Name the Bear Competition

• Miss McCarte
• June 16, 2016
• Primary 1A 2015-16
• 229

The boys and girls in Primary 1a took part in an NHS  ‘Name the Bear’ competition after reading a story called ‘Jenny and the Bear’. We all thought of really fantastic names for the bear including Candy, Jo Jo, Chocolate and Mr Teddy; but we voted for our favourite in the class and Mr Teddy was selected. We got some exciting news at the start of the week when we were

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Active Learning in Social Studies

• Miss McCarte
• June 10, 2016
• Primary 1A 2015-16
• 202

This week the boys and girls in Primary 1a have been very busy doing lots of different activities for their ‘Castles’ topic. We have worked in groups to make large castles using the Stickle Bricks, read fiction and non-fiction books and looked at photographs of castles to allow us to work in pairs to make mini models. We finally used the cardboard boxes that we collected to make our very

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Our Home Learning Project

• Miss McCarte
• June 3, 2016
• Primary 1A 2015-16
• 224

The boys and girls in primary 1a made their own crowns and tiaras at home as part of their ‘Castles’ home learning project. We had the choice of whether we wanted to design a 3D crown or tiara or decorate a 2D version. We used lots of different materials such as glitter, jewels, gems, feathers, stickers and pom-poms to decorate our crowns and tiaras and we think the results are absolutely fantastic!  

Welcoming a Baby

• Miss McCarte
• May 25, 2016
• Primary 1A 2015-16
• 186

In Primary 1a, we have been learning all about welcoming a new-born baby into a family! We all had lots of suggestions for great babies’ names, but we could only choose one and so the name David was selected. We worked with a partner to think about some of the things a new-born baby would need which included a family, a pram, toys, milk and lots more ideas!