What a way to celebrate an absolutely fantastic year in Primary One. We all had a great time at the farm park, with lots of laughs, fun, bouncing, playing and even some animals!
This week we have been learning number bonds of 10 and revisiting addition…
We also worked together to create a beautiful ‘Get Well Soon’ card for Janet…
We went a walk up to the Voes to see the ducks and ducklings. And we had a surprise visitor! Brenda came along for the walk…
We also had a wonderful prize giving. We are so proud of all their hard work in Primary One! Well done everyone 💕
Wow! What a busy week we have had during Health Week. We have had lots of amazing visitors into school to help us learn about how to keep ourselves safe and healthy.
On Monday, we had Kilmarnock Football Team to help us keep fit and healthy with the darts board and icon machine…
We also had a great visit from the Oral Health team to tell us how to keep our teeth healthy. We used what we learned to make great Oral Health posters and a whole school display…
On Tuesday, we were very lucky to have a visit from the Cotton Trail. We tried delicious vegetable soup and made yummy wraps. We absolutely loved them…
The P6s also led an active schools leadership session and we got a chance to practise lots of PE skills…
On Wednesday, we had a visit from the RNLI and they told us about how to stay safe around water…
Miss Brown also took us for a line dancing masterclass. We learned lots of fun line dances..
On Thursday, we had a fantastic visit from a Fire Safety Officer. He spoke to us about the role of the Fire Rescue team and we also had great fun trying out some of the uniform…
We also had our family den building event. Thank you so much for coming along! We all had such a lovely time…
We finished Thursday with Busy Hands, Calm Minds. This is where the staff in school shared how they like to relax at home. We had mindful colouring, watercolour art, movies, calligraphy, walking, yoga, cross-stitch, knitting and even tea and biscuits! What a lovely way to spend the afternoon 💕
We are so incredibly proud of our P1 superstars who smashed their first Catrine Primary sports day.
Look at us go!
This week we have been learning the ‘ck’ digraph. We built rockets, made hospitals to look after sick people, investigated keys and locks and practised our formation.
We have been looking at symmetry this week. We worked together to make symmetrical patterns using the peg boards. We also made symmetrical butterflies using the playdough and art materials. We played a fun symmetry game online. Click on the link below to play at home…
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching
We also continued our Nurture Nature Challenge with the P6s. We planted more sunflowers and created a lovely watercolour wildflower garden display.
This week we have been learning the ‘oo’ digraph. We built ‘oo’ words, practised our formation, made books, used wool to make art work and built kitchens to cook food in…
We have been continuing to look at number patterns. This week we have looked at counting by 5 and started investigating the 5 times table…
We loved playing along to songs with the Boomwhackers this week…
The river was a little deep this week to go river dipping but we did some Wildlife Ispy and spotting different plants and minibeasts…
This week we watched some ballet dancers on YouTube and then we had a go ourselves. Look at our pointy toes, elegant arms and strong partnerships.
This week we have been learning the ‘ee’ digraph. We painted sheep, drew trees, built streets and worked in coffee shops. We also wrote our dictation sentence on a whiteboard. We tried really hard to use our sounds to help us spell the words correctly and remember our capital letters, full stop and finger spaces.
In numeracy, we have continued investigating counting by 10s and even started looking at the 10 times table…
We had great fun at our Party in the Park! We worked so hard to reach 5000 dojo points! The sun was shining and the ice lollies were delicious!
It was also Walk to School week. It was great to see so many children taking part. We loved the odd socks and crazy hair!!
Spelling homework is all about the ‘ee’ digraph. Please complete and return by Friday 23rd May.
I want to start by saying a big thank you for taking the time to help everyone prepare for their Big Talks this week. They were absolutely fantastic! We love listening to all the animal facts and the children were so confident when presenting to the class. Well done!
In numeracy, we have been learning about number patterns. We have looked at counting in 2s. We even started looking at the 2 times table and how it was made. We’ve also practised addition calculations using spinners.
We’ve had lots of fun outside this week, enjoying the lovely weather. We had two transitions visits from the ECC and we enjoyed showing them all the activities we enjoy outdoors.
We also started our new topic, Living Things. We joined the P6s to learn about bees and hedgehogs. We will continue this next week 🐝🦔
