Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

During this week we have spent lots of time outdoors experiencing nature.  We walked, played outdoors and collected little sticks to create stick dens. 

May

Literacy

This month we are learning to:

• Read and spell High Frequency Words and words with the following sounds:

–aw   -au   -o

-oy   -oi

-ew   -u_e

• Read and write stories/poems

Numeracy

This month we are learning to:

• Add 3 numbers
• Measure
• Use money
• Solve problems by ‘Trying a simpler case’

World Around Us

This month we are:

• Beginning our new topic ‘minibeasts’

PDMU

This month we are:

• Learning about ‘acceptance’

We created our own little worry stones

There is a rhyme to go with our worry stones.  

Keep me near,

Squeeze me tight,

I’m your little worry stone,

I’ll be here day or night.

January

Literacy

This month we are learning to:

• Read and spell High Frequency words, CVC words and words ending in –ff, -ss, -ll
• Read and write non-chronological reports

Numeracy

This month we are learning to:

• Name and draw 2D shapes
• Recognise o’clock times
• Answer word problems
• Solve problems by making a list or table
• World Around Us

This month we are:

• Identifying signs of winter
• Exploring how the weather affects animals
• Exploring buildings and their purposes
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  Thinking skills and personal capabilities
  This month we are learning to ‘Be Creative’
• We can be curious and ask questions
• We can use our creativity when playing
• We can experiment with our ideas when drawing, writing and making
• We can talk about our memories and experiences

December

Literacy

This month we are learning to:

• Read and spell High Frequency words, CVC words and multi-syllable words
• Identify and suggest rhyming words
• Use persuasive language orally and in writing

Numeracy

This month we are learning to:

• Recognise, read and write numbers within 20/50/100
• Count quantities of money  
• Solve problems based on the strategy ‘Make a list or table’.

World Around Us

This month we are:

Exploring Christmas in the past and Christmas around the world.
 
Thinking skills and personal capabilities
This month we are learning to ‘Be Creative’

• We can be curious and ask questions
• We can use our creativity when playing
• We can experiment with our ideas when drawing, writing and making
• We can talk about our memories and experiences
   

November

Literacy

This month we are learning to:

• Spell CVC words e.g. hat, box, sit etc.
• Read and spell High Frequency words.
• Write sentences with full stops and capital letters.
• Use persuasive language orally and in writing

Numeracy

This month we are learning to:

• Add 0, 1 and 2 within 10/20.
• Recall number stories of 1-6.
• Develop our understanding of ‘heavy’ and ‘light’.
• Solve word problems based on what we learn.
• Solve problems based on the strategy ‘Look for a pattern’.

World Around Us

This month we are learning to:

• Recall what ‘traditions’ are.
• Understand the importance of recycling.
• PDMU

This month we are learning to:

• Define ‘Respect’.
• Identify our feelings and how colours can be associated with feelings.  
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  Thinking skills and personal capabilities
  This month we are working on our ability to ‘Work together’.
  We are learning to:

• Develop our confidence
• Join in and take turns
• Work and play co-operatively
• Reach an agreement
• Be aware of how our actions affect others
   

MATHS WEEK

OCTOBER 2020

October

Literacy

This month we are learning to:

• Spell CVC words e.g. hat, box, sit etc.
• Read and spell High Frequency words.
• Identify and suggest rhyming words.
• Recount orally and in writing, activities we do and stories we read. 

Numeracy

This month we are learning to:

• Count forwards and backwards within 20/50
• Recognise, read and write numbers within 20/50
• Add 0, 1 and 2 within 10/20.
• Identify 2d shapes and coins.
• Solve word problems based on what we learn.
• Solve problems based on the strategy ‘Look for a pattern’.

World Around Us

This month we are learning to:

• Name and use our senses.
• Identify signs of Autumn. 

PDMU

This month we are learning to:

• Define ‘kindness’.
• Identify our feelings. 

Thinking skills and personal capabilities

• This month we are working on our ability to ‘Work together’.
  We are learning to:

• Develop our confidence
• Join in and take turns
• Work and play co-operatively
• Reach an agreement
• Be aware of how our actions affect others

September

Literacy

This month we are learning to:

• Recite the alphabet
• Recall letter names/sounds/ formation for –s, -a, -t, -p, i, -n
• Recall High Frequency Words (HFW)
• Recount orally and in writing, activities we do and stories we read. 

Numeracy

This month we are learning to:

• Count within 20/50/100
• Recognise, read and write numbers within 10/20
• Recite the days of the week
• Create tally charts and graphs
• Add 0, 1 and 2 within 10/20.
• Solve problems based on the strategy ‘Draw a picture’

World Around Us

This month we are beginning our topic ‘All about me.’

PDMU

This month we are learning about ‘friendship’ as well as focusing on our likes/dislikes. 

We are going to spend lots of time getting to know each other. 

Thinking skills and personal capabilities

This month we are working on our self-management skills.  We are learning to:

• Talk about what we are doing and what we have learned.
• Focus and persist with tasks.
• Talk about our likes and dislikes.
• Make choices and decisions.
• Ask for help from a friend, my teacher or teaching assistant.

Welcome Back!

Dear Boys and Girls

I hope you are all enjoying the last few days of your holidays.  I am counting down the days to our return and I just cannot wait to see you all.  I am so excited. 

In our classroom this year we will have Ms St Clair and Mrs Mawhinney helping out. At the minute we are very busy in school preparing the classroom and outdoor area for your return.  They look amazing. 

School will be a little bit different this year but I know it will be just as much fun.  Together we can make our class a happy place full of fun, laughter and play. 

See you soon

Mrs McMeekin, Mrs Mawhinney and Ms St.Clair