This week we begun rehearsing for our Nativity play, we all have different parts to play and lots of songs to learn. Once again this year we are really excited to be performing in and out of school.
Also this week the Primary One Christmas Post Office opened and we look forward to collecting, sorting and delivering the Christmas cards around the school.
Last Thursday we took a trip to the village Post Office to buy a stamp and post a letter to ourselves. We went into the Post Office and asked for a second class stamp. We noticed that the stamps were special Christmas stamps and had a picture of a Snowman on it. We decided to design our own stamps.
This week we have been learning the sound u – we designed some umbrellas and we painted new underpants for the Aliens. We have also made rhyming ladders this week.
We have been learning more about the Post Office and Postman. We have learned how to address an envelope correctly and are hoping for a special delivery. We also designed some new transport for the Postman.
This week we have been learning to recognise number words and match them to the number digit and quantity.
We painted giraffes, wrote letters to granny, made glasses and constructed go-karts.
This week in French we have been practising our introductions to each other and learning the numbers zero – dix.
In numeracy we were learning to recognise number words and match them to digits and quantities to 10. We were also learning to identify measure words like thick, thin, wide and narrow.
We have been learning how to use the iPads correctly in school and we made a set of class rules for using the iPads. We used them to practise our phonics and rhyming words.
Primary One have had a fabulous first term at Cardross Primary. Today we reflected on all the activities we have taken part in and all the things we have been learning. As we have been so busy we decided we could only have four activities to choose from to see which was the class favourite, dressing up for the Roald Dahl day was the most popular choice.
This week we have been learning inside and outside the classroom. On Wednesday we went outside on a number hunt to see if we could find any numbers. We were surprised to find numbers all around us.
On Thursday afternoon we listened to the Leaf Man story and then we went outside and worked together to make our own Leaf Man.
On Thursday morning we had our first experience of performing to an audience. At the Senior Citizens Harvest Tea we sang the song Autumn is coming and played some instruments. We have been practising this with Mrs Ridland in our music lessons.
Finally this week Primary One were very lucky to receive a gift from Mr Berry and the Tinker Club, this term they have been busy making us a Mud Kitchen from recycled pallets. We had great fun using it this afternoon in the woods. Thank you Mr Berry and the Tinker Club.
This week in Primary One we have been learning the sound c, k, ck. We went on a sound hunt around the school to take photos of all the things we could find that begun with this sound. In class we drew pictures of cats and clocks and some of us were cooks!
In numeracy this week we have been learning to put our numbers 0 to 10 in order and match the number to a quantity.
In art we have been making Autumn pictures by printing with wooden blocks.
This week we had great fun finishing off our Farmer Bunce Scarecrow for the Scarecrow Festival at Ardardan. You can go along Saturday and Sunday and see him with the scarecrows the other classes have made and scarecrows that have been made by local groups and other schools.
Friday we had a Roald Dahl day and we all dressed up as a character from one of his books. Even the teachers dressed up.
This week in Primary 1 it has been all about colours and patterns.
In maths we were recognising and making patterns. We made Mrs Simpson and Mrs Girling some lovely necklaces which they wore with pride.
In PE this week we were using our ball skills and learning the French words for colours when playing games with the balls.
In Art we were learning the Primary Colours and we made these Mondrian inspired art pictures.
We have also been working hard on our phonics and this week we were learning the sounds p and n. In numeracy we were learning all about the numbers 7 and 8.
This week in Primary 1 we have been learning the sounds s and i and have started to make sentences with our sight words. Some of us have shared the games we have been playing at home with our sight words with our friends and teachers.
In numeracy we were learning about the numbers 5 and 6.
On Friday we made Krispie Cakes for our afternoon tea party, where we shared all the fun things we have been learning since we started school.
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