We have arrived safely!
We have had a very busy first day, starting with a looooong walk to Bonaly and then we all did different activities in the afternoon like low ropes, orienteering, stream scrambling, and bushcraft. We had bolognese for dinner and then built some dens. We had to test them to see if they were waterproof. They were not and we got wet!
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Nursery Newsletter 09/09/22
Dear Parents/ Carers,
We hope you had a good week.
This week in P2 we have been learning:
Literacy
In literacy we have learned two new vowel diagraphs -ai and -ay. These are two ways of writing the same sound.
We learned that ai often comes in the middle of a word (e.g. nail, pain, drain) and that ay often comes at the end of a word (e.g. pray, stay, pay).
We have used this symbol and the phrase: ‘Eh? What did you say?’ to help us to remember this sound.
This week at writing we created a piece of writing without support. We described our own animal that we created by ‘mixing’ two animals. We made very interesting animals!
Maths
In Maths we have been learning about time. Our focus has been days of the week and months of the year.
We have continued to work on our numeracy skills through our SEAL programme (different groups will work with different numbers and skills depending on their abilities to be able to make progress accordingly):
- Counting backwards and forwards from a given number within the range of 30, 100 and beyond for some.
- Adding two collections of items (uncovered and covered).
- Sharing amounts equally.
- Working on doubles to ten.
Other areas
In PE we have worked on balance skills (indoors) and ball skills (outdoors): hand and feet skills.
We have started an interesting topic on animals across the world through the book ‘Polly Jean Pyjama Queen’
We have continued to work on our wellbeing indicators.
Both classes have a special focus on Kindness.
On Thursday we made the most of the rain. We learned how to do paper boats and tried them in the puddles in the playground. They sank…but we are going to keep trying different materials and designs. What a great time we had!
Things to do at home
Today your child will bring a sheet with how to from cursive letters correctly. Your child could practice how to write her/his name using cursive letters.
Literacy online games
- Choose the sounds we have worked on so far: https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html
- Practice tricky words Block 1, 2 and three. Your child should practice how to read and write these.
Maths
We have listened to this song:
Can your child’s name all the months on the year? Does your child now in which month she/he was born?
Other information
- Next Tuesday we will have a visit from Zoolab linked to our topic.
- On Thursday we will have Loose parts. Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing. We will be outdoors no matter the weather (unless torrential rain).
- Please ensure your child brings a jacket every day to school. As mentioned above children will be outdoors in all weathers.
- Purple folder. Thank you for your support in emptying the purple folders each day.
- Please we would like to remind you that toys and Pokémon cards should not be brought to school.
- A reminder to 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.
- We would appreciate donations of any unwanted empty or partially used notebooks or diaries (used pages can be removed). Also, any enticing writing implements (i.e., glittery pencils/gel pens/ pencils with feathers etc – anything other than standard school issue type pencils/pens). The children enjoy choosing resources from the table to use in their independent learning.
- We are looking for small pieces of ‘junk’ for modelling e.g., toothpaste boxes, tea bag boxes, snack bar boxes. The more interesting shapes the better!
Have a wonderful weekend!
P1B Reflective Friday 9.9.22
Hello Bright Sparks! We have had another busy week in school – here is what we have been up to:
Literacy
This week, we have introduced the ‘a’ sound and the ‘t’ sound. We practised the sounds with Geraldine the Giraffe and did a treasure hunt around the classroom to find objects beginning with the initial sounds. It was fun finding a picture of Tanav for ‘t’, and seeing which names in the class ended with the ‘a’ sound!
Numeracy
This week, we started our SEAL programme in groups. We all worked on counting collections of objects, counting forwards not starting from 1 and numerical identification and recognition. On Friday morning during class learning through play, some children took themselves to the teaching table and started being pretending to be Miss Croal, using our SEAL tasks from this week! At home, you could practise counting a collection of objects, making sure we are using our finger to point and counting out loud!
Other Areas
In PE this week, we have been continuing to focus on spatial awareness and basic movement, such as being in a space bubble, running, marching, walking, skipping and jumping forwards with two feet. We have also enjoyed singing games and working out who was knocking on the door and tapping on the window!
Reflective Friday
This week, the Bright Sparks said they enjoyed reading stories with their P6 buddies, the ‘a’ and ‘t’ treasure hunt and counting apples.
General information:
If the classroom door is closed, please drop off/pick up your child at the office.
Please look out for the coloured paper on a Friday in the purple folder with what we have been learning this week!
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Croal
P2D Reflective Friday 9.09.22
Dear Parents/ Carers,
We hope you had a good week.
This week in P2 we have been learning.
Independent Learning
Literacy
In literacy we have learned two new vowel diagraphs -ai and -ay.
This week at writing we created a piece of writing without support. We described our own animal that we created by ‘mixing’ two animals. We made very interesting animals!
Maths
At Maths we have been learning about time. Our focus has been days of the week and months of the year.
We have continued to work on our numeracy skills through our SEAL programme (different groups will work with different numbers and skills depending on their abilities to be able to make progress accordingly):
- Counting backwards and forwards from a given number within the range of 30, 100 and beyond for some.
- Adding two collections of items (uncovered and covered).
- Sharing amounts equally.
- Working on doubles to ten.
Other areas
In PE we have worked on balance skills (indoors) and ball skills (outdoors): hand and feet skills.
We have started an interesting topic on animals across the world through the book ‘Polly Jean Pyjama Queen’
We have continued to work on our wellbeing indicators.
Both classes have a special focus on Kindness.
On Thursday we made the most of the rain. We learned how to do paper boats and tried them in the puddles in the playground. They sank…but we are going to keep trying different materials and designs. What a great time we had!
Things to do at home
Today your child will bring a sheet with how to from cursive letters correctly. Your child could practice how to write her/his name using cursive letters.
Literacy online games
- Choose the sounds we have worked on so far: https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html
- Practice tricky words Block 1, 2 and three. Your child should practice how to read and write these.
Maths
We have listened to this song:
Can your child’s name all the months on the year? Does your child now in which month she/he was born?
Other information
- Next Tuesday we will have a visit from Zoolab linked to our topic.
- On Thursday we will have Loose parts. Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing. We will be outdoors no matter the weather (unless torrential rain).
- Please ensure your child brings a jacket every day to school. As mentioned above children will be outdoors in all weathers.
- Purple folder. Thank you for your support in emptying the purple folders each day.
- Please we would like to remind you that toys and Pokémon cards should not be brought to school.
- A reminder to 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.
- We would appreciate donations of any unwanted empty or partially used notebooks or diaries (used pages can be removed). Also, any enticing writing implements (i.e., glittery pencils/gel pens/ pencils with feathers etc – anything other than standard school issue type pencils/pens). The children enjoy choosing resources from the table to use in their independent learning.
- We are looking for small pieces of ‘junk’ for modelling e.g., toothpaste boxes, tea bag boxes, snack bar boxes. The more interesting shapes the better!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs de Bonrostro
Primary 1M – Reflective Friday 9.9.22
Hello everyone, this is what we have been learning this week:
(Apologies for the lack of photographs in our blog, we are having some technical issues and hope to rectify this as soon as possible).
NUMERACY
We were learning in small groups and practised saying number word sequences forwards and backwards, starting from different numbers up to 10. We ordered numerals up to 10, forwards and backwards. We practised counting objects accurately.
THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Practise counting forwards and backwards starting from different numbers. If your child is confident doing this up to 10, they could try it with numbers up to 20.
LITERACY
We introduced the sounds a and t. We thought of things beginning with these sounds, learned an action and sang some songs to help us remember them. We used a board and magnetic letters to locate the letters and to make the word – at. There are activities throughout the classroom to help us practise these sounds.
We shared the big 0RT book together and were introduced to some of the characters we will be meeting in our reading books: Kipper, Biff and Chip.
We spoke about the people in our families and drew them in our writing jotters, adding as much detail as we could.
We shared lots of lovely stories together. Primary six buddies came into class to share stories with Primary one.
THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Your child will bring home flashcards today, please use these to help your child recognise the sounds and to build the words a and at. Look around the environment and help your child to spot these letters and recognise them in different fonts.
PE
In our outdoor PE time we continued to practise different ways of travelling. In our hall PE time we played lots of different running games to get warmed up and made different shapes with our bodies. We worked as a team to make larger shapes and worked together to collect the most hoops for our team.
DRAMA
Some children were using the home corner to order and make pizza so we were using mime to make our own pizza and then shared what we had made with our friends.
LOST ITEMS OF CLOTHING
Some children are finding it quite tricky to keep track of their jumpers, cardigans, and coats, especially at lunchtime. Anything the PSAs see in the playground they bring into the classroom so please just ask at the end of the day if your child is missing something. Items can also go missing in the lunch hall, so we can also check in there. Please make sure all items of clothing and all belongings are named.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Buckstone Primary School 