A Note From The Teacher
Weekly Homework will continue to be issued on a Monday and should be returned by a Friday.
Homework Grid – Our homework grid now covers a variety of curricular areas and should be dated when tasks are completed. The date that this should be returned will always be at the top of the grid.
P1K has P.E. on a Monday and a Friday and P1M has it on a Monday and a Thursday. Please remind your child to bring in their P.E. kits on these days. Primary 1 drama is on a Thursday. Children only need gym shoes for drama lessons.
Term 2 Topics
Science – Forces
Topical Science: Weather
RME: 1. Judaism – The story of Ruth 2. Christmas and the Nativity
Health and Well Being – Food technology/healthy eating/ personal hygiene/ keeping healthy
Music – Nativity songs
Art and Design – Seasonal art- Hallowe’en/Bonfire night/Christmas and winter art
Drama – Nativity Performance
Literacy
Reading – Children will read a range of fiction and non-fiction texts to develop their reading skills. They are being introduced to a variety of reading to write activities including: jumbled up sentences, strip books, and sequencing activities. They will have 2 new reading books a week. Every week the children should also share a book of their choice with an adult. This is to encourage reading for enjoyment and can be a book from home or the library.
Story writing – Children will participate in a weekly formal story writing lesson covering a range of genres. In term 1 the focus was on narrative and in term 2 other genres will be introduced.
Spelling – 3 new spelling words are given to the children each week and they should be practised as part of weekly homework. There is a consolidation week about every fourth week.
Handwriting – Children follow the Nelson Handwriting scheme. This term the children will be practising forming capital and lowercase letters.
Grammar and Punctuation – The focus will continue to be on using full stops and capital letters within writing tasks.
Numeracy
Number Money and Measure
Estimation and develop a sense of size
Addition to 10
Time – days of the week, months of the year, calendars and seasons
Shape Position and Movement
3D Shape
Symmetry
Following and giving simple directions
Information Handling
Sorting and classifying using a variety of tables and charts
Other Information
Nativity – We have started practising some songs for our Nativity “Born in a Barn”.
School Trip – Primary 1 will be visiting New Lanark on Friday 2nd December for a Magical Christmas Experience. The children will have a whole day of Christmas related activities. This includes the Spirit of Christmas ride, Christmas crafts and a pantomime. We might even get to visit a very special person!
