October 6, 2017
by Miss Cochrane
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Update from P1s and P1c

Update from P1C and P1S

We are so proud of our new Primary 1’s, they have settled very well into school life and are working hard in all areas of the curriculum.

We have been learning about People in our Community through our IDL topic. The children have been developing various skills during our purposeful play activities. As well as reinforcing their new skills we have also been learning about the different jobs people have and how they can help us. We have been researching various jobs including; doctor, dentist, postal worker, firefighter and lollipop person. Some of the fundamental skills we have been learning during our topic are; working as a team in the construction area, taking on the role of different characters in our doctors surgery and post office, and letter formation and drawing in the writing area.

We hope Primary 1 have enjoyed their first term at St. Brendan’s as much as we have!

Mrs Shaw & Miss Cochrane

Developing the muscles in our hands using playdough.

Practising our number recognition and counting skills.

Exploring the role of different character in our role play areas.

Working as part of a team when building a Fire Station in the construction area.

October 6, 2017
by Mrs McLauchlan
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Update from Primary 2 & Mrs. McLauchlan

Primary 2 have enjoyed a busy first term and the time is flying by!

The children have all settled in well to primary two and have produced some interesting pieces of work. They are all particularly interested in our ‘under the sea’ topic and have learned a lot about sea creatures and their ocean habitats. Our aquarium role play area has proved to be a big success – the children love taking turns at being ‘staff’ and ‘customers’ as you will see from our photographs.

The class have been hard at work across all curricular areas – in numeracy this term some of the areas we have covered are place value, rounding numbers and addition and subtraction within 20. In literacy the children have been doing lots of reading work – they have been learning that reading helps your brain work better and therefore helps you become better at lots of other things, such as writing and problem solving.

P2 have fun in the aquarium role play area.

Enjoying the aquarium role play area.

Having fun in PE.

Name writing at the start of term.

Sponge painting our starfish.

We met Roory the kookaburra.

We love singing along to zero the hero!

We enjoyed handling the guinea pigs.

September 29, 2017
by Mrs Colton
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Term 1 Update from Mrs O’Donnell and Primary 3

Primary 3 have settled well into their new classroom and new routines. We have been working hard and we have been enjoying the learning experiences so far this term.

Our Interdisciplinary Learning topic this term is Katie Morag Delivers the Mail. The children have really enjoyed the Art and Design work which we have completed so far. The class worked in collaborative groups to create a landscape picture of the Isle of Struay.

The children have had many opportunities this month to be active in our school. The focus in P.E this term has been athletics and the children have enjoyed learning how our body responds to different levels of exercise. The school was also very fortunate to have a Scottish Judo Champion visit us this month and primary 3 showed 100% commitment when taking part in the circuit challenge laid out for them.

We are looking forward to the rest of the term. Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs O’Donnell and Primary 3

St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

We are voyaging together in a community of faith, love and learning.

Update from P1s and P1c

Update from Primary 2 & Mrs. McLauchlan

Term 1 Update from Mrs O’Donnell and Primary 3