Category: Primary 1

Hi there everyone please find an attachment below with learning activities for you to complete over the course of this week.

Use your jotter you were given last week to record your learning.

Check in on the blog every day to see some extended activities and support.  You can always leave a comment for me to respond to and help.

Learning Grid Week 1 (2) (1)

Mrs Davenport

Hi there everyone please find an attachment below with learning activities for you to complete over the course of this week.

Use your jotter you were given last week to record your learning.

Check in on the blog every day to see some extended activities and support.  You can always leave a comment for me to respond to and help.

Mrs Currie

P1 from P2_1 Learning Grid Week 1 (1)

Literacy

We learned the ‘th’ sound this. This is a tricky sound to learn but we learned that we need to stick out tongue out a little bit to make this sound. This is what makes it a tricky sound. We have been working on listening for the differences in the th/v/f sounds and recording which sound we hear. We have also been spelling words with the ‘th’ sound in them.

Maths

This week we were learning about money. We were learning about the 1p, 2p and 5p. We can recognise these different coins and we have been learning how to make different amounts using the coins.

Pupil Voice

Chloe: I liked doing number talks.

Myron: I liked playing with friends.

Reka: I liked playing with my brother at funky Friday.

Carly: I liked playing with the bricks.

Kian: I liked voting for which I book I want to listen to and I liked listening to them.

Parker: I liked playing with the scarfs.

Home Learning

Collect a 1p, 2p and 5p coin. Can you make 3p, 4p, 6p, 7p and 10p?

Do you know who Lizzie Bryce was?

We have been learning about who she was as part of our topic Livingston Links.  This has finished our topic of finding out about people from the past who have a link with Livingston.  We learned that she was born 1776 and that she lived in Raw Cottage in Mid Calder.  Today we have a roundabout named after her in Livingston.

In numeracy this week we have revised our learning of the number processes.  P2 have completed work on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  P1 have been adding and subtracting.  We took our learning outdoors because the weather has improved so much, we had our chalk and we wrote our calculations on the ground.  Our playground was maths-tastic by the end of the lesson.

In Literacy we focused on our two Word Boost books,

P1 – Who Flung Dung?

Boost words – culprit, scoff, trample, ridiculous

P2 – Ingenious Jean.

Boost Words – amazing, finally, a mixture, a vehicle, scoop

For art we completed some Spring cards.  We used yellow tissue paper to make a feather texture on our chicks and then made eyes and a beak.

Pupil Voice

Lily – I loved making my chick colouring.

Kevin – I was able to do the Spring wordsearch.

Emileigh Rose – I liked  making the Easter card.

Adam – I scored a brilliant football goal.

Lucy – My sisters tooth fell out.

Szymon – I saved some goals.

Lewis – I really enjoyed doing the outdoor sums.

Khyla – I enjoyed smart start and getting the to use the outdoor toys.

Wojtek – I really enjoyed the colouring sheet.

 

Overview of learning

This week we have learned about St Margaret as part of our topic Livingston Links.  We now know that she married King Malcolm III of Scotland and became the Queen.  She was a very kind and caring Queen dedicating much of her time to helping those in need.  We have a local High School Named after her.

In Literacy this week we have continued to focus on our reading skills.  As well as continuing to build on our decoding and fluency when reading aloud we have been developing our comprehension skills too.  We have learned to use scanning techniques to find specific words to complete a cloze procedure, we have also used true and false statements to deepening our understanding of the text we are reading.

In Numeracy and Maths we have been completing work on data handling.  P2 have learned about tally marks and how to record data using them.  P1 have been looking at simple bar charts and working out how many from them.

Home Learning

P2 – For home learning this week read a story with someone and try to make up some true and false statements about it to see how much they can remember and understand about it.

P1 – We have learned about sh and ch over the last two weeks.  Try to find five words that begin with ch and five that begin with sh.

Pupil Voice

As part of our Learning Conversations this week the children were asked what was their favourite thing to do at school;

Courtney – I love colouring in.

Adam – Building towers in the play area.

Emileigh Rose – I like mindfulness colouring when you try not to make two parts that touch the same colour.

Ethan – I am getting stronger at the school mile.

Isla – I like making things in the creative area.

 

Learning Highlights

Literacy

We have been continuing to work on distinguishing between the sh and ch sounds. We have been reading and spelling words with these sounds in them. This week, we have also been learning about syllables in words. We know this means how many claps in a word. By clapping out the syllables we have also spoke about how this could be a good spelling strategy to spell unfamiliar words.

Numeracy

We are finishing off our subtraction topic in numeracy. This week we have been learning how to use 10 frames to solve subtraction problems. We have also enjoyed playing subtraction bowling. Next week we will begin our numeracy and maths topic of money.

Pupil Voice

Grace: I liked getting the purple band because I was working hard with my spelling.

Riyah: I liked drawing unicorns.

Mason: I liked tennis and taking the dog for a walk game. It was a ball for the dog and the racket was the lead.

Lennox: I liked learning about Space.

Carly: We learned that there are lots of stars and the sun is not a sun it is a big giant star.

Anna: I liked getting the golden ticket this week for doing very good reading.

Reka: I liked getting the golden ticket too for doing good reading.

Parental Involvement

We have been using this game this week to help us read sh and ch words.

https://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurEggs_phonics/mobile/

Overview

World Book Day was a great success.  The class engaged in different activities on Thursday to celebrate the day.  Next week we can’t wait to hear about each child’s favourite text when they deliver their class talk that they have prepared as part of home learning over the last two weeks.

In numeracy and maths learning this week the focus for P2  is symmetry, for P1 they have continued their subtraction learning as well completing some symmetry activities too.  For symmetry the children have learned about using a mirror to help them identify if an image has a line of symmetry.  They have also had a go at completing a picture to make it symmetrical.  One of the favourite activities this week was the digital learning that we used to support our practise of symmetry.  Have a look at the home learning section to see the links to the games we used.

In literacy this week we read a story called How To Grow A Dinosaur.  This inspired us to think about what we could grow if we had some imaginary seeds that could grow anything in the world.  There were some fabulous ideas…Mrs Currie would grow a Shoe Tree, Adam would grow a Football Tree, Isla a Glitter Plant, Lucy a Sweetie Plant and Courtney a Unicorn Tree!  Well done to these children who were our Star Writers this week!  When we were writing our procedures on how to plant our imaginary seeds the children were learning to use numbers to order their instructions as well as using time openers such as First, Then, Next, After and Last.

Home Learning

Try out some of these web links to practise symmetry.  The programme Symmetry Drawing Peg and Cat was a HUGE favourite in the class!

https://pbskids.org/peg/games/symmetry-painter

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-sorting

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching

Pupil Voice

Shay – I love outdoor learning

Julian – I really like Peg and Cat drawing on the ipad

Kevin – I loved having Hot Chocolate Friday

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Currie

Our Learning

This week we have been learning the ‘ch’ sound. This is quite a tricky sound as it is similar to the ‘sh’ sound. We have been participating in lots of activities to determine the difference between these sounds. We will continue to focus on the differences with the sh and ch sounds next week, therefore, no new sounds will be in the sounds folders.

Thank you to all who came along to our castle banquet on Wednesday. The children had been working very hard to prepare their snacks; sing their song and practise reading their lines. We enjoyed slicing, mixing, spreading and serving all the snacks we created.

The castle banquet was definitely a highlight of the week. Have a look at our comments below!

Pupil Voice

Grace: I liked that my mummy and auntie Lisa were at the castle banquet.

Lucy: I liked sharing my snacks with my mummy and little sister.

Chloe: I liked making the crispy cakes for the banquet.

Sophie F: I liked talking into the microphone because it was loud and everybody could hear me.

Kian: I liked the pointing actions in the song.

We are very excited to start our new topic of Space too:

Zaki: I’m looking forward to learning about the planets and the sun.

Carly: I liked planning our new topic of Space. I want to learn about the International Space Station.

Parental Involvement

One of our rainbow learning activities was this game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

We also enjoyed watching these videos to help us understand the difference between the sh and ch sounds.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Davenport and P1.

Literacy

We have been learning the ‘w’ sound this week. This is a red sound which comes from our lips. We are continuing to consolidate our understanding of the ‘ai’ and ‘oa’ sounds too. Some of our literacy activities:

• spelling words with the ‘w’ sound in them
• playing snap, all cards had pictures of something that begins with the letter ‘w’.
• developing our letter formation to form the ‘w’ sound correctly. We have also been practising the formation of the d and g sounds too.

Numeracy

We are continuing our subtraction topic in class. This week we have been learning how to use different strategies to solve subtraction problems. We can use our fingers to solve subtraction stories or by putting a number in our head and counting back.

IDL

One of our learning highlights this week has been learning about Edinburgh Castle. We loved learning about the different famous features at Edinburgh Castle. We learned about – castle rock, Mon’s Meg, one o’clock gun and the stone of destiny. We are in the middle of creating leaflets about Edinburgh Castle to share our knowledge with others. You will also receive your invitation for our Castle Banquet next week. We will be hosting our banquet on Wednesday 4th March at 2pm.

Pupil Voice

Amelie: I liked seeing our houses on the maps.

Sophie J: I liked playing snap, all the words had the ‘w’ sound at the beginning. One of the words was ‘wedding’.

Harry: I liked learning about subtraction.

Ollie: I liked making our own Mon’s Meg. We used tubes and a balloon. You had to fire the canon balls out of Mon’s Meg. It could fire canon balls for 2 miles!

Myron: I liked PE with Mr Cummings and gymnastics.

Parker: I liked playing snap and we were trying to get the snap the same and the winner got a sticker.

Reka: I liked write the ‘w’ sound.

Chloe: I liked learning the ‘w’ sound.

Parental Involvement 

• We have enjoyed using this song this week to help our understanding of subtraction

• Look out for the w, ai and oa songs in the clip below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZenGE6hkvY