed work should be kept at home (until further notice). Please remember to send back the clear zippy wallet empty on Wednesday and return your reading book on Thursday.
Could you please encourage your child to practise their reading book each night. 📖
Literacy
Letter sound- f
Practise saying the ‘f’ sound. Listen to the ‘f’ Jolly Phonics song. Sing the song whilst doing the action.
Go on a sound hunt around your house looking for objects that begin with the sound ‘f’. Can you think of any other words that begin with ‘f’?
Complete letter ‘f’ formation worksheet.
Maths
North Lanarkshire Maths Contest
This week we are taking part in Sumdog’s North Lanarkshire Maths Contest. It finishes on Thursday 19th of November at 8pm. It would be great if you could encourage your child to play along as part of their homework this week. Remind them to take their time and think about the question before they press their answer. Points are based on accuracy. It will be great if all of the pupils in Primary 1 take part. Let’s see if we can get St Barbara’s on the leaderboard.
Tuesday
Literacy
Common Words: if, for, on
- Use your word tin to practise your common words. When you look at each word, read the word and then spell it out loud.
- Choose a task of your choice from the menu below, to help you practise this week’s common words. Have fun!
Letter sound- o
Practise saying the ‘o’ sound. Listen to the ‘o’ Jolly Phonics song. Sing the song whilst doing the action
Complete letter ‘o’ formation worksheet.
Maths
North Lanarkshire Maths Contest
Log onto Sumdog and continue playing in the North Lanarkshire Maths Contest.
Remember boys and girls, if you are really proud of your homework you can scan or take a picture of your wonderful work and send it to my email or tweet me a picture @St_BarbarasPS. 📧
If you have any questions please contact me – gw13mceleneylauren@glow.sch.uk
Thank you,
Miss McEleney🌈
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Primary 1 Homework Week Beginning 9th November
Happy Monday everyone 😁
Your child has been set homework tasks for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night. To keep us all safe, we have decided that all completed work should be kept at home (until further notice). Please remember to send back the clear zippy wallet empty on Tuesday and return your reading book on Thursday.
Could you please encourage your child to practise their reading book each night. 📖
Monday
Literacy
Letter sound- g 🏌️♀️
Practise saying the ‘g’ sound. Listen to the ‘g’ Jolly Phonics song. Sing the song whilst doing the action.
Go on a sound hunt around your house looking for objects that begin with the sound ‘g’. Can you think of any other words that begin with ‘g’?
Complete letter ‘g’ formation worksheet.
Maths
Complete Ladybird Addition worksheet. 🐞
Tuesday
Literacy
Common Words: go, got, get
- Use your word tin to practise your common words. When you look at each word, read the word and then spell it out loud.
- Can you think of a sentence for each of your common words this week? Tell an adult your sentences and see if they can spot which common word you have used in each sentence.
- Choose a task of your choice from the menu below, to help you practise this week’s common words. Have fun!
Maths
Addition➕
Practise adding up to 10 by playing this fun game.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10
Wednesday
Literacy
Letter sound-l 🐑
1.Practise saying the ‘l’ sound. Listen to the ‘l’ Jolly Phonics song. Sing the song whilst doing the action.
2.Go on a sound hunt around your house looking for objects that begin with the sound ‘l’. Can you think of any other words that begin with ‘l’?
3.Complete letter ‘l’ formation worksheet.
Maths
Sumdog

Log onto Sumdog and complete this week’s homework challenge. Good luck!
Sumdog login details were given out in term one. Please let me know if you have lost these and I can send you a copy of these details.
Keep your eyes peeled for North Lanarkshire’s Sumdog Maths contest which starts this Friday, November 13 and ends on Thursday 19th November👀. It would be amazing if all of the pupils in our class can take part!
Thank you for all of the amazing work that was emailed to me last week. It is great to see all of the wonderful work you are doing at home. Remember boys and girls, if you are really proud of your homework you can scan or take a picture of your wonderful work and send it to my email or tweet me a picture @St_BarbarasPS. 📧
If you have any questions please contact me – gw13mceleneylauren@glow.sch.uk
Thank you,
Miss McEleney🌈
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Primary 1 Homework Week Beginning 2nd November
Happy Monday everyone!
I hope you all had a faBOOlous Halloween weekend. I am sure you got lots of tasty treats.
Can you guess what we will be learning about this week in class?
Bonfire Night!
Your child has been set homework tasks for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night. To keep us all safe, we have decided that all completed work should be kept at home (until further notice). Please remember to send back the clear zippy wallet empty on Tuesday.
This week in Literacy is a consolidation week which means that the children will not learn any new sounds or common words. During this week your child will spend time revising their letter formation, sounds and common words taught over the last three weeks.
Could you please encourage your child to practise their reading book each night. 📖
Monday
Literacy
We are revising all of these letter sounds this week- r, m, d, e, c, k
Listen to the Jolly Phonics song for each letter sound. Sing each song whilst doing the action. Practise saying each sound correctly.
Complete Initial Sounds worksheet.
Maths
Complete Bonfire Night Addition worksheet.
Tuesday
Literacy
We are consolidating these common words this week- am, me, my, did, as, he, can, we, into
- Use your word tin to practise all of your common words. When you look at each word, read the word and then spell it out loud.
- Choose a task of your choice from the menu below, to help you practise all of these common words. Have fun!
- Ask an adult to give you a spelling test. How many of your words can you write correctly?
Maths
Addition to 10
Practise adding to 10 by playing the Robot Addition game.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/robot-addition
Wednesday
Literacy
CVC words
This term we will be continuing with our initial sounds and working on blending CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant).
The children have been using their magnetic boards and letters in class to blend the sounds we have learned so far to make words.
They have been using the Five Finger Strategy:
- SAY– Ask your child, ‘Can you say the word ________?’
- MAKE/BREAK– Continue, ‘Can you make the word _______ with your letters?’
-‘Do you know what letter comes first?’
– Your child will choose the appropriate letters and make the word - BLEND– Ask your child to SOUND OUT the letters by running their finger below
the letters and your child should then BLEND the sounds together to make the word. - READ– Ask your child to read the word.
- WRITE– Ask your child to WRITE the word.
Using the CVC worksheet provided, ask your child to cut out all of the letters on the worksheet and use these letters to make each CVC word.
Words– sat, tap, pin, tin, pan, den, red, can, mat, pen
Maths
Sumdog

Log onto Sumdog and complete this week’s challenge. Good luck!
Sumdog login details were given out in term one. Please let me know if you have lost these and I can send you a copy of these details.
Remember boys and girls, if you are really proud of your homework you can scan or take a picture of your wonderful work and send it to my email or tweet me a picture @St_BarbarasPS. 📧
If you have any questions please contact me – gw13mceleneylauren@glow.sch.uk
Thank you,
Miss McEleney😀🌈🌟
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Primary 1 Homework Week Beginning 26th October
Happy Monday everyone!

We are going to have a Spooktacular week in Primary 1!👻
Your child has been set homework tasks for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night. Please remember to send back the clear zippy wallet empty on Tuesday. This term we would ask you to continue to keep all completed worksheets at home until further notice. This will help to keep us all safe.
Could you please encourage your child to practise their reading book each night. 📖
Monday
Literacy
Letter sound- c😺
1.Practise saying the ‘c’ sound. Listen to the ‘c’ Jolly Phonics song. Sing the song whilst doing the action.
2.Go on a sound hunt around your house looking for objects that begin with the sound ‘c’. Can you think of any other words that begin with ‘c’?
- Complete letter ‘c’ formation worksheet.
Maths
Ten Frames
We have been learning to look at the arrangement of dots on a ten frame and identify the number of dots.

Complete the ten frame worksheet.
Tuesday
Literacy
Common Words: can, we, into
- Use your word tin to practise your common words. When you look at each word, read the word and then spell it out loud.
- Can you think of a sentence for each of your common words? Tell an adult your sentences and see if they can spot which common word you have used in each sentence.
- Choose a task of your choice from the menu below, to help you practise this week’s common words. Have fun!
Maths
Addition
This term we are learning how to add. Practise adding by playing this fun game.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10
Wednesday
Literacy
Letter sound-k 🦘
1.Practise saying the ‘k’ sound. Listen to the ‘k’ Jolly Phonics song. Sing the song whilst doing the action.
2.Go on a sound hunt around your house looking for objects that begin with the sound ‘k’. Can you think of any other words that begin with ‘k’?
3.Complete letter ‘k’ formation worksheet.
Maths
Sumdog

Log onto Sumdog and complete this week’s challenge. Good luck!
Sumdog login details were given out in term one. Please let me know if you have lost these and I can send you a copy of these details.
Last week lots of people sent in pictures of their wonderful work. It really made me smile! Remember boys and girls, if you are really proud of your homework you can scan or take a picture of your wonderful work and send it to my email or tweet me a picture @St_BarbarasPS. 📧
If you have any questions please contact me – gw13mceleneylauren@glow.sch.uk
Thank you,
Miss McEleney😀🌈🌟







