Monthly Archives: December 2011

Last Few Days of Term…

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Our last few days of school have been really busy!

On Monday afternoon we had our Christmas Party. We all went to the upstairs hall and played Christmas Corners, Pass the Parcel and Musical Bumps. After all our dancing we needed a drink. So we all went down to the dining room and had our Chrsitmas party food. There was lots of carrot sticks, grapes, yogurt and a cookie. Yum, Yum!

On Tuesday morning we had M & M Productions in who did a panto called Beauty and the Beast. It was great fun. They sang songs and we all clapped and had a great time. We have been adding lots of photos to our folios to show all our learning so far this year.

We have still been couting how many days of school. We have now had 77 days of school. We are well on our way to 100!

One Wednesday we all went to the church for a service. We dressed up with costumes for the nativity scene and sang some songs with our teachers and friends.

We hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See everyone on Thursday 5th January 2012!

Week Starting 5th January 2012…

  • Bring a clean gym kit to school

We will be learning about a new topic this term….but it’s s surprise!

Christmas is coming…..

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What a super busy week we have had in Primary 1. 

On Tuesday we all walked to the Steps Theatre to watch a film. The film was organised by Coldside Community Forum and a huge thank you to Eddie Holmes who organised it for us. We were very lucky that the whole school got such a lovely gift of going to the cinema.On Wednesday we put on our costumes for the dress rehearsal of the Christmas show.  We loved dressing up as builders, reindeer, jinglers, kings, Santa, Mrs Claus, Mary and Joseph.  Thursday was the big day and we sung our hearts out on stage for all our families and friends.  We were fantastic and got a HUGE round of applause.

We have been working our way through our Christmas book which has got lots of activities to help us get in the Christmas mood. We have been finding sounds and counting in our book.

We have also been working hard to get ready for our Gruffalo Party which we had on Friday. We made special Gruffalo Menus and Gruffalo Party Invitations for our friends in class. We had to draw pictures  of the Gruffalo food and write our friends name using a capital letter. We all got to take home a special present of our Gruffalo Videos and we are are able to watch our videos at home with our parent and carers.

     

Then today we had our Gruffalo Party. We started by listening to the story of the Gruffalo. Then we went to the hall to play Gruffalo Games. We played Gruffalo corners, Foxes Tails and pass the Gruffalo. Next we went to the class to have our Gruffalo party food. It was tasty.

   

 

Next Week…..

Monday – Christmas Party in afternoon. Remember to bring your party clothes in your bag. Remember to pay your £1.

Tuesday – M & M productions are coming to do Beauty and the Beast. Please make sure you have paid your £3.

Wednesday – Morning – Church service 9.30am – All Welcome

                               Remember we close at 12noon sharp. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you all on Thursday 5th January 2012.

Nearly Christmas Showtime

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This week we have been really busy practising for our school Christmas Show. We want to keep our rehearsals under wraps just now but here is a little sneak preview of our costumes and props.

   

We have been doing lots of activities to help celebrate Christmas. In the Active Learning Zone we have been decorating a Christmas tree and taking a photo of it. We have lots of new Christmas apps on the iPad and have been doing Christmas jigsaws, listening to music, decorating a Christmas tree and listening to Christmas stories. We have been counting on the Promethean Board. In the reading corner we have been reading Santa stories. We have also been making pictures of Rudolph on a game on the internet. Why not have a try at some of these to practise your mouse skills…

Build a Snowman

Build Rudolph

Make a Christmas Tree

   

   

We have been continuing to learn new sounds and this week we learned ‘oo’. We must remember to practise our sounds books every night as it helps when we are reading. This week we have also made our Christmas cards. We don’t want to spoil the surprise but our handwriting is super! We have also been making cards are the writing table in the Active Learning Zone. We have lovely stamps to put on our envelopes and have been making cards for our family and friends.

   

In maths we have been doing more work on our adding stories. We have been practising writing them on our whiteboards and playing games in the Active Learning Zone.

Week Starting 12th December 2011

  • Please check homework/school bag for any letters which need signed and returned.
  • Tuesday 13th December in the morning is a trip to Steps Theatre to see Cars 2 for all the infant classes. Normal pick up time for infant children on that day.
  • Thursday 15th December is Christmas Show day. There is a performance in the afternoon and one in the evening. Remember we would ask you to bring your child back to school at 6pm for the evening performance which starts at 6.30pm. Children will need collected from their class at the end of the performance which should finish at about 7.30pm approx.

Next week we will be learning all about the story of Christmas.

PLEASE REMEMBER!!! OUR GRUFFALO FILMS PLEASE REMEMBER!!!

Please look at our Gruffalo films in the post below. We only have one comment from a parent. We would like lots more. Please tell us what you think of our Gruffalo films. We worked really hard on them and would love to hear what you have to say.

Christmas is coming……

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We have been super busy this week getting ready for our Christmas fayre.  All our crafts look beautiful and we have our fingers crossed that we will raise lots of money for our school.

  

                                                    

We made our own price labels for everything on our stalls.

  

We made Snowmen Advent calendars and will have to remember to move the number along one every day until Christmas.

In Primary 1a2 we have made Charlie Cook’s Reading Nook as part of our Julia Donaldson book study.  We picked out our favourite bits from Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book and used it to help us plan and make our reading nook. 

                                   

Week Starting 5th December 2011

  • P1a1 and P1a2 all have gym on Thursday afternoon.
  • Book bags will go out on Friday this week, please read with your child and return it with them on Monday morning.

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 all about addition.

Wednesday 7th is our school Christmas dinner, yum!

On Friday 9th we will be  watching the Nursery boys and girls doing their Christmas Nativity show.