March 10, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on Pupils as teachers: butterflies teach odd and even numbers.
The bumblebee numeracy group were excellent teachers last Friday. They were able to share their learning about odd and even numbers with the butterflies. I was very impressed with the listening skils show and thevarious explanations being given. The children … Continue reading
March 3, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on Health and Wellbeing in P1/2
As part of our Health and Wellbeing Sessions we have been learning about the rights of the child. To help our understanding we have linked our learning about children’s rights to the wellbeing indicators. We have learned a song to help us remember … Continue reading
March 3, 2016
by Mr McLeman
Comments Off on World Book Day
Today at school the pupils transformed themselves into their favourite book characters. Pupils from Ark Child Care joined us in the fun this morning. I have attached some photos of all the fun the pupils were having. The only person … Continue reading
March 2, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on Taking spelling outside!
We finally managed to get outside to practise our spelling words! P1/2 enjoyed being able to use chalks, water and stones to practise writing their spelling words in the playground. There was lots of fun, but also lots of chilly children! … Continue reading
March 2, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on Active number work in P1/2
Last week and this week we have been looking at a few things in number work. The butterflies have been looking at making a total using 3 numbers, facts of 5 and they’ve been practising skip counting in fives too! … Continue reading
February 25, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on Numeracy work
We have finished learning about number bonds for the moment, we will continue to recap on these number facts to keep our ability to quickly recall them bubbling. The butterfly group have been working on bonds to 10 and the … Continue reading
February 25, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on Active Literacy
We had planned to practise our spelling words outside earlier this week but as it was so wet, we decided to take the playground inside and use big sheets of black paper so that we could write our words out in chalk. … Continue reading
February 18, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on P1/2 class trip to Forres Library and around the shops on Forres High Street (17/02/16)
As well as visiting the museum, we also had the opportunity to spend some time at Forres Library with Marion and interview a few of the shop assistants who work on Forres High Street. At the library we learned all … Continue reading
February 11, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on Collaborative working – Designing a toy (Technology)
We enjoyed working in pairs to design a brand new toy. Everyone worked very well together, shared their ideas and showed good compromising skills. There were some brilliant ideas for new toys… We seem to have some budding inventors in … Continue reading
February 11, 2016
by Mrs Thomson
Comments Off on Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing learning in P1/2 (wc 08.02.16)
This week in literacy we have been practising our spelling words using a variety of mediums. We have used chalk, water, paint and yesterday we did ‘dial a number’ (this was a tricky task as we had to work out … Continue reading
