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We are in the process of resolving an issue with our class blog which is preventing the upload of photos. 🙁 Posts including photos will be back up and running ASAP. 👍😊

Literacy This week we have been consolidating the group of sounds: j, ai, oa, ee and or. These are quite tricky ones so remember so please keep practising them at home. We had lots of fun in class being sounds detectives and going on a sound hunt – we had look for the sounds and …

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The children demonstrated being confident individuals today whilst showing off their fantastic Chinese dragons to the whole school during assembly!

Well done Adie for receiving P1 star award today. For her determination and hard work! Excellent writing today, well done 👍😊🌟

The children are being introduced to some tricky/common words in class. Today they brought home a letter (see below) explaining this, along with their own ‘word wall’. This should be kept in homework bags and brought to school each day. These words can be practised at home by reading and/or writing them regularly. Our new …

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We regularly take time for reading for enjoyment in P1. The children have an opportunity to choose a book and read independently or to share a book with a friend to develop literacy and social skills. They all look so engaged and relaxed during these sessions. Our topic work was focussed around Chinese New Year …

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Well done to our 🌟Star of the Week🌟for being brave and excellent team work! 👍😊👏

We have now settled back into the school routine and had a super week in P1. Here is a round up of what we have been up! We were introduced to another two new sounds and the children continue to work hard at learning to hear, say and write these. It was the digraphs ai …

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Another very well deserved star award this week in P1. Well done Rowan for your teamwork and determination this week! 👍😀 Great work!