Author: Mrs Mackey

This week we are learning the phonics sounds ‘o’ and ‘u’. Click on the following links to practice this sound and action:

We are also practicing the tricky word ‘be’. Click on the following link to practice this word and action:

Can you think of a sentence containing this word?

We are practicing recognising halves and wholes. This can be practiced at home with resources, foods and by clicking of the following link:

Recognise and find a half – Maths – Learning with BBC Bitesize – BBC Bitesize

This week we are learning the phonics sounds ‘d’ and ‘g’. Click on the following link to practice these sounds and actions:

The tricky word we are learning this week is ‘was’. Click on the following link to practice this word and action:

Click on the following link to practice matching number to quantity:

Halloween Counting interactive worksheet (liveworksheets.com)

We were delighted to see all the boys and girls back at school today! We are learning the phonics sound ‘r’ and ‘m’ this week. Please click on the following links to practice this sound and action:

We are revising our ‘Tricky words’ we have learned to date, please practice these below:

Let’s practice our counting with the following game!

Counting: Halloween Free Activities online for kids in Kindergarten by Carol Smith (tinytap.com)

This week our phonic sounds are, ‘e’ and ‘h’. Click on the following links to practice these sounds and actions:

Our Tricky word this week is ‘be’, can you think of a sentence that contains this word? Click on the following link to practice this word and action:

We continue to practice matching number to quantity. Click on the following links to practice this:

Learn to Count up to 10 with Underwater Counting Maths Game (topmarks.co.uk)

Today’s Number – Up to 20 (topmarks.co.uk)

 

 

This week we are learning 2 phonics sounds, ‘c’ and ‘k’. Click on the following links to practice this sound and action:

We are also learning the tricky word ‘me’. Click on the following link to practice this word and action:

Please continue to practice matching number to quantity, and also number formation at home (see links below):

Learn to Count up to 10 with Underwater Counting Maths Game (topmarks.co.uk)

Our fabulous P1 children had a great time during Maths Week Scotland, exploring numbers, quantity and patterns! Click on the following links to view:

We hope you have all had a lovely September weekend holiday! This week we are revising our phonic sounds s, a, t, p, i, n. Please support your child to revise these sounds and actions by referring to the following video:

We are also revising our tricky words. Again, please support your child to practice these:

We are also revising our 2D shapes and pattern formation:

This weeks phonic sound is ‘n’. Click on the following link to practice this sound and action:

Please practice writing the letter ‘n’  in your homework jotter, with the following letter formation:

Our tricky word this week is ‘and’. Click on the following ink to practice this:

We are also practicing our 3D shape recognition, please practice this at home, and by clicking on the following links:

Solid Shapes (3D shapes) worksheet (liveworksheets.com)

We are also practicing writing our numbers to 10 with the correct formation. Please practice this at home, using the following link as a guide:

In response to the change of seasons and children’s creativity with natural resources, our new topic in P1 is ‘Stick Man’. Children shall be exploring this story by Julia Donaldson in lots of different ways through learning and play activities. We even have our own Stick Man, family and family tree in our Open area! Click on the following link to see this, and listen to the story again:

P1 are using QR codes as metacognitive prompts on their self-portrait evaluation displays, to enhance their skill development. We shall update these every term to showcase progress! At the end of the school year families will be presented with all 4 portraits, with a QR code on the back to remind children of their achievement.