Thank you for posting on Twitter your favourite books. Many of these are new to me so once we’re back at school I need to order some of these titles for our class library. Keep posting your favourite books please.

To help continue our reading skills, we need to keep practising our common words. To help with this I’ve added some activities on Education City for all P1s. I wonder how many of you will complete these. We’ve been so impressed at how many of you have been attempting online activities,

Lots of you have also been inventing your own games to practise these words. I’ve seen using a Nerf gun and reading the word when you hit it, playing pairs and writing the words on big paper and rolling a ball, when the ball lands on a word, you have to read it. I’ve also seen 2 children pick up a piece of Lego every time these see one of their common words in a book, you can then use the Lego to build a tower, I wonder how high these towers can be. Can you think of any other game to help learn these words. You should have lots of common words in your red reading bags. All of your P1 teachers are looking forward to seeing new ways to help learn your words.

If your want to continue with our class Reading books, you can join Oxford Owl. https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/     On Oxford Owl there is a section on ebooks. Today you could look at these books, they will practise the words you have been learning.

Hi Everyone! We have been enjoying seeing how some of you have been participating in the activities we have set. We look forward to hearing a little more about how you are doing.

Your Religious and Moral Education activity this week (or over the holidays)  is to look at the Easter story.

1. Discuss with your talk partner (your adult) about what you think Easter is.
2. Get an adult to open this link and read the story to you.                   P1 Easter Story
3. Can you retell some of the story in your own words?
4. Select an activity to complete.

• Make a miniature garden showing the three crosses, the tomb and the stone that was rolled away. (You will need; a container, sticks, a stone, soil and some leaves or grass)

• Create a book titled ‘The Easter Story’. Draw a picture/ write a sentence to show what happens first, then and at the end. Share your book with someone in your house.
• Use your imagination to make a model last supper. Build it with lego or use an old box as the table. Make Jesus and the disciples from paper or play dough.

• Look at some of the symbols associated with Easter,  such as Easter bonnets, bunnies, eggs, chicks, candles and crosses. See if you can find and count each one here –   Easter Symbols
• Design and draw your own Easter bonnet which could have one or more of the Easter symbols on it and if you have the materials, you could make it to wear. The easiest way to make a hat is to staple, glue or stick a strip of paper to fit your head and then add your pictures to it. Everyone in your home could join in and you could have an Easter parade.

We can’t wait to see how creative you will be with your ideas. Good luck!

Good morning Primary 1 we hope you are all doing well and are working as best you can! It has been lovely to see all your hard work on Twitter, please keep the pictures coming!

Continue to log in and use Sumdog and Education City to help you with your learning. I have attached our Maths grid. You can find lots of different activities and ideas.

Position and Movement

Ask your adult to hide your favourite toy in your home or garden. Ask your adult to give you directions to find it using- forwards, backwards, left, right and so on.

Maths- beyond number grid

Please upload any of your work to our Twitter page. Take Care from Your P1 teachers 🙂

Hi,

Well done to everyone completing week one of learning at home! I have really enjoyed seeing  some of the activities you have done. I can see that some of you have been able to log on and complete activities on Sum Dog, IDL, Teach Your Monster to Read, and Education city.

I have set a numeracy, reading and spelling challenge on Sum Dog for you to try out this week. Good Luck!

Primary One – I hope you have had a go at some of the activities set for all P1 children on our blog and using the pack sent home from school. Mrs McPherson has posted some new numeracy things for you to do this week.

Primary Two – please remember not all activities need to be online. Have a go at some of the other activities on this weeks learning grid. Click this link.  P2 week 2

Remember to follow our class Twitter for additional activities too.

Looking forward to seeing how you are all getting on.

Mrs Davies

Week 1 completed and you are all doing amazingly well! Keep your teacher up to date with your learning by messaging or tweeting them with your learning and what you’ve been doing. It may also inspire your friends to try something similar!

Numeracy grid for Home learning Wk1

If you click the above link, it provides the Primary 1 Numeracy grid that was sent home in your learning packs. This week, the challenge is to complete the addition and subtraction activities that involve using a dice.

In Primary one, we use the CPA model for maths. CPA stands for concrete, pictorial and abstract.

Concrete materials are physical objects  that children can move; blocks, toys, counters etc.

Pictorial is pictures that the children can use to visualise a question (either representative pictures or shapes/dots)

Abstract is the written sum  using numbers and symbols (e.g. 3 + 2 = 5).

Children should be able to use these different resources to  help with their counting, addition and subtraction so they gain  confidence when using numbers. Sometimes when a sum is written done, children are using materials or pictures to help them get an answer, this should be encouraged!

For addition.

Roll a dice and collect the correct amount of objects. Roll the dice again and collect that amount too. How many objects do you have altogether?  Can you correctly write down the sum using the numbers and symbols?

Do this another 5 times. If you are feeling confident, perhaps roll two dices together to create bigger numbers to add.

Now, try this again, but instead of collecting objects, draw shapes to represent the amount instead. Once you have drawn your two amounts, draw how many you have altogether.  Again write down the sum using numbers and symbols. Do this another 5 times.

For subtraction.

Roll a dice and collect the correct amount of objects, counting them out in front of you to confirm. Start by physically taking away one item. If you take away one, how many are left?

Do this several times taking away different amounts. Then roll the dice again and try it with a different amount.

Now roll the dice and draw that amount as dots, circles, stars (or anything else you fancy. Now when you are going to take away an amount this time, draw an X through the subtracted amount of pictures. How many have you got left? Can you write the sum that matches it?

Repeat this with different initial amounts and how many you subtract.

Are there any specific items that you like to use when you are adding or subtracting? Can you do your maths with food when you have a snack? Can you add up all the toys in different parts of your house? What other ways can you show your teacher your adding and subtracting methods?

Remember, let each child use whatever materials and resource they feel comfortable with to help build confidence and understanding of addition and subtraction.