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
