We hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing and fun-filled holiday weekend! It’s been wonderful to see Primary 1a return to school full of energy, enthusiasm, and ready to learn.
This week, we’ve been continuing with our exciting Journeys topic by exploring the story “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.”
We took our learning outdoors and stepped straight into the pages of a storybook!
Armed with our imaginations (and a good dose of courage), we went on our very own bear hunt around the school grounds. From swishy-swashy grass to squelchy-squerchy mud, we explored it all, retracing the exciting steps from the beloved story.
We tiptoed through the playground, crept past the trees, and peeked into all the secret corners of our outdoor space… and guess what? We even think we saw a bear! 👀
There was a rustle… a shuffle… and a shadow that looked very suspicious. Was it really a bear? We’re not quite sure – but we ran all the way back just in case!
It was a brilliant mix of storytelling, movement, and imagination – and we loved every minute of it. Outdoor learning helps bring stories to life, we weren’t just reading a book… we were living it.
The children have really enjoyed diving into the adventure, and have been busy creating story maps to help us retell the tale in our own words. We’ve also been bringing the story to life through yoga, which has been a fantastic way to combine movement and imagination!
In the classroom and for homework, we’ve started our very first reading books – an exciting milestone! We’ve been introducing punctuation by looking at capital letters, finger spaces and full stops as we read. The children have also been spotting repeated patterns in the text and identifying familiar sounds we’ve been working on in class.
Please continue to practise the sounds that have been sent home to support your child’s reading and writing development. A few minutes of practice each day can make a big difference!
In maths, we’ve been having fun with 3D shapes, copying and creating patterns. We’ve also been working hard on forming our numbers correctly – great focus, Primary 1a!
Thank you for your continued support at home. We’re looking forward to another fantastic week of learning!
Long swishy grass
Cold river
Oozy mud
A dark forest
Swirling whirling snowstorm
