This week (and for the entire month of December) we will be learning about ordinal numbers.  We will be using a chocolate advent calendar to help us learn how to correctly use 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.  You can try reinforcing … Continue reading →

We have been carrying out more ice experiments today.  We have already found out that hot water melts ice and that a coat can act like an insulator.  Today we were trying to find out whether sand, salt or sugar … Continue reading →

We have been having fun exploring 3D shape this week.  We have been learning about the properties of spheres, cubes, cuboids, cylinders and cones.  We have been trying to set up a 3D shape touch table but are still waiting … Continue reading →

 P1/2 Homework Reminder P1/2 homework will be issued, via the blog, every Monday.  Parents are free to complete this homework at a time and on a day that suits them and their children, unless it says otherwise.  Reading will be … Continue reading →

Literacy Please look in your child’s folder/sound book to find out if they are doing ‘ai’, ‘ow’ or ‘h’ and ‘w’ this week.  The sounds and games will be given out on Tuesday. AI and OW – please use the … Continue reading →

We have been having lots of fun in our play zones this week. Look at some of the fantastic things we have created:

Today we had to try and find out the answer to a very tricky question: does a snowman melt when we put a jacket on it? We all thought that the snowman would definitely melt because the jacket will warm … Continue reading →

Literacy We are revising all sounds this week. Reading – This week is ‘Book week Scotland’.  Homework will focus on reading for enjoyment.  Please use the reading challenge record sheet to record all the books that you read this week. … Continue reading →

We have been learning about polar bears as part of our ‘Polar Express’ Topic.  Today we watched some videos about polar bears and had a long chat about the new facts  that we had found out from the videos.  We … Continue reading →

Mrs Duncan was a very proud teacher today!  The P1s worked hard to spell a range of words using the magnetic boards.  They tried to orally repeat the word they were trying to spell to help them identify the sounds. … Continue reading →