Today we enjoyed learning more about Eid in the classroom and listening to some of our friends sharing their experiences from home. We looked at some pictures of mosques and after chatting about the features of the building tried to build our own in the block area. We used tissue paper to collage designs on crescent moon and stars and tried our first attempt at henna designs by drawing around our own hands.

Have a lovely weekend and I’ll see you all for the last week of term on Monday (not that I’m counting down) 🙂

Mrs Denholm x

This week we had so much fun playing in the garden and enjoying the sunshine.  We read stories together trying to spot magic e words, used bright spring colours to draw collaboratively on the ground and made some delicious recipes in the mud kitchen. Hopefully the weather will continue into next week so we can enjoy some more outdoor learning.

Enjoy your weekend,

Mrs Denholm x

This week we enjoyed tasting some Scottish traditional foods including shortbread, vegetarian haggis, oatcakes, porridge and potato scones. It was a great opportunity to share our own experiences of foods we enjoy at home and to try some new foods.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs Denholm x

This week we had great fun reading new and old stories, sharing our favourite stories with each other, creating our own characters in our writing and retelling the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ using our acting skills.

‘We’re definitely going on a bear hunt again”.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Denholm x

This week we enjoyed making characters from clay based on our story of the week ‘The Gruffalo’. The children showed creativity and perseverance to get their character into the shape they wanted. They used the tools well to add intricate details and learnt about patience waiting for them to fully dry to take them home.

Last week our classroom smelled like a bakery as we attempted to make our very own shortbread after learning about Scottish food and drinks.

Working together, we looked carefully at the recipe to ensure our measurements were just right. We took turns to make sure everyone had a chance to lead and tried to mix and knead the dough until it became the perfect consistency.

Our first batch was a bit of a learning curve (little crumbly) but that didn’t stop us. We tried to work out what went wrong, adjusted our technique and our second batch turned out golden, crumbly and resembled shortbread much to Mrs Denholm’s relief and delight.
Here are some pictures of the bakers in action.

Enjoy the weekend! It sounds like there are lots of lovely plans and some birthdays being celebrated. Can’t wait to hear all about them on Monday.
Mrs Denholm x

Last week we started learning about using tally marks to record data in a quick way. The children were able to think of some questions they wanted to find out the answers to for example what is P1b’s favourite flavour of ice cream? with an overwhelming result favouring chocolate.

We enjoyed a Scottish story in the garden enjoying our snacks and talking about the new Scottish words we have learnt including loch, wee and lassie.

We also found time to build a swamp, a Jurassic park, do a spot of hula hooping and collaborative art.

Remember to bring back the outdoor clothes for this Wednesday!
Mrs Denholm x

Inspired by an interest in snow animals we have been finding out about life in the Arctic. To help us find this freezing habitat at the very top of the world, we used a globe to locate the Arctic Circle. We discovered the Arctic is home to many amazing animals including polar bears, Arctic foxes, snowy owls, beluga whales and seals. We even tried to make some of our own snow.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs Denholm x