Select the image below to view a video of one of our current P1s showing our school uniform, gym kit, and sharing some tips for starting in Primary 1.

Click the image below to direct you to our 'Preparing Your Child for School' information video.  We hope you find it useful.

The roadmap below also has some ideas and suggestions for activities that will help your child prepare for starting school.

Select the image below to view our 'P1 Play to Learn' information video on our school YouTube channel.  We hope you find it useful.

Useful links shared at the end of this video can be accessed here:

* Realising the Ambition: Being Me (2020) Early Years

* Education Scotland: The Importance of Play

* Scotland’s Play Strategy

* Parent Club (Scotland): Play Talk Read

* Learning through Play video

* Play Scotland Families Ideas and Resources

* Home Play Pack: 101 Ways to Play

Photos Taken by Our Current Primary 1s

Select the image below to view a video of our current Primary 1s learning through play.

The image below has further ideas and suggestions around play-based learning.

Select the image below to view our 'P1 Maths and Numeracy' information video on our school YouTube channel.  We hope you find it useful.

Here are the useful links and websites which are shared at the end of this video:

* BBC Numberblocks

* TopMarks Maths Games

* CBeebies Maths Games

* Oxford Owls Maths

* Crickweb Early Years

* Doorway Online Numeracy

Below is a list of information videos regarding Literacy in Primary 1.  We hope you find them useful.  Select the images to be directed to each video on our school YouTube channel.

Phonics and Spelling

Here are the useful links and websites which are shared at the end of the above video presentation:

* Jolly Phonics Songs (A-Z)

* Jolly Phonics Joined Phonemes

* Jolly Phonics Actions

* Mr Thorne Does Phonics (Alphabet)

* Mr Thorne Does Phonics (Joined Phonemes)

* Mr Thorne Does Common & Tricky Words

* Geraldine the Giraffe (& Mr Thorne)

* Alphablocks Resources

* Watch Alphablocks Episodes

* Phonics Play Games

* Oxford Owls Reading Guidance

* Oxford Owls eBook Library

Reading

Here are the useful links and websites which are shared at the end of the above video presentation:

* Literacy Trust Family Zone

* Read, Write, Inc. Phonics Books

* Reading Guide for Primary 1 Aged Children

* School Website Literacy and English section (has more guidance to support)

Writing

Again, we hope you found these videos useful regarding Literacy learning and teaching in Primary 1.

Below is an image with ideas to support understanding and reading comprehension skills.

Sharing books and stories with your children is beneficial for their development in a number of different ways.  Please see the links below for videos of our staff reading stories online.  We hope you enjoy them!

Select here for 'Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School' read by Mrs Dickson

Select here for 'The Smeds and the Smoos' read by Mrs Dickson

Select here for 'Jack and the Flum Flum Tree' read by Miss Miller

Select here for 'The Dinosaur that Pooped a Princess' read by Mrs Harvey

Select here for 'Shark in the Park' read by Miss Hamilton

Select here for 'Snore' read by Miss Thomson