This year our teachers are Mrs Russell (Monday and Tuesday) and Mrs Harris (Wednesday – Friday)
Our P.E. days are Monday afternoon and a Thursday morning.
Miss McManus will cover the class on a Monday morning and a Wednesday morning while Mrs Russell and Mrs Harris plan lots of fun activities for the class.
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
During our first term which will take us to Christmas, the children will be introduced to 2 or 3 sounds each week. The order in which these are introduced, and their associated actions are included in their red folders. A link to the songs is also included. Please practise saying the sounds 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 be sent home later in the term and guidance will be given on how you can help at home.
Look out for a sheet of numbers which you can cut out and use at home and a Maths Wall which will have lots of activities for you to try.
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 Monday 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 which have been introduced through play, activities and some written tasks. We will enjoy a class story each day and discuss our Likes and Dislikes, Puzzles and Connections. We will 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 introduce Talk for Writing and Foundations of Writing. Talk for Writing will encourage the children to listen to, learn and re-tell stories. We will start with Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle. Foundations of Writing encourages children to draw themselves and their experiences, adding more and more detail. The teacher will scribe their stories and then encourage them to ‘have a go’ at writing their own.
P2 – We will continue Talk for Writing. We will start with the story based on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Children will be encouraged to create their own 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 hopefully sparks 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. Counting, naming, ordinal counting, counting forwards and backwards (starting and stopping at random numbers) clapping and ordering.
- Recognise patterns in numbers, shapes and in our environment.
- Familiarise ourselves with the terms ‘more’ and ‘less’ and be able to estimate amounts.
Lots of Numeracy and Maths skills will be developed through play.
P2 –
We are learning to:
- Count forwards and backwards within 100
- Estimating and rounding numbers to the nearest 10
- Identify the number before, after and in between
- Recognise shape and number patterns
- Revise number formation.
We are all exploring days of the week, 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
Each week we have a 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.
Broad General Education
We will be learning all about Birds. The children will decide what they would like to find out about and how best to do this.
We will also complete a school Global Goals Topic. P1 and 2 children have been given the area of ‘Life on Land’ to investigate. We will learn all about ways to help our environment and keep our community clean.
Later in the term we will be learning some French greetings and numbers.
Other topics this term will be chosen by the children, following their interests and through discussions.
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.
