Literacy

Here are some of our February Star Writers

Our Last February Library Visit

P1/2 really enjoyed their walk to the Library this month. The children noticed that the weather has started to  change and also that the buds and leaves were beginning  to appear on some of the trees.

When the children arrived they returned their books and headed for the special spot where the children books are.  Our lovely librarian Bernadette joined us, reading  some great stories that the children loved. Then afterwards they really enjoyed a favourite game called Book Bingo.

After this they got to choose a new book and took it to the librarian to be stamped and to take home.  The had a terrific time.

Here is a little picture story of their visit.

Numeracy – Time, Music and IDL

With Miss Stevens the children have not only been learning about the days of the week and months of the year etc., but also about Morning, Noon, Afternoon Evening and Midnight.  They have been learning about The hour, half past the hour etc.  Analogue and Digital time and have also been learning about time through song and have even got to make their very own clocks! My goodness P1/2 you have been very busy indeed.

H&WB  –  Gymnastics

As part of Health and Wellbeing in Gymnastics, the children have revisited Safety, as well as thinking about being Active, Respected and Responsible’ in Term 2.  They have thought about the rules they should follow to show respect, be active, and take responsibility for their own behaviour.  E.g in turn taking, being kind and following instructions.  This will help them enjoy and have fun learning about Gymnastics.

The children with Miss Stevens enjoying their ‘Dinosaur’ Gymnastic Warm up!

Topic  – Dinosaurs

The children have enjoyed their dinosaur topic very much and have  particularly enjoyed doing there very own research at home and bringing in their  information to share with the class.  The children have also had fun with their learning  in school, e.g. Making their class dinosaur cave, Making musical stories and being dinosaurs. while also enjoying the challenges  and tasks they have been set.

R.E.  My Uniqueness, Art and IDL

With Miss Steven The children have been thinking about and learning how very unique they are.  That we are all different  and how fantastic this is.   Together the children have made self portraits  using paper plates and a variety of media. (Pics to come)

Fairtrade Fortnight and Fairtrade Thursday

P1/2  really enjoyed making Fairtrade Bunting  and also made Fairtrade Fortnight posters as part of their taught writing lesson. They  had so much fun participating in all the fantastic activities Mrs Cooney, Miss Daisley and P4/5 had arranged for them and the rest of the school.

Thank you so much everyone we had a terrific time.

February has been a very busy month for primary 1.

The highlight of the month for us all was Global Play day…we had so much fun! We turned our role play area into a dinosaur museum and really enjoyed playing the different roles of tour guides, ticket sales people, gift shop workers, tourists and dinosaurs! We also played with the many other toys in our classroom and some of us even brought in some toys from home…we had a very busy and fun filled day!

In literacy, we are working really hard on our two consonant phonemes sh, th, ch and ng. We are also working hard to improve our reading and writing.

In Maths, we have been working hard on addition within 10 and 3D shapes. We are also becoming extremely confident with our counting.

In HWB we have been working hard to be active and have been in engaging in lots of active activities such as the daily mile and outdoor play. We have also been doing musical theatre  and yoga for PE!

Our topic this term is dinosaurs, we have learned about the different types of dinosaurs and are looking forward to extending our learning on this topic in March.

We have been working hard on Multiplication. Today we worked in groups on games and making arrays.

Primary 4/5 enjoyed some traditional Scottish Dancing for Burns Day.

LITERACY

P1/2   are back working as hard as ever after their Christmas and  New Year  Holiday. The children enjoyed their first Visit back to the Library and we  were able to walk this time as  it wasn’t quite so blustery as last time. Thank you again for the support of our  Parents/ Grandparents and Carers as their help, enabled us to do this.

The children have also been working hard on their writing and taught writing tasks.  They have  written recounts of  their Holidays, The visit from the S.S.P.C.A,  written Book Reports and have even written  Acrostic Poems for Robert Burns day.  Here are some of our star Writers.  (More to Come)

NUMERACY

In Math’s and Numeracy the  children have enjoyed their learning,  particularly through their Math’s Stations, enabling  them to consolidate and develop their learning in a  variety of ways, giving them  personalisation  and choice .

     

The children have also  continued to work on money and  enjoyed actively participating in their learning through the  stations but also through  song, I.C.T and group work  etc.

Using  ‘Number Talks’ / ‘Seal’  approaches  and  the resources to support and develop the children in their  learning, has also  engaged the children and  enable them to have fun with their learning.

HEALTH AND W ELLBEING  (H&WB)      –     ACTIVE

Dental Visits

The children of P1 met the Dentist to have their teeth counted this week and our Dental Nurse was very impressed  when the children of P1/2 demonstrated how efficiently and carefully they  cleaned their teeth, when she came in to visit them on Thursday.

P.E.

GYMNASTICS

Before  P1/2 begin learning about Gymnastics with Miss Stevens,  their first learning experience has been to revisit their learning about  ‘Safety’ and to put into place their own new safety rules,  (e.g. following instructions, lining up, turn taking,  moving from one piece of apparatus to the other etc.,)  as they actively participate in their Gymnastics lessons.

FOOTBALL

The children of P1 are really excited about having their on  Special Football Coach, to teach them some of the skills and  different techniques that can enable them to become successful  in this sport.  They had fun playing the games that support the learning of these skills and  they particularly enjoyed putting what  they have learned into practice when they played each other in a game of football at the end of their sessions.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES  ICT

   

P1/2 also enjoyed exploring  the various tools on Tux Paint as they created Scottish flags for Burns Day with Miss Gallagher.

SOCIAL SCIENCES TOPIC – DINOSAURS

The children of P 1/2  are really excited about their ‘Dinosaur’ topic and with their teachers  have been discussing ‘What they already know ‘ and ‘What they would like to know’ so that together we can plan their learning .  They have already started to make their Dinosaur Cave and have lots of exciting learning ahead.  Watch this space for new pics!

EXPRESSIVE ARTS

ART

P1/2 have created terrific firework artwork as the learning about New Year Resolutions and how we celebrate New Year.

   

They also became inspired by our chilly weather as they designed their own fantastic snowmen pictures.

      

 Fantastic Work P1/2 you have really made a terrific start to 2019

Well done !