We have started to blend the sounds we have learned to make words.  We are very proud of ourselves. 

Today we did some art and craft linked to our story of the week- A Squash and a Squeeze’ by Julia Donaldson.

We used lollipop sticks and glue to make a house and then we drew a picture of all five of the people and animals who were ‘squashed’ into the house!

We will finish them tomorrow, so check back in to see the finished result.

Today for P.E.  we warmed up by playing ‘traffic lights’, then we learned how to run relay races in our groups. We were cheering each other on and having lots of fun.

Please keep an eye on the main blog for whole school homework set by Miss Ferguson!

In addition to the whole school homework, in Primary 1 children will have an extra pack sent home with sounds and words.  Things are a little bit different in terms of what P1 children could revise at home, as they are learning the fundamentals of reading and writing and need hands on resources to help them learn at home and at school.

Therefore, today I have sent home a homework wallet with your child which should stay at home.  It is yours to keep and should not be returned to school, due to current restrictions and guidelines.  Check the class blog weekly for sounds and words which are the focus for that week.

The sounds and words below are the one’s we have already covered in class. Please find them in your wallet (that you got today) and practise them at home whenever you can.

Have a listen to the Jolly Phonics songs and actions below. We use these in class to help us remember our sounds:

Reading Books:

Unfortunately, due to guidelines, I am unable to send reading books home at the moment. Instead,  we are using ‘Bug Club’ in class which can also be accessed online at home.

I have allocated a shared text for your child which we have read in class together.  It is called ‘I am a Line’.

Please read the book as often as you like and see if your child can spot the rhyming words.  I will continue to allocate texts weekly which you can share with your child at home, until the children are ready for their own reading books, which will again be allocated online, via bug club.

After we read the shared text ‘I am a Line’ in class we drew our own pictures starting with a line.  Have a look at our lovely art work based on the book…

To access Bug Club please use your active learn login which you were given today on a card.   You can also access allocated games on active learn maths, once home tasks are allocated.

Click here to access: Bug Club and Active Learn Maths

Along with their Bug Club login, I also gave the children their Sumdog login details. Sumdog is a fantastic website which allows children to practise their maths skills through different games, which then become tailored to their ability following the answers they provide.

Click here to access:  SumDog

I know this is a lot of information at once, and that at the moment things are a bit different for all of us trying to get used to new ways of working.  If you have any questions or any problems at all with accessing these sites or logging in with the details given, please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will sort it out for you.

Thanks for your support and happy homeworking!

Pamela Donald.

Today in maths we were learning how to use our bead strings for counting out quantities up to 10.

We were learning how to count objects accurately, saying one number name for each object.

In literacy today we practised writing the sounds we have learned.

We did magic writing and used a paintbrush and water to write them on sugar paper.  We could write them over and over because the paper dried in.

We practised s, a, t, p, i

We learned how to use number fans to show numbers today.  We were also showing the number before and the number after a given number. This is a bit trickier but we did really well!

Our story of the week this week is The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson.  We have been listening to the story and joining in with rhyme.  We have also sequenced the story and today we did some Gruffalo art, discussing all the features of the Gruffalo, like his knobbly knees and turned out toes and poisonous wart at the end of his nose.

Today we practised writing number 4 in shaving foam on our desks. We did pretty well.

Homework up until the September weekend will consist of a whole school approach and will be allocated via the main school blog.

Please check the main blog for whole school homework details:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/woodlandsprimary/

However, for primary 1, if you could help your child look out for the sounds that we are learning in school then this would be helpful to their progress.  You could also play games such as ‘I Spy’ to help children recognise the beginning sounds of words.

So far we have learned s, a, t and p.

You can download the ‘Jolly Phonics’ app on a smartphone and access the songs, stories and letter formation demonstrations for each sound.  The sounds we have learned so far are in phase 1 sounds.

You can also watch videos of Geraldine the giraffe on You Tube.  Geraldine helps us to learn our sounds too and also makes us laugh.

Here is a link to a Geraldine video for our newest sound – p: