This year our teachers are Miss McManus (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday AM) and Mrs Harris (Wednesday AM – Friday)
Our P.E. days are Monday afternoon in the gym hall and a Thursday morning in the studio. This Term Miss McManus will be teaching gymnastics and Mrs Harris will focus on Scottish dance.
Class Dojo
Please join our class Dojo to keep up to date with class news, photos and more! You can use Dojo to view the points your child has been given and to view our class Dojo story.
P1 Homework
Throughout term 2 which will take us to Easter, the children will continue to practise all their sounds. They will sound out and blend words and learn some ‘tricky’ words (these are words which cannot be sounded out i.e, you, we, she etc). A link to the songs is also included. Please continue to practise reading and try some of the suggested activities on the Phonics Grid. Children will find it easier to blend sounds and read words if they use the sound and not the name of the letters. d rather than D, t rather than T etc.
Reading books will continue to be sent home. These will be a mixture of Phonics, Oxford Reading Tree, Non-fiction and choices from the library.
Please continue to try some of the activities on the Maths Wall.
P2 Homework
Each week Primary 2 will bring home some reading books (usually 2, a phonics book and a book with sight words). They will be introduced to a new spelling sound each week and sometimes will have an activity to complete linked to this sound.
A Maths Wall with a range of active activities will also be sent home termly.
Class Leadership Role 
This year, our class has leadership responsibility for looking after the birds. This involves feeding the birds and recording the birds which come into the playground.
Reminder
Please ensure that all items that your child brings to school are clearly marked with their name. This is very helpful if items get misplaced! There is a large lost property box at the school office should you ever wish to check for items that have been missing for more than a few days. We will do our best to send all items home with your child each day!
Here are some of the exciting things we will be learning this term…
Literacy 
We will be reinforcing all the sounds and using this knowledge to blend and read words through play activities and some written tasks. We will develop our recognition of Tricky words. We will enjoy a class story each day and discuss our Likes, Dislikes, Puzzles and Connections. We will continue to explore rhymes and rhyming words. Rhyming is a very important pre-reading skill and an easy one to develop at home through sharing rhymes, stories, poems and silly rhymes!
Lots of listening and talking skills will be developed during the activities above.
P1 – We will continue Talk for Writing and Foundations of Writing. Talk for Writing encourages the children to listen to, learn and re-tell stories. We will start this term with The Gingerbread Man. We will explore some non-fiction writing too. Foundations of Writing encourages children to draw themselves and their experiences, adding more and more detail. Most children are attempting to ‘have a go’ at writing their own stories, using their phonic knowledge to sound out words.
P2 – We will continue Talk for Writing. We will start this term with The Magic Porridge Pot. The children will be encouraged to create their on story maps and add writing to them. There will be resources put out in the classroom linked to the current story to spark enthusiasm and imagination. This will hopefully spark some free writing too. Primary 2 will also continue to revise their letter formation as well as starting more formal handwriting in a lined jotter.
Numeracy and Maths 
P1 –
We are learning to:
- Explore numbers 0-20 and beyond. Counting, naming, ordinal counting, counting forwards and backwards (starting and stopping at random numbers) clapping and ordering.
- We have been exploring addition and the children will use real objects to help them count and record the sums. We will also look at subtraction.
- We will explore 3D objects and 2D shapes through lots of play and creativity.
Lots of Numeracy and Maths skills will be developed through play.
P2 –
We are learning to:
- Practise our addition & subtraction through a range of activities using mental maths skills and some concrete materials.
- Measure
- Fractions
- Angles
- Revise number formation & our understanding of numbers to 100.
The children will explore these concepts through a variety of fun, engaging activities & games.
We will continue to explore months of the year and seasons through our class calendar, birthdays and other events. Having a calendar on display at home and discussing events with the children will help with this concept.
Health & Wellbeing
We will continue our weekly PATHS lesson. Our puppet friends; Twiggle, Henrietta, Daphne and Duke help us with emotional understanding, self-control, social problem-solving, relationships and self-esteem. Each week we will have a special Child of the Week! They will receive compliments from their peers. This will be shared with you on the Class Dojo.
During P.E we will be starting gymnastics lessons. We will focus on balance, jumping, travelling and rolling using mats, benches and other apparatus.
Broad General Education
This term we will be learning all about Scotland. The children will decide what they would like to find out about and how best to do this. This ties in with Burns Day and our Scots Verse Assembly.
We will be hosting a Daffodil Tea On Thursday 26th March for our Primary 1 families. The children will plan this event, invite their guests and entertain you.
Other topics this term will be chosen by the children, following their interests and through discussions.
We will continue to develop our skills through a broad range of activities during our Skills afternoon each week. Children in P1 and P2 will work in mixed groups and take part in a carousel of activities. We are developing our communication skills, social skills, creativity and problem solving skills.
Play
Play is a very important part of how children learn and our environment promotes challenge and enjoyment and personalisation and choice through opportunities to explore different activities, materials and contexts. Opportunities for the children to be imaginative and creative both indoor and outdoor are provided daily.
Here are some of the many skills being developed during play.
