I hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed playing in the sunshine!
This week we will be learning at home but I will meet with you on Teams once a day. Today we will have a whole class meeting at 11am.
Each day I will share one literacy, one numeracy/maths and one other curricular area task. Please do not feel pressured to complete everything as I know this situation may be difficult for you. I am here to support you! Learning will be uploaded onto the blog the evening before.
Please share your learning on the Learning Journals! I would love to see what you are getting up to this week! Feel free to ask any questions on the learning journals or via email, I am more than happy to help with anything.
Thank you all for your support,
Miss McGillivray
Here are today’s learning tasks:
Literacy:
Reading:
I have shared on your child’s Learning Journal which book they should access from the Oxford Owl website. Along with the log in details on how to access the book from the website.
Tasks:
Predict what you think your new book is going to be about before reading. Read the book with an adult, ask them to ask you questions about the story: characters, setting, plot etc.
Complete this Beginning, Middle and End worksheet (attached below). Draw a picture of a key moment at the start, in the middle and at the end of the story. Write a sentence/few words describing what is happening.
This week we will be learning the last few sounds in Block 3 of the Literacy Rich Programme. Each of these sounds only has a few words to learn, so we will be looking at 2-3 at a time!
Today’s sounds are: ‘rk’ and ‘rf’
Tasks:
Please watch the powerpoint attached below. In this powerpoint, there is a number of tasks to do whilst you watch. Reading words, writing words and as an extra challenge writing a sentence using words which have our new sounds in them.
Use paint, flour, pasta, sand (etc) to write and create words which have the ‘rk’ or ‘rf’ sound in them. Be creative! Focus on the accuracy of spelling within the word.
Attached below are the tricky word powerpoints we use in school. Ask your child to say the words quickly. They should be able to read these words from sight memory as we cannot sound them out. We have looked at all of the Block 3 words now, however, these still need some revision.
As an extra challenge ask your child to write some tricky words from memory. Please continue to practice these – especially Block 3! However it is good to go over block 1 and 2 daily!
Watch this short video for our warm up for P.E today
Main Task:
Think of all the different ways you can move your body. Have a go at trying all the different ways you can think of then answer these questions verbally with an adult.
Which was the fastest?
Which was the slowest?
Which one could you do for the longest before getting tired?
I know this week has been a little bit different for us but it was lovely seeing those of you learning at home on the Teams meeting on Tuesday. I hope you are all well and that you are enjoying the sunshine!
Here is what we have been up to in school this week:
Literacy
In literacy this week we have learned the new sounds – ‘rn’ ‘rd’ ‘rm’ and ‘rt’. We enjoyed thinking of words which have the sounds in them, looking for words in our reading books and drawing pictures of words which have the sounds in them. We also enjoyed writing words with these sounds in sentences, reading texts and highlighting the new sounds and playing games! We also continued to learn and look at the Block 3 tricky words. This week we focussed on ‘where’ ‘why’ and ‘what’. Please continue to practice your tricky words at home and our new sounds each week. Please practice learning how to read, write and use the tricky words at home! (Block 1-Block 3)
For reading, we each got a new ORT book and we predicted what we thought was going to happen in the story before reading, we had word hunts and we read both individually and with a partner. We also practised our comprehension skills by completing a fill in the missing word activity sheet. We enjoyed the extra challenge of reading our book backwards this week! Reading books will be sent home on a Thursday and to be returned to school on a Monday! Please feel free to write any comments in your child’s reading diary! Some of us even read our first play scripts this week of a story we already knew. If you are learning at home please feel free to find a book on the Oxford Owl website at your child’s level. If you could make a note of this in their reading diary/a piece of paper to let me know what books your child has read on their return to school.
Things to try at home;
Practice reading your reading book which is sent home! Read the book forwards and backwards, ask your child questions about the story, the characters etc. You could extend the learning of the book and ask your child to write the next part of the story.
Revise our new sounds and tricky words! Can you read them and write them?
Write a story about your weekend! Can you add lots of detailed language?
Recognise and use our non-negotiables in everything you write!
Write a story about an animal, bug or plant you see on a walk you may have this weekend.
Numeracy
In numeracy this week we practised our counting skills and recognising numbers up to 100. We also looked at 100 squares and noticing patterns on them. We counted screened and unscreened collections together and also practised making equal groups. We also practiced thinking of other ways to make numbers on our fingers, sequencing numerals and identifying numbers up to 100.
We also started our new maths topic of fractions. We had lots of fun halving objects, making half a pizza , colouring in half of a shape etc. We also learned what a whole and a quarter looks like.
Things to try at home:
Practice counting to 100.
Can you notice numbers in your local environment? On buses, houses or outdoors? What number comes before or after the one you see? What is 10 more than that number?
Practice counting items or groups of items in your house. Can you make tally marks to show how many you have?
Practice halving things in your house – food, paper, splitting your toys into equal groups etc,
Other Curricular Areas
P.E: We enjoyed practising our athletic skills and learning how to use our arms and looking where we are going to help us run faster.
Outdoor Learning: We had lots of fun playing with the outdoor loose parts and exploring building and making things together! We also enjoyed playing outside the classroom in the courtyard for learning through play!
Potato Needs a Bath Performance: The children loved the performance of ‘Potato Needs a Bath’. They had lots of fun creating their own party hats for their vegetable and engaged amazingly with both the recorded and live part of the performance.
Photos of the Week:
P1L’s Highlights of the Week:
Sofie – I liked playing outside with my friends.
Lucy – I liked doing my reading booklet.
Archie – I liked learning the new letters this week.
Logan – I liked playing with the big bricks.
Next Week:
P.E will be on Monday and Thursday.
Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing as we will have one outdoor lesson per day.
Please return your reading folder (book and reading diary inside the folder please!) on Monday!
You have all worked really hard this week! Well done!
Here is what we have been up to:
Literacy
In literacy this week we have learned the new sounds – ‘ft’ and ‘lt’. We enjoyed thinking of words which have the sounds in them, looking for words in our reading books and drawing pictures of words which have the sounds in them. We also enjoyed writing words with these sounds in sentences, reading texts and highlighting the new sounds and playing games! We also continued to learn and look at the Block 3 tricky words. This week we focussed on ‘would’ ‘should’ and ‘could’. Please continue to practice your tricky words at home and our new sounds each week. Please practice learning how to read, write and use the tricky words at home! (Block 1-Block 3)
For reading, we each got a new ORT book and we predicted what we thought was going to happen in the story before reading, we had word hunts and we read both individually and with a partner. We also practised our comprehension skills by completing a fill in the missing word activity sheet. We enjoyed the extra challenge of reading our book backwards this week! Reading books will be sent home on a Thursday and to be returned to school on a Monday! Please feel free to write any comments in your child’s reading diary! Some of us even read our first play scripts this week of a story we already knew.
In writing this week we wrote a story using the film trailer ‘Brave’ as a stimulus. We talked about characters and setting and used our plans to help us write out story. We also ensured we were using our non-negotiables and using descriptive language.
Things to try at home;
Practice reading your reading book which is sent home! Read the book forwards and backwards, ask your child questions about the story, the characters etc. You could extend the learning of the book and ask your child to write the next part of the story.
Revise our new sounds and tricky words! Can you read them and write them?
Write a story about your weekend! Can you add lots of detailed language?
Recognise and use our non-negotiables in everything you write!
Numeracy
In numeracy this week we practised our counting skills and recognising numbers up to 100. We also looked at 100 squares and noticing patterns on them. We counted screened and unscreened collections together and also practised making equal groups. We also practiced thinking of other ways to make numbers on our fingers, sequencing numerals and identifying numbers up to 100.
We also continued our Data Handling maths topic and revised everything we had learned the previous week.
Things to try at home:
Practice counting to 100.
Can you notice numbers in your local environment? On buses, houses or outdoors? What number comes before or after the one you see? What is 10 more than that number?
Practice counting items or groups of items in your house. Can you make tally marks to show how many you have?
Other Curricular Areas
P.E: We enjoyed practising our athletic skills and learning how to use our arms and looking where we are going to help us run faster.
Topic: We also continued to think about different foods which come from plants and animals.
Outdoor Learning: We had lots of fun playing with the outdoor loose parts and exploring building and making things together!
Photos of the Week:
P1L’s Highlights of the Week:
Isla – I liked learning about how much makes 10.
Lucy – I liked learning my new sounds.
Calum – I liked doing my my speedy maths challenge.
Logan – I enjoyed seeing and playing with my friends.
Next Week:
P.E will be on Monday and Thursday.
On Thursday – we have the performance ‘Potato Needs a Bath’ which the children are required to bring in a root vegetable to school for the performance. I would be grateful if you could bring this in on Tuesday.
Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing as we will have one outdoor lesson per day.
Please return your reading folder (book and reading diary inside the folder please!) on Monday!
You have all worked really hard this week! Well done!
Here is what we have been up to:
Literacy
In literacy this week we have learned three new sounds – ‘nd’ ‘nt’ and ‘mp’. We enjoyed thinking of words which have the sounds in them, looking for words in our reading books and drawing pictures of words which have the sounds in them. We also enjoyed writing words with these sounds in sentences, reading texts and highlighting the new sounds and playing games! We also continued to learn and look at the Block 3 tricky words. This week we focussed on ‘kind’ and ‘find’. Please continue to practice your tricky words at home and our new sounds each week. Please practice learning how to read, write and use the tricky words at home! (Block 1-Block 3)
For reading, we each got a new ORT book and we predicted what we thought was going to happen in the story before reading, we had word hunts and we read both individually and with a partner. We also practised our comprehension skills by completing a fill in the missing word activity sheet. We enjoyed the extra challenge of reading our book backwards this week! Reading books will be sent home on a Thursday and to be returned to school on a Monday! Tuesday next week. Please feel free to write any comments in your child’s reading diary!
In writing this week we wrote a story using ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ as a stimulus. Our writing task was to continue the story as the butterfly and think about what they might like to eat. We planned our stories by thinking about who our butterfly was (what did they look like etc), where our story was going to take place and what did they eat. We then wrote our stories, reminding ourselves to use our non-negotiables and designed beautiful drawings of our butterflies!
Things to try at home;
Practice reading your reading book which is sent home! Read the book forwards and backwards, ask your child questions about the story, the characters etc. You could extend the learning of the book and ask your child to write the next part of the story.
Revise our new sounds and tricky words! Can you read them and write them?
Write a story about your weekend! Can you add lots of detailed language?
Recognise and use our non-negotiables in everything you write!
Numeracy
In numeracy this week we practised our counting skills and recognising numbers up to 100. We also looked at 100 squares and noticing patterns on them. We counted screened and unscreened collections together and also practised making equal groups. We also practiced thinking of other ways to make numbers on our fingers, sequencing numerals and identifying numbers up to 100.
We also had a look at the Early Level Benchmarks and revised our learning of numeracy we have done throughout the year.
We also started our Data Handling maths topic and learned how to make tally marks to record information. We also learned how to make pictograms and bar charts to show the information we had gathered when taking the tally marks.
Things to try at home:
Practice counting to 100.
Can you notice numbers in your local environment? On buses, houses or outdoors? What number comes before or after the one you see? What is 10 more than that number?
Practice counting items or groups of items in your house. Can you make tally marks to show how many you have?
Other Curricular Areas
P.E: We enjoyed practising our athletic skills and learning how to use our arms and looking where we are going to help us run faster.
French: We have been learning how to count to 10 in french and basic greetings. We also have been learning the days of the week and how to say ‘Today it is..’ We also learned how to say what we are feeling in French.
Topic: This week we talked about where our food comes from and if it comes from a plant or an animal. We also spoke about our favourite foods and where we thought they came from.
Outdoor Learning: We had lots of fun playing with the outdoor loose parts and exploring building and making things together!
Photos of the Week:
P1L’s Highlights of the Week:
Jack – I enjoyed loose parts outdoors.
Joe – I liked the loose parts messy play.
Barney – I liked doing maths this week.
Next Week:
Enjoy the Monday holiday!
P.E will be on Thursday.
Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing as we will have one outdoor lesson per day.
Please return your reading folder (book and reading diary inside the folder please!) on Tuesday!
This week we have had lots of fun focussing on our health and wellbeing for Health Week! We enjoyed our mini sports day and learning about the SHANARRI indicators! I hope you have enjoyed this week of learning in school. We have had a very busy week – you have all worked really hard! Well done!
Here is what we have been up to this week:
Literacy
In literacy this week we have learned four new sounds – ‘ng’ and ‘nk’. We enjoyed thinking of words which have the sounds in them, looking for words in our reading books and drawing pictures of words which have the sounds in them. We also enjoyed writing words with these sounds in sentences, reading texts and highlighting the new sounds and playing games! We also continued to learn and look at the Block 3 tricky words. Please continue to practice your tricky words at home and our new sounds each week. Here are some videos we use in school which you could watch again at home. Please practice learning how to read, write and use the tricky words. (Block 1-Block 3)
For reading, we each got a new ORT book and we predicted what we thought was going to happen in the story before reading, we had word hunts and we read both individually and with a partner. We also practised our comprehension skills by completing a fill in the missing word activity sheet. We enjoyed the extra challenge of reading our book backwards this week! Reading books will be sent home on a Thursday and to be returned to school on a Monday.
Things to try at home;
Practice reading your reading book which is sent home! Read the book forwards and backwards, ask your child questions about the story, the characters etc. You could extend the learning of the book and ask your child to write the next part of the story.
Revise our new sounds and tricky words! Can you read them and write them?
Write a story about your weekend! Can you add lots of detailed language?
Recognise and use our non-negotiables in everything you write!
Numeracy
In numeracy this week we practised our counting skills and recognising numbers up to 100. We also looked at 100 squares and noticing patterns on them. We counted screened and unscreened collections together and also practised making equal groups. We also practiced thinking of other ways to make numbers on our fingers, sequencing numerals and identifying numbers up to 100.
Things to try at home:
Practice counting to 100.
Can you notice numbers in your local environment? On buses, houses or outdoors? What number comes before or after the one you see? What is 10 more than that number?
Other Curricular Areas
P.E: We enjoyed our sports day, doing yoga and dance in the classroom and our morning maths exercise counting activity.
French: We have been learning how to count to 10 in french and basic greetings. We also have been learning the days of the week and how to say ‘Today it is..’ We also learned how to say my name is and practised introducing ourselves to a partner. We are really enjoying learning French with Ms Leach!
Health and Wellbeing: We enjoyed learning about SHANARRI and drawing pictures of a time we have felt safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, responsible, respected and included. We also discussed what each of the words meant.
Photos of the Week:
P1L’s Highlights of the Week:
Jack – I enjoyed doing my maths worksheet.
Abigail – I liked doing the Sporticus work outs.
Barney – I liked doing maths this week.
Haniya – I liked playing with the loose parts.
Lucy – I liked learning about Health and Wellbeing and how to keep myself healthy.
Alex – I liked playing with my friends.
Next Week:
Ms Leach will be teaching the class on Monday.
P.E will be on Monday and Thursday.
Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing as we will have one outdoor lesson per day.
On Friday we will be going to do Outdoor Loose Parts in the Playground. Please wear appropriate clothing you don’t mind getting dirty or muddy!
Please return your reading folder (book and reading diary inside the folder please!) on Monday!
Here is your learning for today. A pack was sent home with everything you need for today’s learning.
Literacy: Writing
Task:
Using the writing sheet within the pack, write a story about your favourite food or favourite dish. Can you tell me why this is your favourite? Have you ever helped to make it yourself? For an extra challenge, describe how the food tastes. Can you extend your sentences by adding in more descriptive language? Take your time drawing a picture of your favourite food or of you eating it. Your choice!
Remember our non-negotiables and check your work when you think you are finished. Have you included capital letters, full stops and finger spaces?
Numeracy/Maths: Measurement
Task:
We are going to be continuing our learning of measurement, carrying on from the lesson we had yesterday in school. Now it is your turn to play with water and make different measurements using various containers you have in your house. Before filling each container with water can you guess which one might hold more? Which container will hold less?
Please fill out the worksheet which is in this pack.
Health and Wellbeing: Food Technology
Task:
Next week we are going to be starting our new topic of ‘My Body’ and how to keep it fit and healthy. We would like you to help an adult prepare a healthy snack or lunch for your family. You could help by cutting fruit, spreading butter, making a sandwich. Whatever you and your family would like to do. You could do some baking if you have time. You may also wish to make the food/dish you wrote about for writing.
Remember to wash your hands before preparing the food and to help with the washing up!
You could take photos and share these on the learning journals.
Other
Here are further suggestions of activities you could do at home today if you would like.
Read a story with an adult or individually.
Go on a walk and see if you can spot signs of spring.
Revise our time topic and make a timetable for yourself for the day.
Go on Youtube and find any of the Jack Hartman videos we watch together in class.
Revise your tricky words by reading and writing them.
Revise our phonics sounds we have been working on recently – you could choose a sound and write as many words which have that sound in it as you know. Can you use any in a sentence?
I hope you have a lovely day, please get in touch if you have any questions.
I hope you have enjoyed this week of learning in school. We have had a very busy week – you have all worked really hard! Well done!
Here is what we have been up to this week:
Literacy
In literacy this week we have learned four new sounds – ‘sp” ‘st’ ‘sw’ and ‘tw’. We enjoyed thinking of words which have the sounds in them, looking for words in our reading books and drawing pictures of words which have the sounds in them. We also continued to learn and look at the Block 3 tricky words. Please continue to practice your tricky words at home and our new sounds each week. Here are some videos we use in school which you could watch again at home.Please practice learning how to read, write and use the tricky words. (Block 1-Block 3)
For reading, we each got a new ORT book and we predicted what we thought was going to happen in the story before reading, we had word hunts and we read both individually and with a partner. We also practised our comprehension skills by completing a fill in the missing word activity sheet. We enjoyed the extra challenge of reading our book backwards this week! Reading books will be sent home on a Thursday and to be returned to school on a Monday.
In writing, we wrote about a journey to a beach. We imagined what sand feels and looks like and planned what we were going to write about. We included more descriptive words into our writing, and made sure we included at least 3 points in our writing. We also practised using sentence structure correctly.
Things to try at home;
Practice reading your reading book which is sent home! Read the book forwards and backwards, ask your child questions about the story, the characters etc. You could extend the learning of the book and ask your child to write the next part of the story.
Revise our new sounds and tricky words! Can you read them and write them?
Write a story about your weekend! Can you add lots of detailed language?
Numeracy
In numeracy this week we practised our counting skills and recognising numbers up to 100. We counted screened and unscreened collections together and also practised making equal groups. We also revised our maths topic of time.
We revised days of the week, months in the year and the order they come in/what season each month is in. We also practised telling the time and writing the clock hands onto clocks. We looked and played with clocks and learned how to read o’clock times on a clock. We had lots of fun learning this! As an extra challenge we learned how to read half past times as well!
Things to try at home:
Practice counting to 100.
Can you notice numbers in your local environment? On buses, houses or outdoors? What number comes before or after the one you see? What is 10 more than that number?
Practice telling the time and looking at clocks. What hour comes next?
Revise the days of the week and months of the year. Ask a family member if there is any special months to your family? Family birthdays etc!
Other Curricular Areas
P.E: We played some fun fitness games and practised our balancing skills. We also enjoyed our fun activities with the P.E Coach.
French: We have been learning how to count to 10 in french and basic greetings. We also have been learning the days of the week and how to say ‘Today it is..’ We also learned how to say my name is and practised introducing ourselves to a partner. We are really enjoying learning French with Ms Leach!
Next Week:
I hope you have a lovely Monday/Tuesday holiday! Enjoy the sun and playing outdoors!
On Thursday – we have our whole class live session at 9:00am-9:30am – I will send out a Teams link to this on Wednesday. Work for the LTAH day will be published on the blog on Wednesday evening.
We will be continuing to work on the SNSA assessments next week. Well done to everyone! You all worked really hard and concentrated really hard whilst doing them!
Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing as we will have one outdoor lesson per day.
I hope you have enjoyed this week of learning in school. We have had a very busy first week back together – you have all worked really hard! Well done!
Here is what we have been up to this week:
Literacy
In literacy this week we have learned four new sounds – ‘sm” ‘sn’ ‘sc’ and ‘sk’. We enjoyed thinking of words which have the sounds in them, looking for words in our reading books and drawing pictures of words which have the sounds in them. We also learned began to look at the Block 3 tricky words. Please continue to practice your tricky words at home and our new sounds each week. Here are some videos we use in school which you could watch again at home.
For reading, we each got a new ORT book and we predicted what we thought was going to happen in the story before reading, we had word hunts and we read both individually and with a partner. We also practised our comprehension skills by completing a fill in the missing word activity sheet. We enjoyed the extra challenge of reading our book backwards this week!
In writing, we wrote about our Easter holidays. We thought about something we had enjoyed doing in the holidays and wrote a story about it. We practised adding more detail into our sentences by added interesting words to help our writing be more descriptive. We are still working on this!
Things to try at home;
Practice reading your reading book which is sent home! Read the book forwards and backwards, ask your child questions about the story, the characters etc. You could extend the learning of the book and ask your child to write the next part of the story.
Revise our new sounds and tricky words! Can you read them and write them?
Write a story about your weekend! Can you add lots of detailed language?
Numeracy
In numeracy this week we practised our counting skills and recognising numbers up to 100. We also started our maths topic of time.
We revised days of the week, months in the year and the order they come in/what season each month is in. We thought about something which happens in each month – such as our birthdays or a holiday and drew beautiful pictures to help us remember each month. We also learned how to tell the time. We looked and played with clocks and learned how to read o’clock times on a clock. We had lots of fun learning this! As an extra challenge we learned how to read half past times as well!
Things to try at home:
Practice counting to 100.
Can you notice numbers in your local environment? On buses, houses or outdoors? What number comes before or after the one you see? What is 10 more than that number?
Practice telling the time and looking at clocks. What hour comes next?
Revise the days of the week and months of the year. Ask a family member if there is any special months to your family? Family birthdays etc!
Other Curricular Areas
P.E: We played some fun fitness games and practised our balancing skills.
Drama: We learned how to show and express our emotions through our faces and our body language.’
French: We have been learning how to count to 10 in french and basic greetings. We also have been learning the days of the week and how to say ‘Today it is..’ We also learned how to say my name is and practised introducing ourselves to a partner. We are really enjoying learning French with Ms Leach!
Next Week:
P.E will be on Monday and Thursday.
Next week we will be doing the SNSA assessments which we have gone over together as a class and supported the children in making them seem like a fun game they will be playing with our PSAs.
Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing as we will have one outdoor lesson per day.
Ms Leach will be teaching the class on Monday next week.
Well done everyone with another term of Primary 1! You are growing and becoming such wonderful learners and I am so proud of you! This term has been usual but we have had lots of fun together both in the classroom and online!
Here is what we have been up to this week:
Literacy
In literacy this week we learned two new sounds – ‘fl’ ‘gl’ and ‘pl’. We enjoyed thinking of words which have the sounds in them, looking for words in our reading books and drawing pictures of words which have the sounds in them. We also have been practicing to read and write our Block 2 tricky words. Please continue to practice your tricky words at home and our new sounds each week. I have sent home a sheet with words which your child needs to practice writing by memory – any practice of these would be beneficial. Here are some videos we use in school which you could watch again at home.
Things to try at home:
Practice reading and writing both Block 1 and Block 2 tricky words to memory. You could make flash cards, write them using chalk, make them out of pasta, draw them in sand, flour, paint etc..
Read for fun! Read anything – books, magazines, newspapers. Sound out words you don’t know and have a guess using your knowledge of sounds before asking for help.
Write a diary of your Easter holidays. Draw a picture of something fun you do each day and write a sentence describing what you did. Can you use any descriptive language? Can you join two short sentences together with ‘and’ or give more detail with ‘because’.
Numeracy
In Numeracy we had a revision week of areas in SEAL we need more practice on. These included writing arrays, counting jumps between numbers, number bonds to 10 and 20, addition and describing and making equal groups.
We continued our maths topic of Positional Language and Movement. We continued to practice giving other people directions and playing games in P.E.
We also enjoyed doing Easter themed maths activities.
Things to try at home:
Practice counting forwards and backwards to 30. (Up to 100 for an extra challenge.)
Saying numbers before and after in the range to 30. (Up to 100 for an extra challenge.) Try saying the next two or three numbers forwards and backwards!
Making and diving items into equal groups. You could use pens, sticks, stones, toys. Whatever you can find!
Look for numbers in your local community when you are outside! What is 2 more, 5 more or even 10 more!
Other Curricular Areas
P.E: We used our maths focus of positional language to help us in P.E this week.
Art: We talked about spring and made spring pictures of trees with blossom on them!
Music: We enjoyed having our online music lessons where we talked about different musical instruments we could play, clapping along to the beat of songs and listening to the music as it got louder and quieter, faster and slower. Thank you to the music specialist for the wonderful online opportunity!
Handwriting: We took handwriting outside this week and used chalks to practice our cursive letter formation.
RME: We learned about the Easter story this week and had a discussion about what the story means for Christians.
French: We have been learning how to count to 10 in french and basic greetings. We also have been learning the days of the week and how to say ‘Today it is..’ We also learned how to say my name is and practised introducing ourselves to a partner. We are really enjoying learning French with Ms Leach!
Here are some photos of our learning this week:
Happy Holidays!
Ms Leach will be teaching the class on the first Tuesday back after the holidays.
P.E will be on Thursday that week.
I hope you have a lovely holiday! Stay safe, have fun and I look forward to seeing you after the break!
The Lion’s have had another great week in Primary 1! We have had lots of fun playing with our friends both inside the classroom and outside in the playground.
Literacy
This week we learned two more sounds: ‘g’ and ‘f’.
We had lots of fun watching Geraldine the Giraffe, playing lots of games about our new sounds and singing the Jolly Phonic’s songs! We played a sound race game and writing out 3 sound words which matched an image. We also loved drawing and colouring in our fishes to help us learn the ‘f’ sound. We are enjoying blending the sounds we have learned together to make words.
We also continued with our reading this week and read a new book together. We are learning how to make predictions about a text with the information we have in the text and in the illustrations, we are using the words that are on our books to make sentences. We are working very hard on developing all our reading skills. We really enjoyed looking for words in the book, reading with a partner and we even read the book backwards which we found really silly but super fun!
Things to try at home:
Practice the common words found in the book which were sent home. If you don’t have the flashcards the list of words is: Biff, Chip, Kipper, Mum, Dad, Floppy, and, a, the
Use the alphabet flashcards which were also sent home and ask your child to tell you the sound. (Some we have haven’t learned yet but will have before Christmas – if you have time you could see if your child knows what they are!)
Go on a letter hunt. Look around you for places where you can see any of the letters you know. Remember to say the pure sound of the letter not the name. ( so a= ah, not ay )
On Monday – I will be sending home on a document with words/story of your child’s reading book. As we cannot send the books home it would be great if you could practice reading the text with your child. With the text practice reading the story both forwards and backwards, ensuring your child is pointing to the word they are saying. Also ask your child to find you particular words from the text to practice their recognition of words/sounds. Ask your child to find you a word beginning with _____ from the text, again to practice recognition of the sounds/letters.
Use the literacy home learning sheet linked below. You can either print out the flashcards to build words or simply write them onto paper. Try and build some of the suggested words.
This week in numeracy we had a focus week on pattern.
We learned all about what pattern is and the different types of patterns we might see in our local community. For example, shape patterns, colour patterns and picture patterns. We also learned the difference between natural and man made patterns and played a simple game of “what am I?” The children had to decide if the pattern was either natural, something that has grown outside or an animals feathers, or if it had been made by a person, for example, roof tiles, buildings or windows. We then went for a pattern hunt in the playground and looked for 5 natural patterns and 5 man made patterns. We found lots of leaves, trees, bricks on the the school building and the colours on the school benches. Unfortunately, we tried to then make our own patterns with leaves and sticks but it was too windy for us to build them! We also coloured in shapes to make our own colour patterns, did finger painting to finish the dot/colour patterns on snakes and drew our own patterns where we could do anything we wanted. One of our play stations this week was also using peg boards to copy simple patterns or we could make our own.
We also continued to use the SEAL maths programme for our mental maths this week. We practised saying the number before and number after in the range to 30 and beyond. We also loved playing my turn, your turn counting up and back down to and from 30.
Things to try at home:
Look for patterns around your house, garden or local community. Is it natural or is it man made?
Can you create a pattern using anything you can find in your house? For example, pencils, books, toys, flowers, leaves, stones.
Count items using 1-1 correspondence. Put down a quantity of small items, for example raisins, buttons, counters, small stones or lego bricks. Ask your child to count them carefully, pointing to, or moving each one in turn. can they count the total accurately? Increase the level of challenge by using a larger collection.
Number hunt: Ask your child to look for specific numbers in the street: buses, house numbers and ask your child to say the number that goes after and before that number.
Practice number formation of the numbers 0 to 10 (or more if your child is confident with this already) As an extra challenge ensure they are writing two digit numbers the correct way around.
Other Areas
P.E:
P1 has also been having lots of fun playing outside in the playground. In P.E we have been working on our fitness and spatial awareness when running around the playground. We also have been learning about different ways to move around the playground such as running, jumping, hopping, skipping etc. We had four different games in P.E, focusing on our fitness skills/ways of travelling, which we rotated round in small groups. The first was walking along a skipping rope, practising our balance, then we did five star jumps and ran back to high five the next person in our team. The second, was to run backwards and forwards from the black fence to a row of cones. We had to keep moving for the duration of the time but we could walk, skip or jump if we got too tired running. The third station was weaving in and out between cones whilst running. This made us have to think about where our bodies were going and to think about where our feet need to be to get around the cone. The last station was arguably the most fun for the P1s! In groups of two we had to take bean bags and place them into our hoop. We then had to take bean bags from the other teams hoops and bring them back to our own. We had to keep running and taking bean bags until the time ran out. The four games made us very tired but we had a discussion about why exercise is good for us and why our hearts beat faster after exercise.
Music:
We also did our first music lesson this week. We listened to two different pieces of music and talked about how they made us feel. One made us feel happy and excited where as the other one made us feel sad and sleepy. We then got out some instruments and either played/clapped along to the beat of the music. You can find the game below.
This week for art we had a Halloween theme. We designed our own pumpkins using whatever colours we liked. We also got to design their own faces.We also made a spooky ghost picture by using white paint on black paper. We painted our hands to make the ghosts and decorated with glitter. Some children even painted cobwebs in the corner. Then we used a black pen to add detail to our ghosts, stuck on googly eyes and used a white pencil to add any other images to our pictures.
Handwriting:
We also continued to practice our funky fingers. This helps with holding pens and pencils to get ready for writing, we started using playdough to help make our hands and fingers stronger. We have been having lots of fun following, the videos below. If you have any playdough at home why not practice at home!
We have had lots of fun developing our social skills by playing with our peers in the classroom. We have lots of fun drawing pictures and making crafts, playing in the home corner and reading in the book corner. We also have lots of fun building castles and towers with the construction blocks. There is always lots of fun things to do in the classroom to support our learning and play.
Things to Try at Home
Play our P.E games in the garden or practise the ways in which you could move your body.
Practice clapping along to songs you might be listening to. Can you hear the rhythm? Also, think about how the music you listen to makes you feel.
Think about where you hear music. For example, on the radio, in games, on the telly.
P1L’s Favourite Moments of the Week
“I liked playing the drum in music.” – Barney
“I liked learning about pattern and making my own one.” – Georgie
“I enjoyed playing with the bricks with Archie.” – Maximos
“I had fun playing music.” – Murray
“I liked painting my ghost.” – Maisie
“I had fun looking at all of the pumpkins.” – Archie
Happy Weekend!
Ms Leach will be teaching the class on Monday.
P.E will be on Mondays and Thursdays – please come dressed and ready for P.E.
Please remember to label all items with your child’s name. We still have items that haven’t been claimed since August. Remember to label hats and gloves too!
We hopefully will be going to do some Outdoor Learning in the woods on Tuesday morning. (I will confirm on Monday by email). If possible, please ensure your child comes dressed appropriately as the woods can be muddy.
If you no longer have any resources at home – please get in touch and I will happily send some home in your child’s purple book bag.
Have a lovely weekend, stay safe and I will see you on Monday.
Buckstone Primary School 