Welcome to Mrs Metcalfe's

Primary 1 Little Deers 

On this page you will find lots of important information about school and what's been going on in the Little Deer's class throughout the year.

Contact  Mrs Metcalfe  on 

ometcalfe219@c2kni.net

or

Ms Mulholland on

ymulholland883@c2kni.net 

November Plans

In Literacy we are learning to…

Talking & listening

Weeks 1-4  

Children will have the opportunities to:

Attention & Listening

• Listen to a wide range of stories, songs, poems, music and writing of other children, using various media for e.g cds, interactive whiteboard.
• listen and respond to familiar phrases in stories
• listen to a variety of sounds in order to identify familiar sounds in the environment; and
• listen to and recall a sequence of instructions

Phonological awareness

• -Respond to a steady beat
• Explore the structure of words by
  • tapping syllables
  • focussing on initial sounds, specifically, i, n, m and o
• -identify words in phrases;
• discriminate between sounds, for example:
  • • loud/quiet,
    • high/low,
    • odd one out;

Conventions of speech

• Observe modelled behaviours

Initiate and join in conversations, taking turns with adults/ another child/ children e.g during play.

• Take part in oral language activities, e.g circle time. Adopt a role relevant to context, for example, the baker in a bakery

Language and thinking

• Talk about experiences, pictures, stories, rhymes, poems and information with adults/peers, for a range of purposes.
• Talk about their work, play and things they have made.
• Repeat sound sequences, for example, short clapping or musical phrases.
• Listen with enjoyment and respond to stories, rhymes, poems and songs.
• Retell a story, for example, by using pictures, props or prompts;
• ask and answer questions for a range of purposes, (for example, to find information, ask permission, find out ‘why?’) with adults modelling questions for children where appropriate;

Extended Vocabulary

• Listen and respond to adults and peers
• be immersed in the language of book
• join in with familiar phrases in a story

Reading

Weeks 1-4  

Children will have the opportunities to:

• Enjoy a range of stories, poems and non- fiction texts, read to them by adults/ other children.
• share a wide range of books with parents/carers

Shared Reading

• Talk about what has been read and say what they have enjoyed or found out.
• Talk about personal experiences related to text.
• recognise their name.
• talk about story structures, for example, actions, reactions, build-up, conclusion
• read a variety of texts in diff rent ways, for example, stories, lists, information books;

-use title, cover, blurb and illustrations to predict type of text and content;

• use pictures and text to make predictions, for example, stories, lists, information books;
• talk about personal experiences related to text;

Writing

Weeks 1-4   

Modelled writing

• See the teacher as a “writer”, e.g writing messages, recording observations, scribing shared text.
• Observe the teacher modelling specific writing strategies, including directionally, ---correspondence between spoken and written word, spacing, sound- symbol ---relationships, letter formation and simple punctuation.
• Shared, guided and Independent writing
• Talk about the ideas represented in their drawings.
• Talk about why people need to write.
• read or interpret’ their emergent/experimental writing;
• see themselves as ‘writers’ as they experiment with ‘writing’ in a range of informal contexts, for example,
• writing messages or during play;

-talk about what they want to write;

ICT led activities:

Explore

access, select, interpret and research information from safe and reliable sources.

Express

create, develop, present and publish ideas and information responsibly using a range of digital media and manipulate a range of assets to produce multimedia products.

Children will use RM Colour Magic to make marks with the interactive pen. Children will be encouraged to select a different colour for each letter. Children will progress to attempting to write their name.

Evaluate

 talk about, review and make improvements to work, reflecting on the process and outcome and consider the sources and resources used, including safety, reliability and acceptability.

Exhibit

manage and present their stored work and showcase their learning across the curriculum, using ICT safely and responsibly.

Children will recognise the print icon and go to the office to collect their work.

Exchange

communicate safely and responsibly using a range of contemporary digital methods and tools, exchanging, sharing, collaborating and developing ideas digital

In Numeracy, we are learning to…

Mental Maths(Weeks 1-4)

Count orally during number rhymes, jingles and stories.

Count forwards from 1, within 5.

Count forwards from different starting points, within 5.

Number (Weeks 1-4)

Know the number “after” within 5.

Identify missing numbers in a sequence, within 5.

Order a set of consecutive numbers within 5 (increasing and decreasing).

Touch count sets of objects within 5, understanding that the size of the set is given by the last number in the count.

Make a variety of sets for a given number within 5.

Match numerals to sets within 5.

Partition sets into sub-sets, within 5.

Use money in the context of play.

Understand the idea of exchanging goods for money.

Measures(Weeks 2 and 4)

Understand and use language associated with time.

Handling Data ( week 2)

Sort one property sets for one criterion.

Shape & Space (weeks1-4)

Talk about shapes in the environment.

In W.A.U we are learning to…

• be aware of where their home is.
• recognise some basic features of their home.
• talk about their journey to and from school.
• be aware that different people live in different homes.
• be aware of the features of their local landscape.
• understand that people are not as fortunate as us, some people live in poverty, no electricity etc.
• know that many of the appliances we use are powered by electricity.

SEESAW 

Dear parents/ Queridos pais/ Drodzy Rodzice

If you have 2 or more children, you will have to log off and then log in on the Seesaw app. Each child has a separate code for the seesaw app. Please keep the codes you have been given for each child safe so you can sign in and out for each child.

This is only the case if you have 2 or more children on Seesaw using the same device.

We are sorry for any inconvenience but each child has a separate account for Seesaw as they have different classes. If you would like another copy of the code please do not hesitate to contact me on ymulholland883@c2kni.net or your teachers email address is on their webpage.

Se tem um ou mais filhos, tem que sair de uma conta Seesaw para poder entrar em outra. Cada aluno tem o seu proprio codigo para a sua conta Seesaw. Por favor, guarde os codigos que foram atribuidos aos seus filhos cuidadosamente para poder fazer o login e o logout sempre que necessário.

Este caso aplica-se apenas a quem tem mais que um filho a usar o mesmo dispositivo electronico para a Seesaw.

Pedimos desculpas pela incoveniencia mas cada aluno tem o seu proprio codigo de usuário pois estao em classes diferentes. Se necessita de uma outra copia do codigo, nao hesite em pedir-me atraves do email  ymulholland883@c2kni.net ou atraves do email do professor que está disponivel na nossa página online.

Jesli masz 2 lub wiecej dzieci, musisz sie calkowicie wylogowac, a nastepnie ponownie  zalogowac w aplikacji Seesaw. Kazde dziecko otrzymalo indywidualny  kod do app . Seesaw. Zachowaj kody, ktore otrzymales osobno dla kazdego z dzieci, abys mogl indywidualnie  zalogowac  i wylogowac  kazde z  dziecko  z osobna.

Informacja ta dotyczy rodzicow w  przypadku, gdy masz 2 lub wiecej dzieci  w szkole korzystajacych z app.Seesaw z tego samego urządzenia.

Przepraszamy za wszelkie niedogodnosci, ale  kazde dziecko ma oddzielne konto na app. Seesaw, poniewaz uczeszczaja do innej klasy. Jesli chcesz otrzymac kolejna kopie kodu, nie wahaj sie skontaktowac ze mna pod adresem ymulholland883@c2kni.net lub adres e-mail Twojego nauczyciela ktory znajduje sie na  stronie internetowej szkoly.

Kind regards/ Com os melhores comprimentos/ Z powazaniem

Ms Mulholland

September Plans

In Literacy

We are learning to…

• Listen to a wide range of stories, songs, poems, music and writing of other children, using various media for e.g cds, interactive whiteboard.
• Respond to a steady beat
• Explore the structure of words by
• tapping syllables
• focussing on initial sounds, specifically, s and a.
• Observe modelled behaviours
• Initiate and join in conversations, taking turns with adults/ another child/ children e.g during play.
• Take part in oral language activities, e.g circle time.
• Talk about experiences, pictures, stories, rhymes, poems and information with adults/peers, for a range of purposes.
• Talk about their work, play and things they have made.
• Repeat sound sequences, for example, short clapping or musical phrases.
• Listen with enjoyment and respond to stories, rhymes, poems and songs.
• Listen and respond to adults and peers.
• Enjoy a range of stories, poems and non- fiction texts, read to them by adults/ other children.
• Talk about what has been read and say what they have enjoyed or found out.
• Talk about personal experiences related to text.
• Recognise their name.
• See the teacher as a “writer”, e.g writing messages, recording observations, scribing shared text.
• Observe the teacher modelling specific writing strategies, including directionally, correspondence between spoken and written word, spacing, sound- symbol relationships, letter formation and simple punctuation.
• Talk about the ideas represented in their drawings.
• Talk about why people need to write.

In Numeracy

We are learning to…

• Count orally during number rhymes, jingles and stories.
• Count forwards from 1, within 5.
• Count forwards from different starting point, within 5.
• Recognise spoken numerals within 5
• Read numerals within 5
• Write numerals 0 and 1
• Understand one to one correspondence by matching
• Touch count sets of objects within 1, understanding that the size of the set is given by the last number in the count.
• Sort a variety of coins.
• Use money in the context of play.
• See zero as an empty set.
• Understand and use language associated with length.
• Sort without direction, random collections of materials in a range of ways, talk about the sorting
• Talk about shapes in the environment.

In World Around Us

We are learning to…

• Be aware of some of the similarities and differences between themselves and other children.
• Recognise and name parts of the body
• Be aware of how our bodies are unique to us and need to be cared for in order to remain healthy and kept safe.
• Know the parts of the body and talk about what we use the different parts of our body for.
• Understand the main stages in human development.
• recognise they have a personal history.

 IMPORTANT MESSAGE

The Ni Executive has confirmed if you travel back from Portugal AFTER 4 am on Saturday 22/8/20 you do NOT have to quarantine for 2 weeks. Parents are reminded if their children have returned from Portugal BEFORE 22/8/20 they MUST still keep isolating for 14  days from the date of their return. We TRUST ALL parents will follow this advice and send their children back to school on the correct date if they are isolating currently. We are caring for the safety of our whole school community and ask parents to follow the this updated advice.

kindest regards

Ms Mulholland