Category: Primary 1

Buckstone Primary School, P1 Koalas

P1M Reflective Friday 19.5.23

Staff..469

Hello everyone,

MATHS AND NUMERACY

This week we have been assessing what we know about time.

In numeracy we have been counting backwards from 30 starting at different numbers, recognising numbers to 50, describing equal shares, ordering numbers, and adding together two collections of objects.

We played a game on the iPad to help us practise our number bonds to 10.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Practise number bonds to 10:

0+10=10

1+9=10

2+8=10 etc.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Use the game above to help.

If your child is confident with the number bonds to 10, try number bonds to 20.

LITERACY

This week we have been learning to blend an initial consonant with the letter l :cl bl fl sl gl and the tricky words here and of.

This week’s dictation practised the blend we have been revising this week.

We use Pink for Think and Green for Great to reflect on our learning.

This week we were writing about black animals to practise our blend.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Please see the sheet your child has brought home today and complete the suggested activities.

Listening and Talking Presentation – My Favourite Place
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 don’t bring a script to read out, you may have some bullet points on a piece of paper to help you remember if you would find that helpful.  We will begin to hear the Masterminds’ talks on Monday 29th May, so please have them ready for then. Thank you and we look forward to hearing all about your favourite places!

RSHP

We started thinking about looking after animals and discussed pets and the need for shelter. We created birds nests in groups.

PE

We have been practising ball skills by kicking and dribbling the ball.

LOOSE PARTS

We had a lovely sunny afternoon for our Loose Parts learning.

 The next day for Loose Parts is  Friday 26 May.

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

(Thanks so much to everyone who has sent in boxes of tissues, it is much appreciated).

P1 Pandas

P1W reflective Friday 19.5.23

Staff...685

Listening and Talking Presentation – My Favourite Place
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. Please bear in mind that we would like the children to talk informally about their favourite place and not read a prepared script, so no need to type or write anything out for them. We won’t be using powerpoints/technology to deliver our talks. We will begin to hear the 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!

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This week’s homework

  • learn to spell the tricky words here and of
  • complete the activities outlined on the home learning sheet
  • practice instant recall of the Number bonds that make 10. Pupils should be able to quickly name the partner number to a given number without counting on or using fingers. Memorise these facts.
  • you may choose to play this game to support revision. Start by choosing the number bonds to ten option. Up the level of challenge to 20 if required.


Independent learning

The children have been developing a wide range of skills through independent learning opportunities in class and outdoors.. we have enjoyed having warm sunny weather allowing us to be outside more than usual.

Literacy.

This week we have been learning to blend initial consonants with the letter l, eg bl, cl, fl,

Our writing prompt this week was ‘ My planet….’

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

Maths and numeracy

We have been doing some speedy adding – how quickly can you answer these sums…..

7+2= 3+6= 12+6= (etc, with totals up to 20 for most pupils)


We have also been revising and assessing our knowledge of number bonds to 10. For most pupils we will be continuing to revise this next week. Please support your child with this learning at home.

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Looking ahead to next week

Holiday Monday

Loose Parts on Friday

Other areas of the curriculum


In PE we learned to use our feet to control and stop a ball.


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

P1 Pandas

P1W reflective Friday 12.5.23

Staff...685

This week’s homework

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


Health week

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

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

Literacy.

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

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

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

Maths and numeracy


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

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

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Looking ahead to next week

Next week we have loose parts learning on Wednesday.

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

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

Other areas of the curriculum


We have enjoyed watching our caterpillars grow bigger each day.


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

Buckstone Primary School, P1 Koalas

P1M Reflective Friday 12.5.23

Staff..469

Hello everyone,

MATHS AND NUMERACY

This week we have been learning about O’ clock times using analogue and digital clocks. We matched analogue times to digital times on a worksheet and some of us learned about half past.  We continued to practise the months of the year and tried to link them to the seasons.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Talk to your child about O’ clock times and try to spot analogue and digital clocks when you are out and about.

We talk about our class calendar every morning  and discuss today, yesterday, and tomorrow. Please talk about the days of the week with your child and discuss what day it is.

LITERACY

This week we revised the sounds rk nt ng nk tr gr and the tricky words she and be.

This week’s dictation practised the sounds we have been revising this week.

We use Pink for Think and Green for Great to reflect on our learning.

This week we were writing about Sports Day and which activity  we had enjoyed the most.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

There is no new homework this week, please continue to revise the sounds already given out and build words with them.

Please continue to practise the words on the reading vocabulary card,  a few words at a time and share the reading book your child has brought home.

HEALTH WEEK

We began our Health Week with a fruit tasting.

We were lucky with the weather and managed to have Sports Day without getting wet.

As part of Relationships, Sexual Health, and parenthood, we have been naming body parts, completing diagrams, and singing songs to help us learn.

The whole of Primary One took part in Simon Says Dance and everybody enjoyed showing their dance moves.

In the gym hall we played games with Ryan which involved lots of different movement and helped us to stay fit.

The whole of Primary One was outside for a giant scootathon on Friday morning.

LOOSE PARTS

 The next day for Loose Parts is  Wednesday 17 May.

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

(Any donations of boxes of tissues gratefully received- thanks so much to everyone who has sent a box in).

P1 Pandas

P1W reflective Friday 5.5.23

Staff...685

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

This week’s homework

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


Independent learning

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

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Literacy.

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

Please note – no reading books were sent home yesterday.


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

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

Maths and numeracy


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

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

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Looking ahead to next week

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

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

Other areas of the curriculum


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


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

Buckstone Primary School, P1 Koalas

P1M Reflective Friday 5.5.23

Staff..469

Hello everyone,

MATHS AND NUMERACY

This week we have been practising our numeracy skills. We were counting forwards to 30 (some of us to 50), starting at different numbers and backwards from 20. We said the number which comes after a number and put numerals in the correct order. We practised our adding skills, writing the calculations out using the correct symbols.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

We are continuing to learn about time so please continue to  talk to your child about the days of the week and practise saying them in the correct sequence. Have a look around your home for examples of digital and analogue clocks and discuss before, after, o’clock, hour hand and minute hand.

LITERACY

This week we revised the sounds ch th wh  sh and the tricky words said and we.

This week’s dictation practised the sounds we have been revising this week.

We use Pink for Think and Green for Great to reflect on our learning.

This week we were writing about what we would do if we were king or queen. Many of the children wrote about looking after animals and being kind and some of us just wanted to wear a big crown!

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

There is no new homework this week, please continue to revise the sounds already given out and build words with them.

Please continue to practise the words on the reading vocabulary card,  a few words at a time and share the reading book your child has brought home.

PE

This week we were practising some activities for our Sports Day on the 10th of May. We were running relay races, throwing bean bags in hoops, and balancing balls on spoons.

Some examples of our learning through play. It has been amazing to see the children creating their own stories at the writing and drawing tables and making books of their own.

LOOSE PARTS

 The next day for Loose Parts is  Wednesday 17 May.

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

(Any donations of boxes of tissues gratefully received- thanks so much to everyone who has sent a box in).

P1 Pandas

P1W reflective Friday 28. 4.23

Staff...685

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

This week’s homework

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


Independent learning

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

Literacy.

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

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


Our writing prompt this week was our learning in the classroom

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

Maths and numeracy


We have been taking part in National assessments.

We continued to explore time and reading clocks.

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

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

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Looking ahead to next week

Loose parts on Wednesday.

Please return reading books on Wednesday.

Other areas of the curriculum


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

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

In PE we worked on our fitness and team work.

We take turns to lead our warm up.


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

Buckstone Primary School, P1 Koalas

P1M Reflective Friday 28.4.23

Staff..469

Hello everyone,

MATHS AND NUMERACY

This week we have been doing the Scottish National Standardised Assessments in literacy and numeracy. Children are presented with a range of questions, often with illustrations or images. The assessments are adaptive and establish the learner’s ability without them having to face lots of questions that are too easy or too difficult. They are completed on a one to one basis using an iPad and assessment questions change based on how well the learner is doing.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Please continue to  talk to your child about the days of the week and practise saying them in the correct sequence. Have a look around your home for examples of digital and analogue clocks and discuss before, after, o’clock, hour hand and minute hand.

LITERACY

We continued to learn about consonants that go together  to make a particular sound and this week our focus was on gr and tr. Our tricky words were into and as.

This week’s dictation practised the sounds we have been learning this week.

We use Pink for Think and Green for Great to reflect on our learning.

Our writing this week was based on our days of the week learning- ‘ On Tuesday I go to …………………….’

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Please cut out the flashcards your child has brought home today and use them to help your child to recognise the sounds and build words.

Please continue to practise the words on the reading vocabulary card,  a few words at a time and share the reading book your child has brought home.

PE

This week we were practising some activities for our Sports Day on the 10th of May. We were running relay races, throwing bean bags in hoops, and balancing balls on spoons.

GENERATION SCIENCE

We all enjoyed learning about sound waves in the story of Ella’s Wobble and loved making the shakers and squawkers to accompany the story.

LOOSE PARTS

 The next day for Loose Parts is  Wednesday 3 May.

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

Buckstone Primary School, P1 Koalas

P1M Reflective Friday 21.4.23

Staff..469

Hello everyone,

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school and to hear all  about their holidays.

MATHS AND NUMERACY

This week we have been learning about time and trying to link daily routines and personal events to time sequences. We have been practising naming the days of the week in sequence and have started to talk about analogue and digital time.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Please talk to your child about the days of the week and practise saying them in the correct sequence. Have a look around your home for examples of digital and analogue clocks and discuss before, after, o’clock, hour hand and minute hand.

LITERACY

We continued to learn about consonants that go together at the end of words to make a particular sound and this week our focus was on ng and nk. Our tricky words were come and some.

This week’s dictation practised the sounds we have been learning this week.

We use Pink for Think and Green for Great to reflect on our learning.

We made the most of the lovely weather and had a walk round the woods in the playground looking for signs of spring. When we got back to the classroom, we wrote about what we had seen.

THINGS TO DO AT HOME

Please cut out the flashcards your child has brought home today and use them to help your child to recognise the sounds and build words.

Please continue to practise the words on the reading vocabulary card,  a few words at a time and share the reading book your child has brought home.

MUSIC

We learned NYCoS rhymes and rhythms and enjoyed keeping to a beat.

MOBILE LIBRARY

We had a  visit from the mobile library and really enjoyed selecting a book and sharing it with our classmates.

PE

This week we were working on bouncing and kicking a ball. We also practised some activities for our Sports Day on the 10th of May. Everyone found skipping challenging and that is a skill we will be practising further.

RME

We watched a short film about  Eid and talked about why it is a special time for Muslims.

LOOSE PARTS

We enjoyed playing with our friends across the stage at Loose Parts on Thursday and enjoyed the beautiful weather. The next day for Loose Parts is  Wednesday 3 May.

Remember P1 photos are on Wednesday 26th April.

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

(Any donations of boxes of tissues gratefully received!)