Primary 1

Curriculum Evening

St. Cadoc’s Primary

Morning Prayer

Father in Heaven you love me,

You are with me night and day

I want to love you always,

In all I do and say

I’ll try to please you Father,

Bless me through this day

Amen

Grace Before Meals

Bless us oh Lord

As we sit together

Bless the food we eat today

Bless the hands that made the food

Bless us oh Lord

Amen

Grace After Meals

Thank you God for the food we have eaten

Thank you God for all our friends

Thank you God for everything

Thank you God,

Amen

Evening Prayer

God our Father,

I come to say

Thank you for your love today

Thank you for my family

And all the friends you give to me

Guard me in the dark of night

And in the morning

Send your light

Amen

Help your child with

Reading

Be a Role Model

Talk about the cover and pictures.

Read and point from left to right.

Talk about what might happen next.

Encourage them to ‘read’ the book by describing the pictures.

I spy

… play eye spy games. Can you find words beginning with…?

Can you find a picture of a …? How many … can you see?

Ask Questions

…ask questions about the story as you read it i.e. what is the story about? Why do you think they made that choice? Was it a good choice? Why did that happen? What do you think will happen next? What was your favourite part of the story? Why? True or false…?

Make it fun

…enjoy reading together. Give characters funny voices and engage with the pictures. Make a game out of finding words that rhyme or start with the same sound.

Create

…use reading to inspire drawings or new stories.

Be Seen

…make sure you are seen reading. Keep books and magazines at easy reach.

Get out

…go to your public library regularly. Find the books you loved as a child to read together.

Go online

…look online and in app stores for appropriate word and spelling games

Make space

…have a special place or even a certain time when you read together.

Read everything out loud

…books, poems, rhymes, newspapers & magazine articles, food labels… anything that is close to hand. Model good grammar and correct any mistakes as your child is talking with you.

Useful games and websites

Literacy

  • Eye Spy
  • EducationCity (free trial period and then subscription charge if interested)
  • BBC learning Zone clips – great cartoons, stories and programs to reinforce sounds and blends
  • - blending bingo is especially good to encourage pupils to blend sounds they have learned to make words
  • Sound search around the house
  • Tricky words/sound hunt in newspapers/ magazines with highlighters
  • Bingo games (lots available to print at
  • Spin the bottle – what is the sound/ word/ number
  • Ball games – adult gives child sound. When the child catches the ball they must say something that starts with the sound

  • games, stories and printouts

Help your child with

Numeracy

Useful games and websites

Numeracy

  • focus on ‘time’ with interactive games
  • games and songs linked to maths
  • BBC Learning Zone - great cartoons, stories and programs to reinforce numbers and numeracy concepts
  • Dominoes
  • Practical counting in real life situations e.g. when setting the table, when walking up stairs, while out shopping
  • Shape search around the house for 2D or 3D shapes
  • Bingo

Number formation

0 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Letter formation

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