Welcome back everyone! It was great to see everyone back this week and to hear what people had been up to over the holiday period. As always we’ve had an action packed week in P1A. This week as part of our phonics we revised the sounds that we’d learnt last term and lots of usContinue reading “Week beginning 28/10/24”
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Optional Home Learning
The videos below give an explanation of something called precision teaching which is a short (30 second) activity that can be easily used at home. When used regularly it can make a big difference to children’s confidence and help with retention of new learning after it has been taught in school. The first video isContinue reading “Optional Home Learning”
Videos to support teaching and learning
Dear parents/carers, We would like to add some videos that show some aspects of teaching and learning that could be used at home. The first of these would be demonstrating the use of precision teaching which is a short 30 second activity that can be used regularly to support learning. It’s easier to do thisContinue reading “Videos to support teaching and learning”
Week beginning 30.09.24
We can’t believe where the time is going! There is only one more week left of Term 1 in Primary 1 and we’ve had lots more fun and learning this week. It was great to meet so many family members too at the recent parents evening. Thanks for coming along. In maths, we’ve been continuingContinue reading “Week beginning 30.09.24”
Phonics in Primary 1 – Blending
Here’s a short video that recaps the sounds we’ve learnt so far: l, s, a, t, p, i and n. The video also explains what blending is and how we teach this in school. You can practise this at home by sounding out words and getting your child to work out what the word isContinue reading “Phonics in Primary 1 – Blending”
Phonics in Primary 1 – Weeks 4 and 5
Here’s another video to share the sounds we’ve been working on. (Apologies for the croaky voice!) We’ve also shared some ideas for reinforcing the sounds at home in a fun and light hearted way. These types of activities could easily be done on car journeys, walks out and about or just for fun at home.Continue reading “Phonics in Primary 1 – Weeks 4 and 5”
Week beginning 16.09.24
It’s been another great couple of weeks in P1A. In literacy we have introduced another two letters as part of our phonics work. These are Pp and Tt. Please have a look at the short videos in the next post to hear the ways we’ve been teaching these sounds to the children. It’s been wonderfulContinue reading “Week beginning 16.09.24”
Sports Days
We had some brilliant weather for the P4 and P3 sports days and it was great to see such enthusiastic participation. Here are a few photos from the two days. P4 Sports Day P3 Sports Day
Week beginning 29.04.24
With all the lovely sunshine we’ve been having it’s been great to get outside and start tending to our raised beds. We are hoping to plant some potatoes soon! We also did some sketches of the beds and will tie in our maths work on measurement and shapes. We’ve also been researching the things weContinue reading “Week beginning 29.04.24”
Week beginning 27th March
I can’t believe the final week of Term 3 is upon us so we’ve done a bit of a round up of things that have been happening! The year seems to be flying by. As ever, it’s been a busy term and we’ve been very fortunate this term to have lots of outside experts visitContinue reading “Week beginning 27th March”