Welcome to a very wintery and snowy Dundee! Is it snowing where you are? Maybe you could let us know if you’ve had snow as well?!

We were looking at rhyme this week. We were matching picture cards, listening to stories and trying to predict the rhyme. We also listened to nonsense rhymes which made us giggle….a lot! We then had to try and think of our own rhymes. This was really quite tricky!

                   

We are continuing to use all our sounds knowledge to make words and we’re trying to make more tricky words using our phonics cubes.

                                     

We continued with addition this week adding on 1 more, 2 more and 3 more.

              

We have been learning about our bodies and looking at human growth. That just means we’re looking at how we’ve changed. We have brought in photographs of ourselves as babies and we have been discussing the changes our bodies have made and how different we now look. We will be learning about the changes our bodies will make as we grow and get older.

We have our baby clinic in P1A classroom and a G.P. came to visit and talked to us about a real baby clinic. He told us how to hold a baby, to protect its head, and that the clinic would weigh and measure the baby and check its heart, lungs etc. We got to listen to our own hearts.

              

              

We have been practising our cutting skills in the afternoon, because the more you practise the better you get! This week we were cutting out the shape of a body and then cutting out winter clothes to put on it. This was an extremely tricky job! One or two of us accidently cut off legs and arms but we were able to save them thanks to sticky tape! We needed lots of concentration for this job!

              

P1C painted their photo frames this week. If you remember, last week we stuck scrunched up tissue paper onto our frames and left them to dry. They are looking lovely and golden and shiney. We’ve just to put our pictures in them.

              

We were balancing in gym this week. Balancing is quite tricky and you need to concentrate. We balanced on our own and sometimes we worked as a team.

  

Parent Notices

Gym – Please ensure that your child has a full gym kit in school. Gym days are on a Tuesday and a Thursday for P1A and P1C and a Tuesday and a Wednesday for P1B. Also please note that all jewellery must be removed for gym.

Your child has been given a blue homework packet, please ensure your child brings this to school every day.

Open Doors – Every Friday from 3.00 – 3.15pm. Come into class and see all your child’s hard work. Open doors will restart on Friday 18th January.