Chanukah in Primary One!

We have been celebrating Chanukah this week in Primary One.

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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

chanukah

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

Ichanukia

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

lighting chanukiah

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

reading chanukah story

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

shul visit

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

The Best Show Ever!

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!

Our Trip to Giffnock Library

On Tuesday 24th 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.bus

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”.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!

Our Class Charter.

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.

 

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“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

Telling a story!

This term Primary One have been working really hard to improve their writing. We have been learning to tell a story by drawing a picture and adding lots of detail to it.

Below you will see a selection of our work throughout the term.

We regularly use playdoh to hold a “playdoh disco” to work our fine motor skills! This means we pinch, roll and work the playdoh until our fingers are so tired! Some of use have used it to make pictures to illustrate our stories!

Over the last few weeks the Friendly Dragon challenged us to re-tell a story. He was so impressed with our work!

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Daniel – I put lots of detail in – September 2015
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Maya – My fairytale was magical  – September 2015
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Sammy R – I remembered the story and drew it – September 2015
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Jessica – I like doing writing because it is fun – September 2015

 

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Luca – I made a dragon from playdoh, he is very friendly – September 2015
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Yocheved – My dragon is yellow, I was a bit scared of him at first – September 2015
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Aman – I drew the pictures so you would know what was going on in the story – October 2015
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Luca – I had a go at the writing – October 2015
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Miriam – I copied the writing carefully – October 2015

 

After school clubs

 

AFTER SCHOOLS CLUB

“I went to football and a multi skills class after school.  At football we really just played this sleeping game and football. In the other club we did fun things like tig.”

Josh

“We went to the hall where we do lunch.  I went to the multi sports one. It was fun.  The best bit was the sleeping lions game.  I can’t wait to go next week.”

Sammy R

“I’m starting karate next week.  I’m not sure what we will do but it will be fun cos im going with my friends.  I will wear karate clothes I think.”

Marnie

FAIRYLAND

“Jack came to visit us in the night. He brought beans to make beanstalks. We haven’t planted them yet.  Maybe we will plant them or maybe we will just keep them.  They aren’t squidgy.  We had to count them. He came at night because he couldn’t see us and he left a letter too. “

Marnie, Sammy R and Josh

Sammy and Muneeb counting some magic beans.
Sammy and Muneeb making a pattern with the magic beans.

PHONICS

Although we have had a shorter week at school, we have still been very busy revising and learning two new letter names and sounds.  We have been learning about ‘f’ and ‘l’.

The dragon comes to meet us!

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” We went to gym and when we came back we saw toe prints and Miss Jagger said ” Does anybody have three toes?” But we don’t! Then we came into the room and we saw big foot prints and flowers and glitter all over the place.” Kaleb
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“There was a parcel and we thought it was our friends but it wasn’t. A dragon had visited but we didn’t see him but he was actually so quiet. Maybe he tip-toed in. There was a letter in the box with some fire on it. We have to build fairyland. We made a beanstalk.” Daniel
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“We wrote letters to the dragon and we put them in the post box in our class. The dragon will collect them but how will he know to collect them? Maybe he will visit over the weekend when I’m doing fun things.” Ariana
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“These are the dragon foot prints. He stopped at the board. We don’t know his name yet but we asked him in our letters.” Daniel
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“We love the dragon.” Ariana                                                             “Please don’t eat me or send us fire.” Kaleb                                      “You are a friendly dragon.” Daniel
 

Kaleb's letter to the dragon
Kaleb’s letter to the dragon
Pippa's letter to the dragon
Pippa’s letter to the dragon
Harry's letter to the dragon
Harry’s letter to the dragon
Daniel's letter to the dragon
Daniel’s letter to the dragon

 

PHONICS

This week in Primary One, we have been learning the letter names and sounds for g and o.  We have also been revising the letters and sounds that we have learnt so far in Primary One.

FAIRYLAND

Watch this space for further excitement whilst learning about our new topic!  The children in Primary One are super excited and have already started to build a beanstalk for Jack!

LITERACY

During our phonics activities this week, we have been learning the letter names and sounds for r, m and d.

We have been learning with our friends from Primary Seven and have been writing some creative stories with them…

“Little Freddie was in my story.  He eated a lot of chocolate. Gabby in Primary Seven was helping me.  Gabby was doing the writing because Im’ still learning to write but I was making the story up.  I drew the pictures. I had a blurb and a title.” 

Calum

PLAY DOUGH DISCO

In Primary One we are always looking for fun ways to strengthen the muscles in our fingers and hands to help us with our fine motor skills.

“When the music goes on you squeeze it and roll it.  It is sore on my fingers but it helps to make them strong.!”

Ross

KODESH

We have been learning about the story of Jonah and the Whale ready for Yom Kippur.

“Jonah and the Whale. Jonah ended up in the whales tummy because the G-d sent the big fish to get him.  Mrs Rosenberg was teaching us the story on the computer in our class. “

Ross

ART and DESIGN

Primary one have been learning to add detail to their drawings.

” We did drawings of putting the light switch on and blow drying our hair.  I had my eyes closed in my picture because of the wind from the hair dryer.”

Ross

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Muneeb’s detailed drawing of him trying on new shoes.
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Maddie’s detailed drawing of her trying on new shoes.

 

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Sammy B’s detailed drawing of him trying on new shoes.

Our class ‘rules’!!

We have had a very busy but fun week in Primary One.  During our phonics activities, we have been learning the letter names and sounds for h, c and e. 

In  Numeracy and Mathematics we have been learning to sort and order numbers to ten.

“We made apples by scrunching the little tissue papers up and made them into apples.  It will be a Rosh Hashanah card.   Mrs Rosenberg has been teaching us songs too. We dipped the apple in the honey for a taste to try it out.”

Miriam

 

“We are making our class rules. Nobody is allowed to run through the class corridors because if a teacher hears you, you might get into big trouble.  We need rules so we don’t get hurt and you want to learn to be good and kind.   We don’t hurt people and you tell the truth.”

Harry

 

“We went to P.E. We took the balls for a walk.  If it ran away you put your foot on it.  It was easy.  We played tunnel tig and toilet tig.  People chased me and didn’t get me.”

Luca

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