It’s hard to believe your child is now more than halfway through their year in Primary One!
We have really noticed how much the children have come along since they started school in September – their work is improving day by day. We’re sure you’re amazed at what they can do!
Thank you for all the effort you have put in at home and please continue to keep this up.
Old McDonald Had a Farm
Our theme until Easter is “Old McDonald had a farm”. We will be learning about the role of a farmer, baby animals and their mothers, where our food comes from and we will be looking out for signs of Spring!
A farmer came to talk to us and we learnt lots about the farm and even met some of his animals! Ask your child about this visit. Don’t forget to send in any farm toys you have at home- the children love setting these out for display in our classrooms.
We Love Literacy!
We are working on Grammar in P1.
This is what the children will be learning – it is really just the “first steps” of good grammar.
- Holding a book correctly
- Holding a pencil correctly
- Knowing to start reading and writing from the left hand side
- Correct letter formation
- Putting a space between each word
- Ensure the sentence makes sense
- Understand what a full stop, question mark and exclamation mark means.
Library and Reading Books
We have noticed that a lot of library and reading books have not been returned recently. We keep track of books that are sent home, therefore we know which books still need to be returned. Please have a good look around your own house and any other homes your child might be in after school.
Please return these books ASAP!
All outstanding library and reading books that are not returned Wednesday 9th April 2014 will incur a £5.00 charge per book.
Mad about Maths
In Numeracy we will be learning to count and write the numbers 10 – 15. Help your child count forwards and backwards – they love to pretend a rocket is blasting off after zero!
If you are baking at home, get your child to help weigh out the ingredients – we have been doing this in school recently, using the words heavier and lighter.
We will be learning about money very soon. To give your child a head start, why not teach them to recognise each coin. However, we will only be using 1p coins to make our “purchases” in school.
** We would appreciate it if all parents could please send in ten 1p coins – watch out for the money bag to put these in. It is much more beneficial to use real coins when teaching money **
Have a lovely Easter Holiday!
Let’s hope the weather is good so the children can get outside and be active – too much screen time is not good for them!
Why not visit the park, fly a kite, go on a Spring walk and talk about what you see, wrap up warm and go on a trip to the beach, or get out the bicycles!
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