P1 Term 1 Newsletter 2026

P1 have been lucky to have 5 sessions of P.E. led by the sports leaders  from Dumfries High school.

“It was really fun.” – Arwen

” They gave us lots of activities to do.” – Jaxon

We researched our timeline from birth to present day. We presented our timelines to the rest of the class.

“I can talk about my life.” – Thomas

” I can tell people about important things that have happened to me.” – Layla

Term 2 (1)

Primary 1 walked to the library and chose books to take home and read with a parent.

“There were lots of books to choose from.” – Luke

“I wanted a book all about sharks, Mrs. Woods showed me where the animal books were and I found one.” – Jaxon

“I’ve never seen so many books.” – Grace

Primary 1 have settled well into school life and were enjoying exploring our outside space.

“I like the trim trail, we have to be able to balance to go on it.” – Quinn

“There is lots of space in our playground.” – Abbie

Term 2 (1)

“It was international STEM day so we did lots of building” – Robson (STEM means Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)

“We can build whatever we want” – Elsie

(This was a child-led activity, We provided the resources and watched the children display creativity, imagination, initiative and collaboration skills. Look at what they made!)

P1/2 have been learning about pattern. We went outdoors to see if we could make patterns with objects we found outdoors…

Sometimes Primary 7 pupils help us with our learning.  This week they were helping us with our new topic of materials and building, fine motor skills of cutting, using the ipad to access purple mash, and using directional language to programme the code and go mice…