Category Archives: P1

Reminders

Children will bring home their Learning Trio appointments this week. If your appointment is unsuitable, please contact the school office.  

Please note that Monday 24th October is a holiday, Tuesday 25th is an inservice for staff and children will return to school at 8:50am on Wednesday 26th October. We finish for the holidays on Friday 14th October at 12:25pm. 

This week we will welcome a student, Mrs Dickson, into our class. She will be with us for 2 days a week until May.

Friday 4th November – We are going to visit the Loanhead Library for a story and are looking for two parent helpers to join us. We will be leaving the school at 10am, if you are able to help, please email me. Thank you.

Friday 11th November – We are having our first Primary 1 ‘Stay and Play’. Parents/Carers are invited to stay for a little bit of the morning to come and experience some of our play-based learning. I do ask that only one parent/carer attends per child, if possible, as we have limited space in our class/atrium. Please come to the P1 classroom door for 9am and we will finish around 9:40/45am.

Homework

Reading: Pages to be read will be written in your child’s green reading record, please sign to evidence reading has been completed.

Sounds: This week we are learning the sounds l, f, b and the children will be bringing home the sound worksheet to practise their letter formation that same day the sound has been taught. Monday – l, Tuesday – f and Wednesday – b.

Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to school EVERYDAY, as we will be doing reading everyday. They will be kept in school on a Friday, in order to have new homework ready for the following Monday.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children will bring home their P.E. kits on Thursday to be washed and returned after the holidays.

Thank you,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

Hello,

This week is ‘Bike to School Week’ and the children are encouraged to cycle/scoot to school this week. On Friday, they can ‘bling’ their bike or scooter, if they would like to, and it will be judged by the JRSO’s!

Last week, all pupils took home the Learning Trio letters. Please fill out the attached slip and return it to school by Tuesday 4th October. 

A gentle reminder, that children should not be bringing toys in from home and if they do, they should remain in their school bags until home time. Thank you.

Homework

Reading: Please remember to practise your child’s ORT key words, as they cannot start reading books with words until they are able to read their key words. Pages to be read will be written in your child’s green reading record, please sign to evidence reading has been completed.

Sounds: This week we are learning the sounds g, o, u and the children will be bringing home the sound worksheet to practise their letter formation that same day the sound has been taught. Monday – g, Tuesday – o and Wednesday – u.

Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to school EVERYDAY, as we will be doing reading everyday. They will be kept in school on a Friday, in order to have new homework ready for the following Monday.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children should bring a P.E kit to school to change into for P.E.

Please label all items of clothing to help prevent anything going missing. 

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

Hi all,

**The school photographer will be in school on Thursday for school photos!**

It is Maths Week Scotland, so we will be investigating patterns and discussing different ways we use maths in real life.

Homework

Reading: Please remember to practise your child’s ORT key words, as they cannot start reading books with words until they are able to read their key words. Pages to be read will be written in your child’s green reading record, please sign to evidence reading has been completed.

Sounds: We have just finished our next block of sounds so will be consolidating them this week. The children will bring home the next 6 sound flashcards (c/k, e, r, h, m, d), which need to be cut up and added to their box. These have to be used to help your child make and read CVC words, as this will be our focus in school this week.

Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to school EVERYDAY, as we will be doing reading everyday. They will be kept in school on a Friday, in order to have new homework ready for the following Monday.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch.Children should bring a P.E kit to school to change into for P.E.

Please label all items of clothing to help prevent anything going missing. 

Thank you,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

Hello,

I hope you all have a lovely and restful long weekend.

Homework

Reading: Please continue to read with your child every night and you can use the story guide (placed inside their reading book) to support the reading. Please sign your child’s green reading record too, to evidence the pages indicated have been read. Please continue to practise the orange key words with your child.

Sounds: We are moving on to learn our next block of sounds (6 in a block). We learn 3 different sounds a week, one on Monday, Tuesday and then Wednesday. Each of these days, your child will bring home a sound sheet to be completed and brought back to school. These will focus on them practising the letter formation. This week, we are learning r, m and d, in that order.

Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to school EVERYDAY, as we will be doing reading everyday. They will be kept in school on a Friday, in order to have new homework ready for the following Monday.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children should bring a P.E kit to school to change into for P.E.

Children should also bring a pair of indoor shoes to change into during class time. Please label all items of clothing to help prevent anything going missing. 

Proud Cloud – Thank you to those who have shared some lovely pictures for our Primary 1 ‘Proud Cloud’. Please do continue to share them with me, if you have any.

Primary 1 are looking for a few things to add to our atrium, if you have any of the following things we would love to give them a loving home!!  Thank you 🙂

• Curtain rings
• Old magazines/recipe cards or books
• Cookie cutters
• Wooden rounds
• Pebbles
• Acorns/Pinecones
• Ribbons/Fabric scraps

Thank you,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

Hi all,

Homework

Reading: Your child will bring home a wordless book with a story reference guide inside it. Please feel free to use this to help with telling the story and to prompt discussion too. They will also have a green reading record which will tell you which pages to read, please sign beside this to show you have read with your child. Myself or another adult in the class will sign to show we have read with your child in class too. Please continue to practise the orange key words with your child.

Sounds: We are moving on to learn our next block of sounds (6 in a block). We learn 3 different sounds a week, one on Monday, Tuesday and then Wednesday. Each of these days, your child will bring home a sound sheet to be completed and brought back to school. These will focus on them practising the letter formation. This week, we are learning c/k, e and h, in that order.

Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to school EVERYDAY, as we will be doing reading everyday. They will be kept in school on a Friday, in order to have new homework ready for the following Monday.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children should bring a P.E kit to school to change into for P.E.

Children should also bring a pair of indoor shoes to change into during class time. Please label all items of clothing to help prevent anything going missing. 

In Primary 1, we are starting our ‘Proud Cloud’ wall this week. This will be filled with photos and comments of things the children are proud of or have achieved in class/at home. If you have any comments or photos you would like to share with us so we can add them, then please feel free to email me them. No achievement is too small! It could be from baking a cake to joining a new club!

Reminder – School is closed on Friday 16th and Monday 19th September, pupils and staff return on Tuesday 20th at 8:50am. 

Thank you,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

Hi all,

We start homework this coming week, it can be found in your child’s green book bag or in their schoolbag, if they don’t have a green book bag. Please find more information about this below.

Reading: Your child will come home with an Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) wordless reading book and a printed reading guide, which you use alongside the book. We have been learning all about the characters (Biff. Chip, Kipper, Mum, Dad and Floppy) in class, so the children should be able to use these names when reading the books. Please use the guidance printed with the book to read half the book on Monday and then the other half on Tuesday. Children will then receive a new book on Wednesday to read half on Wednesday and the other half on Thursday. In addition, your child will also receive ORANGE key stage 1 words. Your child must be able to recognise and read these words before they can move onto reading books with words. If your child has a word tub with them, then the words will be cut and put into this. If they don’t have a word tub, then the words will be uncut and put into their bag, to prevent them from going missing. These words are great to use while you and your child read the book together – for example, can they put the correct character name on the picture of the character?

Sounds: We have been learning our first set of six sounds (s, a, t, p, i, n) and will start blending this week using this sounds (e.g. sat, pan, pit). Your child will take home little flashcards of our learned sounds and a letter detailing how you can use these to support their learning at home.

Please ensure that your child brings their book bag to school EVERYDAY, as we will be doing reading everyday. They will be kept in school on a Friday, in order to have new homework ready for the following Monday.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children should bring a P.E kit to school to change into for P.E.

Children should also bring a pair of indoor shoes to change into during class time. Please label all items of clothing to help prevent anything going missing. 

In numeracy this week, we are learning to order numbers 0 -10 and practising counting/writing numbers to 20.

Assembly on Friday with Mrs Caldwell. 

Reminder – P1 curriculum evening for P1 parents only on Monday 5th September at 5:30pm. 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education

Hello,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

Homework is set to start next week and the children will bring it home in their green book bags. If your child has not brought one into school yet, then please send them with it next week. There will be more information about homework next week, when it begins. Please also ensure your child has a small tub labelled with their name to put their words in, thank you.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children should bring a P.E kit to school to change into for P.E. It can be a good idea to ensure your child is dressed in clothing which they can independently take off/put on for these days.

Children should also bring a pair of indoor shoes to change into during class time. Please label all items of clothing to help prevent anything going missing. 

This week we are learning the sounds (p, i, n) and the numbers 6 – 10. We have also started learning about some new book characters from our ORT books, to prepare us for when we begin reading.

Assembly on Friday with Mrs Caldwell. 

Reminder – P1 curriculum evening for P1 parents only on Monday 5th September at 5:30pm. 

Thank you,

Miss Lauren Waller

Hi all,

I would like to wish you all a warm welcome to Primary One. The children and I have had a fabulous few days getting to know one another.

Each week I will update the school website with any news/events which will be happening in P1.

Please return all letters back to school ASAP – if your child has lost any, then please let me know so I can get you another copy.

P.E will be on Wednesday with Miss Simpson and Thursday with Mrs Lynch. Children should bring a P.E kit to school to change into for P.E. It can be a good idea to ensure your child is dressed in clothing which they can independently take off/put on for these days.

If your child has brought a book bag into school, then this has been kept here until homework begins.

Children should also bring a pair of indoor shoes to change into during class time. Please label all items of clothing to help prevent anything going missing. 

P1 are very lucky to have lots of different adults helping them throughout the week! Mrs Tobyn is our learning assistant and she is with us from Tuesday – Friday. On a Monday/Tuesday and Friday, Mrs Kirby joins us and on a Wednesday and Thursday, we have Mrs Tait.

This week, we are learning numbers 1 – 5 and our first set of sounds (s, a, t).

I look forward to working with you this year,

Miss Lauren Waller

L.Waller@midlothian.education