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!

As Term 3 comes to an end we would like to let you know how proud we are of the effort and progress that has been made by our fantastic Primary 1’s this term.

We can hardly believe that we will soon be heading into the final term of Primary 1.

Here are some pictures of the wonderful creations for our annual Egg Design competition and our ‘shared play’ with Primary 2. All of our designs were absolutely brilliant. We really do have some very creative boys and girls in Primary 1.

Congratulations to Hannah, the P1 winner of the competition. Hannah’s entry ‘Little Bunny Bun’ was imaginative, creative and had lots of attention to detail. Go Hannah!

We hope everyone has a lovely and restful Easter Holiday. We will be looking forward to seeing all of you after the holiday.

Happy Easter

We’re had a busy week in Primary 1.
In numeracy we have been learning o’clock times on an analogue clock.

We have also taken part in all sorts of fun estimation activities including a hoops and beanbag game and estimating the length of ourselves using string. We are able to make close estimations and then count to check how close we were.

In literacy we’ve been continuing to consolidate our initial sounds. This week we focused on b and d confusion and the formation of p, j, g, f and l.

We also LOVED playing this tricky CVC word maze game on the Chromebooks. I’ve added the link below if you’d like to play at home too…

https://wordwall.net/resource/53108154/cvc-word-maze-chase

We had lots of fun this week too. Discovery Dens, finger painting, gymnastics, cardboard boxes and disco dancing!

Another busy week in Primary One! In literacy, we have finished learning all our initial sounds so we are spending the next few weeks consolidating these. We have been reading, making and writing cvc words.

We have also been continuing to learn how to write in sentences. This week we designed our egg for our Easter Egg Competition.

In numeracy, we have continued to investigate time. This week we have been exploring different ways to measure time. We had lots of fun working out how many things we could do in a minute, especially counting the many star jumps!

We have also been learning about estimation. We have been using lots of skills such as subitising and doubling to make good estimations.

“I can see an 5 and another 5, so I know it’s more than 10”

“I know it’s 12 because I can see 3 and 3. That makes six. If I double it, it’s 12”

“I think it’s more than 10 because I can see 10 in the middle”

We took part in some sweetie jar estimation and then made our own sweetie jars to challenge others in the groups.

The next day, we estimated how many bingo dabs we could fit in an outline of our hand. It was quite a challenge but we enjoyed counting 1 by 1 and checking our estimates.

We made beautiful Spring daffodil window art this week too. We can’t wait for you to see them at Parents Night soon 🌼

And we had lots of fun visiting the ECC to join them on the Teddy Bears Picnic.

We also continued our learning about emotions. We talked about different feelings and how they can look and feel. Can you recognise any of these emotions?

It is the end of another busy week in Primary 1.

In literacy, our focus were ‘q’ and ‘x’. We learned all about the sounds they make and how to form each letter correctly. We used our new sounds when reading and writing words. Here are the links to the Jolly Phonics songs we use to practise.

To practise our sounds, we took part in lots of activities including playdoh, noughts and crosses, bingo, designing a crown for a queen and using the blocks to build her a castle!

In maths, we continued our learning about sharing. We have been exploring halving. We set up our own pizza shop and had to carefully split our pizza into two equal parts. We know that both parts need to be the same size for it to be a half.

We also had a chance to share objects out fairly between two people. This is also called halving. We learned about some pesky pirates who were not being very fair and helped them share their treasure equally.

We have also been continuing to learn about the months of the year and the seasons.

This week we have been working on something special ahead of Mother’s Day. In the middle of the week we drew portraits of our Mum and added lots of detail. At pick up time, we put each drawing in the window. We asked our families if they could guess which drawing was ours from all the details we added.

On Thursday and Friday, we worked on some beautiful drawings of flowers in a vase. We used paint sticks in lots of vibrant colours to bring our flowers to life. We then cut these out and stuck them onto a card. If you are a mum of  a Primary 1 who would like a little surprise on Sunday, then look away now!