Hello! Welcome to Longhaugh Primary P1 blog!

This week we were focusing on our reading skills. We had 8 sentences from The Three Little Pigs story and we had to read them and then match them to the correct picture. We then had to check they were in the right order and that the story made sense. For some of us this was a wee but tricky, but most of us made a very good job.

In numeracy this week we looked at subtraction to 10. We used cubes, compare bears, fingers, number lines. We know subtraction means take away and also less than. We are really quite good at subtraction and some of us who have been working really hard and are really great at subtraction have been taking away with numbers up to 20! Wow!

In topic this week we have been making paper mache pigs. We have to let this dry before we can paint them. As this takes time, some are finished, others still need to be completed. They’re looking  good though.

You’ll be astonished to read this but we got an email from The Three Pigs! They told us they really liked the houses we built for them in our class rooms and they would love someone to come and live with them there. They would like the pigs we made to stay with them. So, we had to tell The Three Pigs a few things about our pigs. They wanted to know their names, what they liked, what they didn’t like.  A little bit about their personalities, are they happy, are they grumpy? We wrote some descriptive words to describe our pigs. Next week we are going to use those words to write sentences describing our pigs.

Parent Notices

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

Several children have not brought a full gym kit back to school since returning after the Easter holidays. Please ensure your child has a full gym kit in school.

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.

As you already know, the children have been involved in our transition topic, The Three Little Pigs. This has involved making paper mache pigs and the children have been painting them pink. This pink paint, unfortunately, has not only resulted in pink pigs but several pink children!! We apologise to parents for the extra washing this has caused as school uniforms have been turned pink and we appreciate your support. You will be pleased to know that painting pig season has now ended!! We would appreciate, however, any old shirts etc., that you may have so we have  proper painting overalls for all the children.