What a day! Mrs Hasson and I are both so proud of every one of our little stars! Our nativity ‘Prickly Hay’ was fantastic. The performance today showed off all their hard work over the past few weeks. Well done everyone! ⭐️
What a great time we had at our party this afternoon! We danced, played lots of party games and had some yummy party food. We even managed to sing Jingle Bells so loudly, Santa must have heard us as he came in for a visit! 🎅🏻
Well, this has certainly been another busy week in Primary One! Our Nativity rehearsals are in full flow and we can’t wait to share our performance with everyone at next week’s Christmas Service on Wednesday.
In literacy, we have been consolidating our sounds r, m, d, e, c and k. We’ve been thinking of things that start with the sound and blending our sounds together to read words.
In numeracy, we’ve been learning about the numbers ‘Before’ and ‘After’.
Through our Tiddler topic, we investigated another ‘I Wonder’, Electric eels. We learned lots of facts about these amazing creatures and even made our own ‘electrifying’ artwork!
We’ve also been learning some Scottish dancing with the Primary 2s, ready for our party next week. We learned the steps to the Canadian Barn Dance.
And we had so much fun at our Christmas Lunch on Wednesday! The Christmas tunes were playing and there was definitely plenty of Christmas cheer!
It was lovely to see everyone back this week after a quiet week last week. We have had another busy week learning new sounds, exploring numbers, buying new toys at the P7 toy fair, practising nativities and getting crafts ready for the Christmas fair!
This week we have been learning the d and e sound. Please see the link below for Jolly Phonics songs to practise at home.
https://youtube.com/shorts/wvgbhMy4KSE?feature=shared
https://youtube.com/shorts/7lVv5vbsmsg?feature=shared
We also practised our formation, created dotty dinosaur ds, continued to practise our word building and created some lovely ‘eggs in the pan’ crafts!
We’ve continued to explore place value and addition this week. We learned how to use the Logico Boards and did some ‘switcher’ calculations.
We’ve also been working on adding lots of details to our drawings. We made fantastic ‘Missing’ Tiddler posters. Look at our wonderful drawing and writing.
We are also having fun taking part in creative dance lessons. We are acting out the Gruffalo story through dance. This week we were tiny mice strolling through the woods, sly foxes and powerful, flying owls.
We loved attending the P7 Toy Fair. The children were absolutely buzzing with excitement with their new toys! Thank you P7 for organising such a great event!
On Thursday afternoon, during our class walk we visited the nursery! We were so delighted to visit and even got a little chance to play.
This week we had a very special visit from Freddie’s uncle, also known as PC Shirkie! He talked to us about all of the people who can help us and we learned lots about being a police officer. We talked about road safety and were given a lovely gift bag which contained special reflectors which will help to keep us safe in the dark winter months!
This week we have sent home a few different activities. Firstly there is a read and match sheet using the sounds we have learned so far. Please complete and return by Friday 21st November. 
We have also sent home the next set of sound flashcards. Please keep checking the blog on a Friday to see the sounds we cover each week.
You will also find log in details for Giglets, an online reading book library. We have assigned books for you to enjoy together at home.
Click the link below for the Giglets login page
Next week is our Big Talk week. Please see below details of which day your child is presenting their talk.
Monday: Freddie, Ava, Tommy and Ayla
Tuesday: Lawson, Ollie, Jayden and Carter
Wednesday: Hannah, Ashlyn, Phoebe
Thursday: Jack, Kobee, Murray and Jorgia
Friday: Daisy-Mai, Nuala and Zander
This week is all about formation and handwriting. Please complete the worksheet above and return by Friday 14th November.
Please also remember to keep practising your Big Talks at home, ready to be presented to the class next week. Later in the week I will post details of which day each child will be presenting. We are really looking forward to hearing them!
Just a little reminder that gym days are now a Tuesday afternoon and weekly walks will be on a Thursday afternoon. Please remember to remove all jewellery on Tuesdays 😊
This is Week 1 of our next homework block. This block is focusing on literacy. Week 1’s task is preparing for Big Talk Week which will start on Monday 17th November. Details are as follows:
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 practise their talk. They can bring in 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 about each person in their family.
Some ideas to include in their talk might be:
The talk should be ready to be presented the week bg Monday 17th November. 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!
What a spooky, fun week we have had in Primary 1! Our sounds this week were p and n. The links for the Jolly Phonics songs are below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CZcqnzCAfg
https://youtu.be/wpia7YSXFdo?si=FUzRqFpABev3U4eu
We’re continuing to work hard to recognise the letters and form them correctly. We’ve also had fun doing lots of p and n activities like designing pumpkins and making potions, designing necklaces and using Halloween pompoms to form the letter.
In numeracy we’ve continued to focus on numbers 0-10 and 0-20. We’ve looked at recognising numbers, counting and working out the missing numbers. We used the number fans to play ‘show me’ games.
We also began to learn about addition. We had lots of knowledge already and described adding as “putting things together” “combining” and “makes the number bigger”.
We used the spinners and animals to combine groups to find a total and also used the numicon to add. Some of us were able to use the addition sign to create our first calculations!
We have also had lots of spooky Halloween fun this week. We played Hallowe’en games at PE, sung Halloween songs in Music and made some fantastic Hallowe’en crafts. We hope you loved our Frankenstein Monster decoration!
On Friday, we joined up with Primary 2 and had some more Hallowe’en fun! We played games, danced and had a snack in the Primary 2 classroom. In our own classroom we had some spooky sensory activities, like making ‘ice-screeeeam” with foam and creepy crawlies and scented playdoh. We also got a chance to use a hammer and some nails in a pumpkin and worked together to crack them open and see what was inside!
Here are some pictures, you might also find some more on the P2 blog!
We wish you all a happy Hallowe’en weekend! 🎃👻
