We what an exciting and busy week we have been having in Primary One! We have been learning all about Scotland and all things Scottish over the past couple of weeks. We started off by learning a poem by J.K Annand call Nessie. It was all about Nessie the Loch Ness monster. We had a competition and four of us made it to the final which will be judged by Mrs MacDonald and Mrs Fraser. Well done to Kyra, Billy, Wren and Carys!
We also watched a little story about the Loch Ness monster on our Promethean Board and then we had to think carefully about we had seen and heard. We had to put pictures in the right order and we could read some sentences to give us a help.
We had lots of fun dressing up in some traditional Scottish clothes and learning a Scottish dance called the Flying Scotsman. It is named after a train and we even get to make a choo choo noise during it… we all had lots of fun!
In health we were learning all about foods which come from Scotland. Some of them were new to us but we enjoyed tasting and trying lots of different foods. A lot of us decided that we really liked eating Beetroot (even though it gave us purple fingers and tongues). We also got to complete different tasks including putting together a map of Scotland, Chamseddine was very good at this.
In art we made our own tartan pattern using paint. Some of us even made it in the most amazing tartan patterns in our homework books.
We were very lucky to go on a trip this week . We went to the Dundee Science Centre (Sensation) and had a great time being ‘explorers’. We learnt lots about different animals, about what a food chain is, about matching animal footprints to the animal they belong to and lots, lots more! We all went into groups and got to explore different activities and had a great time whilst we were learning. Here are some of the photos we took.
We also had a fantastic surprise. Mrs Munro arranged for an ActivTable to come to our school for a couple of days so we could have a look at it, some of us could use it and we could decided if we thought we should get one. We loved it and saw that it was a bit like a table but instead of the table top you would normally get it was a huge computer screen that we could touch and use- it was FANTASTIC. The boys and girls in our class told the rest of us about it and about what they learnt whilst using it. We filled in a sheet to give to Mrs MacDonald and Mrs Fraser to tell them about why we think we should get one and what we thought of it.
We took some pictures of us using the ActivTable. It was fab we played games that helped us to learn about money. We used maps to find things. There were musical instruments for us to learn about and learn all about timing. There was a pond which we could run our fingers through and touch the fish (Mrs Mackay and Mrs Munro thought that was very relaxing!) and lots more!
We have been learning all about problem solving in the last few weeks. During assembly Mrs MacDonald and Mrs Fraser have been setting us problems to solve. We tell our teacher what they are are and then we try to come up with some solutions to the problem. We have been using our thinking triangle and flowers to help us. After we have come up with as many solutions as we can we think about what skills we have used. We are doing really well with it!
This week was our 100 Days of School!!!! We have been counting everyday we come in and on Thursday we counted that we had been at school for 1o0 days! We counted all the bears in our number chart. We made ourselves a party hat with the number 100 on it and 100 spots. We said that we would need 10 strips because there are 10 rows in our number square and on each of the 10 strips we had to put on 10 spots because each row in our number square had 10 numbers on it. We also made necklaces with the number 100.
We enjoyed lots of different activities using a flipchart and we listened to a counting song which we all loved. Click the link below to listen and watch at home.
Mrs Bell came and helped us to explore where 100 steps would take us. It was lots of fun. Some us ended up in different classrooms, some us found ourselves in the teachers staffroom (where we don’t normally get to go so shhh!), and some of us even found ourselves in Mrs MacDonalds room. It was lots of fun!
We all decided that because it was such a special day we should have a party to celebrate. We all made a centipede cake and gave it 100 legs and 100 spots and then we iced it. Our teachers had changed our classroom around so that we could all share some party food with our friends. We had lots of food which we had to make into the number 100. We played party games in the hall and some of us won a prize.
Week Beginning 4th February2013
SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED ON
- THURSDAY 7TH FEBRUARY
- FRIDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
- MONDAY 11TH FEBRUARY
WE WILL BE HAVING A OPEN AFTERNOON EVENT IN P1 ON TUESDAY (12TH), WEDNESDAY (13TH) AND THURSDAY (14TH). Please come along between 2.45 – 3.15pm on any of these days. Your child can show you around the classroom and ALZ and will share their learning in their folio with you.
