This week, we have done revision of the ‘nk’ sound, tricky words and doubles in numeracy. Please see below for photos of us being busy! We have our final P1 Loose Parts session on Tuesday afternoon next week. On Tuesday morning, your child will meet their P2 teacher and get together with the other children who will be in their class.
On Thursday afternoon, we are going to have an End of P1 Party! The theme is ‘summer’, so we are going to come into school in our favourite summer/beach wear on Thursday. We will be providing popcorn as a snack. Should you wish your child to have a different snack, please send that into school with them.
Have a great weekend,
Miss Croal
During the play, we decided to have a wedding!During the play, we decided to have a wedding!
This week, we did some revision of digraphs sh and ch, and block 2 tricky words. We tried to find words that have ‘sh’ and ‘ch’ in our library books. During our writing time, we wrote about ‘my plant’. We had rainbow plants, purple plants, human plants and car-part plants! Please continue to practise writing the tricky words at home.
Maths and numeracy
This week, we continued with our practice of counting on to work out sums. We put the big number in our head and count on, sometimes with our fingers for support.
Other Areas
This week, we had a games session in PE and played the class idea of ‘diamond tig’ and Clear the Playground to practise our throwing skills. On Monday morning, we had Ally back from the Youth Music Initiative. We learned a new song and played more music games. On Monday afternoon, we were very excited to go and see the P7 Show! Everybody in the class showed excellent listening skills and respect for the performers. This week, we also started our new topic – Living Things. We started by talking about plants and flowers and what they need to grow and survive. We are excited to see if our seeds we planted grow! The class are interested in learning about lots of different animals, so this will be our focus for our Living Things topic to learn about what they all depend on to survive. We played the Yes/No game with different types of animals. On Tuesday morning, we enjoyed a lovely walk to the Walled Garden, and made a stop on the way back in the woods to look for any living creatures and do some bark rubbings.
a Titanic ship that floats!
To do at home
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-100, counting backwards from 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number formation
Maths: adding 1-10p coins together, left and right, telling the time on an analogue clock (o’clock and half past)
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraphs sh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junk coming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
In the sunny weather, please make sure your child is wearing suncream.
No loose parts next week.
Please now return your parent comment sheet for your child’s report by Monday 12th June if you haven’t already done so.
Please also return the Learning Story. This will then go to the P2 teacher for them to see, and it will then be sent home for you to have after the summer holidays.
Thanks for your support and enjoy the sunshine this weekend,
Listening and Talking Presentation/Talk – My Favourite Place
I want to say a huge well done to everybody on their fantastic talk about their favourite place. Everyone did a brilliant job!
Trip to the Walled Garden
On Tuesday next week (6th June), we are going to go on a trip to the Walled Garden. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather and for walking in woodland! There has been an email sent out about this too.
Good afternoon P1B. I can’t believe we are in our last month of P1!
Literacy
This week, we continued with our focus on initial blends starting with s for example ‘st’, ‘sl’, ‘sm’ and ‘sn’. We tried to find words that start with these blends in our new library books, and we found words such as snap, sprinkle, snug and stream. During our writing time, we wrote about our favourite place and drew lovely pictures. We heard everybody’s My Favourite Place presentations, and used great listening and talking skills. There will be certificates in the Learning Stories on Wednesday. Please continue to practise tricky words at home!
Maths and numeracy
This week, we practised counting on to work out sums. We put the big number in our head and count on, usually with our fingers for support. For adding two two-digit numbers, some of us used numicon to help partition the numbers. We also practised number formation, as a few of us are still drawing our numbers back to front. We went back to our time topic, and practised drawing hands on clock faces to show half past and o’clock. The next step for some of us is to make it clear which hand is the small hand and which hand is the big hand.
Other Areas
This week, we practised our ball skills in PE, including dribbling, bouncing, catching, kicking and throwing. With Mrs Conlin on Wednesday afternoon, we thought about the progress we have made in the Building Resilience programme, and used colours and smiley faces to show how we think we are doing with learning from mistakes, coping with ups and downs, asking for help and trying new things. On Monday morning, we had a music specialist from the Youth Music Initiative who taught us the song You’ve Got a Friend in Me. We also played some music games. We had a lovely and sunny Loose Parts session on Monday afternoon.
To do at home
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-100, counting backwards from 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number formation
Maths: adding 1-10p coins together, left and right, telling the time on an analogue clock (o’clock and half past)
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraphs sh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junk coming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
In the sunny weather, please make sure your child is wearing suncream.
Loose parts on Thursday next week.
There are no photos this week but I will make sure I take lots next week! Apologies. Here are some of our dance break before home time today.
Listening and Talking Presentation/Talk – My Favourite Place – ready for Monday!!!
As part of our literacy learning, we would like each learner to deliver a talk about their favourite place. This could be anywhere – perhaps the park, a holiday destination or even your bedroom! Talks should last no more than two minutes, and learners can bring in up to 3 things to show during the presentation if they wish to do so. We won’t be using powerpoints/technology to deliver our talks. Please ensure it is a prepared talk rather than reading from a ‘script’. Bullet points/pictures as prompts would be fine! We will begin to hear the Bright Sparks’ talks on Monday 29thMay, so please have them ready for then. Thank you and I look forward to hearing all about the favourite places!
Good afternoon P1B!
Literacy
This week, we focussed on initial blends starting with s for example ‘st’, ‘sl’, ‘sm’ and ‘sn’.We spent time practising writing some words that start with these blends. We had tubs of different smells in the classroom, and we had to guess what they were! During our writing time, we reflected on something we enjoyed in P1 and something we are looking forward to in P2. We learned 2 new tricky words – one and you. Please continue to practise writing the tricky words at home!
Maths and numeracy
This week, we focused on partitioning numbers. Some of us thought about different ways of making numbers 1-10, and some of us started to partition two-digit numbers into tens and units.
Other Areas
This week, we continued with our electricity topic. We talked about how to stay safe, things we should do around electricity and things we shouldn’t do. We made an amazing display that show visitors to our classroom how to stay safe. In the nice weather, we opened up the courtyard as a play zone and had lots of teamwork, problem solving and motor skills.
To do at home
MY FAVOURITE PLACE TALK
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-100, counting backwards from 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number bonds to 10
Maths: adding 1-10p coins together, left and right, telling the time on an analogue clock (o’clock and half past)
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraph sh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junk coming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
Loose parts on Monday!
Thank you for your support and enjoy your weekend!
Listening and Talking Presentation/Talk – My Favourite Place
As part of our literacy learning, we would like each learner to deliver a talk to the class about their favourite place. This could be anywhere – perhaps the park, a holiday destination or even your bedroom! Talks should last no more than two minutes, and learners can bring in up to 3 things to show during the presentation if they wish to do so. We won’t be using powerpoints/technology to deliver our talks, and please ensure it is a prepared talk rather than reading from a ‘script’. Bullet points/pictures as prompts would be fine though! We will begin to hear the Bright Sparks’ talks on Monday 29th May, so please have them ready for then. Thank you and I look forward to hearing all about the favourite places!
Literacy
This week, we focussed on initial blends ending in l, for example ‘cl’, ‘fl’, ‘bl’ and ‘pl’. We spent time trying to find words that start with these blends in our library books. In our writing this week, we designed our own planet! We had doggy-lands, sweetie worlds, pink planets and crazy planets! Some of us also chose to do some planet artwork in the classroom. We played ‘cleaning’ tig in PE and practised our mark-making and cutting skills with flower pictures. We did a wee tricky word quiz this morning to see how we are getting on with writing our block 2 tricky words. The ones most of us weren’t sure about were ‘there’, ‘were’, ‘come’, ‘some’, ‘said’ and ‘her’. Please continue to practise writing the tricky words at home! On Tuesday mornings, we have Mrs Petit, a retired headteacher, supporting us in our classroom. She was delighted this week to hear our reading skills, especially since it was the first time seeing our new book!
Maths and numeracy
This week, we returned to SEAL groups. We focussed on adding two collections and making equal groups. We are getting used to the language/difference between wording such as ‘making 2 groups’ and ‘making groups of 2’. As a class, we also practised seeing number patterns on a 100-square, and had to fill in some blanks. We all did well at working out which numbers were missing.
Other Areas
This week, we started our electricity topic. We sorted toys and household items into whether they were electric or manual. We learned that an object can be electric if it plugs into the wall or if it has a battery. We had a lovely loose part session in the sun on Wednesday afternoon – lots of great teamwork and creativity! Lots of creativity in the P1 area and the small bricks this week too.
To do at home
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-100, counting backwards from 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number bonds to 10
Maths: adding 1-10p coins together, left and right, telling the time on an analogue clock (o’clock and half past)
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraphs sh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junk coming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
Loose parts on Friday next week.
Thank you for your support and enjoy the long weekend!
This week, we continued with digraph and consonant blends revision. For our reading this week, we read a non-fiction book. We talked about how a non-fiction book is filled with real and true information/facts. We had a mixture of books that were about things such as calendars, animals and exercise.
Maths and numeracy
This week during our Maths time, we revised o’clock and half past times, and did a SEAL summary to see how we are doing with our SEAL learning so far. After a break to do our time topic, we will be back to SEAL groups next week. On our new class iPads, we played an addition game and used numicon to help work out the tricker sums.
Other Areas
We have had a super busy and fun week this week for Health Week! We all did so well at Sports Day, trying our hardest and supporting our friends. All of us took part in some fruit tasting with Mrs Shaw too! On Thursday, we had a dance class with Simon Says Dance which we all loved and left with huge smiles on our faces. Today, we had Multisports AND the P1 Scootathon – phewf! In class, we talked about the importance of eating fruit and vegetables and exercising. We also talked about My Body as part of the national RSHP programme. We learned names for some of our body parts and drew them on Bob and Babs! “My body belongs to ME!” was our main learning focus.
To do at home
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-30, counting backwards from 20 or 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number bonds to 10
Maths: naming 3D objects,adding 1-10p coins together, left and right, telling the time on an analogue clock (o’clock and half past)
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraphs sh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junk coming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
Loose parts on Wednesday next week.
Thank you for your support and enjoy the sunshine tomorrow!
This week, we did some revision of digraphs and final consonant blends such as sh, ch, ng and nk.
We also continued our Block 2 tricky words with ‘all’ and ‘her’. Please keep going with learning to read and write all of the tricky words we have done so far – repetition is key!
For writing, we thought about dinosaurs and had some great drawings and pieces of writing. Some of us wrote about fossils, or riding dinosaurs, or Steggy!
Maths and numeracy
This week during our Maths time, we continued with our individual National Standardised Assessments (NSA), and did some revision on time for o’clock and half past.
Other Areas
For our PE time on Thursday with Mrs Conlin, we practised our races for Sports Day. We also had a great Loose Parts session on Wednesday afternoon. Various children in the class have shown an interest in dinosaurs and fossils, so our classroom and learning this week had a ‘dino theme’. We matched dinosaur descriptions to pictures, used numicon to make a stegosaurus and found fossils, just like palaeontologists! On Friday, we talked about the King’s Coronation and the history of the event.
Here are some pictures of some of our learning in the P1 Area, courtesy of Mrs Shaw!
To do at home
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-30, counting backwards from 20 or 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number bonds to 10
Maths: naming 3D objects,adding 1-10p coins together, left and right, telling the time on an analogue clock (o’clock and half past)
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraphs sh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junk coming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
Next week is Health Week! We have lots of activities planned, including Sports Day, Multisports and Simon Says Dance! Children are encouraged to come to school everyday in PE kit. We will be going out in all weathers, so would advise bringing a lightweight waterprrof! We will also be starting our My Body topic as part of the RSHP programme.
No loose parts next week.
Thank you for your continued support and have a lovely long weekend!
This week, we started our focus with initial consonant blends, looking at words starting with gr and tr. For gr, we pretend to be a bear or tiger and go “grrrr!” Mrs Cross brought in her trumpet for tr, and we found out all about how it works and also looked at other brass instruments.We practised writing words that start with those sounds and tried some of them for our dictation. We had another new reading book, and I hope you enjoy hearing your child’s learning from the week!
This week, we also continued our Block 2 tricky words with ‘as and ‘into’. When you have time at home, please practise reading and writing all the tricky words we have covered so far.
Maths and numeracy
This week during our Maths time, we individually completed our Maths SNSA on an iPad. Everyone seemed to enjoy doing the Maths Quiz and coped really well!
Other Areas
This week for PE, we went outside on Monday to practise some races for Sports Day! We did running, team relays, egg and spoon and jumping. We had a visit from Generation Science on Wednesday, and heard the story of Ella’s Wobble. We learned that sounds are made because the air wobbles, and we made our own squawkers and shakers. We all had a great time and listened really well. We also made a display for the school on the UNCRC (United Nation’s Convention of the Rights of the Child). We found out that we all have a right to have an identity, the right to learn, the right to play, the right to live with a caring family and the right to be safe. We drew pictures of what these rights might look like.
To do at home
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-30, counting backwards from 20or 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number bonds to 10
Maths: naming 3D objects,recognising coins, adding 1-10p coins together, left and right, telling the time on an analogue clock (o’clock and half past)
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraphssh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junkcoming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
Please make sure your child has achange of clothesin school.
Wednesday loose partsnext week.
Thank you for your continued support and have a lovely long weekend! Apologies for the lack of photos this week.
Good afternoon. It was great to see everybody after the holidays!
Literacy
This week, we continued with our focus on final consonant blends, looking at words ending with ‘ng’ and ‘nk’. We practised writing words that end with those sounds and tried some of them for our dictation. We also had a visit to the mobile library and each chose a book to keep in school. We had fun trying to spot ‘ng’ and ‘nk’ words! We have another new reading book which we took home yesterday. We’ve been talking about punctuation that we come across in the book, such as exclamation marks and apostrophes.
This week, we also continued our Block 2 tricky words with ‘come and ‘some’. When you have time at home, please practise reading and writing all the tricky words we have covered so far.
Maths and numeracy
This week, we started our time topic. We talked about the seasons, particularly about signs of spriNG. We also focused on the days of the week, and practised answering questions such as “what day comes before Tuesday” etc. We then learned about to tell the time on an analogue clock for o’clock which we were all great at, so we then touched on half past times. We also talked about what time we would do things and sequencing the day, for example “Would you eat your lunch at 12 o’clock or 5 o’clock?”
Thumbs up for o’clock understanding!
Other Areas
This week for PE, we went outside on Monday to practise some races for Sports Day! We did running, team relays, egg and spoon and jumping. On Thursday, we worked on our ball skills. We did some throwing and catching with a partner, then practised throwing the bean bag into a target hoop. We had a great and sunny Loose Parts session on Thursday afternoon too! Today, we also talked about Eid and learned about what Muslim families to do celebrate the holiday.
To do at home
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-30, counting backwards from 20 or 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number bonds to 10
Maths: naming 3D objects, recognising coins, adding 1-10p coins together, left and right, telling the time on an analogue clock (o’clock and half past)
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraphs sh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junk coming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
Please make sure your child has a change of clothes in school.
On Wednesday morning next week, there is the Tempest class photograph.
We are looking forward to a visit from Generation Science for a show on Wednesday too!
This week, we continued with our focus on final consonant blends in words with ‘ft’ and ‘nt’.We practised writing words that end with those sounds and tried some of them for our dictation. Our reading is improving weekly, and I am so proud of everyone’s progress over this term! Reading books will continue to go home on Thursdays after the holidays.
This week, we also continued our Block 2 tricky words with ‘were and ‘there’. Most of us still need to do more practise of writing ‘said’ and ‘she’. We have been chanting ‘s-a-i-d said!’. When you have time at home, please practise reading and writing all the tricky words we have covered so far.
Maths and numeracy
This week, we continued with our position/movement topic. We went outside and hid treasure from our partners! We then had to give our partner directions to find the treasure, using language such as left turn, right turn, steps forwards and steps backwards. Some of us did very well with our lefts and rights, but please keep practising this at home!
Other Areas
This week, we had our final gymnastics lesson in PE with Mrs Conlin. We consolidated the skills we have been practising, such as balance, landing and jumping. We also finished our Creative Dance block with Mrs Conlin too. I was able to go and watch the final performance which was fantastic! We did really well at changing our movements when the music changed mood or tempo. For our pregnancy focus for RSHP, we had a very special visitor on Monday – a P1 Mummy came in with their 5 month old baby boy! We heard about what he eats, milestones and when he sleeps. We also had the chance to ask any questions we had. For RME, we learned about the Easter story and made Easter cards with a chick and an egg to show new life. We also managed to squeeze in another great Loose Parts session on Wednesday afternoon before the rain started! In the classroom this week, we had a Vets surgery! It was lovely to see the roleplay involved in this area.
To do at home
Numeracy: recognising the numbers 1-30, counting backwards from 20or 30, writing the ‘teen’ numbers with the 1 first and remember it’s ‘teen’ not ‘ty’, counting on with our fingers, number bonds to 10
Maths: naming 3D objects,recognising coins, adding 1-10p coins together, left and right
Literacy: being able to write our tricky words, recognising and writing the digraphssh, ch, th and wh.
General: being able to take off jumpers, open snacks and zip up coats.
General Information
Keep all the junk coming in – it’s amazing how quickly we run out!
We have Loose Parts on the Thursday after the Easter holidays (20thApril).
After Easter, hopefully the weather will allow us to be back outside on Monday mornings for PE.
Thank you for your continued support this term and I hope you have a lovely Easter holiday,
Buckstone Primary School 