At the beginning of the week we had a wee visit from Primary 7 who came down to play with us. We had great fun showing them all our favourite activities.
This week we have been working on 3D shape in maths as well as learning the “th” and “ch” sounds in literacy. We also had great fun in the gym hall with the parachute.
We had such a fun day today. The Primary 7s organised a ‘Friday Fun Day’ for us, full of amazing activities. We started off the day with a Scavenger Hunt where we had to search for specific objects in the class.
Then we completed a drawing and building challenge. They asked us to draw a picture of our favourite season and build a chair using the construction materials.
After lunch we went outside to complete our final challenges. Declan, Bailey and Layla from P7 had set up some sports activities for us such as Beat the Goalie and an obstacle course. We had so much fun.
We would like to say a HUGE “Thank You” to Primary 7 for organising such a fun day.
In maths we have started to learn about money. We have been trying to identify coins from 1p up to £2. This would be a great thing for you to practise at home. Next week we are going to start using coins to make amounts up to 10p.
We rearranged the classroom to give us more room for our construction area as we recently received some brilliant new wooden blocks. We have had great fun building some amazing models and we even created a Zombie Apocalypse town after learning the ‘z’ sound this week.
We have also enjoyed getting creative with the paints this week.
Our day for using the Gym hall is a Thursday so if you haven’t already done so, please send in a bag with a pair of shorts and trainer/gym shoes. These can be kept safely in the school, on the children’s pegs and it will mean we can use the hall on other days if the timetable changes unexpectedly.
We got to test out some of the amazing new outdoor resources that the school has recently purchased. On Monday we tried out the giant Polydron and had great fun making models and structures.
On Thursday we made an obstacle course with the new balance beams and wooden blocks. It started off nice and easy in a straight line and then it progressed to having obstacles to step over and then they pulled pieces apart to make it much trickier to navigate.
We have also been working so hard in class this week and have continued to focus on subtraction in numeracy.
We have had such a busy week here in Primary One. In literacy we were learning the ‘j’ and ‘v’ sounds. We played in jelly, built volcanoes, designed a village and pretended to be vets. It was so much fun. The new sounds are in the book bags for you to practise at home.
For our writing this week we made delicious jam sandwiches and we then wrote a set of instructions. We even took our crusts out to feed the birds so there was no waste.
In maths we have been working on Subtraction within ten and have been learning to use a number line to help us work out the calculations.
Finally, we started our new topic on Lunar New Year today and we watched a video clip of two children explaining how they celebrate this wonderful festival. The children in the video cleaned the whole house and then decorated it with beautiful red banners. This inspired us to do the same with our house corner and we even made some of our own lovely banners which we will display next week.
Please enjoy our performances of our Scots poem Crocodile by J.K. Annand and our song Katie Bairdie. To view the videos, click onto the Sway and scroll down.
We started our Scotland topic this week and the children have been exploring our village. We went a walk around Catrine and had a look at some of the places we recognised.
We learned about the Scottish flag and made our own to hang up in class. Isn’t it beautiful?
Our stars of the day this week were:
As part of our Scotland topic all the classes are learning a Scots poem. The Primary 1 poem is Crocodile by J K Annand.
Crocodile by J K Annand
When doukin in the River Nile
I met a muckle crocodile.
He flicked his tail, he blinked his ee,
Syne bared his ugsome teeth at me.
Says I, ‘I never saw the like,
Cleaning your teeth maun be a fyke!
What sort a besom do ye hae
To brush a set o teeth like thae?”
The crocodile said, ‘Nane ava.
I never brush my teeth at aa!
A wee bird redds them up, ye see,
And saves me monie a dentist’s fee.
We will be sending a paper copy of the poem tomorrow in your child’s book bags. Please practice it with them as we will be filming a class performance for the blog at the end of the month.
Please ensure that the books bags are in tomorrow as we shall be sending a few things home. If you cannot find your child’s book bag or sound cards, please write a wee note and we can issue new ones.
We had a wonderful time at our Christmas party yesterday. The children had so much fun dancing and playing party games in the hall. We played Corners, Pass the Parcel and Musical Statues. We even had a visit from a very special guest!
When we got back to the classroom we were so excited to see that Santa had left us a present. We then had a party snack and finished the afternoon off with a classroom disco.
Mrs Ferguson and I had such a lovely afternoon with all the children. They had the best manners and showed off some of the most amazing dance moves we have ever seen!
If you would like a proper copy of your child’s individual photo from above, please email me at erin.cook@eastayrshire.org.uk and I’ll send it to you.
What a busy, busy week we’ve had in Primary 1! As well as practising hard for and filming the Nativity Play we have been working our socks off in Numeracy and Literacy too.
This week we learned the ‘f’ and ‘o’ sounds. We looked at things that float for the ‘f’ sound and we peeled and ate oranges and made a playdough octopus for the ‘o’ sound.
In Numeracy we have been working on adding on 1 and 2.
We have been working hard in the afternoons too, building, drawing and playing with our friends.
We are so proud of Charlotte for winning the JRSO competition.
We all thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas dinner today. The dinner ladies cooked us an amazing meal. Everything was so delicious.
Our Stars of the Day this week were:
Carter for super progress in his work, Charlotte for winning the JRSO competition, Braxton for building an amazing model with the blocks, Miley for being very kind and helpful to others and Riley for working hard and maths and being a super tidier.
Allan was our Dojo pupil of the week with the most points.
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