P1

Students have been busy learning their sight words, letters and sounds.  This week’s focus letters are Uu and Ff.  The five focus sight words are ‘or, one, had, by, words’. We learn these through repetition. As a great educator once said “it’s not the amount of time you spend on a subject but the amount of times you touch on a subject”.   Repetition can be fun if you get creative.  Word Uno, Puzzles, Bingo, Memory games, word/letter hunts around the playground, car games, writing in the sand pit, pavement chalk, word art, etc... the ideas are endless (thanks Pinterest). 

To increase engagement learning should be fun and interest based.  It is hypothesised by leading child behavioural researchers that fun is as important as a child’s physiological needs.  We also like to get to know our students likes and dislikes so we can structure the learning to suit their interests.  The result? Happy and engaged learners who progress academically – and that’s what we strive for in P1.

Cheers P1