This afternoon we visited the ICT room. Mrs Stephenson helped us log on to the computers and then we went on to Active Inspire to practise our mouse skills. We found this quite tricky last week but were much more confident this week 👍🏻
Colour!
We had lots of fun during our art time today. Our focus was on the use of colour, including colour mixing, and how this has been explored by various artists. We attempted to replicate the work of the artists Vincent Van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Joan Miro. We rotated around the stations in our houses working both independently and as part of a group. We used lots of different media including paint, oil pastels, pen and pencil. It was a very busy and messy morning!
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Outdoor Classroom
As it was very wet yesterday we decided to head out to our Outdoor Classroom to complete our activities. On our way there we managed to collect some natural loose parts to practise our counting.
We then used these items to create number posters. We had to write the number and then stick the right number of objects beside it. Here we are working on our posters.
It was exciting to visit a new part of the school and we were able to see the raindrops run down the windows and watch the trees blowing in the wind.
Routines
We are now in week 3 and the boys and girls are already fantastic with their morning routine. They come into class, take their jacket off, unpack their folder, snack and water bottle from their bag and put their bag in the correct box. We then check the register and order lunches 🙂
A special thanks to parents for leaving homework diaries opened inside folders- I have been able to read through them really quickly!
A small reminder about houses. Your child will have a colour on their folder which indicates which house they belong to. The houses are as follows;
Cedar – blue
Maple – red
Beech – green
Poplar – purple
Oak – yellow
House groups are used for our classroom organisation, masterclasses and school challenges.
Mrs Stephenson 🙂
Parent Lunch
Thank you for joining us for lunch today. The boys and girls were thrilled to eat with you. Some were a little sad to see you go but not to worry, only a few hours to go until they see you again 🙂
Outdoor Learning
This afternoon we took Maths outdoors. We have been exploring number and today practised formation using chalk 🙌🏻 So far we have looked at the numbers 1,2,3,4 and 5, matching objects with quantities and demonstrating our number recognition through the game SPLAT!
Gym time !
There’s no better way to start the week than to get moving! We are very lucky to have our P.E time just before playtime on a Monday morning- it sets us up for a great day of learning. Today, Mrs McCarron was teaching us all about moving safely around the games hall. We had to run along the lines, avoiding our peers (and the big crocodiles ah!). It was great fun. She was also testing our listening and giving us lots of different instructions as we moved around the room. Mrs Stephenson was especially impressed with how quickly we stopped when Mrs McCarron blew her whistle ! We were great! Riley & Lochlan were fantastic at demonstrating side steps to the class – well done !
Session 2019/2020
Welcome to p1.4’s blog. My name is Mrs Stephenson and I will be p1.4’s class teacher on Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays. Mrs O’Donnell will be class teacher on alternate Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. If you ever need to speak to either of us, please contact the school office, write a note in your child’s homework diary or catch us at drop off/pick up 🙂
Through this blog, you will be able to keep up to date with everything we are doing in school. Primary 1 is such a fantastic year of learning and we hope to capture as much as possible for you.
Our first few days have been busy. We are learning new routines and familiarising ourselves with our classroom and school. We have also started our Jolly Phonics program today and learned the sound ‘s’. Please ask us to show you the action when we learn a new sound- it’s great to help us remember! Homework will begin next week to enable you to support your child at home.
Thank you,
Mrs Stephenson
