This week we have been busy learning about Diwali and what celebrations take place during this time. Some of our pupils were able to share their own experiences with the class which was lovely to hear. We made rangoli patterns out of 2D shapes and coloured pencils and created a display of our hand prints with patterns on them, which we have learnt is called mehndi.

We worked hard to develop our understanding of blending sounds together to make words like rat, mop and sun and shared our reading books together, taking turns to read aloud to one another in our groups.

We enjoyed our time in the P1 garden, exploring the loose parts. This week a mouse trap and obstacle course were created which the boys and girls had great fun designing and using.

As part of our Health and Wellbeing lesson, we were thinking about something that can be tricky to do like zipping our jackets. We had 4 volunteers wearing their jackets in a funny way and the class had to recognise what was wrong and how to fix it. We then talked to our shoulder partners about the best way to put our jackets on and zip them up, making sure the little handle is at the bottom before we begin. There have been lots of happy faces in the classroom this week when they have managed to zip up their own jackets for the playground.

There has been lots of creativity on show this week as a result of new resources being added to the imaginative area. The boys and girls have absolutely loved making their own games up, which in turn is developing a whole variety of skills including turn taking and language development as they share their own life experiences with one another. Here are a few pictures from within our play areas this week…

All of the pupils have their take home folders in their bags and I know they are very excited to share them with you. Please take time, if you can, to talk about what they have been learning and return the folder (with feedback sheet, writing jotter and maths workbook) on Monday to ensure work can continue in these.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Denholm