The children did a super job today performing at the McMillan coffee morning. Well done & here’s to many more performances.

Come and here us sing a medley of songs with our friends in Primary 1/2 at 9.15pm and buy a coffee and a cake. 🙂

We are learning about ‘families’ as our topic.

Can you help us by sending in a picture of your family?

We will use these pictures to make a display in class.

This week we will be assessing your child’s words and sounds in class. Please make sure you go over these at home every night. 🙂 

Booklet:

• Write your name 3 times at the top of the page
• Make sure to use a pencil to make it easy to rub out mistakes
• Please help your child by making sure they hold their pencil properly

Complete this week’s page with the sounds   e  c  k .

Think of words beginning with this week’s sounds. You may wish to write the words for the children or get them to draw a picture.

Word wallet:

Find the words:   an   is   and

Revise the words:

a   at   the   I   in   it

Find the sounds:    a  t   s   i   p   n   r   m   d    e   c   k

• Get your child to say the word and sound.
• Can you think of a word with that sound?
• Do you remember the jolly phonics song and the action for the sound?

Maths:

Play this game to help you count:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

• Our special numbers this week are 8 and 9. Where can you see these numbers around your house or on your walk to school?
• Can you count out 8 things in your bedroom? What happens if you take one away?

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:

Playing in the writing area

Look at the fish we made

Playing in the construction area

Making wallpaper with drawings and sounds

Keep up all your hard work with homework. It really pays to spend ten minutes every night going over the word wallet. 🙂

Your child will come home tonight with this week’s homework.

Booklet:

Begin by helping your child write their name three times at the top of the page.

Use a pencil and encourage your child to write starting from the correct place.

Complete this week’s page with the sounds   r   m   d .

Think of words beginning with this week’s sounds. You may wish to write the words for the children or get them to draw a picture.

Word wallet:

Find the words:   I    in   it

Revise the words:

a   at   the

Find the sounds:    a  t   s   i   p   n   r   m   d

• Get your child to say the word and sound.
• Can you think of a word with that sound?
• Do you remember the jolly phonics song and the action for the sound?

Maths:

Play this game to help you count:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting

• Our special numbers this week are 7 and 8. Where can you see these numbers around your house or on your walk to school?
• Can you count out 7 things in your kitchen? What happens if you add one more?

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:

Reminder:

Tomorrow the Primary 1 children will have their photograph taken for the Cumbernauld News.

Please ensure all children come to school in full school uniform and remember to pack their smile!

Thank you.

In the morning we use our pocket pals to help us write our names and our sounds.

Some of us got to practise our sounds using shaving foam which was lots of fun.

We are getting really good at our rainbow writing.

We played games sorting pictures into the correct sounds.

Welldone to everyone who handed in homework  last week and have been practising their words and sounds every night. 🙂

Your child will come home tonight with this week’s homework.

Booklet:

Begin by helping your child write their name three times at the top of the page.

Use a pencil and encourage your child to write starting from the correct place.

Complete this week’s page with the sounds   i   p   n .

Think of words beginning with this week’s sounds. You may wish to write the words for the children or get them to draw a picture.

Word wallet:

Find the words:   a   at   the

Find the sounds:    a  t   s   i   p   n

• Get your child to say the word and sound.
• Can you think of a word with that sound?
• Do you remember the jolly phonics song and the action for the sound?

Maths:

Play this game to help you count:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

• Our special number this week is 5. Where can you see the number five around your house or on your walk to school?
• Can you count out five things in your kitchen?

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:

Please remember this week:

Wednesday 12th September

Save the date to meet the teacher. There will be two drop in sessions at:

 3.00pm-3.45pm

 5.30pm-6.15pm

Each session will begin in the school gym hall followed by an opportunity to visit your child’s class and meet their teacher to view some of the resources that your child will be using over the coming year.