Welcome back to our blog! We hope you enjoy viewing all of our learning experiences in the last two weeks!

Modern Languages

We have been learning how to greet one another in French and how to use simple phrases. We are continuing to practice how to ask how are you and learning how to respond to it.

Numeracy and Mathematics

We have started to explore Data Handling. We are learning how to sort information through different ways.

Addition 

We have been learning all about addition and attempting to complete addition sums mentally!

We know when we add zero, it doesn’t have an affect on our sum. We are amazing at writing and recording our own sums too!

Doubles…! Doubles are when you add two numbers together which are the same. We are amazing at recalling addition sums which are doubles.

We use beads to help us count faster! We know to count on from a number rather than starting at one.

We are continuing to practice subitizing as we want to be extremely fast at recognising an amount of different objects extremely fast without having to count.

Counting out numbers, finding the missing numbers and sequencing has become so easy!

Literacy

We are becoming extremely creative in our Writing! We spent time learning and reading the book called the Leaf Man. From this story, we sourced different things from outside such as leaves and acorns to create our own story.

We are ensuring to use finger spaces and to use our sounds to blend and sound out words.

In another writing activity, we read the book Aliens Love Underpants. This story was so amusing we wanted to write about it and create our own alien.

Now that we have nearly finished learning all of our single sounds, we have moved on to learning phonemes such as ‘oa’ and ‘ai’!

Also, we are becoming stronger in our skill to sound, spell and read small words!

ICT

We are becoming extremely skilled at using different softwares on a computer or laptop! We created a drawing of ourselves and wrote our name!

Outdoor Learning

We explored the story of the Leaf Man outdoors too! Using the story frames we used loose parts to recall the story.

Using leaves and sticks, we wanted to create different characters from the book to create puppets.

Harry is enjoying reading a book!

We came across apples and attempted to slice them. After being carefully shown how to cut an apple, we managed to do it independently and safely.

Ruairidh drew and designed a castle for the leaf man!

Leo and Retal were exploring how to balance on different objects.

Gymnastics

Recently, we have just started Gymnastics. We have been exploring different ways to create a balance. With a partner, we have also been creating amazing sequences!

 

We have come back from the October break feeling fresh and ready to work extremely hard!

Literacy 

Every day we are spending time to reinforce all of our sounds through different activities. We are practicing to identify letters with the correct sound and ensure we have the correct letter formation.

We are trying hard to blend our sounds together to read words for example hat, mat, pet, log.

 

We have been so excited to start our reading books! Here you can see Emily and Emma have correctly sequenced a sentence. Well done!

Numeracy 

In Numeracy we are have been learning to order different numbers from smallest to biggest or biggest to smallest.

Using BeeBots we were learning about directions and positions. It was fun programming our BeeBots to move how we wanted it! For example up, down, diagonal or to the side.

Using Numicon, we are learning how to form numbers in different ways. We created a number line up to 20 as a team!

We know how to complete repeated patterns and can predict which shape or colour would come next.

We are asked tricky questions! Here we are sorting numbers which come before and after a given number.

Space

We have been extending our knowledge about Space. One of our class questions included ‘Why does the moon change shape?’

We learnt about the different phases of the moon!

We were so keen to learn about different facts about the sun. Using these facts, we created a Sun Poster!

Also, we explored different ways in how you can travel to space!

Sarah and Harper created a great  Rocket model!

As did Freya, Emma and Rosie!

Outdoor Learning

As we were playing with all of our loose parts, we noticed that different utensils make different noises. We created a band and made our own sounds.

We discussed what beats are and rhythms and pulses!

Everyone created a fantastic birthday party! We made a huge ‘messy chocolate’ cake using outdoor materials!

 

Kyler is practicing his letter formation!

As a team, we worked hard to find different ways to travel across from one end of  our space to the next!

Harper and Sophie created a story about a monster they envisioned! We created a huge tent and the monster was hiding underneath it. We then wrote a story about it with a great detailed picture.

We are practicing our sounds and with our paint brushes, we were tracing the letters on the ground, tyres and walls.

We wanted to climb up higher on the palettes. We worked together to find a way to climb higher by turning the palettes around!

We were so lucky to have the opportunity to plant with Mrs Reid yesterday!

Everyone has been working so hard after the October Break!

 

We are continuing to work extremely hard and be the best we can be in school! We can’t wait to show you what we have been learning!

Numeracy & Mathematics 

We are continuing to expand our knowledge for numbers up to 20 through many different learning experiences.

Using socks we created a line of numbers up to 20.

Kyler and Olivia-Rose are filling in missing numbers!

Daniel is completing a cut and stick activity for ordering numbers correctly!

We are practicing to count out objects correctly using ten frames.

We are continuing to practice the formation of numbers to ensure we can write them correctly.

Symmetry

We are aware of what symmetry means! We know if both sides are the same, it is symmetrical. We created a butterfly ensuring our design and pattern was symmetrical.

Outdoor Numeracy and Mathematics 

We use our imagination to apply our maths skills outdoor in a variety of ways.

Emily and Stella are choosing a number to practice the formation and then creating a dance routine with those amount of moves!

Rebecca has correctly formed a number line!

We were counting how many tyres it would take to create a castle!

Literacy 

We have discovered what Alliteration is! We were matching up images and exploring which sound it begins with. If two pictures started with the same sound, we knew it was Alliteration!

We are continuing to explore different sounds and learning to identify them in different words.

We are matching different images with the correct sound.

Using our knowledge we have for sounds, we are beginning to word build to create words like wig, pig…

Topic

As a class, we decided our new topic will be Space starting from next week!

We shared our existing knowledge of what we already know about space. Then shared what we want to find out and explore!

Well done Primary 1 for all your hard work!

Have a great weekend!

We have been incredibly busy learning about many new things. Before the windy storm came, we explored our Senses therefore had taken a listening walk around our school.

We have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shape and what their differences are. We have also been building extravagant models using shapes whilst explaining why we chose those specific shapes to build with.

Alongside shape, we are continuing to increase our knowledge about numbers up to 20.

 

We have been learning beyond our indoor classroom and have been exploring Maths and Literacy outdoors too!

 

 

Welcome to our blog! Primary 1c hope you discover all of our amazing learning experiences and gain an insight into how we learn every day!

Already we have made many friends, established and settled into our class routine and are enjoying all learning adventures.

We have learnt to recognise rhyming words through many different games and spot words which do not rhyme!

 

We are becoming more aware of our numbers! We have been practicing to solve the missing numbers, to sequence numbers and recognise numbers which come before and after of a given number.

   

We were trying to beat the timer by sequencing our numbers in the correct order. We went from 5 minutes, to 3 minutes and amazingly being able to solve it under 1 minute!

We are practicing extremely hard to form our numbers correctly too!

In our Rainbow Fish topic we have been exploring everything under the sea and more!

Lastly, we love ending the day with Yoga or reading a story!

  

We hope you have enjoyed having a look through our first few weeks of Primary 1. We can’t wait to show you what we do next!