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