Primary 1.2 have had lots of fun learning new things this month. We have all settled in really well and know our school routines really well.

We have enjoyed using our new playdough station where we can practise ‘dough disco’ to work on our fine motor skills.

We also have a new block area outside the classroom that we share with Primary 1.1. We enjoy socialising with our friends and building larger construction items.

In the art area, we have been learning new techniques in the junk modelling. Thank you for donating your recycling! We have loved creating robots, vehicles and binoculars.

In Art, we learned about the primary colours and had fun creating colour mixing posters.

In Health and Wellbeing we talked about how to manage our emotions. We read the story ‘The Colour Monster’ and discussed what different emotions the monster had. We then acted out some strategies for dealing with our feelings and emotions and created a class feelings check in.

In Muddy Movers, Primary 1.2 have been exploring water, balance and movement. We have also been building castles, inspired by our Fairytale topic. This week we invited our Primary 5 buddies to come and join us! We also found some blackberries in the Muddy Movers area and enjoyed a tasty snack.

Primary 1.2 have settled in very well to their new school and classroom and enjoyed making lots of friends.

We’ve discussed our class charter and how to be kind and safe friends, and everyone drew their picture to add.

We’ve begun learning our sounds and are having fun practising these when doing our targets.

We really enjoy reading stories and creating our own in Drawing Club and have come up with some fantastic ideas.

We have enjoyed exploring the classroom environment. There is an Art area, Sand pit, Construction, Literacy, Numeracy, Home corner, and STEM area. The construction and Home areas have been particularly popular and provide opportunities for children to further develop their skills, and build new friendships. Some of the children had fun creating their own McDonald’s and Burger King with sign posts.

We had a very wet first Muddy Movers and the children enjoyed splashing in the puddles, and pouring water.