Dear Parents and Carers 

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break.    

Last term was a busy term for Primary 1.  The children performed brilliantly in the Nativity with some children even taking on other parts at the last moment.  I know Mrs Kelly was so proud of the children and how hard they worked. The children really enjoyed the Christmas Fayre organised by our lovely Primary 6/7 and their Christmas activity day. 

Numeracy 

We have been busy learning to add within 10 and have been learning the number stories to 5.  Miss Jack has been teaching us how to identify and continue different patterns. 

This term we will be learning to count accurately within 20 – counting forwards and backwards and identifying numbers before, after and in between within 20.   With Miss Jack we will be learning about fractions and money 

How can you help us?   

• Using the number flashcards, help us to recognise and identify all numbers to 20 
• Sequence numbers to 20 from smallest to biggest and biggest to smallest 
• Practise matching numerals to number names and a picture within 20. (o – zero, 1 – one) 

• Use toys or objects to accurately count out amounts within 20 
• Practise formation of all of the numbers and number names to 20 
• Continue to encourage us to find numbers, shapes and patterns in our environment 

Literacy   

We have now learned almost all of the single phonemes.  We will be spending a couple of weeks consolidating our learning of these phonemes before moving on to learn some of the joined phonemes (sh, th, ch…).  It has been lovely to see all of the photographs of the children using their pink active literacy boards at home to help them build words using the phonemes that they know. 

Say it (say the word) 

Make it (with magnetic letters on the pink board) 

Break it break the word up by separating the phonemes) 

Blend it (starting at the beginning, blend the phonemes together) 

Read (read the word aloud) 

Write it (write the word 2 times, remembering a finger space between each word) 

We are continuing to develop our phonological awareness.  Please continue to share nursery rhymes with us, helping us to learn these and recite these back to you.  We have also been learning about rhyming words and compound words.  This term we will be learning about syllables and clapping these out in words. 

 How can you help us?   

• Encourage us to recognise and identify all of the phonemes that have been taught 
• Practise the correct formation of all of the phonemes – doorwayonline.org is a super interactive resource for letter and number formation. 

• Encourage us to sound out and blend phonemes together to read words. 
• Encourage us to recognise, read and write all of the common words which have been taught. 
• Encourage us to identify words in our environment.  

Social Science 

Throughout January we have a whole school focus on Scotland.  Primary 1 will be focusing on Scottish weather.  We will then move onto learning about our local area later in the term. 

Google Classroom  

Please contact the school office if you are having difficulty accessing Google Classroom.  All homework activities are posted here on a Monday and are due in on the Friday of each week.  If you require any additional blank or lined jotters please contact the office on  office@neilsland-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk 

As always, thank you for your continued support. 

Miss Cassidy & Miss Jack