Kirkhill Primary (P3a.1 & P3a.2)
Welcome to our Class Blog. Our teachers are Miss Carrick & Mrs Knox (P3a.1) and Miss Jones (P3a.2) :)
This week we started learning our new sounds using our brand new magnetic boards. We are working very hard to learn our phonics in a new way.
To start with we had our investigating eyes on and had to look for words with our new sound in a story. Then we started to work in pairs with one being the student and the other being the teacher. We tried hard to say the word, make the word, break the word, blend the word, read the word and write the word.
OUTDOOR LEARNING CLOTHING – AMENDMENT
Different outdoor learning experiences offer opportunities for personal and learning skills development in areas such as communication, problem solving, information technology, working with others and thinking skills. Learning in the outdoors can make significant contributions to literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing. Therefore, outdoor learning offers many opportunities for learners to deepen and contextualise their understanding within curriculum areas, and for linking learning across the curriculum in different contexts and at all levels.
(Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2010)
At Kirkhill Primary we strive to provide regular outdoor learning experiences for all our children. As a school we have a fantastic outdoor space which can be used across the curriculum to develop our children socially, emotionally and academically. During last session we had a super Science Garden added to our fantastic Eco garden and we can’t wait to explore here and other areas of our school grounds!
To allow all pupils to access outdoor learning in the changeable Scottish weather, we would appreciate the children bringing in outdoor clothing (wellies, rain jackets and trousers) on days they will be learning outdoors. Class teachers will let you know via the class blogs the days that these are required so that you can keep them at home on other days. Also, if you have any spare items which your child is not using any more and you are happy to give these to the school, please put this in a bag with it clearly labelled as spare clothing for the school to allow items to be shared with our families.
Thank you in advance with your support with outdoor learning and please get in touch if you have any questions. This support will allow our children to have a fantastic time learning outdoors come rain or shine!
Different outdoor learning experiences offer opportunities for personal and learning skills development in areas such as communication, problem solving, information technology, working with others and thinking skills. Learning in the outdoors can make significant contributions to literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing. Therefore, outdoor learning offers many opportunities for learners to deepen and contextualise their understanding within curriculum areas, and for linking learning across the curriculum in different contexts and at all levels.
(Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2010)
At Kirkhill Primary we strive to provide regular outdoor learning experiences for all of our children. As a school we have a fantastic outdoor space which can be used across the curriculum to develop our children socially, emotionally and academically. During last session we had a super Science Garden added to our amazing Eco Garden and we can’t wait to explore here and other areas of our school grounds!
To allow all pupils to access outdoor learning in the changeable Scottish weather, we would like to ask if pupils could please bring in a named bag with old wellies, trousers (waterproof if possible but other old trousers if not) and a rain jacket. Please do not buy any new items! If you do not have any of these items which could be left in school throughout term time, please send a note to your child’s teacher and we will organise this for you. If you could please ensure that all items of clothing and wellies have your child’s name and class clearly marked, that would be fantastic. Also, if you have any spare items which your child is not using any more and you are happy to give these to the school, please put this in a bag with it clearly labelled as spare clothing for the school to allow items to be shared with our families.
Thank you in advance with your support with outdoor learning and please get in touch if you have any questions. This support will allow our children to have a fantastic time learning outdoors come rain or shine!
For homework please bring in an item from home which helps describe you. You will be asked to talk about your item and why you chose this on Friday.
For example you may wish to bring in your favourite book, a medal or a picture.
We look forward to learning more about you.
On Tuesday the 25th of June we will be having a Pyjama Party in P2a.
On this day you may
We are really looking forward to our party!
This afternoon we had great fun visiting our new and not so new teachers!
We enjoyed visiting our new classrooms and visiting our different learning hubs.
We are all very excited for our adventure in P3.
In P2 this week we held an election!
This week we have been learning about voting in elections – Harry M
We created political parties. We came up with names, logos and manifestos – Arran
We listened to the Party Leaders as they gave their campaign speeches –Â Morgan
We then decided who we wanted to vote for – Molly
We had to put an X in the box for the party that we were voting for – Mano
We had to fold our ballot paper and put it into the ballot box – Abdul-Rehman
Today Miss Edmonstone came along to our class and announced the winning party! Well done to The Trusted Party who came in first place.
We learned about Suffragettes this week and Peggy brought in her fabulous costume to show us!
Please find the achievements proforma here:Â achievements (2)
Please send any completed achievements to :
AchievementsK1@kirkhill.e-renfrew.sch.uk
Alternatively, you can Tweet achievements and photo
‘For our project homework we were asked to make Victorian toys’ – Rory
‘To make our Victorian toys were asked to use recycled materials that you had around the house’ – Myla
‘We had lots of fun making our toys and really enjoyed playing with them’ – Lewis
‘We liked playing with our Victorian toys as much as the Victorians children would of’- Elise
‘ Victorian toys were made of materials that could be found in the local area. The toys we play with today are often made of plastic and made far away’ – Jack
‘We all had made very different Victorian toys and we really enjoyed finding out about the work of others’ – Arran
‘ We split into our House groups and we shared our projects with peers from another House’ – Arjun
‘We all enjoyed making our projects and showing them’ – Peggy
Here are some of our wonderful projects!
