Primary 1 LL
Welcome to Miss Leitch's Primary One!
A little note to remind all parents –
Please practice with your child taking off/putting on and zipping up their coat. Also practice taking off and putting on your child’s jumper. It is very important that pupils can do this themselves to promote independence.
Please let the adults and your child know if you have enclosed a note/money in their blue folder.
Please talk with your child about whether they are having school dinner or packed lunch so that they can inform us.
Name ALL items of clothing, including coats, and show your child where to find their name.
ALL money must be in an envelope with your child’s name and what the money is for.
Please remember to send a small healthy snack for break e.g. pancakes, sandwiches, fruit, cheese or yoghurt. No chocolates, sweets or buns please.
No earrings are allowed to be worn after the first six weeks after piercing.
Numeracy - September - December 2025
To begin to count orally during number rhymes.
To develop one to one correspondence.
Listen to and follow one instruction.
To read and write the numbers 1-5.
To be able to recognise the ‘odd one out’ in a set.
To be able to touch count a set of two objects, understanding that the size of the set is given by the last number in the count.
To show one to one correspondence to move a counter one or two spaces on a board game.
To make a variety of sets for a given number within 5.
To order a set of consecutive number shapes within 5.
To match numerals to number shapes within 5.
To form the numerals 1-5 out of playdough.
To find and copy patterns in the environment.
To make a colour pattern.
To make a shape pattern.
To talk about shapes in the environment.
To begin to name common 2D shapes.
To begin to use language to describe a common 2D shape.
To use the mathematical language ‘big’ and ‘little’.
Literacy - September - December 2025
To listen carefully.
Use a comfortable and efficient pencil grip.
Follow instructions and recognise objects that are the same.
Listen carefully and recognise familiar sounds inside and outside.
To listen with enjoyment and respond to rhymes.
To find the odd picture out.
To recognise and trace my name.
To be able to keep a steady beat.
To be able to distinguish between writing and drawing.
To be able to sequence a set of three pictures.
To re-read familiar text.
To see themselves as writers.
To be able to write their own name using a capital letter at the beginning.
To understand that writing can be used for a range of purposes.
To be able to take turns in conversation.
To be able to hear rhyming words.
To recount their own experience.
To use pictures to retell a rhyme.
Take turns in conversations.
To start to form letters in the correct way.
To track in the correct way going from the left to the right.
Understand that words are ordered left to right and need to be read this way to make sense.
Blend sounds to make words.
Segment sounds in words.
World Around Us - September - December 2025
This term our topic is ‘Marvellous Me’.
Some of the activities we will be involved in are:
· Naming and labelling parts of the body and face
· Exploring and celebrating how we are all different
· Talking and sequencing their personal history from a baby to the present day
· Activities related to keeping healthy/healthy routines
· Exploring and finding out where we live
· Naming parts of the house
· Exploring ways of travelling from home to school
· Exploring our five senses
Fine Motor Skills
Some of the activities we will be involved in are:
· Using a spoon to move dried pasta from a saucepan to a bowl
· Popping bubble wrap
· Threading Cheerio’s on to dried spaghetti/string
· Use a hole punch to make holes in leaves, paper, card etc.
· Use flour on a baking tray and your finger, a feather or spoon to make patterns, letters, numbers or shapes.
Contact Details
Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE
T: 028 8772 2250
