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!

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?

This week our Numeracy Homework is all about money.  Please complete and return by Friday 6th March.

Another busy week in Primary One along with lots of fun! In literacy we have been learning the ‘y’ and ‘z’ sound.  We have worked on recognising the sounds, forming them correctly and using them to make words.  As well as building yachts, designing yogurt pots, zoo building, drawing Zog lots of zig zags!

Please clink on the link below for the Jolly Phonics songs to practise at home.

In maths, we have been continuing to learn our days of the week.  We have also been continuing to talk about equal sharing.

Through our Forces topic, we have been investigating forces in everyday objects.  We used fantastic vocabulary when we were experimenting with forces.  We were pushing, pulling, stretching, rubbing, squashing, twisting and bouncing.  The children were also really interested in gravity so we enjoyed watching videos of astronauts eating in space!

We’ve also been busy being very creative this week.  We created wonderful watercolour art and had lots of fun playing the glockenspiels along to music.

This week is the start of our next  3 week Numeracy Homework Block.  This weeks homework is ‘Play Beetle’.  Please complete and return by Friday 27th February.  We have had lots of fun playing it in class so we’re sure you’ll enjoy playing it at home too.  Don’t worry if you don’t have a dice, you can use a phone/tablet to search for a dice online to play along with.

Happy playing!

Although it has been a short week, it has been another busy week in Primary One.

In literacy, we have been working on our writing.  We have been learning to write in sentences and have been talking about our writing targets. We have also been word building and had a common words disco!

In numeracy, we have been continuing to learn about money.  This week we discussed change and calculated change from 10p.

We have also had Discovery Dens again this week.  Here is a little look at the music den playing the Glockenspiels.

Here are a few pictures from our gymnastics…

On Friday we talked about Valentines Day and made beautiful cards to take home.  I’m sure you’ll love them as much as I did!

It was digital learning day on Friday too so we used the Chromebooks to play lots of games.  We are really enjoying the Pay for It game.  Click on the link below to play at home too…

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/payForIt/index.html

What a great day we had at Dumfries House today.  Working together as a team to build shelters, setting campfires carefully and a visit to the farm to learn about different animals.

Here’s our thoughts  from our trip:

Ava – I liked seeing the pigs

Jorgia – I liked the chickens

Ayla – I liked seeing the pigs too

Phoebe – I liked seeing the pigs

Nuala – I liked playing the underwater warm up game

Daisy-Mai – I liked starting the fire

Murray – I liked all the eggs

Jack – I liked seeing the pigs

Ashlyn – I liked the fire and the den building

Hannah – I liked feeding the animals

Carter – I liked getting the bus to Dumfries House

Jayden – I liked the pigs

Lawson – I liked feeling the eggs because they were nice and warm

Kobee – I like making the fire

Tommy – I like setting the fire

Freddie – I liked seeing the water coming down on to the dens

This week we have been continuing to learn our new sounds ‘b’ and ‘u’. We’ve worked on recognising, writing and word building as well as bathing babies, designing butterflies, bikes, bagpipes and umbrellas, building with the blocks and playing with under the water sea creatures.

Please click on the link below for the jolly phonics songs…

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/4rIbTZHZak4

https://youtu.be/RRdzsvPUMh0?feature=shared

Here’s is a wee clip of us singing our ‘u’ song!

In numeracy, we’ve continued to focus on money and subtraction. This week our focus has been learning to make different amounts using the correct coins and subtraction using a number line.

Through our Scotland topic, we all took part in the Scots Poem competition. Well done to everyone for working hard to learn and perform their poem.

We had another fantastic ‘Discovery Dens’ session this week. This is where the whole school get a chance to discover a range of activities and develop new skills, in their house groups. Here are a few photos from our pancake making from Den 2.

Here are some picture from our gymnastics session. We enjoyed using the equipment, practising different jumps and balances.

Please remember to keep practising our class poem ‘Corrie Doon’.  In class judging will take place tomorrow and the final judging will be on Thursday 22nd.

Good luck and have fun!