Good morning Primary 1.
Thank you for all your hard work in school and on SeeSaw. Your models, pictures and poems for Scots Week have been super.
This week we have continued our phonics work, learning the new sound ‘th’ and practising ‘sh’ and ‘ch’. We have been learning number bonds to 5 and 10. We also measured using footsteps and blocks.
Have a super weekend.
Mrs Forbes, Mrs Murdoch & Ms Rutherford
Dear Parents and Carers,
Primary 2/1 have been working hard this week and are also very excited about the Christmas period (and a special daily visit from a mischievous Elf called Jingle).
Numeracy
Primary 2s are learning about Arrays and finding different ways to experiment with this using the Smartboard, counters, whiteboards and Numicons. Primary 1s have been introduced to more Mathematics and learning about Weight and the concepts of Lighter and Heavier. The children have enjoyed using classroom objects to experiment with this and deepen their learning.
Literacy
Primary 2s have been using different techniques to practise their spelling words. Primary 1s have been learning the sounds ‘w’ and ‘v’ and been trying out more cvc (consonant vowel consonant) words e.g. van and win etc.
Social Studies
In Topic Primary 2/1 are enjoying learning about Pirates and made a super effort in creating their own Treasure Maps after learning about the saying ‘X Marks The Spot’ and how this was made popular by Robert Louis Stevenson in his famous book Treasure Island from 1883. The children are keen to read this book when they are older. The children added great detail to their maps, such as, volcanoes, bridges, rivers, palm trees etc. The children then crushed their sheets to make it look ‘authentic’ and we discussed this fantastic word too!
Mrs Meikle
Primary 2/1 have been working very hard this week for Mrs Turner.
Literacy
Primary 1 have been revising their phonics this week and Primary 2 have been learning the sound ‘oo’ with words such as look and book. Primary 1 have also been practising their blending of sounds to sound out words. The hula hoop jumping activity for this was much enjoyed.
Numeracy and Mathematics
Primary 2 have been doing more work on learning their doubles and near doubles. They are also learning to count in twos. Primary 1 have been learning more about Number Bonds to 10, for example, different ways to make 10. 6+4, 7+3 etc. They have also been introduced to 2D shapes.
Road Safety and Book Week
It’s been a fun week for P2/1 with lots of fun activities to learn about Road Safety and reading opportunities for Book Week. Primary 1 took home their BookBug gift bag and Primary 2 took home their Read Write Count gift bag. We hope that children and parents enjoy these gifts from the Scottish Book Trust.
Pirate Topic
The children enjoyed painting parrots as part of their learning about pirates and these have been displayed on the wall.
Mrs Meikle
Dear Primary 1s and Primary 2s, I am missing you all very much and I look forward to being back in school. I will be in touch via Seesaw shortly too.
Here are the spelling words for this week for the Primary Twos. They are learning sounds“oi” and “oy”. Some pupils are also practising CVC words.
Please support your child to read and write these words at home. The “Create an Activity” task on the homework grid provides opportunities for the children to use a strategy of their choice to practise their words e.g. painting, writing in felt pen, writing in chalk outside, going on a word hunt around the house etc. I attach the Homework Grid for this week and next week.
With warm wishes,
Mrs. Meikle
Primary 2/1 have been working very hard since returning from our October break. Here are examples of a few things they’ve been up to.
Literacy Primary 1 have started their third set of sounds and learned ‘g’ and ‘o’ this week (‘o’ is sounded as in ‘on and off’). Primary 1s are enjoying using their bank of sounds to create words too and we had a lot of fun doing this together. Primary 2 have been learning the sounds ‘ai ay a_e’ this week and worked hard on their activities around this including making a table of words for each sound. They are also enjoying their twice weekly reading group sessions where they have the opportunity to think about prediction as well as fluency.
P2 Spelling ai and ay 26th October 2020
These are the words we used for this week’s sounds. These can be practised at home too.
French Primary 2/1 have enjoyed being introduced/reintroduced to French and we’ve touched on/revised Greetings this week. We have the help of a French puppet called Tibo to liven up the lessons!
Numeracy Primary 1 and Primary 2 have enjoyed their separate Number Talks activities in the mornings. This is a warm-up numeracy activity which follows a set of rules to encourage mental maths strategy thinking and uses discreet hand signals in order that students are not distracted by others putting their hands up. We also discuss any mistakes in a positive manner as we can use these to deepen our understanding of numbers. Primary 2s are also learning about addition strategies and understanding number sequences where we practised counting in 10s.
Science This term with Mrs. Beattie P2/1 have started to learn about Water and how this can change from one form to another. On Thursday the children had an outdoor lesson using a nature walk around the school playground to look for examples of where water is found and any examples of this changing form.
Health and Wellbeing We are learning more about our new toolkit for managing our emotions. This is called Zones of Regulation and the children can choose from four coloured zones to put their name in. We have Green for happy/calm, Yellow for worried/frustrated, Blue for sad/sick/bored and Red for anger/being out of control. We will continue to work more on our understanding of this and what strategies we can use to self-regulate should we need to feel calm.
P2 Homework Grid This has been also been posted in SeeSaw at the beginning of the week. All children should now have access to Seesaw to see the homework grid. If not, please can you get in contact as soon as possible to resolve this. Homework will run on a two week basis from Monday 26th October to Friday 6th November. Further information on Sumdog and Reading Diaries next week.
Joyeux Halloween, Primary 2/1.
Mrs Meikle
Primary 2/1 have been working very hard this term.
Literacy Primary 1 have completed their second set of sounds and have last week completed ‘m’ and ‘d’. Some children are beginning to blend three lettered words out of these sets. Primary 1s are also learning to write their name and some already can do this.
Primary 2 have also been completing their digraphs from their set and working on ‘oi’ and ‘oa’ last week. Primary 2 are also working hard on their Fry’s Sight Words and some have moved onto #26-50 with the others very close to starting these too. They have also been learning to uplevel their sentences using adjectives (describing words) and the children have had opportunities to create and talk about sentences they could write using pictures as a stimulus.
Numeracy Primary 1 have completed learning All About Number 10 and have been using associated activities to consolidate this. Primary 2s are learning about numbers up to 100 and doing activities to consolidate their learning in numbers before, after and within this range.
Science With Mrs. Beattie, P2/1 have been learning about Forces this term and made kites to learn about the power of the wind.
Health and Wellbeing P2/1 took part in the London Mini-Marathon Challenge of 2.6 miles (4,184metres) and took great pride in running around the upper years’ playground for up to 5 laps each which was a total of 500 metres. Multiplied by 21 children that day that adds up to 10,500 metres. P2/1 you did a fantastic job in cracking the challenge!
Have a great holiday P2/1
Mrs. Meikle
Dear parents/carers,I hope you are all well 🙂It was lovely to meet those of you who were able to come along to our Transition Visit in June. It’s not too long until we meet you all again and welcome our new Primary 1 pupils to school.As promised please find a link below to a video of our school. We hope you will be able to share it with your child and watch it together. Hopefully it will make things a little more familiar to them when they start school in August. Our classrooms are not completely set up yet and our teachers will be making the finishing touches soon, however we hope that the video gives you and your child an idea of how the classrooms and areas where you child will play and learn will look in Primary 1 at East Calder Primary School.The link to the Sway and Video is below:Once you click on the link it should take you to our ‘Sway’. Then just click on the ‘Play’ button in the top right corner – there is a short written message and then a video for you and your child to watch together.
N-P1 Transition Task – Final Week
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Good morning Primary 1. We hope you enjoyed the lovely weather this weekend and had lots of fun.
This week is Health Week. Your grid this week has less tasks as you have activities from Mr Millar. We hope you enjoy them and get involved!
This week we would like you to watch and listen to the story ‘It’s a Seashell Day’ by Diane Ochiltree with your child. The story and learning activities suggested are an ideal way to further develop your child’s number sense and the counting principles. This learning will be revisited when your child starts Primary 1. Please follow the link below to access the story ‘It’s a Seashell Day’. We hope you enjoy it 🐚
https://sway.office.com/P0bIz9oCq1wxW35Q?ref=Link
If you want to learn more about the counting principles please click the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG0jzpZtfgs
We hope you and your child enjoy this weeks story 🙂 Maybe you can continue to find ways to count objects in your house and/or garden or maybe you can spot numbers and collections of objects in your environment or out on your walks.
