Before the Easter holidays, we learned about French traditions about Easter. We learned that France does have Easter bunny but Easter bells instead. We made our own Easter bells and found some chocolate under our Easter bells as if we were in France.

Muddy movers has been great fun in the lovely sunny weather. Chilling in the sun.

It was world book week this month and they enjoyed reading with their buddies. We had different activities from quiet reading together, the books brought from home to games outside linked to well known books.

The children have been learning about coins and using money. Together we have been making different amounts of money to pay for items like we would in the shops.

We have been enjoying some of the lovely spring weather. Together we were detectives outside to find signs of spring outside.

For our last week of term we joined in with an Easter egg hunt filled with maths calculations to solve. They all did a great job to find the eggs and answer the questions using number lines, cubes and numicon to help themselves.

We have been learning about the meaning of pancake day or also known as Shrove Tuesday. The children talked about things they could give up for lent, even though they don’t want to!

We followed the instruction to make the pancakes, adding an ingredient at a time and making sure to mix it together. The children took it in turns to spoon out the pancake mixture onto the heading pan.

Primary 1 have been learning about people who help us. It was so nice to see so many family members come to the open afternoon where we showed our learning based on this topic.

The children have all loved having different visitors in to talk about their jobs and we can’t thank them all enough as well as the parents who volunteered too.

We had the fire department come speak to us and then they came with the fire truck. The children got to use the water hose which was so exciting.

We had a doctor come in too and talked about her jobs with thr different departments. The children all created great questions and showed great listening to the answers given.

We also had a postal worker come to talk to us. We were able to learn lots of fun facts such as how the letters and parcels are sorted. We were so impressed that postal workers in Barrhead know all the streets.

The police also came in and they were brilliant at sharing the kind of jobs they have on a daily basis. They shared about how they help people in the community and that they will always help everyone how they can.  We also got to use the radio to speak to the station officer. 

Lastly we had a paramedic come in and talk about their job and how it works in an ambulance. The children were so excited to hear about the ambulance helicopters and planes to help people further away.  We used a heart rate monitor too, seeing how the beats worked. 

Primary 1 have been worked really hard this months engaging with lots of different learning activities.

In science we have been learning about circuits and electricity. They used different batteries and cables to make a bulb turn on. Some children were able to insert switches into their circuits as an extra challenge.

In PE we have been taking part in gymnastics. The children have been developing their balance, forward rolls and safe landings. They particularly enjoyed using the pull out climbing flame to practice their climbing and balance.

We have been working on our sentence structure during literacy. We took our learning outside. They had to find the sentences and identify what was wrong with the sentences such as missing capital letters, finger spaces or full stops. They children used the visuals to show their answers.

Primary 1 had great fun baking shortbread for a Robert Burns celebration.

We read through the recipe and talked about the steps we needed to follow to make sure we were being hygienic. They children recalled from making soup last term about washing our hands and making sure we have a clean work surface.

Altogether, we added the ingredients into a bowl and mixed them together. In groups everyone got to roll and cut out shortbread biscuits with the cutters.

Everyone patiently waited for the shortbread to cook in the oven.  We had a talk about safely rules of not touching the oven and keeping a safe distance while it’s cooking.

When the shortbread was cool they all got the option to try a bit and one piece of shortbread went home with them. They worked hard to make the shortbread and waited patiently for it to cook and cool but it was all worth it because they said it was delicious!

Primary 1 have been so busy on the lead up to Christmas, with Christmas parties, nativity and Christmas activities.

The primary 7s came down to primary 1 to help with our STEM challenge. Santa’s sleigh had broken and they had to use construction items to build a new one. They did a fanatic job of using materials to build these and work collaboratively, listening to each others ideas.

We also finished off our Term 1 with some tasty hot juice. It was needed because it was chilly.

We have been learning about Christmas in France and how it is celebrated. Did you know they don’t have Christmas stockings, they put out their own boots out for Santa to put their presents in.

We made some French Christmas cards which were given to people who need them to bring a smile.

Then finally it was primary 1s turn for their Christmas party. It was so much fun playing some party games such as musical statues, musical bumps and Christmas corners.

The best part of our Christmas party is Santa came to visit and even give out an early Christmas present. All the primary 1s were so polite, saying thank you and wishing Santa a merry Christmas. ,

Merry Christmas to everyone in primary 1 and I look forward to seeing you all in 2025!

Primary 1 and 2 worked so hard on their nativity. They practiced every song, movement and dance so well. I think everyone who was able to come to watch would agree they did an absolutely amazing job on the stage.

Here is the pictures from the nativity .

Santa’s reindeer came to visit Cross Arthurlie and it was so exciting.

The children all got to feed them a carrot and pet them. The reindeer were so calm and general and we were all so excited.

Santa’s elf’s let everyone ask lots of questions about the reindeers. Some of us were a bit worried the reindeer might fly away but they promised us that would happen because Santa needed to be there for them to fly.

Primary 1 were making soup last week.

We talked about food hygiene and how we making sure we are being clean and safe when working with foods. They children were able to create a list from washing their hands to making sure we wash out ingredients. Together we watched a video about how to cut safely using the bridge and claw technique.

Everyone got the chance to cut up different vegetables that would go on our soup.

Together we added the other ingredients into the soup maker and listened to the soup being made.

Everyone got the chance to try the soup if they wanted and lots came back for seconds it was so tasty.