Health Week 2026

What a fantastic Health Week we have had! Throughout the week, we have enjoyed a wide range of exciting activities, including visits from Childsmile, the Fire Service and Opticians, litter picking, laser tag, a silent disco, Kurling, food tasting with the Cotton Trail and our amazing family fun day!

We would like to say a huge thank you to all of the visitors, organisations and community partners who gave up their time to make Health Week so special. Your support helped provide memorable experiences and valuable learning opportunities for our children. They all had a wonderful week!

This has been another busy week in Primary 1 with lots of exciting learning taking place.

In Literacy, we were introduced to the ‘ph’ digraph. We learned that two letters can work together to make one sound and enjoyed taking part in lots of activities to help us recognise and use our new sound. You could ask us if we can think of any words containing ‘ph’ at home.

It is wonderful to see how much progress we have all made in Primary 1. We are so proud of our work and are recognising our own progress with our writing targets.

In Numeracy, we have been practising counting in 10s and becoming more confident at spotting number patterns. We have also been learning about symmetry. We explored lines of symmetry and created our own symmetrical pictures by making both sides match.

As part of Health & Wellbeing, we have been learning all about our bodies and how they help us every day. We also discussed personal boundaries and learned about our “space bubbles”. We talked about the importance of respecting other people’s personal space and how we can help everyone feel safe and comfortable.

We all enjoyed singing this wee song about personal space and boundaries.

Here are some more pictures from across the week, including art with Mrs Ferguson and some parachute fun in P.E!

This has been another fantastic and very busy week in Primary 1. This week we say goodbye to our student teacher, Miss Kockaya who has had an excellent six weeks with us in Primary 1. Miss Kockaya would like to share some snaps of just some of the exciting activities and new learning that P1 have experienced during her placement.

As part of the ‘Castles’ topic, the children will be using Junk Modelling materials to make their own castles.

Please bring in any junk modelling materials from home ie cardboard boxes, plastic tubs, bottles etc.

Thanks again for your support!

This week we have been consolidating our digraphs, ‘ch’ ‘th’ and ‘sh’.  We have worked hard to say, make and write these sounds.  We have also been shearing sheep, sorting feathers, and drawing ‘ch’ pictures to put in a treasure chest.

In writing, we were looking at our next traditional tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  This week we were thinking about what the characters were feeling and writing it in a speech bubble. We also had fun exploring measure through sharing porridge with the characters!

Our Big Talks were fantastic this week.  We loved hearing all about their favourite toys.  Well done everyone!

In maths this week, we have been continuing to look at number patterns.  We focused on counting in 10s.

In literacy, we are developing our understanding of the 6 Active Literacy comprehension strategies. This week we looked at ‘Main Ideas’. We were able to identify the most important parts of a story and the supporting details.

We have also been continuing to look at different ways we can organise data.  We made our own Carroll diagrams using shapes and animals.

We have also really enjoyed our visit from the ECC groups this week.  We have been showing them how we play, share and have fun in Primary One.

In our Castle topic, we have been looking at where castles are and have began to create our very own castle in our role play area.

Next week is Big Talk week. Please find below details of when your child will present their talk. They should bring along any notes, pictures, posters or toys for their talk on this day.

Monday: Freddie, Ayla, Tommy, Ava and Murray.

Tuesday: Lawson, Ollie, Jayden, and Carter.

Wednesday: Ashlyn, Jack, Kobee and Jorgia.

Thursday: Daisy-Mai, Nuala, Zander and Hannah.

This has been another busy week in Primary 1 with lots of new learning. We were introduced to the ‘th’ digraph which we learned is quite special as it can make two different sounds. You could ask us about this at home.

We took part in lots of  activities to practise this sound. We also continued our work on ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ and learned about summarising. We were able to retell the story, using only the most important details, to a friend. We then were able to sequence the story in the correct order.

In numeracy, we continued to develop our knowledge of number patterns and have been focussing on counting in 2s.

We also began some new learning about ‘Data Handling’ with Miss Kockaya. We went outside on a lovely sunny afternoon to collect some objects which we then counted and sorted. We also began to learn about pictograms. Take a look at some of our pictures!

We have also started to learn about ‘Castles’. We had lots of ‘wonders’ about castles and can’t wait to find out all about them!

We also had a visit from some of the boys and girls from the nursery as part of their transition. We had a great time welcoming them into our classroom and showing them some of our favourite toys and activities.

This term our Big Talk topic is ‘My Favourite Toy’.

At home, your child should prepare and practise their talk.  They can bring in a toy, photos or poster to help them.

Some ideas to include in their talk might be:

• What is your toy?  Why is it your favourite?
• Where did you get your toy?  How long have you had it?
• How does it work?  What makes it special?

The talk should be ready to be presented the week bg Monday 11th May.  More details will be given shortly (please check back to the Blog) about which day your child will be giving their talk.

We look forward to hearing them!

Another busy week in Primary 1.

This week we began learning to use digraphs, we had a focus on  “sh”. We have been talking part in lots of activities, including shape art, building shops & ships, as well as reading and writing lots of words containing the sh digraph. We also enjoyed reading in our groups and creating a visualisation of the characters from “The Tiger Who Came To Tea”.

In numeracy, we are beginning to look at number patterns. We explored counting in 2s. We also continued to use different strategies at our calculation station and had a fantastic time creating our own ‘snakes and ladders’ games on the 100 squares. This helps us with our counting, number awareness, dot patterns and turn taking!

We got creative and designed some wonderful spring themed art for the Catrine Show competition. We talked about all of the wonderful things about spring, including the lovely weather, beautiful flowers, baby animals and buzzing bees. We tried to include lots of these in our design.

The highlight of the week however, for Mrs Hasson, Miss Kockaya and lots of our pupils was definitely stopping by the park during our Thursday afternoon walk. We had a fantastic time.

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  topic is ‘My Favourite Toy’.

At home, your child should prepare and practise their talk.  They can bring in a toy, photos or posters to help them. Please see below a great example of a poster that was made.  They used lots of drawings instead of writing which helped the child remember what to say.

Some ideas to include in their talk might be:

• What is your toy? why is it your favourite?
• where did you get your toy? How long have you had it?
• How does it work? what makes it special?

The talk should be ready to be presented the week beginning Monday 11th May. More details will be given shortly (please check Blog) about which day that week your child will be giving their talk.

We look forward to hearing them!