Category: Primary 1 Learning

P.1 had a very enjoyable Teddy Bear’s picnic this week. They brought in their teddy or favourite soft toy and took it on a walk around Figgate Park accompanied by parent helpers. They then settled at the large grassy area to play class games such as Duck, duck, goose. They sat with their teddies and ate their picnic snack. After playing more games they finished off with an ice lolly which was welcome on such a warm day. It was a great morning!
All the staff in P.1 would like to wish you all a great Summer.

This week in literacy P.1 have been revising the sounds of ‘nk’ and ‘ng’. At home they can practise writing the sounds with pencils and felt pens. At home the children can use their sounds to make words and write them too. They can practise writing simple sentences with some of their words.  P.1 also practised reading all the tricky words. They used magnetic boards to make words with the digraphs of ‘nk’, and ‘ng’.  They wrote words and a dictation sentence in their jotters. At home they can practise reading and writing tricky words and using them in a sentence.

In numeracy the children were looking at different addition number stories within 10. This week the focus was on the number stories for 9. They had to find all the different ways to add to 9 using 2 numbers. At home they can practice writing addition sums for 1-9.

In RE P.1 were finishing their ‘God’s Loving Plan focus. They were learning that their mum is special as she gave birth to them after they grew for 9 months in their mother’s womb.          They also listened to the Bible story of ‘Jesus walks on Water’ and talked about what is a miracle.

This week in literacy P.1 have been revising the sounds of ‘oo’ and ‘ee’. At home they can practise writing the sounds with pencils and felt pens. At home the children can use their sounds to make words and write them too. They can practise writing simple sentences with some of their words.  P.1 also practised reading all the tricky words. They used the magnetic boards to make words with the digraphs of ‘ee’, and ‘oo’.  They wrote words and a dictation sentence in their jotters. At home they can practise reading and writing tricky words and using them in a sentence.

In numeracy the children were looking at different addition number stories within 10. This week the focus was on the number stories for 8. They had to find all the different ways to add to 8 using 2 numbers. They worked on this in their addition workbook and did an addition group game.  At home they can practice writing addition sums for 1-8.

In RE P.1 were doing their ‘God’s Loving Plan focus. They were learning that their family is special and important to them and they drew a picture of everyone in their family. They learned about Jesus’ family and why Mary the mother of Jesus is important and said the prayer for Mary.

This week P.1 enjoyed all the different activities at Sport’s Day and joined in with great energy and enthusiasm. P.1 also did well telling the new P.1 children all about the learning and activities in P.1 in an assembly.

This week in literacy P.1 have been revising the sounds of ‘ou’ and ‘oy’. At home they can practise writing the sounds with pencils and felt pens. At home the children can use their sounds to make words and write them too. They can practise writing simple sentences with some of their words.  P.1 also practised reading all the tricky words. They used the magnetic boards to make words with the digraphs of ‘ou’, and ‘oy’.  They wrote words and a dictation sentence in their jotters. At home they can practise reading and writing tricky words and using them in a sentence.

In numeracy the children copied and counted rhythmic clapping patterns. They were looking at different addition number stories within 10. This week the focus was on the number stories for 7. They had to find all the different ways to add to 7 using 2 numbers. They worked on this in their addition workbook and did an addition group game.  At home they can practice writing addition sums for 1-7.

In RE P.1 were doing their ‘God’s Loving Plan’ focus. They were learning ‘God made Me’ and that their name was chosen by their family and is special to them. They wrote their name and decorated around it to show how special it is.

This week in literacy P.1 have been revising the sounds of ‘ee’ and ‘ay’. At home they can practise writing the sounds with pencils and felt pens. At home the children can use their sounds to make words and write them too. They can practise writing simple sentences with some of their words.  P.1 also practised reading all the tricky words. They used the magnetic boards to make words with the digraphs of ‘ee’, and ‘ay’.  They wrote a dictation sentence in their jotters. At home they can practise reading and writing tricky words and using them in a sentence.

In numeracy the children copied and counted rhythmic clapping patterns. They worked on the mental maths strategy of near doubles. They used their knowledge of double sums to add 1 more or make the answer 1 less to find the answer. Eg. 2+2=4, so 2+3 is 1 more and 2+1 is 1 less than the double sum. At home they can practice double sums and apply their knowledge to near double sums.

In RE P.1 were learning about Mary the mother of Jesus. They learned that May is the special month for Mary. They looked at rosary beads and said the special prayer for Mary, the Hail Mary. They wrote about Mary in their jotter and drew a picture. Some of the children painted a picture of Mary to put up on the wall.