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Hello everyone,

This is what we have been learning this week:

LITERACY

We introduced the new sounds c, k and ck.

 In small groups we were thinking about words beginning and ending with these sounds, playing games, and identifying the letters which make these sounds. Some of us were learning how to ‘build’ and ‘blend’ three letter words with the sounds we know.

We also introduced two ‘tricky words’ his and put. Tricky words cannot be sounded out but have to be learned. We will be introducing new tricky words on a weekly basis.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Hold up the letters and ask your child to tell you the sound they make. Ask them if they can think of a word beginning with that sound. Play ‘I spy’ using the sounds your child has learnt.

Use letters written on a piece of paper or card to ‘build’ a word. The adult says a three letter word and the child choses the correct sounds to make that word.

An adult makes a three letter word, and the child says the pure sounds of each letter to blend together to read the word.

Write down his and put on a piece of paper or card, hold the cards behind your back then show them to your child and ask them to read the word you have shown them. Your child could practise writing these words, forming the letters the way they have been shown in class.

(If you are unsure about correct letter formation, please speak to one of us at the end of the day).

Writing – Our starter sentence this week was ‘He put his…………’

We are encouraging the children to   try to  write as many of the letters and words as they can.

NUMERACY AND MATHS

In numeracy we have been carrying out some assessments to establish where children are in their learning and to identify next steps.

We were completing our topic on measure, using the language : taller, shorter, heavier, lighter, full, empty, more, less.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Please choose an activity from the SEAL wall which was sent home earlier in the term.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

PE

We were playing running games to improve our fitness and have fun. We participated in various fitness activities at different stations around the gym hall.

We took part in yoga in the classroom.

RME

We talked about the celebration of Diwali and watched a short film about it.

NATIVITY

We have started practising our Nativity play which will be performed to families on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 December. Your child has a piece of paper with the part they will be playing in their purple folder (If it says N. and a number, they are a narrator). Can you please help your child to learn their words. Further information will be coming out shortly.

WORLD BOOK WEEK

We had a visit from local author Morag Hood. She talked about her job as an author and illustrator and shared two of her books with us: Spaghetti Hunters and Dig Dig Digger. She showed us how she draws one of her main characters and the children drew along with her. They were very engaged in this activity and were proud of the results. Your child should have brought their drawing home in their purple folder yesterday.

LOOSE PARTS

Next date for loose parts is Wednesday 6 December.

SPARE SOCKS AND TIGHTS

As the weather gets wetter, we are always needing a supply of dry footwear. If any families are able to donate any old socks or tights that would be really useful.

INDOOR PE

As we are now doing all of our PE inside can you please make sure that your child has suitable shoes for the gym halls. Can we ask that long hair is tied back.

Some examples of learning taking place this week:

Have a lovely weekend.

Hello everyone,

This is what we have been learning this week:

LITERACY

We introduced the new sounds l and b.

 In small groups we were thinking about words beginning with these sounds, playing games, and identifying the letters which make these sounds. Some of us were learning how to ‘build’ and ‘blend’ three letter words with the sounds we know.

We also introduced two ‘tricky words’ is and me. Tricky words cannot be sounded out but have to be learned. We will be introducing new tricky words on a weekly basis.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Hold up the letters and ask your child to tell you the sound they make. Ask them if they can think of a word beginning with that sound. Play ‘I spy’ using the sounds your child has learnt.

Use letters written on a piece of paper or card to ‘build’ a word. The adult says a three letter word and the child choses the correct sounds to make that word.

An adult makes a three letter word, and the child says the pure sounds of each letter to blend together to read the word.

Write down is and me on a piece of paper or card, hold the cards behind your back then show them to your child and ask them to read the word you have shown them. Your child could practise writing these words, forming the letters the way they have been shown in class.

(If you are unsure about correct letter formation, please speak to one of us at the end of the day).

Writing – Our starter sentence this week was ‘The bat…………’

We are encouraging the children to   try to  write as many of the letters as they can.

NUMERACY AND MATHS

In numeracy we have been counting backwards from 20 and putting numerals in order. Some of us were working on number bonds to 10.

We were talking about the language of measure : taller, shorter, heavier, lighter, full, empty, more, less.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Please choose an activity from the SEAL wall which was sent home earlier in the term.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

PE

We were playing running games to improve our fitness and have fun. We participated in various fitness activities at different stations around the gym hall.

HWB

As part of our Health and Wellbeing programme to help build resilience and following on from our introductory assembly, we were discussing the idea of special people in our lives and how they can make us feel happy when things are not going so well. We drew pictures which showed, ‘I am happy when…………’

LOOSE PARTS

We enjoyed the sunshine during loose parts this week.

Next date for loose parts is Wednesday 6 December.

SPARE SOCKS AND TIGHTS

As the weather gets wetter, we are always needing a supply of dry footwear. If any families are able to donate any old socks or tights that would be really useful.

INDOOR PE

As we are now doing all of our PE inside can you please make sure that your child has suitable shoes for the gym halls. Can we ask that long hair is tied back.

Some examples of learning taking place this week:

Have a lovely weekend.

Hello everyone, we have had a busy week in school. It was lovely to see so many parents and family members at our drop in today, thank you for coming.

This is what we have been learning this week:

LITERACY

We introduced the new sounds u and f.

 In small groups we were thinking about words beginning with these sounds, playing games, and identifying the letters which make these sounds. Some of us were learning how to ‘build’ and ‘blend’ three letter words with the sounds we know.

We also introduced two ‘tricky words’ to and he. Tricky words can not be sounded out but have to be learned. We will be introducing new tricky words on a weekly basis.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Hold up the letters and ask your child to tell you the sound they make. Ask them if they can think of a word beginning with that sound. Play ‘I spy’ using the sounds your child has learnt.

Use letters written on a piece of paper or card to ‘build’ a word. The adult says a three letter word and the child choses the correct sounds to make that word.

An adult makes a three letter word, and the child says the pure sounds of each letter to blend together to read the word.

Write down to and he on a piece of paper or card, hold the cards behind your back then show them to your child and ask them to read the word you have shown them. Your child could practise writing these words, forming the letters the way they have been shown in class.

(If you are unsure about correct letter formation, please speak to one of us at the end of the day).

Writing – we used some of the words we have been learning for our starter sentence this week- I went to the………………

These examples of writing will go in your child’s learning story which they will be bringing home on the 1 December.

NUMERACY AND MATHS

In numeracy we have been practising careful counting and some of us have been adding two numbers together to make amounts totalling numbers between 11-20.

In measure we were using the pan balance to predict then measuring using cubes.

We were predicting which container held the most water then checking to see if we were correct.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Practise careful counting of a group of items. Say the number out loud as you place your finger on each item. How many items can you count correctly?

PE

We were playing running games to improve our fitness and have fun. We participated in various fitness activities at different stations around the gym hall.

HWB

As part of our Health and Wellbeing programme to help build resilience and following on from last week’s introductory  assembly, we were discussing the idea of special people in our lives and how they can make us feel happy when things are not going so well. We drew pictures which showed, ‘I am happy when…………’

WALK IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

As part of exploring and discovering the interesting features of  our local environment we enjoyed our walk around Buckstone. We looked at street names, the different types of houses and local amenities such as the park. We posted a letter to Mrs Conlin at the post box, and we were very excited to find out that it arrived the very next day! Mrs Conlin was delighted with her card and message from P1K.

LOOSE PARTS

Next date for loose parts is Tuesday 7 November.

Some examples of learning taking place this week:

Hello everyone, it has been great to welcome the children back after mid term and to hear about their holidays.

This is what we have been learning this week:

LITERACY

We introduced the new sounds o and g.

 In small groups we were thinking about words beginning with these sounds, playing games, and identifying the letters which make these sounds. Some of us were learning how to ‘build’ and ‘blend’ three letter words with the sounds we know.

We also introduced two ‘tricky words’ I and the. Tricky words can not be sounded out but have to be learned. We will be introducing new tricky words on a weekly basis.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Hold up the letters and ask your child to tell you the sound they make. Ask them if they can think of a word beginning with that sound. Play ‘I spy’ using the sounds your child has learnt.

Use letters written on a piece of paper or card to ‘build’ a word. The adult says a three letter word and the child choses the correct sounds to make that word.

An adult makes a three letter word, and the child says the pure sounds of each letter to blend together to read the word.

Write down I and the on a piece of paper or card, hold the cards behind your back then show them to your child and ask them to read the word you have shown them. Your child could practise writing these words, forming the letters the way they have been shown in class.

(If you are unsure about correct letter formation, please speak to one of us at the end of the day).

NUMERACY

In numeracy we have been developing our knowledge of forward and backward number word sequences starting at different numbers. We have been sequencing numerals and practising counting strategies.

We will be looking at measure in the next few weeks and began this week by going outside to collect sticks and put them in length order.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Quite a few children are finding counting backwards  challenging, here are some fun songs to sing along with which help to practise counting backwards from  20.

PE

We were playing running games to improve our fitness and have fun.

HWB

As part of our Health and Wellbeing programme we were talking about friends and what makes a good friend. The class came up with lots of good ideas:

Someone who is kind to you.

Somebody who likes the same kind of games you do.

Someone who laughs at the same things or makes us laugh.

Someone who looks after you when you are hurt.

We drew pictures of ourselves playing with our friends which you will be able to see at the Drop In.

LOOSE PARTS

Some examples of learning taking place this week:

CHANGE OF CLOTHES

As the weather gets wetter, can you please make sure that your child has a full change of clothes which are replaced when used. We have a very limited stock of spare clothing in class.

LOST PROPERTY

We have a number of items of clothing which have been left in the classroom. I will put them out on display next Friday at the Drop In so that you can claim any missing items.

Please can you check that your child has brought home the correct jumper as we have had a few missing jumpers which have names on them.

JUNK

Please can you continue to bring in cardboard boxes, plastic trays and packaging for our modelling area as the children really enjoy creating models and building with these items.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Hello everyone.

This is what we have been learning this week:

LITERACY

We introduced the new sounds d and h.

 In small groups we were thinking about words beginning with these sounds, playing games, and identifying the letters which make these sounds. Some of us were learning how to ‘build’ and ‘blend’ three letter words with the sounds we know.

This week our writing was inspired by the book ‘My Big Shouting Day’ by Rebecca Patterson. The children really loved this story and appreciated the humour within it. The discussion which followed prompted lots of good ideas for drawings and stories.

NUMERACY

In numeracy we have been developing our knowledge of forward and backward number word sequences starting at different numbers. We have been sequencing numerals and practising counting strategies.

PE

We were practising the skills we have been learning in the last few weeks: dribbling, throwing at a target, catching and bouncing.

OUTDOOR LEARNING

We went out to observe signs of autumn and drew the different coloured leaves we could see in our playground.

MOBILE LIBRARY

We choose a book from the mobile library which will be kept in class to look at.

FRENCH

We practised the six colour words we have been learning and sang them to the tune of Frere Jacques.

Some examples of learning taking place this week:

We hope you have a lovely, relaxing midterm break.

Hello everyone.

This is what we have been learning this week:

LITERACY

We have been revising the sounds m and r. We introduced the new sound e.

 In small groups we were thinking about words beginning with these sounds, playing games, and identifying the letters which make these sounds. Some of us were learning how to ‘build’ and ‘blend’ three letter words with the sounds we know.

This week our starting sentence for writing was – ‘I am changing my shoes to….’

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Hold up the letters and ask your child to tell you the sound they make. Ask them if they can think of a word beginning with that sound. Play ‘I spy’ using the sounds your child has learnt.

Use letters written on a piece of paper or card to ‘build’ a word. The adult says a three letter word and the child choses the correct sounds to make that word.

An adult makes a three letter word, and the child says the pure sounds of each letter to blend together to read the word.

NUMERACY

In numeracy we have been developing our knowledge of forward and backward number words sequences starting at different numbers. We have been sequencing numerals and practising counting strategies.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

This game helps with recognition of numerals to 15 and also practises counting skills.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

PE

We were learning to control a ball with our feet.

HWB

As part of our Building Resilience programme, we discussed life’s ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ and what we could do to make ourselves feel better if we were feeling a little sad. Suggestions included: stroking a pet, going for a walk, being with our family and cuddling a special toy.

FRENCH

We introduced the words for some colours :

Rouge- red

Noir- black

Blanc – white

Vert- green

Jaune- yellow

Bleu- blue

MEMORY BOXES

Thank you for sending in  the memory boxes with the items and objects that are meaningful to your child. The children have loved talking about them and the class have been a really good audience. We have two boxes left to open.

Some examples of learning taking place this week:

Have a lovely weekend.

Hello everyone

I hope that you all had a good day yesterday. I am looking forward to seeing you online at 9.30am.

Here is today’s learning.

HOME LEARNING P1 – LITERACY Wednesday 27 September 2023

Writing/drawing task

We have had some very windy weather recently! When you are out walking or even if you just look out the window, you can see the branches on the trees are swaying,  bushes and flowers are waving in the wind too. You can see the effect of the wind on people as well, their clothes are moving, and their hair might be sticking up or swinging about.

Today our writing focus is – My hair was blowing when……………….

Using a black pen, draw a detailed picture of yourself showing your hair blowing in the wind.

Think about where you could be when your hair is blowing- at the park, in the playground, walking to the shops, on your bike, playing in the garden? I’m sure you can think of lots of other ideas.

When you are drawing, think about how your hair would look in the wind, how will you show that it is moving? Are your clothes moving too? What would that look like?

If there is an adult available at home, you could ask them to scribe your story beside your drawing, just like we do in school.

P1 HOME LEARNING Wednesday 27.9.23

 HEALTH AND WELLBEING

This term we are thinking about ‘being resilient’. ‘Being resilient’ means when things happen in our life which we find tricky or challenging, we find ways to cope with them.

Please watch this short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WyR4AqRweY

In the film, the little sheep is unhappy because his lovely woolly coat has been cut off and his friends are laughing at him,  but he learns that if he keeps bouncing and dancing, he stops caring so much. He realises that this is going to happen to him every year and he has found a way to cope with it.

Can you think of times in your life when you have felt ‘up’ or when you have felt ‘down’?

Feeling ‘up’ might be when your adult collects you at the end of school, you are playing a really fun game with a friend, you receive a fantastic gift, you are watching your favourite programme, its your favourite dinner etc.

Feeling ‘down’  might be when you have quarrelled with a friend or sibling, you felt left out of a game, you’ve hurt yourself in the playground, you are missing someone etc.

Draw two pictures : one showing a time when you have felt ‘down’, try to show where you are and what you are feeling, Think about how your face and body would look. Then draw another picture showing a time when you felt ‘up’ and happy. Again, try to show what you are doing and how you are feeling.

Please bring your pictures into school and we will display them.