Welcome,
The children have all had a super first week in Primary 1 and I am so proud of them all for how they have settled in.
PE days-
Our PE days this term are Tuesday and Thursday.
Children will need their PE kit- yellow top and back shorts/jogging bottoms/leggings.
The children can leave their PE kit in their gym bag on their peg.
Their black indoor gym shoes can be left in class on their chair.
Children in P1-3 are entitled to free school meals and these can be ordered using ipay impact online system. If you are not able to access this, your child will be asked in the morning to order their own lunch.
Children should bring a small snack for playtime and choose a school lunch or bring a packed lunch.
We have been learning our class routines- how to sit on the carpet, how to change our shoes, coats and prepare for lunch.
We have begun to learn how to hold a pencil, we have been practising different strategies-
- nipping our pencil with thumb and index finger, flipping our pencil and gripping our pencil.
- Crocodile fingers
We have been practising different patterns through our letter-join resource.
I’m sure the children would love to show you this at home and we will continue to practise this in class.
In class we have been talking about our rights for our class charter and Primary 1 have come up with their own rules (to be ready, respectful and safe) which they are putting into practise.
- I will sit with my legs crossed and hands in my basket when on the carpet.
- I will not shout out at my teacher and will wait my turn.
You could ask your child if they can remember the other responsibilities which they chose to match their rights.
We have been learning to right our numbers.
This week we have been learning how to write the numbers 2, 3 and 4.
Here are the rhymes which we use to remember how to form our numbers.
2- Half a heart says “I love you”. Add a line. Now I’ve made the number 2.
3- Around the tree, around the tree, now I’ve made the number three.”
4- Down and across and down once more, now I’ve made the number four.
We have been practising our counting using playdoh and counting teddies etc.
We loved this our smartboard games and songs this week.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-cfDsHCGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUZaPCLJA3c
Wow, what a fun and busy week it has been.
I wish all of Primary 1B a fantastic weekend!
P1B…you all are just fabulous and how great it was to see you all, not only sitting at a table ,listening so well but holding pencils and working hard to !!
The nursery children were all so excited to pop in and see you , thank you for the lovely welcome to.😉. Keep up the good work and hopefully we will get together for a Wellie Walk one day.
Looking forward to our next visit….
Mrs Beattie xx
Thank you for helping to make the start of school fun and interesting. I think the number rhymes are great. My boys loved golden time, in particular, this week.