What a busy week we have had!

Our learning in maths this week has been to match numbers to number words. We will be continuing to learn about this over the next few weeks.

We have been practising our sounds and continuing to try and sound out, blend and write three letter words.

This week we listened to a story called the Grufflao. We have decided that this will be our next topic. Both classes made a plan. We had lots of ideas!

We have started with a Deep Dark Wood in our classrooms and in the Active Learning Zone. We are going to pretend to be the characters from the story. We have a book to draw and write about our adventures in the Deep Dark Wood.

On Wednesday we talked about Diwali. This is the Hindu Festival of Light. We listened to the story of Rama and Sita. You can read it here. http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/re/b-dag/ngfl-container/re-unit3-en.html Then we drew some Rangoli patterns and some Mehndi designs.

On Thursday we visited the DCA in Dundee. It has a cinema and we went to see Film Shorts for Wee Ones. We went on the bus and there were lots of balloons on the stairs to show us where to go. We sat in a cinema and watched lots of little films about all different things. We got a poster to take home.

When we got back to school we had to think about which film was our favourite. We all had to tell our teacher and our friends about the film. This is what we said….

Rory said “The thunder and lightening one was the best. When the man threw the phone and the lightening came.”

Nathan said “I liked the clooud. His head went to thunder and the whole house went on fire.”

Aiden said “I like the acorn film, It was funny when his hat fell off and he was in the bee’s house.”

Demilade said “I liked ALL the films! My favourite one was the cloud one because it’s so funny and I also liked the one with the acron. I liked it when he fell down.”

Ellie said “I liked the film with the little girl drawing people. It was funny.”

Flynn said “I liked the film with the dragon because the little boy ate the dragon.”

Brandon said “I liked the one when the boy put his head off. It was funny.”

Kayla said “I like the star film because the little girl got a star.”

On Friday we had a Fit Friday. Here is our Fit Friday timetables…

We had Rugby, Fruit tasting with Ms Gauld, Playground Games, Circuit Training, Basic Moves and a Judo session. They were all fab.

In our classrooms we also learned about parts of our body. P1a1 learned about the face and P1a2 looked at a skeleton. We talked about what all the parts of the body are called.

Week Starting 31st October 2011

• P1a1 have gym on Wednesday afternoon.
• P1a2 have gym on Wednesday afternoon.
• Remember to bring your Halloween costume in a bag on Monday.
• Book bags will be issued on Friday. Please read the book with your child over the weekend and return it to school on Monday morning.

Halloween party on Monday afternoon. Remember you costume and 30p for the Spooky Tuck Shop.

On the day your child has gym, please ensure they have no jewellery and long hair should be tied up.

Next week we will be learning about The Gruffalo and how the book and the film are the same or different.