We have been so busy in Primary 1 making many new friends, learning to be increasingly responsible and to follow the routines in our classroom. There is a lot to remember and we have settled in well.
We have been working really hard on our phonics and rhyming. Some of us are reading and writing short words by blending the sounds we have learned so far. We are continuing to practise writing our first and second names. The children will soon begin our reading programme and will be meeting some favourite characters like Mr Big, Miss Owens and Pickle. The children will develop skills such as prediction, sequencing events and the ability to talk about characters.
As part of our Numeracy we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We went on a shape hunt to find the different shapes outside. We brought recycling materials in from home to be transformed into amazing models. We used our imagination to make rockets, robots, houses, castles and instruments. We created 2D pictures of ice cream, rockets, houses, our families and many more using circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. We can use Numicon to show different ways of making numbers and to make numberlines.
‘I wrote the numbers all the way up to 20 on post-its, I put them in the right order and I used the right Numicon to make each number underneath. It was tricky but I worked hard’, Eloise.
This term we will be focusing on number formation, developing number sense, addition and subtraction as well as many practical activities and problem solving.
In ICT we are able to log on to the computer independently. We are able to use the mouse and drawing tools to create increasingly detailed pictures.
‘I drew a picture of myself and I typed my name’, Zahra.
We are working towards being able to type a sentence to complement our drawings.
In Science we will be learning all about our senses. We will be able to identify each sense and how each sense helps us to describe the world around us. We will be conducting lots of experiments.
‘I want to know how blind people read’, Lena.
I would like to find out why some animals hear differently from humans’, Eilidh.
‘How do your eyes work?’, Max.
The focus of our ‘Big Picture Planning’, this term is Our Local Area. This will be planned collaboratively with the children as well as incorporating ideas from our parents at Meet the Teacher. The children’s questions and ideas for activities will shape our project while learning more about the shops, services and the people who help us in Giffnock.
‘We have made an ice cream shop in our class like Valentini’s. We have tubs, cherries, sauces and we have been taking orders for our customers.’ Zoe.
We have many enjoyed opportunities to participate in different kinds of play both indoors and out.
‘In the mud kitchen I have been working with my friends to make pancakes and soup’, Mitchell.
When learning about our school values we know we are part of the ‘Giffnock Family’ and like a jigsaw we all stick together. We have been to our first House Meetings and voted for our House Captains. In Primary 1b Charan, Lena, Emily and Eloise will be our representatives at the committees.
