We had a great afternoon on Thursday. Primary 1 and primary 1/2 got together and used our Scotland topic to learn new skills. We made porridge with Miss Purdon, designed Scottish thistles with Mrs Patterson, practised measuring with Mrs Devine and created our own Scottish buildings and structures. Some pupils also got the chance to play in our But “n” Ben. Mrs Simpson worked with a group of children who took photographs to evidence our learning. Check out our fabulous photos!
Mrs Simpson had an easy day in primary 1/2! First we had a clever primary 7 come and teach the children about Scotland from a book she had written herself. After lunch we had a fantastic presentation from a confident young lady in primary 4. Then some super stars from our own class shared their own Scotland books! Mrs Spowart and I will soon be out of a job!
This confident young lady captivated her p1/2 audience today. They learned lots of new facts.
This Primary 7 lassie let us read her book about Scotland this morning. We thought it was pure dead brilliant !
These clever boys have written their own books about Scotland.
We have loved learning about highland cows this week. We have used lots of different resources to gather evidence about them. P1/2 have written reports and created these amazing pieces of art!
Highland Cows
We cooried in oor But “n” Ben and showed the wee lassie oor braw pictures!
We hope “The Wee Lassie” illustrator Kate McLelland likes our versions of a Highland cow.
As part of our work on Scotland we wanted to learn more about Scottish Dancing. Mrs Simpson is a highland dance teacher and is giving us some beginners lessons. This week we learned that highland dancing requires stamina! We also learned 1st and 2nd positions of feet and hands.
Primary 1/2 have been working hard on our Big Maths work in class and completed our first “Beat That” this morning! We loved it! Being timed made it fun and helped us to work faster!
Excited to start our Beat That!
Concentration time!
Delighted with our results!
Primary 1/2 found out about the Loch Ness Monster this week and enjoyed it so much they asked Mrs Spowart if they could make their own Nessies! Can you spot some super Nessies in the photos below?
As part of our Scotland topic, we read the book “There was a Wee Lassie who swallowed a Midgie.”
We love the pictures and in February the illustrator, Kate McLelland is going to visit primary 1 and primary 1/2.
Today in primary 1/2, we looked closely at some of her artwork and were inspired to try some of our own.
We love the ending to “There was a wee lassie who swallowed a midgie”
Kate often draws thistles and highland cows!
We love getting arty!
Through our rights respecting schools work we know that every child has the right to a nationality. With this in mind p1/2 have started their new topic all about Scotland to find out about ours. We started by talking about what we already knew about Scotland, what we want to learn about and how we think we are going to find this out.
We drew pictures and recorded ourselves talking about what we already know.
We watched a programme called “My Story” that showed what it is like growing up inside a Scottish castle. We made our own castles pictures and the finished results are amazing!
Measuring with cubes to ensure our castles won’t be too small.
Our finished product!
Amazing artwork!
Our children were so inspired they decided to make more Scottish castles during Golden Time!
A lego model of a Scottish castle.
Creative work- a paper castle!
Primary 1/2 had a frosty welcome as they arrived in class this week. Our class now has its own Winter Wonderland that even contains its own igloo. The children loved it and one boy in particular thought it was “just like Disneyland!” We are hoping this area will inspire some cross curricular work in literacy, science and art. Watch this space…..
Winter Wonderland
Primary 1/2 have been working very hard to read and spell our common words. This week we introduced two new common word tasks and we loved them!
These pupils love our new bottle top common words game.
Super spelling!
These happy primary 2 pupils have no problem spelling the word “have” with our new common words activity.
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