Author: Mrs Rae

Today we were using QR codes in Primary 1.  We used the iPads to scan the codes.  Once we had scanned them a picture of a farm animal an the word for the animal came up on the screen.  We could mark our own work using the codes.

Leah-I liked that me and Harrison had shots each.

Kelsey- I liked that Nieve and I didn’t argue and took turns.

Today we are going on a summer walk.  We think that there will be trees with green leaves.  We might see bees and birds.  We think our skin will feel warm when we go outside because it has been really sunny.  To go outside some of us are wearing shorts, short sleeves and hats.

We will update our post after our walk to let you know how we got on.

We have been learning to count in 2s, 5s and 10s.  Here is what we know….

Caiden:Counting in twos is just like adding on 2 every time.

Emma: I can count in 5s to 110.  When you count in 5s every number ends in a 5 or a 0.

Jack: Counting in 10s is adding 10 each time.

We went outside to show our learning and drew number lines on the ground.  Have a look at our photos.

We have been learning all about traffic and road safety.  We went to see different vehicles like cars or motorbikes on the roads around our school.  We did a survey on Pentland Road and then we did a survey on Lindsaybeg Road.  We wanted to find out which road was busier and which was quieter.

We saw buses, vans, lorries and cars on Lindsaybeg Road.  On Pentland Road we only saw cars and vans.  We saw people walking along the pavement beside both roads.  Lindsaybeg Road was the busier of the two as it is a main road.  Pentland Road has more houses and it is quieter.

We made a graph to show the traffic we saw on Pentland Road.  Here is the weblink if you want to see it.

http://www.j2e.com/jit/chryston-pri-n-lanark/Traffic on Pentland Road

We have been learning all about measure this week in Maths week.

We have investigated how tall and long things are and also how short things are.  We have used lots of different things to measure with such as cubes, paperclips and our footsteps.

We have used the pan balance to measure weight and we have become very good at telling which item is heavier and which is lighter.

we have had lots of fun measuring volume using both sand and water.  w elearned that it is not always the tallest container that has the biggest volumes.

Look at our photos to see our fun during maths week.

Welcome back to a new term in Primary 1.

This term we are looking forward to performing our own class assembly to the rest of the school and to our parents and carers.

We are going to be learning two new learn its this term.  Ewan remembers that these are 3 + 1 and 2 + 1.  We hope by the end of the term that we will be able to do our “Learn Its Challenge” in 20 seconds!

There will be new phonemes and spelling words to learn as well.  Next week’s new phoneme is “oo”.

For our Interdisciplinary topic we are going to be learning about life in the 1960s.  Jason already knows that long ago there were no televisions.  Ewan’s grans didn’t have computers when his mum and dad were little.

We hope to be able to let you know more about our learning week by week this term.

Please keep an eye on our blog for new posts.  We always like to recieve comments from you!

We have been learning all about symmetry.  Here is what we know.

Jennie – To be symmetrical the thing must be the same on one side as it is on the other.

Jason – If something is symmetrical there is a line of symmetry.

To practise symmetry we have coloured pictures of butterflies, designed symmetrical kites and made symmetrical patterns with pegs.