We have been celebrating Chanukah this week in Primary One.

In Kodesh we wrote about the story of the Maccabees and how the temple was destroyed and they tidied it up and the lamp was lit and stayed on for 8 days! – Kaleb and Sammy R

In Ivrit we were pretending to be a Chanukiah with Ivrit words for the different colours. – Maya

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We were making Chanukiahs out of elastic bands on a special peg board. We were working our fine motor skills – Calum

I lit the Chaukiah for the first night of Chanukah. Rabbi Rubin came in to visit us and we sang Ner-Li to him! – Miriam

The Primary Twos came into read us stories they had written about the war that happened with the Maccabees and King Antiochus. The oil was meant to last for 1 day but it lasted for 8 days until they were able to get some new oil. It was a very special miracle. – Harry

Today we went to Shul and we sang Ner-Li to all the people. Rabbi Rubin gave us a sevivon and a donut! – Tia

Primary One, Primary Two and the Nursery performed the very first performance of The Sad Little Sevivon today.

Muneeb thought the show was “super duper good”, Marnie thought “the Mums and Dads would be very proud of our singing”. Daniel thought that we had rehearsed for such a long time the show was fantastic.

We sung lots of songs, our favourite one to sing was Ner-Li. We had to practise not chatting and smiling to the audience. Primary One had lots of important things to do and lots of us had to remember our words and speak in a big “outdoor voice”.

The Mums and Dads were very happy and we even surprised Miss Dunn with a bunch of flowers and a card for her birthday!

Every single one of us is looking forward to performing again tomorrow!

On Tuesday 24^th November Primary One went on a school trip to Giffnock Library.

The Library had invited us to go and take part in a Bookbug Storytelling session.

As we left school we were so excited that it was raining as it meant we had to get the bus to the library! When we got there we were met by some of our mums, sisters and aunties who had come to join in the fun.

We met Carol Wilson, the Library Supervisor who gave us a tour and showed us how to take books out and how to return them. As we had been so quiet and sensible in the library she read us a story called “Jim and the Beanstalk”. It was very funny and had great pictures.

Ariana thought “it was really good because I liked hearing a new stories.”

Devorah said “the tour was the best bit because I got to see everything in the library”.

As we were about to leave Carol presented us with our very own Bookbug bags which were filled with books and other goodies. We cannot wait to read them all and choose our favourite!

We would like to thank Miss Dunn, Mrs Yedd and Mrs Phinn for coming with us and also all the parents who came along to say hello! We all hope we will go back to the library again soon!

In Primary One we have been talking about our rights.

Of all the rights we have as children, our favourites are that we have the right to learn, the right to play and the right to be safe.

We follow rules and set a good example for the rest of the school.

We have made a Class Charter which hangs up in our classroom to remind us of the promise we have made and the rights we have.

“We have the right to learn through play. I let everyone join in my games.” – Miriam

“I have the right to be safe. I will always tuck my chair in so no one falls over it and gets hurt.” – Harry

“We have the right to learn, so I will always listen to Miss Jagger and the other teachers.” – Marnie

Welcome to the Primary 1 class blog.  We will keep you updated on all of the fun and exciting things happening in our class.