We’ve been continuing to work on writing our names this week.

We also continued our learning about syllables. We made pictures of some of our favourite foods and then counted the syllables in each word.

We also watched a video showing us the tripod grip we can use to hold our pencil correctly. Click on the video link below to watch it together at home too…

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

We also continued investigating and creating repeated patterns. We have made patterns with playdoh, peg boards, played Pattern games on the chromebooks, created pattern scarfs and decorated our home corner with lovely patterned wallpaper.

Later in the week, we worked in groups to continue some ‘caterpillar patterns’ on the big board and then used paint to continue some more! Some of us got very creative and made our own patterns using shapes. Some of us challenged ourselves to make more complicated patterns.

We started learning about our first ‘I wonder…’ this week. We talked about stars and constellations. We created some lovely art work to display in class.

On Friday, we had a chance  to look at another ‘wonder’.  Ayla had wondered about “feeling happy” and we had a lovely circle time talking about our emotions, what happiness is and the things that make us happy.

We went our first village walk this week too. We talked about how to stay safe when we are out walking around the village.

This week we have been continuing to settle into Primary One. We have been looking at rhymes and investigating numbers. We also finished our class charter display.

We also had a fantastic ‘stay and play’ afternoon. Thank you so much to everyone that managed to come along and see how well we have settled into Primary One…

This week we also looked at the rhyme ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. We had a chat about the word ‘wonder’ and then we talked about all the things we are wondering about. We had lots of exciting wonders like “where do you find a rainbow?” “are unicorns real?” and “how did stars get into space?”. We will be trying to find out the answers to some of our interesting questions over the next few weeks!

In the gym hall, we practised listening carefully to the rules of  games such as ‘cat and mouse’ and ‘washing machine’.  We had lots of fun with the parachute!

And here is a little sneak peak of our class photo. Look at how smart they all look 😊

What a busy first full week we have had. The children have been getting know lots of new routines and settling into school really well.

In literacy we have started to focus on pencil control, writing our names and drawing ourselves.

In numeracy we have been exploring numbers to 10 by playing lots of games.

Through play we have been exploring the toys and different areas in class and in the playground.

We have started talking about the rules in class and began creating our class charter. We are discussing this through nursery rhymes so this week we have looked at ‘Mary had a little lamb’ and ‘Humpty Dumpty’.

On Thursday, we also had a chance to visit the gym hall. We practised moving around the hall safely and listening carefully to instructions. We also had a chance to  practise changing into our gym shoes.

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you on Monday for another busy week!