We learned about our super skeletons, the many bones which hold us up!
We worked together to use our learning to create these loose parts skeletons and had fun trying to create skeletons using white oil pastels.
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P1- Focussing on our sense of smell and taste
We did a few experiments earlier this week to help us to investigate and learn more about our sense of smell and taste.
We know that we use our nose to smell and that smells can be pleasant or not very nice and our sense of smell is there to help keep us safe and away from danger. We worked in groups to have a sniff of some mystery smells and then tried to guess and describe what it was. We discovered that even without or other senses to help, our sense of smell was quite accurate in determining what it was we were smelling and if it would be something we would want to be close to. The smells were chocolate, ketchup, coffee, onion, vinegar and lemon and we guess them all!
We also investigated our sense of taste and discovered that our tongues are specially designed to identify a range of different flavour groups. In this experiment we had to be good at partner working and show a responsible and respectful attitude to ensure our partner, who could not see what they were tasting, was safe and happy. We tasted 9 things and described and guessed what it was. Again, we were fantastic at this taste testing, getting all 9 identified correctly. The tastes were salt crisps, carrot, blueberries, dark chocolate, pickled onions, raisins, cheese and marshmallows!
Learning about Water 💦
In science we have been learning all about water. We learned that planet earth is mostly made of water and that water goes around and around all of the time… it is very important for us and everything else on Earth! We spoke about how we use water and how it can change from a liquid, like the water we drink to a solid and even a gas. We experimented with water and how to change it by the processes of freezing, melting and boiling. We especially enjoyed working in small groups to see if we could melt big chunks of ice and find the secret surprises hidden inside. We used a range of things such as salt and sand and also sticks, stones and magnifying glasses to look closely at the ice. Here we are taking part in this fun experiment…
Next we want to try to make dirty water clean again!
P1- The Moon 🌓
As we finish off our learning about the wonder of the sky we have been learning more about the sun, moon and stars. It has been lots of fun and we remember lots of exciting and interesting facts and information. Look at us taking part in some moon themed play tasks and working in groups to build our own Kapla rocket ships to head into space with…
P1- Christmas Trees Outdoors
We were very busy with Christmas crafts this afternoon. We created some lovely Christmas cards using fine motor skills and creativity to take home to our special grown ups, made some bird feeders to hang outside in our garden to help the birds find food whilst we are away on our Christmas school holidays and lastly worked in pairs or trios to create our own Christmas tree representations using outdoor resources in our environment. Take a look at some of our wonderfully imaginative designs.
We thought about the shape of the tree, how to fit it into our working space, teamwork and sharing. We also included a trunk, a stand, some lights, tinsel, decorations and a star on the top of some of our designs!
P1- Teamwork in the Elf Express Gym Games
We have been developing our ability to work together to achieve a goal and in the gym, working for Santa as little Elf teams gave us the perfect opportunity to share resources, space and roles.
We had to move our sleighs to collect presents and deliver them to the other side of the gym hall, it was lots of fun!
P1- A pumpkin kind of week!
This week we were all about pumpkins and used these as a context for learning across the curriculum, incorporating literacy, numeracy and maths, science, expressive arts and health and well-being but more importantly we had a lot of fun learning!
In teams we became scientists and took part in a pumpkin investigation using many skills including turn taking, observing, explaining, problem solving, predicting, estimating, measuring, testing and recording our thoughts and findings. We could not believe that pumpkins actually sink despite being quite heavy! This led us into doing a more in depth learning about floating and sinking later in the week.
We used the book Pumpkin Soup to link our learning this week and decided to make some soup just like Duck, Cat and Squirrel in the story. But before we could do this we needed to write some shopping lists and look at lots of different recipes books. We even went into the garden and found some lovely carrots and potatoes to use in our soup! Miss Thompson was so proud of us all and the writing we produced. It was a challenging job but we can do anything we set our mind to in P1! 
Here we are enjoying our soup once and if the hard work chopping, cutting, stirring and cooking had been done.
Another pumpkin learning task we worked hard on was a S.T.E.M challenge in small cooperative groups. The challenge was to design and create a ‘pumpkin platform’ as a group. It had to be as high as we could get it but still steady and strong. Just look at some of the design ideas we had. The highest platform got the pumpkin 16 cubes high off of the floor!
Overall, we loved using pumpkins in lots of our learning and play this week!
P1-It’s Raining Leaves 🍁
Click the link to view us having lots of fun creating ‘leaf rain’ or ‘leaf confetti’ whilst out on our walk to search for different colours, sizes and shapes of autumn leaves. Learning outdoors is lots of fun!
P1- A Leafy Start to Term 2
As part of our learning about the world around us and the changing seasons, lots of our learning across the curriculum this week has been themed to leaves.🍁
We learned about what happens in autumn and were interested in discovering why the leaves fall and change colour. We went out to collect leaves which we used for some different learning opportunities.
In numeracy we used leaves to sort and group, estimate and count and sequence. We even tried some leaf rubbings in the outdoor classroom and tried to choose autumnal colours.
We helped each other to make lovely leaf necklaces. It was very tricky to tie the string to the stick and to carefully poke a little hole into each leave as we added it on. We even made a nice headband for Mrs MacPhail and she was very pleased with it!
Finally through the story Leaf Man we developed our literacy and expressive art skills. We loved how all of the illustrations in the story are made from leaves and even created some of our own. They look great!
Overall, some lovely leafy learning to kick start term 2!
Fit Thursday Fun
Learning the the power of breathing and how wonderful our bodies are at yoga.
Following dance moves and creating our own in the Zumba class.
Setting off the whole school ‘run a mile’ in style. Building resilience, fitness and healthy habits.
Working as a team, using listening skills and balance and movement development in the gym.
Fab football skills and teamwork out on the pitch.
