Mr McLean will be visiting us in P1 every Tuesday this term to help us to learn about rhythm and how to use our voices as a tool to communicate through song. We loved our first session and are looking forward to next time already !
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!
Primary 1- Our First Success Assembly as a Class
We were so proud and pleased with ourselves following our first performance on the stage as a P1 class at the success assembly where each class in the school shares their learning with the wider school community.
We sang 3 songs to showcase a little of our learning across the curriculum. We started with our ‘When I Know My Sounds’ song which we sing everyday in class to remember why learning our sounds is so important and the steps we need to take to be successful in learning these. Next we performed ‘I Can Sing A Rainbow’ in both english and french to show a little bit of our french learning his term with the help of Miss Douglas and her friend Amelie. Lastly we sang ‘Thank You God’ to celebrate all of the wonderful gifts we have to share with the world. We really hope you enjoyed our performance! 📚🌈🌍
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.
Health Choices-Food to Fuel our Bodies and Brains
As a special treat to mark the end of our first term in P1 and as part of our Fit Thursday learning, we enjoyed this enormous fruit salad together in the outside classroom. It was so big we had seconds and in some cases even thirds 😀 There was 12 different fruits in it, some we knew already, some we had tasted and some we tried for the first time. We sorted, counted and compared the different fruits. We noticed they were all different in size, colour, feel, shape, smell and of course taste! But they did have some things in common such as they are healthy, can be cut and begin to get rotten after some time. Lots of great ideas from our class! 🍊🍓🍍🍐🍎🍉🍑🥝🍌🍏🍋🥭
Literacy and Exp.Arts
We developed our listening and reading skills by responding to questions about a story and working together in small groups to order the events into the correct sequence. We also had lots of fun writing, making and wearing our creative hat designs!
Primary 1- Proud of our Achievements in term 1
We took time to share our ‘Story of my Learning’ books with our friends and our families yesterday. We were proud to show all of the wonderful learning, effort and achievements we have already made as big school boys or girls!
A huge thank you to all of the grown ups who came and gave such wonderful feedback, hugely appreciated!
Primary 1- Using Technology in our Play
After some help from our P7 buddies in how to use the laptops, we now have 2 of our very own in our class. They are available to use everyday but we have a 10 minute timer to ensure everyone can get a turn. We love to select from a range of learning games to help our learning across the curriculum and develop our skills with the use of technology. 💻
Primary 1- Order of Number Tricky Challenge
We were all excited to get a tricky number challenge in a secret envelope. We had to use our learning about the order of number and counting to sort out all of the cards that were in a muddle. The cards were either numerals or 10s frames. We worked on this all by ourselves but had our friends around if we needed to look or ask for help. We all did a fantastic job of this tricky number challenge and were very proud of ourselves!
Primary 1- PE
We were learning the skills of balancing and teamwork in the gym.
