All of the boys and girls in P1/2 have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the Grow Well Choices sessions with Sammy. They have learned about keeping healthy and active through listening to stories based on some farm animals who wanted … Continue reading →

In French this week we have been learning how to say the names of various family members. This linked in nicely with our family artefacts topic, as we have been talking about our own families and the different people in … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →