We are all looking forward to learning lots of new things in Primary Two!
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Our Dojo Reward!
We achieved an astonishing 1000+ dojo points as a class this term. As a reward we had a fun afternoon at the park!
Shabbat Shalom
Primary 1 took part in a very interesting Kabbalat Shabbat today where we learned all about Shavuot and got a sneaky peek at P2’s Ten Commandments rap!
Wonderful Weighing!
Today, The Squares were exploring weight during Numeracy and Maths.
The children already had great prior knowledge of weight from weighing ingredients for baking and cooking at home. They enjoyed sharing their experiences!
We discussed how different items from the shopping bags felt when we held them and decided items were either heavy or light. We enjoyed sorting them into these groups as a team.
The children then ‘brought their shopping home’ into the House Corner, where the discussion of heavy and light continued as the shopping was put away.
We are looking forward to Wednesday where we will be using a two pan balance to compare the weight of different objects!
Warm Welcome Back
A warm welcome back to all of our Primary 1 children and parents. We have enjoyed sharing tales of our exciting holiday adventures over the past few days and have written about some in our news jotters.
We would also like to mention a warm welcome to Miss Rachael Lindsay a new member of staff in Calderwood Lodge. Miss Lindsay is a new class teacher at Calderwood Lodge and will be supporting the learning and teaching across the infant department this term. Primary 1 look forwards to working with Miss Lindsay in Literacy and Numeracy during Team Teaching sessions. Feel free to come and chat to Miss Lindsay at dismissal time at the end of the day.
Primary 1 Siddurim Presentation
On Friday 9th September Primary 1 were presented with their very own Siddur.
Rabbi Rubin reminded us that we should treat our Siddur with respect and use it daily.
We were all very excited to see our family and visitors in the audience on our special day.
The Jewish Telegraph have some lovely photos of our presentation on their website:
http://www.jewishtelegraph.com/galleries/2016/CalderwoodSiddur16.html
Learning at Early Level
Our classroom took on a bit of a transformation today. We have new areas in our room such as a creative zone and a house corner to help us learn through play and exploration at Early Level.
Autumn is Here!
Within our mathematics and numeracy we have been learning all about the seasons and features of these. Our focus this week was…
| I am aware of how routines and events in my world link with times and seasons, and have explored ways to record and display these using clocks, calendars and other methods. MNU 0-10a |
We have written lists of Autumn colours, gone on an Autumn hunt, taken Autumn leave rubbings and written our own story about kicking the leaves.
Joshua: “In Autumn the leaves fly off the trees.”
Jamin: “Autumn colours are red and orange. They are like sun fire colours but the weather is actually windy and cold in Autumn.”
Katie: “All the animals like hedgehogs get ready for winter. It’s too cold for them.”
Jolly Phonics – 5th September 2016
We had lots of fun reading the funny story for our new jolly phonics sound ‘g’ today.
The story in our Big Book was all about a blocked drain making a funny noise. Freddie noticed our sink in the classroom often makes that noise too so we listened for it today.
We have been working hard on our letter formation. Today we used the interactive whiteboard and Active Inspire to practice ‘g’. Take a look at our work below:
Tips for Phonics at home:
Try using a shoelace to practise the shape of our new letter!
Meet the Teacher – 25th August 2016
Thank you to those of you who made it along to our meet the teacher afternoon.
It was a joy to say that all the Primary 1s have settled fantastically and are often complimented for their excellent behaviour by others in the school.
Please find the powerpoint used at this event below:
