Last week was another great week in P2/1 and this week we have lots planned.
Homework
From now on we are using an online resource called Seesaw for our homework. It’s a great resource which allows the children to complete activities on a tablet or phone and submit them online. Today we will be sending home a sheet with details on how to access Seesaw. We hope you will enjoy using it and if you have any questions about it please let us know. Reading books will continue to be given out on a Monday and should be brought to school every day.
Literacy
P1: In reading we will continue to use sounds we know and clues from the pictures to help us read our reading books. Thanks for reading with your children at home – it makes such a difference to them. Our new phonics sounds are: b and u. It would be really helpful if you could encourage your child to think of words which begin with these sounds.
P2: Our new sounds for this week and next are ‘oy’ and ‘oa’. We’ll be learning to spell words with these sounds and will write sentences using the words. In reading we are continuing to work on our summarising skills. It can be tricky to identify the main parts of a story but the children have been doing really well.
Numeracy
P1: We will be starting to learn about subtraction this week and will be using lots of concrete materials such as blocks and counters to help us.
P2: We are working on counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and gaining confidence in counting both forwards and backwards. We’ll then be moving on to subtraction, first consolidating what we learned in P1 and then moving on to develop new strategies.
In music we’ve been using instruments to play different rhythms and to show our understanding of dynamics by playing loudly and quietly. The children have really been enjoying these sessions with Mr Shanks.
PE
From this week we will no longer have Mrs Ferguson for PE but we will continue to have outdoor PE on a Tuesday (with Mrs Muir) and a Wednesday (with Mrs Steel). Please continue to wear PE kit to school on those days.
Thanks so much for all your support. If you have any questions or need to speak to us you can contact us via the school office.
Mrs Steel and Mrs Muir.
