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P1p reflective Friday 6.10.23

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Our learning this week


Here are some photographs of us developing our skills through our independent learning opportunities and experiences this week. Please take time to share these photographs with your child so they can share their learning with you.

Topics of pupil interest this week included elephants. We found out that the African elephant is the largest land mammal, they are herbivores, and that elephants can be found in Africa, Asia and South East Asia.


Literacy focus

This week we have been revising the sounds m and r and we introduced the letter

e

Some children are already familiar with these letter sounds ( and more) and have already begun to build and blend words in class. These are skills to practise at home whenever you can.

Here are some words to read and build. If you want a challenge you could try to write the word if an adult reads it to you.

men hen ten pet cat rat ran map nip arm

Building a word. Using plastic letters or letters written on small pieces of card or paper an adult says a three letter CVC word ( consonant, vowel, consonant) and the child chooses the correct sounds to make the word.

Blending a word . Adult writes or uses letters to make a CVC word and the child should say the pure sounds of each letter then blend them together to read the word.

Our writing programme starts with telling stories through detailed drawing. This week our focus was “I am pointing…..”

Maths and numeracy focus


We continue to work on SEAL ( Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning) Pupils are working and challenged at a level appropriate to their individual development. These are examples of some of the skills we have been practising :

Counting random printed arrays accurately ( when you can’t move the item being counted)

Counting in tens

Counting in tens off the decade

Recognising and ordering numerals to 20

Counting forward and back within 30 ( to 100 for some)

Establishing a collection.

Counting a collection with accurate 1-1 correspondence

Identifying number families ( teens, twenties, 30s etc)

Subitising ( recognising an amount without counting )

Other areas of the curriculum

In PE was have been focusing on the ball skills of throwing, catching and controlling a ball with our feet.

We enjoy following instructions to draw a picture. This week we drew elephants.


The weather has been quite windy this week so we made our own wind socks to test the direction of the wind.

We have enjoyed playing some singing games and rhymes with Mrs Cross, developing our skill in keeping a steady beat and also exploring different ways in which we can use our voices.


Looking ahead to next week

Loose parts play on Monday, weather permitting.


‘Homework’ ( things to practice at home)

Go on

Write your name. Try to use correct letter formation for all the letters. Remember, only the first letter should be a capital. As a challenge, try writing your surname too.


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P1p reflective Friday 29.9.23

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Our learning this week


Not so many photographs this week. Thank you for your engagement in Learning Together at Home. It was lovely to have the children back in school today.


Literacy focus

m and r

Some children are already familiar with these letter sounds ( and more) and have already begun to build and blend words in class. These are skills to practise at home whenever you can.

Building a word. Using plastic letters or letters written on small pieces of card or paper an adult says a three letter CVC word ( consonant, vowel, consonant) and the child chooses the correct sounds to make the word.

Blending a word . Adult writes or uses letters to make a CVC word and the child should say the pure sounds of each letter then blend them together to read the word.

Our writing programme starts with telling stories through detailed drawing. This week our focus was “My hair is blowing.”

Maths and numeracy focus


Our maths and numeracy learning this week was all about ordering number, recognising numerals, counting forward and backwards and measuring. If you have not yet had a chance to access the activities from the last three days the blog posts are still there if you would like to use them as additional homework support,

Other areas of the curriculum


Looking ahead to next week

Monday morning is the last day to return a home made Christmas card design.


‘Homework’ ( things to practice at home)

Go on

Go on a letter hunt as you are out and about, see how many of a given letter you can spot in environmental print.
Revise all sounds learned so far and build/read the words listed above.

Practise counting forwards and backwards within 20 starting at different points…

e.g. Count from 3 and stop at 9

Count backwards from 12 and stop at 7

Extend the range of number to provide challenge where required.

P1 Koalas, P1 Pandas

Home Learning P1 Thursday 28.9.23

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HOME LEARNING – LITERACY, THURSDAY 28.9.23

This week we were learning two new sounds – m and r. Watch the Jolly Phonics songs to remind you of the sounds and the actions which go with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOiNSTsIvfA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQe5Op1fU8

Have a look around your house or in your garden, try and find five things beginning with m and five things beginning with r.

Draw a picture of each of the things you have found. You could try and write the starting letter for each word.

Try reading some of the three-letter words which have our new sounds in them:

man  map imp mat Sam – look at where the m sound comes in the word, is it the first, second or third sound?

rat tar rip arm ran sir – look at where the r sound comes in the word, is it the first, second or third sound?

If you have used your flashcards to build three letter words like the examples above, you could try making three letter words using pasta, dried beans, or anything else you might have at home.

READING ACTIVITY

Choose a favourite book to read with an available adult at home. When you have finished sharing the book together have a think about the following questions:

Why do you like this book, is it funny? Is the main character someone you would like to be friends with? Are the illustrations attractive? Do the words rhyme? Can you think of a different ending for the story? What do you think might happen next in the story?

DRAWING ACTIVITY

When we read a book together in class, we talk about the name of the person who has written the book, we know that person is called the author.

We also talk about the person who has drawn the pictures in the book, sometimes they are the same person who has written the book, sometimes they are different people. The person who draws the pictures is called the illustrator.

Have a look at some of the picture books you have at home, which is your favourite? Look at the front cover, what is on it? Are the characters from the story on the front? Are the colours bright? Where is the title of the book?

Why don’t you try drawing your own front cover for a favourite book. Maybe you could draw your favourite part of the story, or just the main character or a picture of a building or place from the story. You could try copying the title too.

Buckstone Primary School, P1 Koalas, P1 Pandas

Numeracy and Maths home learning Thursday 28th September

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Today our focus will be on numeral recognition and ordering numbers.

There are two online games to play, but if you don’t have access to a device, or would rather avoid screen time, then I will also suggest a paper based task to do instead. please don’t feel the need to do it all !

Helicopter rescue is a game we used on Tuesday. This time, choose the red tab for find a number. Then choose the range of number most appropriate for your child ( everybody should choose 1-20 as a minimum)

Caterpillar Ordering is a game with which the children should be familiar as we have used it in school. Please choose the Ordering numbers option, and again, the level of challenge appropriate for your child .

If you prefer screen free learning, here is an option for you.

If you are out on a walk with an adult, look around for numbers in the environment ( house numbers/bus numbers/ numbers on labels in shops etc ) How many of the numbers do you know ? As an extra challenge you could ask your adult to take a note of the numbers you have seen. When you get home, write ( with an adults help) the numbers on small pieces of paper then lay them out in order from smallest to largest.

Buckstone Primary School, P1 Koalas, P1 Pandas

Social studies home learning Thursday 28th September

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We have been learning about our school and the Buckstone local area.

Here are 12 pictures of things in or near our playground and you will almost definitely have seen them all before. Can you identify what they are? Some of them might be really tricky, but see how you get on. The answers are down at the bottom of the page, but no looking until you are really stuck!

Our school badge has a deer on it. Someone in our class knew that it is actually a Buck and that is a male deer. Do you know what a baby deer is called ? Can you find out ?

If you would like to try to draw a baby deer you could watch this video and draw along.

  1. Buckstone Circle road sign
  2. A garden fence
  3. A purple plant pot
  4. The bike racks
  5. The scooter rack
  6. The climbing frame
  7. The water tap
  8. The stone cairn at the left hand side of the school – just past the car park
  9. The story chair
  10. The spider web on the nursery gate
  11. The keypad at the door where you line up
  12. Just outside the door of the new gym hall
Buckstone Primary School, P1 Pandas

Health and Wellbeing home learning Wednesday 27th September

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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

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’? What do you do to make yourself feel better ?

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Literacy home learning Wednesday 27th September

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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,

Please bring your drawing to school on Friday in your purple folder.

Buckstone Primary School, P1 Koalas, P1 Pandas

Numeracy and Maths home learning Wednesday 27th September

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Today our focus will be on the skills and language of measurement and comparing measures (length, width and height)

As before – here is a list of suggested activities for you to try at home. You don’t have to do them all, only what is manageable for you today.

KEY VOCABULARY – short, shorter, shortest, long, longer, longest, tall, taller, tallest

1.First, find a pen or pencil ( colour and size unimportant ) Next, find one thing longer than your pencil, one thing shorter than your pencil, one thing thicker, one thinner, one about the same size

2. Ask an adult to cut some string or wool into various lengths. Lay out the lengths of string in order starting with the shortest. You could collect sticks on a walk and then lay them out in order of length or thickness.

3. Discuss the heights of people in your family. Who is tallest ? Who is shortest? Who is taller than you and who is shorter than you ?

3. Collect 5 similar toys of different sizes (e.g. animals or cars) Use small objects like lego bricks to measure and compare the size of each toy.

4. Play this game on a tablet or laptop if you have access to one.

5. Measure the length of your room or garden by counting how many toe to heel steps you can take. If your adult measures the same thing, do they get the same number? If not, why do you think that might be ?

Measuring is not just about height and length. We can also measure weight and capacity. Baking is an excellent way to apply these skills. If anyone is baking something tasty today, take the opportunity t use the language of measurement in this context too. What better way to learn than having a tasty snack at the end !

P1 Koalas, P1 Pandas

Literacy – Tuesday 26 September

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We have been learning the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n and on Monday we began learning m and r. 

Sing along with the Jolly Phonics songs for the sounds we have been learning: 

s, a, t, p, i, n 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oazoG4t-JX4

m 

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

r 

Here are some suggestions for activities to help you with your learning: 

  • Ask someone at home to write the letters we have been learning onto individual squares of paper (to make flashcards). Get them to hold up a letter and you say the sound the letter makes. Can you point to the correct letter when they say the sound? 
  • Try reading some two or three-letter words like the ones shown in the table. They don’t need to be real words; you are practising ‘blending’ sounds together. 
ma sa pa ta 
mat sat pat tap 
ni si pi ri 
nip sip pat rip 
    
  • Use your flashcards to try and make some two or three-letter words.  
  • If you know more sounds already, practise reading and making words with these. As an additional challenge, perhaps you could try reading some words together in sentence. For example:   A dog sat.   A hen ran.  Sam had a cap. 

If you are out and about, you might want to try some of these activities: 

  • Play ‘I spy’ using the sounds we have been learning. 
  • How many things can you spot beginning with _________ ? 
  • What can you spot? (E.g. a cat) How many words can we think of that rhyme with cat? 
  • Play the memory game ‘I went to the shop and bought a ________’ using the sounds you know. 
  • Look at posters, bus adverts, signs etc – what letters do you recognise? What sounds do the letters make? Can you read any of the words? What do you think the poster / sign / advert is about? How do you know? (Using pictures as clues.)  
P1 Koalas, P1 Pandas

P.E. Tuesday 26 September

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Tuesday is usually one of our P.E. days.  

Try the activities below:

Warm up by following the actions in this song: 

We have been developing our ball skills and, so far, have been working on throwing, catching and bouncing. 

You will need a ball / bean bag / soft toy / scrunched up piece of paper / light scarf or another object someone at home says is safe to throw and catch.   

Catching 

Activity 1 

Throw your chosen object in the air and try to catch it with both hands.    

Begin by only throwing the object slightly into the air, gradually throwing it higher as you become more confident. 

If you feel really confident, try clapping once, twice or three times between throwing and catching. 

How many times can you throw and catch without dropping the object? 

Activity 2 

Ask someone at home to throw your chosen object to you.  Begin working closely together and move further apart as you begin to feel more confident. 

Remember: 

  • Keep your eye on the ball. 
  • Make sure your arms are outstretched and your hands are ready to catch. 

Throwing 

Activity 1 

Try throwing your object to a target.  This could be, for example, a basket or box, another object placed on the floor, or a mark drawn in chalk outdoors.  Use an overarm throw. 

Before you throw, remember to: 

  • Look to where you want your object to go. 
  • Lift your arm (the one holding your object) back. 
  • Point your other arm towards the target. 

Activity 2 

Throw and catch with someone at home.  Try to throw the object so that your partner can catch it easily.  This means throwing it towards them.  Try to work out how much space you need between you and your partner to throw and catch more easily. 

Cool down: 

Listen and follow the instructions to help you cool down: