Hello! P1/2 all have their homework to complete for this week which can be the main priority for their home learning.

However, if you would like more ideas for learning activities to do with your child while you are at home then here are a grid of some simple activities you can do to build on what we have been doing in class.

The link below includes a grid for P1 and P2.

Snow day home learning

Miss Hutchison

It has been so lovely to have everyone back in class this week after the holidays! We have been very busy this week so far.

We finally got a whole class photo with everyone being in school!

We have set up new toys and adapted our play areas, including adding some Halloween colouring and sensory play!

We wrote about our news from the holidays and did some creative writing about Halloween! We also did a drawing club making Halloween monsters. What a busy week!

P1/2 visited the Kirk on Monday for the Harvest service. The pupils were quick to notice lots of food displayed in the kirk! Helen Cruddis discussed harvest time with the pupils and read them the story of The Harvest Mouse.

The pupils made beautiful crafts to display in the kirk of some of their favourite fruit and vegetables. The pupils also did some writing about the foods that they are thankful for.

We all really enjoyed our morning out! Thank you to Helen for having us!

This term we have been very busy with our literacy.

P1 have been learning their phonics sounds. They have been doing a great job and practicing their formations using various materials in the classroom.

P1 have also done a lot of literacy through their play! Our message centre has been very busy with mark-making, writing and reading.

P2 have been very busy doing reading, spelling, writing and grammar. We have been looking at sentences this term and P2 have had lots of practice writing and ordering sentences. We have been making up “silly sentences” to encourage the pupils to write for fun and in their play to improve their confidence in writing. We have had many great story ideas from the pupils. We have also been setting targets with their news writing to help them keep improving the quality of their writing.

P2 have also been practicing their capital letter formations and blending their sounds

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P1/2 chose the zoo as our class topic for this term. The zoo corner is a very popular play area in our classroom so we looked at how we could develop this area and learn more about the zoo.

We began by adding some “mountains” to the animals’ enclosures using materials around the classroom.

Then we made a grand entrance to our zoo using some of our numeracy resources!

We also used the blocks to keep the animals in their enclosures.

We made lots of artwork inspired by our zoo topic. We made a display above our zoo corner. We also read stories about the zoo and learned lots of zoo animals. We also did writing about our favourite zoo animals, bringing literacy into our play.

We discussed our key questions and wrote them in the floorbook to focus what we wanted to learn about the zoo for our topic. Now at the end of term, we have been reflecting on what we have learned and what we enjoyed!

P2 have been looking at addition and subtraction these last few weeks. We have used various practical resources, games and activities to practice our skills. We worked on making sure we were secure in addition and subtraction up to the number 20.

Here are some of the addition activities P2 did:

P2 also looked at subtraction using practical resources and games. Here are some of the resources we used.

P1/2 have done a lot of learning through their own play this week. There are various stations in the classroom set up for play for the pupils to choose from. The pupils have all done a super job playing well together this week and sharing the resources.  They have also all taken responsibility for tidying up after their play each day. Here are some photos of their play this week.

P1/2 have been very busy doing lots of number work in class this week. P1 have been focusing on numbers to 10, while P2 have been looking at numbers up to 20. This has been a great chance for the class to get back into numeracy after the holidays.

P1/2 have both been using the Numicon this week with their number work. This is a great practical resource that the pupils all get very engaged in.  P2 even made their own Numicon!

P1/2 have done very well this week as we got into our class routine. We did lots of literacy this week. P1 began their Jolly Phonics this week with the sounds ‘s’ and ‘a’. They practiced their formation of the letters using various stations, such as play dough, sand trays and loose parts!

P2 looked at the ‘sh’ sound for their spelling this week as well as looking at capital letter formations for their grammar work. They also used a variety of methods to practice!

These activities were done practically through play and the pupils were very engaged in their learning. Well done P1/2!