Dyslexia awareness week 10.10.25
This week in the school we have been focussing on dyslexia. We watched a video about how we are all different and that our brains all work differently. We then decorated our dyslexia ribbons. Some of us chose to decorate it with different colours because we are all different.
Phoneme – m 7.10.25
This week we are learning about the phoneme m. At the teaching table we were practising writing the letter m.We were able to identify items beginning with m. We then painted pictures of monkeys.
Letter formation and number formation 7.10.25
We have been focussing on letter formation using different resources. For a Stripy tasks we used the pegs and the peg boards.
Heart Start – CPR 1.10.25
Today we were learning CPR. The children used their school bags as their dummy and we check if the person was responsive, then checked their airways, whether they were breathing. Next, we were taught to dial 999 and put the phone next to us. We then had to check if their chest was moving.
Now for CPR. We were taught to put one hand behind the other and curl our hands up and then press in the middle of the chest. We did this to the song Don’t stop moving! and Baby Shark. Our arms got tired but we had to keep going until the ambulance arrived.
Our Visit to Dumfries House Farm 26.9.25
We got to meet so many animals down on the farm. We fed the rare breed chickens and held 2 freshly laid eggs! We were able to tell Jan that chickens lay eggs.
Then we went to the pond and saw the ducks and fed them too! We learnt that ducks give us feathers to keep us warm, eggs and meat.
Next it was the turkeys and we had a go at making the sound they make. they answered us back!
The geese were even noisier than us! We learnt that they have razor sharp beaks so we had to stand back.
The pigs felt rough and hairy. We stroked their backs but not their faces in case they had a wee bite! They liked to roll in the mud.
The sheep and calves were munching the grass and playing together. We were able to tell Jan that cows give us milk, cheese, yogurt and meat.
Tom the horse was happy eating his breakfast and then he heard to quad bike and went for a look. It wasn’t Farmer Denise.
Once inside, we had a go at milking the life sized cow but it only had water coming out of the udders!
Our Numeracy Open Afternoon 23.9.25
We had a fun time with our parents, carers and grandparents coming in to learn more about our learning in numeracy. They participated in a Number Talks session learning the hand signals and all about subitising.
We had fun singing the counting to 20 song and then they were involved in lots of fun counting and number recognition activities in our classroom and open area.
The Gingerbread Man
– 18.9.25
This week we were focussing on the story The Gingerbread Man. We were busy listening to the story, role playing the story with the characters on a story mat, drawing the Gingerbread Man, counting out his buttons for Stripy’s task and reading numbers and carefully dabbing out his buttons.
Literacy – Active Literacy – Spelling 18.9.25
This week we were excited to start Active Literacy, spelling with the phonemes we have been taught. To help us learn we have to say the word, break it up ( at = a t), make it with the magnetic letters, blend it and read it then finally write it in the elkinon boxes. We tried our best and had a go!
Each week we will be spelling using these strategies.
Numeracy – 10.9.25
We are learning to count out objects within 10 and have a go with writing our numerals to 10.
Literacy – Phoneme s 10.9.25
This week we have been learning about the phoneme – s. We have been painting happy pictures in the sun. Sun begins with s. Take a look at our pictures.
We have also been making spiders with the playdoh as spider begins with s. Look at our scary spiders!!
Literacy – phonemes 5.9.25
This week we have started to learn the phonemes a and t. We have been busy learning words that start with the sounds as well as painting and drawing them. We have also had a go at writing the phonemes in different ways.
We were having a go to write a and t on the whiteboard.
