Halloween Activity Evening @4.00pm-5.30pm

Please bring your child to their classroom door when you drop them off. This is where you should collect your child at 5.30pm too.

Word wallet:

This week word’s are: did  as  he

This week sound’s are: h  b  u

Please continue to take the time and revise all words and sounds in the word wallet every night with your child.

Revise the words:

 my  am  me  a   at   the   I   in   it   is  an  and 

Revise the sounds:   

a  t   s   i   p   n   r   m   d    e   c   k  g  l  f  

• Find these sounds by playing a game of eye spy.
• 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?

New sets of words and sounds have been added to the word wallet in green.

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 pencilproperly

ORT Characters:

We have started reading our Oxford Reading Tree books in class.

Revise the characters:

• Mum
• Dad
• Floppy
• Biff
• Chip
• Kipper

Maths:

Log into your sum dog account:

https://www.sumdog.com/

In class we have been learning about the numbers before and after.

Please talk to your child about which numbers come after.

• What is the number after 5?
• What number comes before 9?
• What is 1 more than 6?
• What is before 4?

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:

We loved having a parent helper in to play in the creative area.

Some of us went on safari.

The block area is giving us a new challlenge.

Today we had a tea party in the house.

We used some of the new writing materials to draw and write.

On the climbing frame.

Building a tunnel.

Our p1 class photo is in the Cumbernauld News this week.

If you ordered a copy then your child will have come home with it today.

Dont we look great!

Word wallet:

This week is a consolidation week.

Please continue to take the time and revise all words and sounds in the word wallet every night with your child.

Revise the words:  my  am  me  a   at   the   I   in   it   is  an  and

Revise the sounds:   a  t   s   i   p   n   r   m   d    e   c   k  g  l  f

• 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?

ORT Characters:

We have started reading our Oxford Reading Tree books in class.

In your child’s folder we have included the characters from the books:

• Mum
• Dad
• Floppy
• Biff
• Chip
• Kipper

Please go over these characters with your child every night so they become familiar with the characters and their names.

• Can you find Floppy?
• Can you find Biff?
• What sounds are in their name?
• Can you sound out their names?

Worksheet:

• Complete the worksheet inside your homework folder
• Make sure your child is holding their pencil properly
• Make sure your child starts at the correct place and writes their sounds correctly
• Encourage your child to rub any out mistakes and try again

Maths:

In school the children have been playing Sum Dog on the school computers and have been really enjoying it. This has shown to help with children mental maths.

In your child’s homework folder is their log in details for Sum Dog (username and password).

Please keep these safe and do not lose them.

Click on the link below and log in and play Sum Dog at home on a computer or tablet.

https://www.sumdog.com/

In class we have been learning about the number after.

Please talk to your child about which numbers come after.

• What is the number after 5?
• What number comes after 9?
• What is 1 more than 6?

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:

Topic work:

In the Learning Zone we are going to change the role play area into a vet surgery.

Please can you send in photographs of your family pets – past or present.

We will display these on the wall in our vet surgery.

Thank you for your help – it is always greatly appreciated.

This week we were very lucky to have some parent helpers come in to play with us in the Learning Zone.  Thanks you so much for giving up your time.

Going on safari

Drawing and writing

Building in the new block area

In the construction area we built a tunnel

Transporting water to the house to wash the dishes

Exploring signs of autumn in the trough

We learned a new posture today doing yoga at gym.

We had to wrk with a partner.

We followed these steps to do it.

This week we checked children’s recall of sounds and words. See inside the homework folder to see how well your child has done. 

Please take the time to do the word wallet every night with your child as this will pay off.

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   g l f  .

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:

Revise the words:   my    am    me

a   at   the   I   in   it   an   is   and

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/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering 

• Complete the number sheet inside your homework to practise writing numbers.
• Our special number this week is 10. Where can you see these numbers around your house or on your walk to school?
• Can you count out 10 things in your bedroom? What happens if you take one away?

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:

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