Hi!  I hope you had a lovely long weekend and are looking forward to the next 2 weeks of learning before the October holiday. 

• After the October holidays Primary 1 will have a session of outdoor P.E. on a Wednesday . Children are asked to come to school in a pair of jogging bottoms/leggings on this day as well as trainers suitable for taking part in P.E. outdoors. 

• Also after the October week Primary 1 will be starting one indoor P.E. Yoga session per week.  This will be on a Friday.  Children can come to school in jogging bottoms or leggings on this day also.  They will not require a change of shoes for Yoga as we will be doing it in our socks or tights.

• Children should wear their normal school uniform on the top half (polo shirt/shirt/jumper/cardigan). 

• Sumdog are holding a competition this week over the whole of Scotland to see who can answer the most questions – log into your Sumdog account to be in with a chance of winning. As a reward for taking part, each pupil who answers 100 questions will receive an item for their Sumdog House! Good luck!

• Please  log into your Active Learn account and read your book for this week. What sounds can you spot? Can you find any of your common words? 

• Point to each word as you read it to make sure you don’t miss any words. Look at the illustrations and the sounds at the start and end of the words to help you. Happy reading!

• Thank you to everyone who has been practising your sounds and words at home – it is making a huge difference to your child’s confidence and progress in class! Remember you don’t need to spend hours on these – 5 to 10 minutes is enough. 

•  So far we have learned the sounds: s a t p i r m d e

Have a lovely weekend!  Stay safe.

Here is a picture of our symmetrical butterflies on display.  We also made symmetrical spookies while learning about symmetry!

Here is a wee link to an online symmetry game if you would like to have a go at home… Symmetry Matching Game

Today we walked a mile to raise money for MacMillan cancer support.

We have been learning about emotions in health and well-being. We have been reading ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas.

We have been discussing our emotions and exploring what makes us feel certain emotions, and how to use strategies to help us deal with challenging emotions.

We used play dough and whiteboard pens to create facial expressions to represent different emotions.

Watch the Colour Monster being read on You Tube:

• Well done to everyone who has been using their Active Learn account to read their book and practising their maths on Sumdog.  If you are having any problems with any of these accounts please do not hesitate to contact me.

• Please  log into your Active Learn account and read your book for this week. I have allocated the book suitable for your child’s level.

• Point to each word as you read it to make sure you don’t miss any words. Look at the illustrations and the sounds at the start and end of the words to help you. Happy reading!

Sounds and Words

• Using the sounds s a t p i r m d can you play a game of iSpy with someone at home?

• Please use your word/sound wallet to practise your sounds and words.

• Please remember that the school is closed to pupils on Thursday 24th for the In-service Day plus Friday 25th and Monday 28th for the September Weekend.

• As we cannot have out usual MacMillan Coffee Morning this year, we are going to take part in a MacMillan March Daily Mile on Wednesday instead. The children don’t need to bring anything in – just be ready to do our mile walk!

• Up until Tuesday 22nd September, the Teach Your Monster to Read App is FREE to download! The App helps support phonics and reading through a series of literacy games.

• Once the App is downloaded it’s free to play and can be used on multiple devices.

We learned about symmetry today. We talked about what symmetrical means and looked at things that are symmetrical, then things that are asymmetrical.

We coloured pictures to make them symmetrical and we also made symmetrical butterfly prints with paint.

Today we made the most of the sunshine and spent even more time than usual outdoors.  We investigated the Woodlands bug hotel and found lots of different insects.  We also enjoyed playing in the autumn leaves.

This afternoon we did some finger painting. We only used the primary colours red, blue and yellow and experimented with mixing to make new colours. We mixed green, purple, orange and brown.

Blending

Today we were using our magnetic boards and letters to blend the sounds we have learned so far to make words.