Remembrance Day

Today in class we learned about Remembrance Day and participated in a one minute silence at 11am to mark the end of World War 1.

The children watched this clip from the BBC  showing the war as experienced by the animal inhabitants of a WW1 battlefield.

We discussed some of reasons why it is so important to remember and learn from the events of war.

We also learned about why the poppies are the symbol of Remembrance. We learned that you can buy poppies in different colours:

Red poppies are to remember the people who died in war.

Purple poppies are to remember the animals who died in war.

Black poppies are to remember servicemen and
servicewomen of Black, African, West Indian and
Pacific Islander Heritage.

White poppies represent a commitment to peace and non-violent solutions while still remembering the victims of war.

The children used pointillism to paint a red poppy. They also traced a poppy template and chose which colour to use to colour it in.

Teddy Bear Hospital

Today we had a visited Teddy Bear Hospital!

We learned about how doctors and nurses help people who are hurt or unwell. We had a go at helping a Teddy who was was feeling ill and we learned a little bit about bones, and surgery!

We had a great time dressing up as doctors, nurses and surgeons and enjoyed meeting the Medical Students from University of Aberdeen.

 

 

Term 2 Overview

We have another busy term coming up in P1. Here are some of the activities we will be doing this term:

Literacy

The  children are continuing with the Jolly Phonics program in class. We will cover 2 alphabet sounds most weeks, looking at words beginning with the sound, correct written formation of the letter and using the sound to segment and blend words.

The sets of sounds are as follows:

c/k, e, h, r, m, d

g, o, u, l, f, b

After each set of sounds we will have a consolidation week for practice of all the sounds covered. Homework on these weeks will be word making with the letter sounds.

We will continue with our reading books on a Monday and Wednesday. The children will hear the extended story in school and can then take the book home to read.

Common words from each set of reading books will be put in your child’s word pot. These can be used at home to match to the words in the books or to sight read when your child is able.

We will also practise two common words per week. These are words that appear frequently in texts. These are in the white homework book and should be completed for Thursdays.

Numeracy

P1

We will continue to work on number to 10 in activity books.

We will also be doing lots of verbal counting and learn its 1+1 and 2+2 for the start of Big Maths CLIC sessions .

Our topic maths this term is time and estimation. We will be looking at the sequence of days, months and seasons and telling the time for o’clock times on digital clocks and clock faces. We will be estimating how many and then counting to check.

Learning Across the Curriculum

We will finish our historical topic of The Stone Age in the first two weeks of term.

Our topic for the rest of the term is Showtime, with the main focus being learning the songs and practising with the other classes for our Christmas performance of The Grumpy Sheep.

Health and Wellbeing

We will be using the Bounce Back resilience program. In term 2 we focus on no bullying and relationships.

In PE will be focusing on using small equipment such as bean bags and balls, rolling and balancing and playing games. Our gym day is a Friday. The children can come to school on a Monday wearing clothes suitable for gym and do not need to change into shorts.

Our outdoor learning session with Mr Miller is on Wednesday 14th December.

RME

Our main RME this term will focus on Christianity and the Christmas Story and traditions. We will also learn about the Hindu festival Diwali and the Jewish festival Hanukkah as these are celebrated during term 2.

French

French will be delivered by Mrs Forsyth every Wednesday.

Music

Music will be delivered by Mr Smith every Thursday.

We will also be taking lots of opportunities to play during our soft starts and at other times throughout the week.

Hello Yellow!

We enjoyed celebrating Hello Yellow Day to support the Young Minds charity on World Mental Health Day!

We wore yellow to show young people they’re not alone when they are struggling with mental health.

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