Happy Friday!

We hope you all had a lovely break last week.

Art-We were learning about Victorian houses. We drew a picture of one using our special black pens.

Outdoor learning- We did a little bit of bird watching and noted some of the birds that we spotted in the school garden using tally marks .
Loose parts – We enjoyed exploring all the loose parts in groups .

Numeracy/Maths- We have been continuing our time learning. We have also been working on our subtraction to 10/20 learning. We enjoyed playing Sum Dog on the iPads.
We were writing the digital time for half past and quarter to.

Literacy- Our writing focus was personal writing . We drew detailed pictures of our weekend news and tired hard to punctuate our sentences correctly .
We all enjoyed our reading books this week.
P1-We have been using their sounds to write different sentences .
P2 -We had spelling words to practise. We also had a reading comprehension job to do.

Topic – We were learning about inventions that happened during the Victorian times . We drew 4 inventions and labelled them.

PE-We are continuing to enjoy our gymnastics learning. We also enjoyed running the daily mile.

P2 were learning the steps to take in an emergency.
*Look for danger .
*Check for a response.
*Call for help – 999.
We all enjoyed role playing this.

Have a lovely weekend.

Have fun.

Take care.

Love Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael 🙂

Happy Tuesday !
A very short week this week.

Literacy – We did a piece of personal writing about our weekend . We drew detailed pictures and had to punctuate our sentences correctly .
P2 worked on their spelling words and P1 worked on their blending activities.

Numeracy – We had some time playing Sum Dog. We also worked on our subtraction activities .

Art- We made lovely Valentines Day cards ❤️.

PE-We enjoyed running the mile . We also enjoyed our Gymnastics.

Have a lovely holiday.
Have fun.
Take care .
Love Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael 🙂

Happy Friday!

Another lovely week in P1/2.

Maths/Numeracy- We have been working on our subtraction to 10/20 learning. We have also been working on telling the time on analogue and digital clocks- o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. We enjoyed a little time playing Sum Dog.

Literacy- P2- We have been working on our new spelling words. P1 – We have been working on our blending. We had to write a story about a Chinese dragon. We did detailed drawings and had to remember how to punctuate our sentences correctly. We all enjoyed our reading books this week.

PE-We enjoyed the daily mile. We have loved our gymnastics time this week. We have been working on rolling, jumping and balancing.

Art- We had a special drawing to do for our mums. It is a top secret surprise.

Outdoor learning- We did a playground clean up. We picked up litter and tidied up leaves.

We loved doing a little bit of Chinese New Year learning with our special adults.

Have a lovely weekend.

Have fun.

Take care.

Love Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael 🙂

 

Happy Friday !

We have had another great week in Primary 1/2.
Miss Allan was working with us on Wednesday .
Literacy – Our book of the week was ‘Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted’. We had lots of sequencing , talking , listening , reading and writing jobs to do.
We all enjoyed our reading books this week.
P1 were learning their new sounds – er and ar.
P2 were working on their new spelling words. They also had a reading comprehension job to do about a birthday party .

Maths /Numeracy- We have been continuing our time learning and our subtraction to 10/20 learning .

Art-We painted our own tartans. They look amazing.

PE- We enjoyed running the mile. We also have been enjoying rolling, jumping and balancing.

P1 enjoyed working with the other P1’s. P2 enjoyed their skills academy.

We loved some time exploring the new loose parts that we have been given.

Have a lovely weekend.
Have fun.
Take care.
Love Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael 🙂

Happy Friday!

We loved our visit to the library this week. Pauline read the Book Bug bag books to us. She was delighted with our front cover designs. She is going to display them in the library.

Topic- We were learning about schools in The Victorian Times.

Literacy- We all enjoyed reading our reading books this week.

P1- new sounds were oi and ue.

P2-new spelling words and common words to learn.

Writing- We wrote a story about Greyfriars Bobby. We had to remember capital letters, full stops, finger spaces. joining words and WOW words.

Maths/Numeracy-We have been learning about o clock, half past and quarter past on a digital display. We are almost finished our addition learning and will be moving onto subtraction.

Health- We listen to ‘Chrysanthemum’ by Keith Henkes . Every time someone was unkind in the story we had to wrinkle our hearts. When somebody was kind in the story we unwrinkled our hearts.

PE-We enjoyed taking part in the whole school daily mile. We also have loved learning different Scottish dances.

P1 enjoyed working with P1 this week doing Scottish themed activities.

P2 enjoyed taking part in their skills academys.

Have a lovely weekend.

Have fun.

Take care.

Love Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael 🙂

Happy Friday!

We have had a great week in Primary 1/2. Lots of fun learning.

Maths/Numeracy- We have been working on our addition learning . We have also been telling the time on an analogue and digital displays – o’clock and half past. We have also been finding the time one hour /two hours later /before .
We enjoyed some time playing Sum Dog.

Literacy- We all enjoyed our reading books this week. We had to write a story about meeting the Loch Ness monster . We loved using our imaginations for this job.
P1 new sounds were qu and ou.

Topic- We were learning about Queen Victoria. We drew a detailed picture and had 4 facts to write about her.

Art- We painted a very cool picture of the Loch Ness Monster. This will be displayed in the hall 🙂

Outdoor Learning – We enjoyed some time exploring the school garden.

PE-We love Scottish dancing. We were able to teach the Primary 1 class two of our dances .

P2 enjoyed taking part in their skills academy group.

P1 enjoyed working with Miss Smith doing Scottish songs and art work.

Have a lovely weekend .
Take care.

Love Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael 🙂

Happy Friday!

We have had a fun and busy week in Primary 1.

Numeracy/ Maths – We have been continuing to work on our addition to 10/20/100 learning . We enjoyed some time on Sum Dog. We have been learning to tell the time . Primary 1 made their own analogue clocks to help them their learning . Primary 2 did a little revision on o ‘clock and half past .

Literacy – We all enjoyed our reading books this week . We have been practising our key words.
We wrote lovely poems about the snow.
Primary 1 were learning new sounds – oo and ng.
Primary 2 had a spelling assessment to work on .

We listened to the story ‘ A Bucket Full of Kindness’. We discussed ways to be kind to ourself and others. We have a class kindness bucket we can fill.

Art – We made very cool snowmen looking up into the snowy sky. We had to do a lot of cutting and sticking for this job.

PE-We loved learning different Scottish dances. We were working with a partner and in a small group. We enjoyed running /walking the daily mile.

Outdoor learning – P2 used flour and natural materials to make snowmen and P1 worked with their P7 buddies to explore the properties of materials in their outdoor environment.

Loose Parts- In small groups we made our own snowmen and ladies .

Have a lovely weekend.
Have fun .
Take care .
Love Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael:)

Happy New Year !
I hope you all had a lovely holiday.

PE- We have been doing some Scottish dancing . This was so much fun .

Numeracy- We have been working hard on our addition to 10/20/100 learning .

Literacy – We did a little bit of drawing and writing about our holidays. We had to remember our capital letters , full stops and finger spaces in the correct places .

Our new topic is to learn about The Victorians.

We enjoyed making our own inventions in small groups using the loose parts . We made sweetie machines, flying bikes, flying boats, snake catchers and animal rescuers. This was lots of fun.

Have a lovely weekend.
Have fun.
Take care .
Love Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael 🙂

Happy Wednesday and Happy Holidays!!

We finished making our Christmas cards ready to bring home .
We made lovely calendars. They look beautiful.
We loved our Christmas party. Lots of dancing and party games. We got a surprise visit from Santa.

We enjoyed the Christmas cinema – we watched ‘The Nativity’.
We loved the Newport Primary Schools Top Ten Christmas songs! Lots of singing.

We made our own igloos using marshmallows.
This was lots of fun.

We learned a little about how French children celebrate Christmas.

Merry Christmas to you all.
Have a great holiday.
Have fun.
Take care.
Lots of love
Primary 1/2 and Mrs Carmichael xx

 

Just a little message to say thank you for all your love and support . Take care . Mrs C xx

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