P1 have really enjoyed learning about our topic. We had a super discussion about what plants need to grow and were surprised that one of the conditions needed was time! We have planted some seeds in the classroom and are going to see how long it takes for the first shoots to appear. We are also learning facts about minibeasts and looking at the lifecycle of a frog.

In Literacy we have been predicting what happens next in a story, writing speech bubbles for a character and designing a book cover to attract the reader. We also looked how instructions are written and wrote our own instructions about how to cross a road safely. We had a go at acting it out too.

In Health and Wellbeing we learned about emergencies and appropriate services.

In Numeracy we were working on building number family facts and putting them into our memory. We revised doubles and used them in subtraction. We are also working on subtraction with money.

P1 had a lovely time visiting nursery for a transition afternoon. We were kept busy chatting to the nursery children, playing in the sand and farm trays and doing lots of arts and crafts. Nursery staff were impressed with their good manners and helpfulness. The class voted to make another visit soon!