Hello everybody!

We hope you have all had a lovely, relaxing long weekend.  Mrs Moir and I feel rejuvenated and raring to go!!

Open Evening on Wednesday was a great success and we really enjoyed meeting and speaking to all your Mummies and Daddies.  We could tell by the smiling faces and enthusiasm that all the boys and girls loved showing their grown ups our classroom and all their lovely jobs.

Even with the long weekend P1M have been really busy in school!  On Tuesday we were being scientists and we made a rainbow!  Just like the one in Noah’s Ark which is what we are talking about during our RME lessons.

The boys and girls were super scientists and worked hard with their friends to make a rainbow at every table.  When we had finished our experiment we made a list of the equipment we needed and also the steps we followed to make our rainbows.

In the afternoon we went out in the spitting rain and we ran our daily mile.  We had to do 4 laps of the outdoor track to make a mile.  We power walked round twice and then we jogged around twice as well. When we finished we were exhausted!!

*Important information*

-Homework is issued every Wednesday and needs to be returned the following Monday

-Please ensure your child’s block consent form is returned to school as soon as possible

We look forward to another exciting week here in P1M!

Thanks,

Mrs MacKinnon and Mrs Moir

Well another week has past in P1M and it has been another busy one!

We had our first group of star writers who wrote a super story about a lollypop lady.

The boys and girls had a super time on Friday with Mrs Moir melting ‘i’cy ‘i’gloos and also building ‘i’gloos out of marshmallows!

On Monday we started our day at assembly where Jasmine became our star of the week! After snack we learnt our next sound ‘p’ and we made some pretty peacocks.  Mrs MacKinnon took us to the studio where we did yoga.  We were all super listeners and were able to follow all the moves Poppy the Troll was asking us to do.

On Tuesday morning we started with our fine motor skills – this week we were posting coins in a coin box, threading, popping bubble wrap and making numbers out of unifix cubes!

We then made some ‘p’lasticine ‘p’enguins to live in our marshmallow ‘i’gloos!  They love living in their igloos and will be out for everyone to see at open evening.

21 happy little penguins living in their igloos!

*Important information*

Tonight (19.9.18) from 5-6.30 is open evening and the children would love to show their Mummy’s and Daddy’s their classrooms and their lovely work.

Friday 21st – Monday 24th : Long weekend – no school!

We hope to see lots of you this evening for open evening and hope you all have a lovely relaxing long weekend.

Mrs MacKinnon and Mrs Moir

It has been another great week here in P1M.  The boys and girls have completed their first few full days of school and have managed well.  Being a primary 1 is hard work and can be very tiring, so make sure you are all getting plenty of well earned rest!

On Friday the children were all able to take part in a ‘Dress up Purple’ for CLAN.  Lots of the boys and girls came to school wearing something purple and lots of pennies were raised – Well Done Everyone!

Monday brought our first full day in P1.  The children began the day with assembly and Fraser was crowned this weeks ‘Star of the Week’ for being a super helper at tidy up time.   After their snack the children learnt their next sound ‘t’ and made their very own paper tee-pee’s!  In the afternoon we had our first singing session with Miss Hamilton.  We all loved learning funny songs and joining in with the actions.

Tuesday brought the introduction of our fine motor activities that we do at our tables when we have finished unpacking our bags in the morning.

We were busy screwing nuts and bolts, taking lids off jars, pegging our washing lines and threading pipe cleaners in colanders!

As well as fine motor skills in the morning we were practicing choosing play jobs off our play charts.  We are getting really good at remembering this and we know that they change each day so we have new play jobs to go to when we have finished our table jobs.

On Tuesday afternoon Mrs MacKinnon took us out to visit the ‘Daily Mile’ route.  We walked all around it so we know where to go when we start running our Daily Mile very soon!

On Wednesday Mrs Moir invited Mary the lollypop lady in to visit us. As we are learning about people who care for us Mrs Moir thought it would be a great idea for everyone to meet Mary and then write a story about what she does to help us.

We were very lucky as we got to see Mary’s special uniform and even got to hold her lollypop!

On Wednesday afternoon we visited the library with P5/6 for paired reading.  This was another new experience for us and we loved meeting our new paired reading partners and hearing them read us a story.

We look forward to another fabulous week here in P1M 🙂

Mrs MacKinnon and Mrs Moir

It has been another great week in P1M.  Lots of lovely things have happened; Niamh was made our first star of the week, the boys and girls began learning their first sounds and we experienced our first school lunch.  The children seemed to really enjoy their lunches as the room was full of happy faces! Thank you to all the parents who were able to come along and join us for lunch – your support is greatly appreciated.

We are coming to the end of our morning school sessions and are looking forward to the children coming to school for full days starting on Monday (10.9.18).  This will be a big transition for the boys and girls but we will support them to make the transition as pleasant and smooth as possible.

*Important information*

Please make sure your child brings their yellow ‘green all week’ book with them every day.

We look forward to another fun filled week with the children.

Mrs MacKinnon and Mrs Moir