Author: Mrs Mackey

Click on the following link to watch our fabulous P1 children evaluate their transition from nursery to P1 and also our support:

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

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3xxne8DHvwA

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

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

We are also practicing our 2D shape recognition, please practice this at home, and by clicking on the following link:

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/Math/Patterns/Shape_Pattern_ds2279238ge

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

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ul4N3f-heFM

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

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

We are also practicing our 2D shape recognition, please practice this at home, and by clicking on the following link:

Listen for the Shape worksheet (liveworksheets.com)

This week we are learning the phonic sound ‘t’. This sound and action can be practiced by clicking on the following link:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rg4t5cUeZZo

Please support your child to write this letter within their jotter using the following letter formation:

We are also learning our next tricky word “the”. Click on the following link to practice this:

Children can improve their fine motor skills at home through simple activities, which strengthen finger muscles and coordination for writing. Click on the following link to view an example:

We continue to learn about pattern formation. This can be practiced at home with every day objects such us cutlery, sticks, pebbles and leaves. Please encourage your child to be creative with patterns of 2 and 3 e.g.

Please support your child to practice pattern formation by clicking on the following link:

Math Worksheet Pattern worksheet (liveworksheets.com)

Today your child will have been issued with a homework jotter. New homework will be posted on this blog and in your child’s jotter every Monday. Inside this jotter are 2 QR codes and links. The first is a link to our P1 blog, which you are viewing just now. This first is linked to a presentation by Mrs Cheshire (P1b) about how your child can be supported to complete their homework.

Please encourage and support your child to scan these safe QR codes with your mobile phone or tablet device for for quick access. If you are using a computer to access the blog, this can be reached via our school website or by typing the link provided. Jotters are to be returned to school every Thursday.

Children will be learning phonic sounds with complementary songs and actions to assist their learning. Please support your child to practice these each week and to complete work in their homework jotter, as these tasks assist your child with reading and spelling.

For homework this week, please support your child to revise the phonic sound ‘s’ and ‘a’ by clicking on the following links:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zwupro4AVsY

https://youtube.com/watch?v=y1xmriwh2T8

Please support your child to write these letters in their homework jotter. The following videos can assist with letter formation:

Children also learn a Tricky word  each week, and practice remembering this by sight, action and by writing this word. Please click on the following links to practice these:

For maths children are currently learning about how to make 2, 3 and 4 object/ colour patterns. This can be practiced at home with everyday objects, and by clicking on the following link to access a game:

Shape Patterns (topmarks.co.uk)

The P1 team wish you all a very warm welcome to Williamsburgh Primary School!

We shall post homework on the blog every Monday, and this will complement work sent home in jotters.

For the remainder of the term until the Summer holidays, children will be revising their phonics, tricky words, maths and numeracy. It would be very beneficial for this to be practiced at home, by revisiting previous blog posts, thank you!

This week we are learning our phonics sound ‘ar’. Click on the following link to practice this sound and action:

What words can you think of containing this sound? Click on the following link to explore this further:

Our tricky word is ‘give’. Can you write this tricky word and think of a sentence containing this? Click on the following link to practice:

This week our sound is ‘er’. Click on the following link to practice this sound, action and song, then discuss what words contain this sound:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_5OP_HuGM3o

Our tricky word this week is ‘live’. Click on the following link to practice this sound, then discuss what sentences could contain this word:

Our new P1 topic is Pirates! Click on the following link to observe!

We are learning about using directional language by using compass directions (North, South, East and West). We have been making maps in school to practice this. Can you make your own map to treasures at home, and provide directions to find this?

Maths KS2: Using a compass and reading maps – BBC Teach

https://www.youtube.com/embed/YRyIxifezjk

We are also learning how to identify lines of symmetry. Click on the following link to practice: