Please find attached the overview for this term’s learning

This week’s homework

• revise all tricky words learned so far
• count backwards. Pick a starting number (anything from 10 – 100 depending on the level of challenge you want) Count backwards for a few jumps. Then pick a new starting number.

Health week

This week has been ‘Health week’ and we have had so many exciting activities including sports day, a multisports session, a visit from Simon Says Dance, Scootathon and fruit tasting. In the classroom we have been learning to name the parts of our body, and discussing how to keep our bodies clean.

We read the story ‘ Miles is the boss of his own body ‘

Literacy.

This week we have had a spelling test on our Block one tricky words and those taught from block two so far.

Our writing prompt this week was ‘ Sports day….’

We continue to use core reading book resources in school as we begin to develop developing the children’s reading comprehension skills, exploring the cognitive strategies of activating, inferring, monitoring/clarifying, questioning, searching/selecting, summarizing, and visualising.

Maths and numeracy

We have been continuing to revise and being assessed on some of our early arithmetical learning strategies. We focused on counting backwards from a given number, and naming the number before. This still proves a challenge for many pupils.

We also tried answering some written addition calculations as quickly as possible using recall of number facts.

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Looking ahead to next week

Next week we have loose parts learning on Wednesday.

We are still welcoming donations of clean recycling for our stem area.

Please remember to return all reading books on Monday. We are still missing a few from the last two weeks and would appreciate if you could have a quick check at home for any outstanding returns. Thanks

Other areas of the curriculum

We have enjoyed watching our caterpillars grow bigger each day.

A reminder to please name all items of clothing and shoes, and to check names on items brought home in case your child accidentally acquires a jumper belonging to someone else.

If you have not yet done so this term, please send a full change of clothes for your child. Thanks.

This week’s homework

• revise all tricky words learned so far
• count backwards. Pick a starting number (anything from 10 – 100 depending on the level of challenge you want) Count backwards for a few jumps. Then pick a new starting number,
• practise telling the time in full hours and half hours – using both analogue and digital displays
• You may choose to play this game or use this website for resources to support your child.

Independent learning

The children have been developing a wide range of skills through independent learning opportunities in class and outdoors..

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Literacy.

This week we have been revising our tricky words and consonant blends learned so far. We have also been taking part in National assessments.

Please note – no reading books were sent home yesterday.

Our writing prompt this week was ‘ If I was the king….’

We continue to use core reading book resources in school as we begin to develop developing the children’s reading comprehension skills, exploring the cognitive strategies of activating, inferring, monitoring/clarifying, questioning, searching/selecting, summarizing, and visualising.

Maths and numeracy

We have been revising some of our early arithmetical learning strategies. We focused on counting backwards from a given number, and naming the number before. This still proves a challenge for many pupils.

We continued to explore time and reading clocks, looking at half past times on analogue and digital displays.

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Looking ahead to next week

Next week is Health week. The children should come dressed for PE every day. Some of the timetabled activities will take place outdoors with no option to relocate indoors if wet, so please consider children wearing a lightweight waterproof jacket if possible. Sports day is on Wednesday morning for P1.

We will also be starting the My Body lessons from the RSHP programme.

Other areas of the curriculum

In PE we continued to practice hand eye co-ordination and timing skills when using a ball.

A reminder to please name all items of clothing and shoes, and to check names on items brought home in case your child accidentally acquires a jumper belonging to someone else.

If you have not yet done so this term, please send a full change of clothes for your child. Thanks.

This week’s homework

• Learn to read and spell the words into , as
• Tell an adult about the story of Ella’s wobble

Independent learning

The children have been developing a wide range of skills through independent learning opportunities in class and outdoors..

Literacy.

This week we have introduced the initial consonant blends gr and tr, and learned the tricky words into and as.

In dictation we are learning to self assess our work. Green for great and pink for think.

Our writing prompt this week was our learning in the classroom

We continue to use core reading book resources in school as we begin to develop developing the children’s reading comprehension skills, exploring the cognitive strategies of activating, inferring, monitoring/clarifying, questioning, searching/selecting, summarizing, and visualising.

Maths and numeracy

We have been taking part in National assessments.

We continued to explore time and reading clocks.

Key vocabulary included; the days of the week, tomorrow, yesterday, morning, afternoon, evening, clock face, hands, o’clock.

Some pupils still find it tricky to order the days of the week and to answer questions such as ‘which day comes after/before….etc’ Please help your child at home to reinforce this learning.

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Looking ahead to next week

Loose parts on Wednesday.

Please return reading books on Wednesday.

Other areas of the curriculum

We had a great visit from the team at Generation Science. We really enjoyed learning about sound.

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We learned a little about the Brass instruments of the orchestra. Mrs Cross showed us her trumpet and told us how it works. We enjoyed using a clean mouthpiece to try making a sound.

In PE we worked on our fitness and team work.

We take turns to lead our warm up.

A reminder to please name all items of clothing and shoes, and to check names on items brought home in case your child accidentally acquires a jumper belonging to someone else.

If you have not yet done so this term, pease send a full change of clothes for your child. Thanks.

This week’s homework

• Learn to read and spell the words some, come
• Look around the house for different ways to tell the time. Cooker clocks, phones, watches, analogue wall clocks etc. Practice reading the time to the whole hour ( o’clock times)
• Learn the order of the days of the week and be able to answer questions such as ‘ Which day comes after…… ?’

Independent learning

The children have been developing a wide range of skills through independent learning opportunities in class and outdoors..

Literacy.

This week we have introduced the final consonant blends ng and nk, and learned the tricky words some and come

Our writing prompt this week was “Bang went the…. ”

We continue to use core reading book resources in school as we begin to develop developing the children’s reading comprehension skills, exploring the cognitive strategies of activating, inferring, monitoring/clarifying, questioning, searching/selecting, summarizing, and visualising.

Maths and numeracy

We have been learning about time.

Key vocabulary included; the days of the week, tomorrow, yesterday, morning, afternoon, evening, clock face, hands, o’clock.

Some pupils still find it tricky to order the days of the week and to answer questions such as ‘which day comes after/before….etc’ Please help your child at home to reinforce this learning.

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Looking ahead to next week

No loose parts next week.

Visit from Generation Science on Wednesday.

School photos on Wednesday

Other areas of the curriculum

The mobile Library came on Tuesday. We got to choose a book to keep in class for 6 weeks.

In PE we worked on our fitness and team work.

The sun was shining when we had loose parts play.

We learned about the celebration of Eid

We used ink to make some cherry blossom trees. Spring is definitely here.

A reminder to please name all items of clothing and shoes, and to check names on items brought home in case your child accidentally acquires a jumper belonging to someone else.

This week’s homework

• Learn to read and spell the words were, there
• Have a wonderful holiday.

Independent learning

The children have been developing a wide range of skills through independent learning opportunities in class and outdoors..

Literacy.

This week we have introduced the final consonant blends ft and nt, and learned the tricky words there and were .

Our writing prompt this week was “She left the shop and went … ” No photos of writing, but ask your child which character they created for the story and where she went.

We continue to use core reading book resources in school as we begin to develop developing the children’s reading comprehension skills, exploring the cognitive strategies of activating, inferring, monitoring/clarifying, questioning, searching/selecting, summarizing, and visualising.

Maths and numeracy

We have been using our numeracy skills to perform addition calculations.

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Looking ahead to next week

Happy Easter ! After the holidays, please remember to return indoor shoes and spare clothes. We plan to have outdoor loose parts on Thursday of the first week back, but will advise if this changes.

Other areas of the curriculum

The dentist came on Monday to check our teeth. We had to climb on a table!

We found out how tricky it is to look after a tiny baby. Thank you baby Maverick!

In PE we completed our block of gymnastics andalso worked on our fitness and core strength.

A reminder to please name all items of clothing and shoes, and to check names on items brought home in case your child accidentally acquires a jumper belonging to someone else.

This week’s homework

• Learn to read and spell the words go, she
• Use real coins to count out an amount of money. ‘Please give me 7pence’ etc
• practice giving and following directions (see maths and numeracy key vocabulary below)
• using your collection of letter cards from the weekly homework sheet, please practice building/ reading the list of words on this week’s sheet.
• Check your letter formation for the letter a – use the video linked below to ensure you are consistently using the correct letter starting point and route.

Letter a formation

Snacks :- we would politely ask that, remaining mindful of those with allergies, you do not send your child with any snacks containing nuts. This includes Nutella products. Thanks for your support in this.

We are grateful for your continued donations of small, clean items of recycling for our STEM area.

Please also see a request in last week’s homelink for help sourcing some materials for our outdoor loose parts provision.

Many thanks

Independent learning

The children have been developing a wide range of skills through independent learning opportunities in class and outdoors..

Literacy.

This week we have introduced the final consonant blends rk and nd, and learned the tricky words she and go .

Our writing prompt this week was “When we went to the park …

We continue to use core reading book resources in school as we begin to develop developing the children’s reading comprehension skills, exploring the cognitive strategies of activating, inferring, monitoring/clarifying, questioning, searching/selecting, summarizing, and visualising.

Maths and numeracy

In movement, games, and using
technology I can use simple directions
and describe positions.
MTH 0-17a

We have been learning to give and follow directions.
key vocabulary included, left, right, forward, back, turn. We enjoyed using the Bee-Bot app and the programmable Bee-Bot.

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Looking ahead to next week

Please return reading books on Monday.

Monday’s PE session will be gymnastics, and Thursday’s is games/fitness so please remember to dress appropriately.

Loose parts learning on Wednesday 29th

Other areas of the curriculum

In PE we created a sequence of moves using all the equipment we have used so far. We also, with supervision, tried a forward roll down a small ramp focusing on correct technique and control.

We were invited to visit the P7 interactive exhibition about Anderson shelters. We really enjoyed that – particularly when we were allowed to try the Minecraft activities!

A reminder to please name all items of clothing and shoes, and to check names on items brought home in case your child accidentally acquires a jumper belonging to someone else.

We have started to learn about directions and have been using the beebot app/website to help us practice giving directions and instructions.

The pupils asked if they could play the game at home so I have linked the website version here.

This week’s homework

• Learn to read and spell the words we, be
• Real life coin recognition of all coins remains a challenge for many of our learners. Please, if at all possible, find some loose change and practice recognising the coins by shape and size alone , not relying on looking for the numbers .
• Be Geraldine….. go around looking for things which have the wh sound in them. You may choose to write a list of what you find and bring it to school.
• Practice pronouncing the wh sound with a puff of air.
  

Snacks :- we would politely ask that, remaining mindful of those with allergies, you do not send your child with any snacks containing nuts. This includes Nutella products. Thanks for your support in this.

We are grateful for your continued donations of small, clean items of recycling for our STEM area.

Please also see a request in last week’s homelink for help sourcing some materials for our outdoor loose parts provision.

Many thanks

Independent learning

The children have been developing a wide range of skills through independent learning opportunities in class and outdoors..

Literacy.

This week we have introduced the vowel digraph wh and learned the tricky words we and be . Wh makes a blowing sound. We also had an assessment on our understanding of the ch, sh and th digraphs.

Our writing prompt this week was “When I go in the car….”

We continue to use core reading book resources in school as we begin to develop developing the children’s reading comprehension skills, exploring the cognitive strategies of activating, inferring, monitoring/clarifying, questioning, searching/selecting, summarizing, and visualising.

Numeracy and Maths

I am developing my awareness of how money is used and can recognise and use a range of coins.
MNU 0-09a

Key vocabulary – coin, value, amount, change, pence, pounds ( please try to avoid using the word pennies for coins, as this causes confusion – only a 1p coin is actually worth a penny)

We have been counting amounts of coins and also choosing the correct coins to ‘pay’ for something. We also began to investigate the idea of giving change from a higher value coin. I have a10p coin and the toy costs 7p. I will need to be given 3p change.

Children don’t have the same exposure to loose change as they used to as we seem to be heading towards a cashless society, but if at all possible, create a coin collection for your child to explore and handle.

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Looking ahead to next week

Please return reading books on Monday.

Monday’s PE session will be gymnastics, and Thursday’s is games/fitness so please remember to dress appropriately.

Loose parts learning on Thursday23rd, and the following Wednesday 29th

Other areas of the curriculum

In PE we began learning to use a springboard. We also continued to practice our jumping and landing skills to jump from a box to a crash mat. We balanced on a thin beam and balanced on a mat. On Thursday we practiced yoga poses in the classroom as the hall was in use for the p2 show . We were fortunate to be able to watch a dress rehearsal of the show on Wednesday. It was great – well done p2.

A reminder to please name all items of clothing and shoes, and to check names on items brought home in case your child accidentally acquires a jumper belonging to someone else.