In Numeracy, we have been learning about shapes. We can name 2D shapes like square, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon and octagon and describe their properties. We enjoyed using 2D shapes to create some pictures.

We have also been learning about 3D shapes and can identify cubes, cuboids, cylinders, pyramids and spheres.  We had great fun using cocktail sticks and play dough to build some of the 3D shapes.

In Literacy, we have been learning to read and spell our tricky words and new phonics sounds. We do this by taking part in active spelling activities and some of these seen in the pictures below are:

• Play dough spelling
• Scrabble letters
• Beanbag throw

We have been loving going to the gym hall on a Thursday afternoon to do P.E. Over the last few weeks we have been developing our dribbling and throwing and catching skills using both footballs and basketballs.

 

It has been lovely having everyone back at school and we have loved catching up with our friends.  The class have been superstars and have settled well into our routines.

Here is a little snapshot of our learning so far:

We have been busy reading the story Jim and the Beanstalk and were very lucky to have a special delivery arrive in the classroom. We received a letter and footprint from the Giant asking us to help him out.
We had to use our measuring skills to measure his footprint to make him a new pair of shoes. We used cubes to do this and discovered his footprint was 18 cubes long.

We decided that we wanted to know how much bigger the giants footprint was than our own so we worked with a partner to draw around our feet and used cubes to measure our footprints.

In Literacy, we have been learning the sh and ch sound and have been excellent at identifying and spelling words with these sounds. Test us at home by asking for some ch and sh words. We have also been working on forming lower and uppercase letters and have enjoyed doing this using paint.
e.g. Aa, Bb, Cc.

This week in Science we will be learning about the Water Cycle. Watch the video to find out more.

Useful information:

P.E is on a Thursday

Muddy Movers is on  a Monday, please provide welly boots if possible.

Homework is issued on a Monday and will be collected on a Friday. Reading homework should be completed every night.

It has been a fantastic year for our Primary 1s.  They made a great start to their time in Cross Arthurlie and despite a period of learning from home, they’ve shown resilience and confidence by bouncing back.

Miss Payne made this video to celebrate Primary 1/1.  We hope you enjoy it:

https://youtu.be/QFF8XrPwl8Mv

Today, Primary 1 came dressed as Super Heroes, Pirates and Fairy Tales.

We had a Carnival theme outside with lots of different games and challenges, it was so much fun☀️.

Princesses/Fairy Tales👑

Super Heroes🦸🏼🦸🏽‍♀️

Pirates🏴‍☠️

We had some fun activities inside. We made hero masks, crowns and a key ring!

The Hulk came to visit🧟!

Primary 7 hosted some sports fun in the football pitch and on the grass.

We had a special visit from the ice cream van🍦.

What an exciting day☀️💛!

Primary 1 had so much fun at Sports Day. All of the houses tried so hard at all of the activities and races🏆!

Team Glennifer💚

 

Team Levern💙

 

Team Shanks❤️

 

Team Craigie💛

Some clips from the day🎥

Well done everyone!👏🏼

In May, we were learning all about People who Help Us. We worked together to come up with some questions to ask the Emergency Services🚨. The class loved hearing the answers from the Fire Service and Paramedic and even had the chance to look at and try on a real fire fighter’s helmet👩🏽‍🚒.

The class enjoyed P.E. outside and playing different ball games in groups⚽️.

May and June have been so busy and we have been working very hard! See the next post for Sports’ Day🏅!

March and April have been busy months in Primary 1 and the class have all been working hard🐝.

Before the Easter holidays we had a Fairytale themed topic. A special, secret visitor came to our classroom each week to leave us treasure chest clues for each Fairytale we learned about. Below are some pictures of when we learned about Three Little Pigs and tested out technology and design to decide which materials would work best to build a house🏠.

We also learned about The Gingerbread Man and experimented some more with different materials we could use to help him get across the water without being eaten by the fox🦊!

For Jack and the Beanstalk we planted our very own beans which are continuing to grow, the class are enjoying looking after these🌱.

In Maths we have been learning about doubles and number bonds, using some different ways to practice these🔢. We are starting to learn about time and measure🕒📏.

We have been working on our sounds and Tricky Words lots!

In French, we have read two bilingual books. Arc-en-ciel (The Rainbow Fish) and Les Couleurs d’Elmer (The Colours of Elmer). The class have loved exploring French colours with these stories. We enjoyed some celery printing art to give The Rainbow Fish scales and drawing rainbows with big chalk outside to practice French colour vocabulary🌈!

A cover letter has been issued within each of the grab bags explaining more about home learning and how this will work. Below is another list of what is included in our grab bag.

• Blank jotter.
• Alphabet line.
• Jolly Phonics sounds.
• Handwriting booklet x2.
• Literacy Activities booklet.
• Number line to 10 & 20.
• 100 square.
• 10 cubes.
• Maths ‘Homework A’ booklet.
• X2 Maths Activities booklet.
• Heinemann 1 Workbook 1.
• Number formation.
• Whiteboard and pen.
• Line drawings booklet.
• Coloured pencils.
• Dice.

If you have a chance, please try to log onto our Google Classroom on Friday 8th January to ensure you can access this. All login details have been inserted into the cover letters for each individual child. If you scroll further down the blog you will find a guide to Google Classroom titled ‘Google Classroom’ that was posted by Miss Galloway.

 

Thank you,

Miss Payne 🙂

A big Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all in Primary 1🎄💫

 

 

Miss Payne☺️🎄

 

As we can’t invite our special adults to see what we learn and how we learn in class, Primary 1/1 have created an interactive video of their classroom to share what a typical day in school looks like and sounds like.

The short video has hotspot (+ signs) that appear throughout the clip. Please click on these to see photos, videos and some information.

Learning in Primary 1 is a balance of child-led and adult-led learning and exploring.

We hope you enjoy the video,
Miss Payne

https://www.thinglink.com/video/1392791203837116417