We’ve been learning a new sound ‘ie’ this week and have been reading and building words with the ‘ie’ sound in them.
We’ve also been learning about subtraction and have been ‘taking away one’ from a group.
We’ve been listening to lots of stories and some of us have even been counting to 10 in French!
The teachers are really looking forward to seeing everyone in school on Monday. Have a lovely weekend.
Hello everyone.
The boys and girls have been very busy this week. We’ve been learning about time. We have been ordering the months of the year, the days of the week and have been learning to tell the time ‘o’clock’ on our analogue clocks.
Our new sound this week was ‘wh’ and we’ve been learning to read cvc words.
We’ve been using our listening skills to listen to stories and have also been discussing what foods are healthy and unhealthy.
We hope you have a great weekend!
P1 are very busy learning the next set of sounds from Jolly Phonics, g,o,u,l,f,b, and starting to recognise ‘tricky’ common words that we can’t sound out like ‘the’ and ‘of’.
Look out for letters in bags next week showing the sounds and actions to go with them.
In maths, we’ve been learning number bonds eg what two numbers go together to make ten? We’ve also been learning to recognise, say, order and write our numbers. You could try practising this at home too!
At the beginning of this term, the boys and girls in each class were asked what they would like to learn about. Every class voted for an area in their classroom to be turned into something new… The boys and girls came up with some amazing ideas. Just look at what they decided to do!
P1b decided to build a tree house. They’ve been learning about how trees grow, what trees look like in different seasons and labelling parts of a tree. They’ve also had great fun reading and looking at the pictures inside the tree house. Thanks to Mrs Hay for all her help!
P1a voted for a doctors’ surgery…
They’ve had great fun making appointments, finding out about different parts of the body and looking at pictures of x-rays.
P1c chose to make a vet practice. They have been taking x-rays of the animals on their x-ray machine and want to find out what the inside of a cat looks like!
The x-ray machine.
Patients are waiting their turn.
P2/1 chose to make a Post Office. They’ve been learning about the journey a letter makes, weighing items and sorting the post into small, medium and large letters. They’ll also be learning about continents, as part of their ‘Pirate’ topic.
Next week is Road Safety Week. We’ll be learning how to stay safe crossing the road and cycle safety.
It’s also Book Week next week. We’ll have lots of fun learning activities to go with the books from the Scottish Book Trust. Look out for your Bookbug Bag gift next week. You may like to look at the Scottish Book Trust website to get some ideas for home.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/bookbug
P1 have been continuing to practise their sounds.
‘I liked making the dinosuar when we were learning the ‘d’ sound’ Felicity.
‘I liked making the rainbow for ‘r” Finlay.
‘I liked making the mouse mask for ‘m” Jack.
‘I like listening to stories’ Sofia.
During maths week the boys and girls went outside.
‘I liked making numbers from stones and leaves’ Harlen.
Pupils had fun collecting items and sorting them. We also looked to find different shapes in the environment.
Please look out for the next set of sounds in school bags this week. c,k,e,h,r,m,d
Pupils will also have a sheet with the alphabet, showing how we form our letters at school. Please don’t worry if your child does not know all the letters yet.
Many thanks. The P1 team.
Message from Helene Rennie from West Lothian Libraries:
As we approach some lockdown restrictions being eased and your services resuming in some way I am contacting you to advise about the digital resources we have available free to children who are members of West Lothian libraries. I would be grateful if you could share this information with parents and carers please.
Every child in West Lothian can and should be a West Lothian library member and we endeavour to engage with and register as many children as possible as part of the ECALM initiative. However, if a child is not already a library member and their parents/carers are interested in their child becoming a library member then they can simply complete the online application here: http://bit.ly/Join-WL-libraries they will then be sent their child’s membership information and will have access to our digital resources and all of our libraries when we reopen.
During the lockdown we have significantly increased our collection of children’s e-Books and e-Audio books. These can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/WLlibebooksChildren
We have also purchased e-Books and e-audio books which allow multiple downloads, so there are no waiting lists for these. The latest addition is Flying Fergus, The Great Cycle Challenge by Sir Chris Hoy and this can be accessed here :https://bit.ly/FlyingFergusTgcc
The e-audio books are particularly good for younger children providing them with their own personal story times, often with famous actors or even the authors themselves narrating.
If you require any assistance on the use of these resources or library membership applications please do not hesitate to contact me. Email: helene.rennie@westlothian.gov.uk
Here is the Fischy Music Assembly for this week. It has a Sports Day theme this time. All the Fischy Music Team are together outside. Enjoy singing along…
Hello P1! We hope you had a lovely weekend. Here is our final learning grid of the year. We hope you have a fun final week of school before the holidays…
Mrs Martin’s Technology Grid Summer P1
VanGogh Starry Night powerpoint
The P1 teachers would like to say it’s been great having you all in our classes. We’ve had a great time teaching you and will miss you all very much. Have a super summer holiday. Looking forward to seeing you in school in August. 🙂
Ms Boyes, Mrs Forbes, Mrs Grieve, Mrs Murdoch
Here is the Fischy Music Assembly for this week. East Calder Primary School gets a little shout out! (It doesn’t start until 5 minutes into the video). Have fun singing along today…
Hello P1! We hope you had a lovely weekend.
Ms Boyes posted a picture of a peony flower a couple of weeks ago. Here’s one more flower for you..isn’t it beautiful? It’s called an iris.
Here is the grid for this week. We hope you have fun doing the new activities.
We have a Space theme for the rest of this term!
P1 Home Learning Grid 10 8.6.20 (3)
Teaching Children to Listen…at Home! Listening to all the words
Remember to keep sending us your ‘Amazing Activities’. We love seeing your work. Have a great week.
Ms Boyes, Mrs Forbes, Mrs Grieve, Mrs Murdoch
Here’s the latest Fischy Music assembly. Enjoy singing and dancing along!
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