Here are some pictures and information about what we have been learning this term!
What We Have Been Up To!
Addition
Some addition games to play.
SSPCA Visit
We had a visit from the SSPCA this term, teaching the children what to do if they found an injured animal and some of the work they do.
Mrs Ballantyne’s Visits
Mrs Ballantyne, a Music Specialist from Perth and Kinross Council, came to our class on three occasions this term, to teach the children different rhyming songs and how to keep to the beat.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves! Thank you Mrs Ballantyne!
Forest School
The children were learning again to use the kellie kettles safely in the forest.
In Numeracy, they were racing in pairs, ordering numbers and working out smallest and largest numbers.
The children also picked up litter on the way to and from the forest.
Braco Mystery Tour
The children were learning to follow directions walking around the village, in particular left and right.
We used our hands and thinking how we write, in order to turn left and right correctly.
Walking around the village, we saw where some of us lived and learned about some of the houses and roads in Braco. We will learn more about these in the future.
Zoolab
P1/2 were joined by Nursery today to be entertained by Zoolab.
Alex showed the children many animals from the Rainforest. Some of the creatures that the children had the fortune to see and hold were the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, a Giant Millipede, the Giant African Snail, a Chilean Tarantula, a Tree frog, a Crested Gecko, a Corn Snake and Rats!
In the Forest
This week the children were learning to safely use kellie kettles.
They then had soup and wholemeal bread or hot juice.
P2 were making TU and HTU numbers with sticks and stones(the sticks representing Tens and small stones as Units). P1 were making numbers with sticks.
Maths Week
This week was Maths Week for the whole school. This meant there was a particular focus on Numeracy and Maths.
In P1/2, in Soft Play, the children played a number of games with a Maths link such as Snakes and Ladders and Connect Four.
We linked our PE to Numeracy and Maths.
We did a couple of orienteering exercises where the children were learning to read maps, follow routes in a numbered plan, recognise shapes and score using mental addition.
The children also practised number recognition, addition and subtraction facts through racing games.
In the forest, P 1 and 2 were making numbers in different ways.
Counting Songs
Here is a link to P1 counting songs.
