Author: Mrs McWhirter McWhirter
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Lighthouse Musicians Concert
This week three Lighthouse Musicians came to perform the most wonderful concert for us all. They played a huge variety of music from various genres, some of which we recognised and some of which we did not. We very much enjoyed singing along with some familiar movie tracks such as You’ve Got a Friend in…
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Multi-Sports in P.1-4
This week we enjoyed our first session with Connor Cluckie from Active Schools. He is joining us every Friday for the next three weeks, focusing on a different sport each time. It was all about rugby today and we enjoyed various warm ups and drills to help build on skills such as passing and catching,…
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Adobe Express in P.1-4
This week P.1-4 took part in a Good Work Assembly. They showcased new areas of learning in ICT (with a focus on Adobe Express), Big Writing and Numeracy. There was a fabulous range of work to see and it is now proudly displayed in our classroom.
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Story Maps in P.1-4
This week we have been planning our own stories. We shared our ideas with a partner and created story maps on A3 paper. The next day we began creating our own images on Adobe Express. We will finish these next week before actually writing our stories in jotters. Each story needs to have a character,…
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The Galloway Chilli Continues…
This week we painted pointillism pictures inspired by The Galloway Chilli, as well creating puppet shows using Shalla’s characters. We also created animations on Purple Mash and, finally, wrote our own narrative of the story. We were lucky enough to see Shalla on Wednesday and she kindly got her photograph taken with us. Next week…
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The Galloway Chilli in P.1-4
This week we have enjoyed reading the story of The Galloway Chilli, by Shalla Gray. It fits nicely with our Fam to Fork topic and so far we have had fun retelling the story in pictures. We have broken the pictures down into an introduction/ orientation, problem, sequence of events and resolution, which are the…
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P.1-4
This week we have enjoyed learning about the Easter Story. We have sequenced the pictures and text, as well as completing a Response activity during our Big Writing lesson. We also completed Easter maths mosaic challenges and made Easter cards (finger painting!).
