Our focus has moved to Lynley Dodd, she has been writing and illustrating for forty years!
We look forward to going on adventures with Hairy Maclary.
Month: October 2018
Funky Fingers
Little hands need to develop dexterity and strength. In Primary 1.1 we help this process by encouraging children to play, explore and interact with a variety of items that involve the use of small muscles which control the hand, fingers and thumb.
Trapped Bears!!!
This afternoon we found our compare bears trapped in ice!
We decided to use our science skills to free them. In science we have been learning about the different states of water and the ways water changes from one to another.
In groups we experimented to find out what would melt the ice. We tried running it under water, putting it on the heater, placing it in sunlight, blowing on it and rubbing it
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We also had a control for our experiment.
The results of our experiments showed that heat is needed to change water from a solid to a liquid and that hot water was the most effective way of melting ice in our classroom.
Our bears are free and we all love being scientists in 1.1!
The Post Office
During our planning sessions the children asked for a post office in the classroom.We worked together to create a mind map of all the things we would like to see in our Post Office.
Our Post Office is now open and ready for business!
Story Writing
When we are learning to write, we use lots of different skills.
We use the muscles in our hands and fingers to hold our pencils correctly, we use our memory to remember what sounds look like, we use our phonic knowledge to blend and write words and we use language to express ourselves.
Our excellent story writing:
Judo
We had a taster of Judo today and really enjoyed it. We had fun while we learnt the techniques of throwing and grappling. We look forward to three more sessions on Monday mornings. Have a look at some of our moves!
October Holiday
Miss Khan and I hope that you all have a well deserved rest over the October week. We have sent the PE bags home to give you the chance to check that everything still fits. Looking forward to seeing you all after the holiday.
The Daily Mile
Every day (weather permitting!) we go out to the football pitch to do our daily mile. Over the last few weeks we have got fitter and faster!
ERIC
Every week we have numerous ERIC ( Everyone Reading In Class) sessions. We love relaxing with a book and sharing it with a friend or a teddy that likes to be read to.
Music
Today in Music we were learning our school song:
‘We feel safe at Mearns Primary, we make sure we’re all happy. We all learn and work in a team, respecting one another.
Followed by a 16 beat pause.
‘We all learn and work in a team, respecting one another.’
(Sing to the tune of Coulters Candy)
