We had to listen carefully to instructions about drawing a house and a garden. We were very good at listening.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Fresh air and exercise
We sat a lot today at our Whole School Assembly and our Burns Challenge, so we decided to get outside and get some fresh air. It was wonderful to see the sunshine.
Our Mystery Reader With A Message
Our Mystery Reader today was the wonderful PSA , Mrs McCann. She told us the story of “Jonathan The Porcupine” by Cathie Gebhart and Jonathan Antoine. It was about a very lonely porcupine who wanted lovely friends. Mrs McCann told us all about being good friends.
Burns Supper
We celebrated the life and work of Robert Burns , looking at Burns Cottage and discussing his life. We watched a modern day version of “Tam O’Shanter.”
We had our own ” Burns Supper”, starting with “The Selkirk Grace” and then we ate oatcakes and cheese and shortbread and we drank ” Ribena”. At the end we sang ” Auld Lang Syne”.
New Activities
We have some new activities in 1.4 this week. There have been lots of construction discussion in the Duplo pit; Blast off continuously happens in the Space Station; there has been lots of concentration at the hammer beads and the dressing up box has provided lots of role play and much hilarity.
Writing
We learn so much in 1.4. We learn a lot through play, but we also learn by working with our teachers. We are learning to put our phonics to good use and can now read and write. We are starting to extend our writing by writing more than one sentence. We are trying so hard.
Scottish Country Dancing
We have been learning Scottish Country Dancing in the Street on a Friday. We have been learning an eightsome reel. ( We are experts at counting to eight!) We are the best P1 dancers that Mrs Arbuckle has ever seen. We have excellent coordination.
Snowman Challenge
It snowed. You may have noticed. Then it snowed again. Our playground very quickly filled up with lots of snow. Miss Hunter set all the boys and girls a challenge: to build the best snowman! We put all of our winter clothes and boots on and out we went. Yes, it was cold; yes, we dropped our timetable and yes, we had a lot of fun! We used teamwork to build our brilliant pirate snowman.
The Space Station
“What could we add to our room?” We asked the children.
“A rocket !” Replied the vast majority. What can we say? It was a challenge!
We made our first space station and it was a great success, with
lots of “astronauts” visiting and recording things in the log book.
Then, a new piece of furniture arrived. ” Let’s add it to the space station! ” we thought. A great success was born. It has lead us in many different directions. We now have space discussions and can tell you all about the moon and gravity. Amazing!
Mystery Space Reader
Our wonderful P6 teacher, Mr Tyler, came to read some space books to us today. He loves all things science , but especially space. We got to ask him quesrtions too, such as ” What is the Moon made of?” and ” How can I be an astronaut? ” He is so clever, that he knew all of our answers!
He read us two stories – ” The Way Back Home” by Oliver Jeffers and “On The Moon” by Anna Melbourne and Benjit Davies. They were really good.
