ICT | Dens Road Primary One

This week in number work we have been learning how to share. We played lots of fun sharing games on the promethean board and we used the little people, buttons and bears from our number areas to share. We were all very good at sharing and impressed our teachers.

In the Active Learning Zone we have been using some cool aps on the iPad. There is a new Bee-Bot app which we have been using. For a short period of time it is now available for our parents to download to an apple device for free and may be beneficial if parents want to continue the fun learning we have been doing. We have to plan the journey of the beebot around the garden. We have also been using the iPad help us learn more about sharing, and this app is also free.

We were having lots of fun with our model planets and were amazed to see that some were really much bigger than others. Alot of us thought that the Earth would be bigger than the sun but the sun is the biggest model.

In music P1a2 used lots of instruments to play rhythms along with different songs. We learnt two new songs and we were very musical, our teacher even said we sounded as good as a rock band! P1a1 can’t wait to have a go next week.

When P1a1 were at computing we got to use Pivot again but this time we had to learn how to change the man into a spaceman on the moon. It was a little tricky but we managed and were super! Next week P1a2 will have a go at making mini spaceman pivot movies.

Week Starting 20th February 2012

Next week is a Fit Friday week so we must remember to wear our sporty clothes on Friday (not jeans please).

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

Please send in your child’s Fruit Money in a named envelope £2.60 until the Easter Holiday. Thank you to those who have already paid.

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 Baboon on The Moon!

This week we have been investigating and learning all about measuring. We have been looking at things that are long and things that are short. We had to sort out pictures on the promeathan board by thinking about which group they belonged to and if they were long or short and tall or small. Next, we had to investigate in our classrooms and see which things we could sort into these groups. It was lots of fun. In the Active Learning Zone we have been busy learning all length too. We had to measure how tall we were on the height chart and then had to mark our height on it with a post it note to see who was the tallest and smallest. We also had lots of fun measure the height or length of different pictures using cubes.

We are very proud of ourselves that we have now learnt all of our initial Jolly Phonic sounds. We have really enjoyed learning the sounds, names and actions but our favourite way to learn them has been by singing the songs which go with them, We are really good at remembering them and we can use all the sounds which we know to write short words. We are looking forward to learning our Jolly Phonic blends after the holidays.

In ICT we have been busy making pictures of the different characters from Sleeping Beauty. We had to use the start menu and select the Textease Paint icon. Next, we had to change the size of brush we were using and then use the colours which match the character we were going to create. It was tricky to control the mouse but we all tried really hard and got some fabulous results!

We hope that you have all enjoyed reading about what we have been doing during our first term of Primary One and we will see you all in two weeks when we return from our holiday.

Week Starting 24th October 2011

P1a1 have gym on Monday afternoon.
P1a2 have gym on Thursday afternoon.
Remember to return your permission slips and money for our trip to the DCA Film Festival.
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.

We have our Film Festival trip to DCA on Thursday.

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

After the holidays we will be learning about The Gruffalo.