The weather has finally given us enough of a break to get out in the garden for some muddy moving!

It was great fun jumping in the puddles and digging for treasure.

There was a lot of ‘real’ treasure to be found buried in the garden, and even better imaginative stories to go with it.

It was easier to roll the tyres than carry them, they were very heavy.

Washing the treasure in the clean rain water.

Finding creatures in the playground is always great fun!

The children worked together to build a castle. Super team work and communication here.

It was hard work so some needed a quick rest!

When learning about the people in our community who can help us Primary 1 were very lucky to have visitors from a variety of jobs.

They learnt lots about possible jobs for when they grow up and how they help others in the community.

Recycling 

Mr Williams talked to us about the importance of recycling on our environment and how to keep our planet healthy.

We then went to clean up our playground and sort the rubbish.
We used a Pictogram and a Carroll Diagram to sort the rubbish into groups.

Police

We had a visit from PC McFarlane who explained all the amazing things that the police do for our community. It was particularly exciting to hear about the canine unit and the mounted police.

We even got to try on the uniform, and try out the hand cuffs and baton !

Yesterday we had a visit from the local vet Shona and her lovely dog Coo.

We learnt a lot about the different aspects of being a vet and the animals you get to care for. We also learnt that it takes 5 years at university to become a vet, but it’s worth all the hard work as it’s a great job!

We looked at models of different parts of a dogs body and got to use the instruments to listen to Koo’s heart.

Her favourite toy was the ball, she kept asking for it to be thrown!

Thank you very much for coming to visit us!

It has been a busy few weeks in Primary 1. This is some of what we have been up to.

Using the the new white board to practise our sounds and writing new words. It’s a big improvement from the old board and we are loving it!

We have been learning about capital letters and letter names.

Working really hard to learn our core reading book words.

We have also been learning all about our 5 senses, we made a hand using different textures and materials.

We have been learning the ‘ee’ sound so worked with a partner to draw around our feet then add the ee words and pictures.

A little counting and number ordering. Well done everyone such hard work going on in Primary 1 just now! 

A few pictures from our super hero party. There were many more activities going on but we were all having so much fun we forgot to document them.

We visited our buddies to show them our costumes and got to tell them all about our favourite super hero.

We had a super hero parade.

We also got to taste some healthy snacks that would be important for a super hero, design our own cuffs and masks as well as explore different materials that would make a good super hero costume.

We have been developing our gross motor skills, working together with our friends and exploring maths in real life contexts, all while playing outside in the school garden!

Some children found insects in the grass where they were building a slide so decided to relocate them to a safer place.

Well done Kane for completing the Space Chase and getting a medal and certificate! Keep up the good work!

It has been a busy week in Primary 1. Everyone has been settling into school life and working very hard at their tasks.  I can’t wait to see what the next year is going to bring!

Writing letters using sand and rice.

We have been learning about number formation and counting within 10.

Everyone made a tissue paper apple when learning our a sound.

it has been really good fun singing our Jolly Phonics sounds too.

There is so much more to learn so keep a look out for what we do next.

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