We have been continuing to learn about Biodiversity both at school and in our own gardens. We have enjoyed writing short stories about different insects and animals that we have been learning about. We linked this to Art, Drama and Outdoor Learning this week too.

In Maths, we have been learning about the area of shapes – we have been measuring different areas using different objects in our classroom. We have also learned to count the squares within a shape to find the area. We will continue with this next week.

We have been working on our throwing and catching skills in PE this week. Everyone enjoyed playing Dodgeball at the end of the lesson.

We are learning a new song in Music – one that focuses on rhythm. We hope to add some instruments to it over the next couple of weeks.

 

We have had a busy week learning lots of new things!

Health – We have been learning about the importance of being active. Everyone shared something they enjoy doing and an activity they would like to start. We also learned about the importance of giving yourself time to “recharge” by doing something you enjoy, eating well or having a rest.

Literacy – We have been learning to use commas as part of a list. We created our own ice-cream cones and pizzas and wrote about the toppings we would love. In Writing we have been learning how to write a letter.

Outdoor Learning – We have been learning about biodiversity. We are so lucky with our playground space. All children found a variety of living things to add to their A-Z list.

PE – We have been improving our athletic skills and learning new field games. Scatterball was very successful and great fun!

Science – We have been discussing the stages of the Water Cycle. We have become more familiar with the words ‘evaporation’, ‘condensation’ and ‘precipitation’.

In Numeracy we have been learning about number patterns and sequences within 100. This is helping us count in 2s, 5s and 10s. Some children are counting in 3s and 4s too.

Happy Easter!

We have enjoyed taking our learning outside this week – we created skip counting playground games with chalk. It was great fun as well as being educational 🙂

We used classroom objects to create symmetrical models in pairs – what a fantastic piece of work! A huge variety of objects were collected for the models – dice, blocks, stationery, scarves and lolly sticks to name a few!

We have made Easter cards and written Easter acrostic poems.

In French we have been learning to talk about some clothes, some classroom objects and foods we like and don’t like.

In Science we learned which materials are natural and which are human-made. We also learned which materials absorb water and which materials are waterproof.

We have enjoyed working on our Spring Assembly – everyone looked and sounded so confident.

 

We have enjoyed our last two Loose Parts sessions with P3/4. Last week we built castles and this week we used our creativity in small groups to play a variety of games.

In Outdoor Learning we have been working with P5 pupils to spot the signs of spring, carry out bird surveys, make bird feeders, take a litter survey and go on a texture hunt.

In Numeracy we have been counting in 2s, 5s, 10s and some children have even been counting in 3s and 6s. We have been exploring weight and learning about grams and kilograms.

We wrote an acrostic poem this week all about Spring. We look forward to writing one about Easter next week.

We have been learning about past tense verbs – we are getting good at identifying which ones need ‘ed’ at the end and which words change.

In PE we have been enjoyed learning new hockey skills. We will continue with this next week and try to put some of our skills into a game situation.

In Science we have continued to explore the importance of water. Next, we will be learning about different materials (which ones are waterproof and which ones absorb water) and we will suggest uses for these.

We have been busy getting ready for our Spring Assembly too – hopefully we will see some of you there.

Spring has started in P1/2. We have been looking for signs of spring in our playground and we have been writing a fact file too. We have all enjoyed the beautiful weather this week 🙂

In Art we have been learning how to make different tones of the same colour by adding black or white. We painted different shades of green leaves on trees. They look great!

In Science we have been learning all about “Wonderful Water”. We have predicted what we think will happen in a couple of experiments using water. Next week we will be learning how it can be a solid, a liquid and a gas.

In Maths, we have enjoyed learning about length and volume. Next week we will be exploring weight. We have also revisited fractions, addition and subtraction during our mental maths sessions.

A huge well done to all the ‘Newport’s Got Talent’ finalists. It was an amazing show 🙂

 

Well done to everyone for learning their poetry – it was a pleasure to listen to you all recite your chosen poems. The three winners will get the chance to recite it again during Monday’s Together Time.

We have continued learning about analogue and digital times this week. We have been thinking about our daily routines and the times that things happen during the school day.

We have also kept working on subtraction work. We have been learning different strategies to work them out mentally, using some of our class “bits and bobs” and using Numicon.

We are enjoying our Knights and Castles topic. There has been a lot of role play in the classroom this week. We have been learning about jobs within the castle and about the role of a knight.

In PE we have been working on our fitness levels by taking part in Tabata activities. We have also been learning about moving with control and balance during our gymnastics sessions.

We made some bird feeders during our outdoor learning session this week which we will put on trees around the playground next week. We hope that we will be able to spot some interesting birds in our playground as a result.

 

What a fantastic Festive Friday! We made the Christmas cards and gift bags for our community project today. They look great!

This week we have created festive polar bears in art – the focus was on creating patterns with different lines.

We have been learning about Newport – we learned facts about the River Tay and we are able to locate Newport on a map of Scotland.

We have continued our learning on questions and focused on pausing at punctuation during our reading sessions.

We had a visitor this week…Gumdrop the elf has come to stay for a few weeks. He wants to change his ways and be a helpful elf. We wrote about what he has been up to in our writing lesson this week.

We have decided to arrange a ‘Santa Dash’ in the last week of term. We created posters in pairs and shared our idea with all the other classes. We hope everyone wears their Christmas jumpers and maybe a festive hat or headband.

 

We have been learning about alphabetical order this week and have been looking at picture dictionaries and index pages in non-fiction books. We will continue to explore this next week as some children are ready to look at the second letter to put words in order.

In Maths we have been learning about Carrol Diagrams and Bar Charts. During outdoor learning today we filled in a Carrol Diagram of information we found in the playground. Everyone did an amazing job!

In PE we are continuing to work on our ball skills – in particular throwing and catching. We are hoping to feel confident enough to play a game.

We are learning a variety of dances in pairs, groups and as a whole class. Today we learned a set dance called the “Runaway Train” which was fast but we all got the hang of it after a few goes.

We have been exploring compass directions and we are starting to look at different maps.

As part of our Health and Wellbeing learning we have been exploring similarities and differences. We have been using the words unique and diversity.

We have made posters about our hobbies and next week we will present them to the class.

One of the highlights this week was having a visit from the Dundee Science Centre. We learned all about the different organs in our body.

We sang a fun song called “Use Your Imagination” which we will continue to work on, adding instruments and singing in parts.

We have been learning about vowels and consonants this week as the P1 pupils have been blending some of their sounds to read and write CVC words.

We wrote a procedure text on “How to make a sandwich”. We wrote the instructions in the correct order and started each one with a bossy verb.

We have been learning to use an empty number line to help us add and subtract numbers. We can also put a number in our head and add or subtract a number from it.

We have learned about the skeleton – we know it protects the organs, helps us move and holds us up. Next, we will be learning about the different bones and organs in our body.

We created our own skeletons out of natural resources during our Outdoor Learning session this week.

We took part in four Skills Academy sessions this week. We were able to chose from Games, Lego, Printing and Animation. We all had a fantastic time working with pupils from different classes.

 

Following our interest in Harvest and Scarecrows we created lovely scarecrow faces using paper sculpture skills.

Our written work has also been based on our class scarecrow, Charlie. We have described him and next week we will write about his secret. I look forward to reading all the wonderful ideas!

During our Outdoor Learning session this week we all became squirrels. Moving with speed and agility, balancing, leaping and collecting nuts and leaves for our dray.

In literacy this week we have been reading Percy the Park Keeper stories and we have learned about compound words.

This week we have been learning about foxes and badgers as part of our Woodland Animals theme. The pupils have been really engaged and are looking forward to learning about owls next week.

In Maths, we have continued our recognition of 2D and 3D shapes. Matching, sequencing and making patterns.

The pupils are looking forward to starting Wake-up Shake-up after the holidays. The Health and Well-being committee taught them the first dance today and we all really enjoyed it.

We had our first House competition today – Messy Bedroom. Pupils from all four houses took part and really enjoyed themselves.