P1M doing a fantastic job at developing our pencil control.
We had the Scottish Wildlife Trust in class today to talk about thewildlife in our local environment. We learned about various animals including deer, sheep, basking sharks and foxes.
Today we had Liz Ferrall from the Bat Conservation for Scotland visiting our class. She told us more about different bat species in Scotland, their anatomy and where they could live. We discovered some bats live close to our school! Fantastic listening throughout the presentation! Well done all P1’s!
We were learning about the properties of 2D shapes today! We used straws and Lego to check how many sides and corners each shape had. We also had to select specific shapes to make animal pictures. Well done everyone!
P1M making sure they can form the sounds we have learned sofar! We used pens on paper, Lego and even our bodies to form the sounds!
As our class topic is ‘Our Environment’, we went for a walk in our playground environment and collected some objects to help us fill an empty autumn tree. We looked at various creatures and plants! We took time to look at the sky, the pupils described this as‘beautiful’!
We have been learning numbers 1-5 and have been practising forming our numerals. We have also been learning our sounds this week.
Practising writing the number 4 in a variety of ways.
Well done everyone, you all worked hard when forming your numerals.
Outdoor learning practising forming our numerals. We have learned 1,2 and 3 so far!.Well done everyone!
In P1M we were developing our memory skills, completing listening tasks using our 4 rules of listening and playing circle time games that promote good listening and turn taking.
Sharon from Child Smile came into class today to speak to the children about brushing their teeth. They met Elvis the dinosaur and have all been given a toothbrush for brushing their teeth in school! Letters in school bags with more information.
Picnic social snack in P1M. Pupils can chat,eat their snack and then spend their play time outside playing. Today the pupils wanted to listen to a story whilst they ate their snack, so we read ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Cat’!
P1M exploring their local environment with Jenny Ventham from the Forestry Commission.
They were learning about North, South,East and West.
Collecting items to remind us of our journey outside the school and were being responsible partners whilst we walked in our local environment.
We then sorted all the items into the order we found them on our walk.
