We hope you all had a lovely Easter break.

Last term was a fun filled term with World book Day, Burns Supper, Neilsland’s Got Talent, class open day and Comic Relief Danceathon.  Wow – lots that kept us all busy!

Numeracy

We have been learning to:

• count forwards using the forward number sequence and count backwards using the backwards number sequence.
• recognise, identify, form and order numbers to 20.
• identify numbers, before, after and in between in a sequence of numbers within 20.
• subtract within 10.
• commutative law – fact families addition and subtraction
• recognise coins to £2
• identify days of the week, months of the year and seasons
• identify halves and finding halves of numbers.

This term we will be learning to:

• identify missing numbers within addition and subtraction sums
• identify odd and even patterns within a sequence of numbers
• recognise ordinal numbers to 20
• recall and memorise our number bonds to 10
• identify and make o’clock times on analogue and digital clocks
• measure using weight and volume

How can you help us?

• use the number flashcards, help us to recognise and identify all numerals to 50
• sequence numbers to 20 from smallest to biggest and biggest to smallest
• practise matching pictures, numerals and number names
• 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 completed our single phonemes and we know the whole alphabet.  We are now learning our joined phonemes (sh, th, ch, ng …). In school we use the pink magnetic boards every day to help the children to make, blend and read simple CVC (Consonant, vowel consonant) words.  You can use the boards at home to practise this too.

We use the 5 finger strategy – Say it, Make it, Break it, Blend it, Read it, Write it.

Say it – say the word

Make it – with magnetic letters on the pink board

Break it – break the word up by separating the sounds (phonemes)

Blend it – starting at the beginning, move the sounds and blend the sounds (phonemes) together

Read it – read the word aloud

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

Every week we have 3 new common words which we are learning to recognise with increasing accuracy to develop our reading fluency.  We are sending home a common word sheet, please keep this at home to practise our common words.

How can you help us?

• share different kinds of stories with us (fiction, non-fiction, poems …)
• encourage us to recognise and identify all of the sounds (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 and you have a copy of the formation rhymes we use in school.
• encourage us to sound out and blend sounds (phonemes) together to read words.
• encourage us to recognise and read all common words which have been taught with increasing accuracy to develop fluency in reading
• encourage us to identify words in our environment.

Learning Across the Curriculum

Social Science

We learned about Scottish Weather and discovered what materials are waterproof – something we need almost everyday here!!

We also went back in time to the 80’s, 90’s, 00’s.  We explored artifacts from the 80’s, we watched children’s TV programmes from the 90’s and played with an old BBC computer.  We learned that life today is so very different from today, how did Miss Cassidy cope?!

Science

In science we examined a variety of natural and man made (not natural) resources.  We discovered their properties and what they are used for in the world.  We used the story of the Three Little Pigs to discuss useful home building materials.  After all of our discoveries we spent time experimenting with materials to design and create a container to take home our Salvador Dali pieces of art.

As always, thank you for your continued support.

Miss Cassidy, Mrs Mark and Mrs Lafferty

 

Dear Parents and Carers

We hope you all had a lovely Christmas break.

Last term was a busy term for Primary 1. The children performed brilliantly in the Nativity and we were very proud of them for all of their hard work. The children really enjoyed the Christmas Fayre organised by our lovely Primary 6/7, their Christmas activity day and their Christmas party.

 

 

Numeracy

We have been learning to:

· count forwards using the forward number sequence and count backwards using the backwards number sequence.

· recognise, identify, form and order numbers to 10.

· identify numbers, before, after and in between in a sequence of numbers within 10.

· add within 10.

· build and start to memorise the number stories to 10

· recognise 2d shapes and 3d objects.

This term we will be learning to:

· recognise and identify numbers to 20 and to count accurately within 20. We will be doing lots of counting using our forwards and backwards number sequence to 30.

· subtract within 5 and then within 10

· identify a half and the ½ sign

· recognise, write and order the days of the week

· identify and make o’clock times on analogue and digital clocks

· measure using weight and volume

How can you help us?

· use the number flashcards, help us to recognise and identify all numerals to 20

· sequence numbers to 20 from smallest to biggest and biggest to smallest

· practise matching pictures, numerals and number names

· 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 are continuing to learn our sounds (single phonemes) and will learn all sounds before moving onto the joined phonemes (sh, th, ch, ng …). In school we use the pink magnetic boards every day to help the children to make, blend and read simple CVC (Consonant, vowel consonant) words.

 

We use the 5 finger strategy – Say it, Make it, Break it, Blend it, Read it, Write it.

 

Say it – say the word

Make it – with magnetic letters on the pink board

Break it – break the word up by separating the sounds (phonemes)

Blend it – starting at the beginning, move the sounds and blend the sounds

(phonemes) together

Read – read the word aloud

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

 

 

Every week we have 3 new common words which we are learning to recognise with increasing accuracy to develop our reading fluency. We are also 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.

 

How can you help us?

· share different kinds of stories with us (fiction, non-fiction, poems …)

· encourage us to recognise and identify all of the sounds (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 and you have a copy of the formation rhymes we use in school.

· encourage us to sound out and blend sounds (phonemes) together to read words.

· encourage us to recognise and read all common words which have been taught with increasing accuracy to develop fluency in reading.

· encourage us to identify words in our environment

 

Learning Across the Curriculum

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 our new topic in February. People in the Past – back in time to the 80s, 90s and 00s. If you have any artefacts from this time that you would be willing to let us borrow for a couple of days, please let the office know.

RME

This term we will be learning about welcoming a baby. We will be making a class baby board. If you have any baby photos of your child that you would be happy to share, you can email these to the office for the attention of P1 teaching staff – many thanks.

 

As always, thank you for your continued support.

Miss Cassidy, Mrs Mark and Mrs Lafferty

Welcome to Primary 1, to all our existing and our new families.  What a busy session we have had so far.  We had a fantastic Halloween day on Tuesday 31st.   We took part in lots of activities based around Halloween and had a wonderful Halloween party in the afternoon arranged by our Parent Council.  The costumes were excellent, and every child left with a treat!   

We are working hard in literacy and are doing a great job of learning sounds. We have learned our first 6 sounds a, t, s, i, p, n and have been using this knowledge to blend and to read words.  We will continue to learn new sounds so we can build new words every week.  Common words are our words we learn every week and can be tricky.  Please use the sound cards and the common word cards to practise at home.  These are yours to keep, cut out and use as you wish.  We have started reading books and are enjoying taking these home to read with adults.   

In numeracy we have been learning to count and form our numbers to 10 correctly.  We have been learning numbers before, after and in between, it’s tricky so we will keep practising – keep challenging us at home by asking us questions!  We will be moving on to adding this session and we look forward to that.   In class we have lots of different activities that help us to learn and we enjoy the challenge of completing target tasks independently. 

We have been doing a science topic on living and growing.  We discussed living and non-living things then have looked at life cycles of insects and plants.  We currently have a wormery in our class with 12 worms that we dug up from our school grounds.  We are carefully watching the worms move around and dig tunnels throughout the wormery which is showing us how worms mix soil, fertilise it and allow air and water to penetrate it.  This creates healthy soil and when we have healthy soil plants can grow.  A fantastic learning experience!  We look forward to releasing our ‘class pets’ near the end of this month! 

We are busy rehearsing for our Nativity Show, ‘It’s a Party’.  We are learning the words and dance moves to the songs.  We will give out parts to all children and we look forward to entertaining everyone in December with our 2 nativity shows.   Look out for more information nearer the time. 

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