We have been enjoying glorious weather here in Dundee and although it has been warm in our classrooms we have still been working very hard.
We continue to revise our sounds every week and we have been using the phonics activities in the classroom. We have been sounding out CVC words and writing short sentences, especially in our Jack and the Beanstalk area.
This week in our number work our teachers introduced subtraction. We looked at all the different words for subtraction….minus, take away, less than. We had to find the number before on our number tracks and we know that when we take away, the number will get smaller. We wrote our take away sums on our whiteboards.
In our topic work we looked at the different parts of a plant. We read an information book and it told us the names given to all the different parts of a plant; flower, stem, leaves, roots etc. We had our own sheet with a picture of a plant on it and we labelled all the parts ourselves.
We also made our own paper daffodils. It was quite a tricky job as we had to cut a rectangle into a round shape by carefully snipping the corners. We also had to very carefully cut and roll a long rectangle shape to make the trumpet part of the daffodil. I think you’ll agree they turned out rather well!
As the sun has been shining we decided to have our gym lesson outside on the grass. We are all excited that the 2012 Olympics is coming to London so we had our own Olympic type events. We threw javelins, had running events, hurdles and did all sorts of activities. I’m sure the professional atheletes would have been very impressed with our efforts!
Notices for parents:
Gym – P1A –Wednesday & Friday, P1B – Thursday and Friday, P1C – Wednesday and Thursday. Please ensure your child has a full gym kit in school. Also please note that all jewellery must be removed for gym.
Open Doors – Every Thursday 3.00pm – 3.15pm. Please come in to school and see all the hard work your child has been doing.
The school is holding a Beetle Drive on Thursday 31st May at 7.00pm to 8.30pm. Tickets are available from the school – adults – £1.00, children – 50p. Refreshments are included. Please come along and support Longhaugh Primary School.
