Book Focus ‘Leaf Man’ by Lois Elhert (6.10.25)
We have been reading the book ‘Leaf Man’ and looking at the wonderful art work within it. The art work was made with leaves. The children had a go at making their own leaf people outdoors.
Colour Mixing and Finger Painting
Autumn Trees ( 6.10.25)
The children colour mixed to make brown for the trunk and branches of their trees then used autumn colours to finger print the falling leaves
Our Farm Visit (3.10.25)
We visited Dumfries House Farm to learn all about farm animal life cycles, caring for farm animals and where the different foods we eat come from.
We fed the chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. Then we met the horse , the claves and the sheep. We loved the pigs and we milked the pretend cow. We played games too and listened well to Dumfries House teachers- Heather and Claire.
Indoor Leaf Sorting and creative leaf art (1.10.25)
The children sorted the leaves we found during our autumn walk . We sorted by type of tree/leaf and by colour then had fun making imaginative pictures with them. We worked indoors as it was windy!
Our October Autumn Walk (1.10.25)
We have been learning about the seasons of the year. We have been learning about how the trees change colour and about hibernation. The children went an autumn walk and gathered leaves, twigs, acorns and other exciting autumn finds. They then used a leaf identifier to identify the trees which the different leaves came from. We had a lovely afternoon and the weather was kind to us!
Welcome to October !
Our October ‘Have a Go ‘Grid
We are going to be learning new phonemes and numeracy concepts this month. Your child will have a copy of our homework grid in their bag along with games to play. Please spend time encouraging your child to sound out and blend words to help with their reading, writing and spelling e.g. rat – r a t blend the letters rat, say the word – rat.
October have a go boards! 2025
23.9.25- Parents Open Afternoon- Numeracy Focus
A huge thank you to parents and family members who came to support our open afternoon. It was just wonderful to see you all and I hope you enjoyed your visit. Here are a few photos of your time with us-
September-Outdoor Learning
The children love to learn outdoors. We use leaves, twigs and natural materials, we go walks and use our senses to learn about nature and most importantly, we have fun playing learning outdoors-
September – Play in Primary 1
Here in Primary 1 the children learn through play- they make decisions, make choices and work together. They also visit our teaching table for more teacher led activities too. Here are some of our play photos-
September -Numeracy
Our September focus has been on number rhymes, counting out objects, matching amounts to numbers to 5 or 10 and forming numbers too. We were counting indoors and outside too!
September – Literacy
Literacy – Active Literacy –
This month, 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.
Our focus has also been on reading and enjoying traditional tales, learning about rhyming words, writing our first names and learning our class literacy routines.
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September 2025 – Homework have a go board
September Homework Grid
Come and take a look at our homework have a go board for September. Please encourage your child to have a go with the phonemes and common words we are learning in class.
