This week we have been learning the ‘c’ and ‘k’ sound.  We have built castles, made ‘c’ with counters, drew letters with cars, set up a cutting station, made crowns for kings and investigated keys and locks.

In maths, we have begun to explore addition.

We were very lucky to have a visit from Darryl in P7 to show  us his amazing trumpet skills.  Thanks Darryl, I think you inspired a few of us!

We played outside again this week with the chalk.

We have been learning lots of owl facts this week and made fantastic Owl Fact Files.  We also started learning about Nocturnal and Diurnal animals.

We also had a lovely visit from some P7s to show us our fantastic Bookbug bags.  Caleb read us a story and it was SO funny!

Next week is Big Talk Week so each child will get an opportunity to present their talk about their family. Please see below for a when your child will present their talk:

• Monday – Miller, Reuben, Claye, Ifeanyi
• Tuesday – Elliott, Coila, Riia, Mirryn
• Wednesday – Fifer, Jessica, Charlie, Allie, Brie
• Thursday – Lyanna, Ethan, Rosa, Lucia

This week is all about reading. Using the book your child brought home last week, please help them complete the Picture Book Scavenger Hunt. Please return by Friday 22nd November.

Remember that it is Big Talk week next week so please keep practising your big talks at home, ready to present to the class next week.

In literacy, we have been learning the ‘d’ and ‘e’ sound.  We played with dinosaurs, drew doodles, played games with dice and made d’s with dough.  We posted letters in envelopes, explored the earth and had to dress up in costumes to attend emergencies.

In numeracy, we challenged ourselves to count to 200! We also learned about the numbers before/after and higher/lower.

We had a fantastic literacy open morning.

“The mums and dads were playing with us.  My favourite thing was playing with the playdough.” Coila

“My dad was reading a book to me when he was there and he made two words with me at the playdough.” Mirryn

“My mum played with me at the computers and also played with me at the playdough.” Claye

“My mum played with me at the laptops” Allie

“The first thing I showed my mum was the laptops then the playdough.  I liked when my mum came in.”  Miller

“I showed mum my drawing and I went to the laptops with my brother and my brother played on the laptops with me”  Brie

“My mum made me happy because she played with me at the playdough” Elliott

“Mrs Watt read me a book”  Riia

This week we have also been learning about how to save energy at school and at home. We made ‘switch me off’ signs to put in every room in the school to remind people to turn the lights off when they leave. Great job!

Primary 1 visited the school library for the first time. Thank you to our P7 helpers who showed us how the library system worked. Everyone has a book they should keep at home for the week as they will need it for their homework. Please return the books in the book bag provided next Friday. Enjoy reading these together.

We all looked great for our dress down day for Children In Need and we even had our very own Pudsey bear.

Big Talk Homework

Twice a year, the children take part in our whole school ‘Big Talk Homework Challenge’.  This is where your child gets the opportunity to prepare and present a talk to the class.  The topic will change depending on the focus for that term.  This term our Health topic is Myself and My Family.  At home, your child should prepare and practice their talk.  They can bring in photos or posters to help them.

Some ideas to include in their talk might be:

• A photo or drawing of themselves. Talk about them – What they like? Dislike? etc.
• Photos or drawings of their family.  Who lives in their house? Any pets?

The talk should be ready to be presented the week bg Monday 25th  November. More details will be given shortly (please check back on the Blog) about which day that week your child will be giving their talk.

We look forward to hearing them!

Here is an great example of what to include in the poster.  You’ll notice the small drawings beside each photo instead of writing.  This helps your child remember what to say without having to read words.

In numeracy, we have been learning about ‘1 more’ and ‘1 less’ with our numbers to 20.

In literacy, we have been learning the ‘r’ and ‘m’ sounds.  We have had great fun designing rockets, racing race cars, making masks, menus and money shops!

We learned all about Guy Fawkes this week and created fabulous firework artwork.  We also had great fun being fireworks when we danced to the song.

In PE we have started learning the skills needed to play hockey.  This week we learned to ‘push’ or ‘send’ the puck to our partner using our hands and the hockey sticks.

We have been using tally marks to gather and record information in our Information Handling topic in maths.

We have been consolidating our sounds (satpin) this week in literacy.  We are doing so well learning to use the sounds to make and write words!

In numeracy, we are continuing to focus on numbers 11-20.  We have been talking a lot this week about using numberlines to help us and even made a human numberline using our floor tiles.

Owl Babies

We have been learning about owl life cycles and having great fun playing in our own Animal Rescue Centre which we created.

Since we have been learning about Owls, we thought we would take a walk to visit our very own birds of Catrine, the ducks at the Voes.  We fed them with Mrs Watt’s porridge!

We have started talking about different emotions and our feelings.  We are learning to do some square breathing with the help of Finny the fish.  It’s very relaxing so I’ve included the link below if you would like to try it at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQ7YZYRAms

And let’s not forget we’ve had some Halloween fun…

We took our maths learning outside this week and used materials in the playground to sort using one criteria.  We also just had fun playing outside.

Primary 1 enjoyed their first ERIC time (Everyone Reading In Class)

What a busy week we have had to start the term! This week we have been learning the ‘p’ and ‘n’ sound. We have been working hard to learn how to form the letters correctly.  We have also been playing with pirates, painting pumpkins, creating patchwork pattern elephants (thanks for the book Jessica!), building palaces, painting nails, building nests, making nice necklaces and reading the newspaper!

In maths we have been learning numbers to 20.

We started our new topic ‘Owl Babies’ and collected twigs on our walk to make nests and other animal houses.

Primary 6 came with us to PE to help with our ball skills. They were so helpful and showed us how to get better with our skills.

We have started looking at information handling today in maths and found lots of different ways of sorting using a range of criteria.

We ended the week with some relaxing yoga.  Can you guess which pose was Mrs Schendel’s favourite?

We have had such a busy last week of term 1!

In literacy we have been learning ‘s’ and ‘i’.  We have been learning how to say the sound properly and write it on our boards and jotters.  We’ve also had great fun playing with salt, making spiral snakes, igloos and invitiations!

In numeracy, we have been learning how to use Rekenreks and 10 frames to help us recognise numbers.  We played a great game using the spinners and 10 frames.

We made amazing rainbow cloud names that will make a beautiful display…

And not forgetting our fantastic party for reaching 1000 Dojo Points!

What a fantastic first term in Primary One and we hope everyone has a lovely October holiday!

This week is all about number sequences. Complete the caterpillars, discussing the numbers before and after. Please return by Friday 11th October.