Category Archives: Primary 1c

Castle Books

The Friendly Dragon left us a present…

Castle Books! Now we can do lots of story writing.  What shall we write about first?

He wrote us a letter and Rose ‘had a go’ at reading it.  She was able to read almost every word.  Well done Rose!

Thank you to all the children who have brought in fairytale books to share with their class.  We are really enjoying reading them.

Dragon Mail

Primary 1 arrived at school to find a ‘Dragon Mail’ box that was left for them.

         

Inside we found a letter from the Friendly Dragon.  Miss McNeill read it to us.

Inside the box we also found lots of pictures and fairy dust!

We are all so sad to hear that Once Upon a Time Land is disappearing.  We promise to help the Friendly Dragon by reading and writing as many fairytales as we can.

Fairtrade Art Competition

Every class took part in this year’s competition which was to draw and colour a picture which included the Fairtrade logo. Every class had one winner and the overall winners were Dylan P4a, Jennifer P6a and Sofia P5b. The prizes were Fairtrade chocolate and key rings. The judges were the P4 Fairtrade committee. All the entries were very good and the best are now on display in school.

The Fairtrade committee

The winning pictures

Fairtrade Art Competition 2018

This year’s school competition is to draw a picture which includes the Fairtrade logo, for example as the eye of an animal or in the fabric of a dress. All pupils will have time in class to make an entry. There is a prize for each class. The closing date is 28 February . We are looking forward to seeing lots of imaginative ideas.

P1 Nativity costumes

I realise that it is a few weeks since we sent home the letter regarding  costumes so I hope you find the reminder below helpful.

On the day your child is taking the lead part we will provide costumes for Joseph, Mary, donkey, angels, wise men,  shepherds,  innkeepers and innkeepers’ wives and lambs.  We now  also have outfits for stars.  Black or dark trousers are  still required for the stable cows and donkeys but we have black T shirts for them too.

For the other performances your child will play the part of a citizen and should bring in a simple  costume to wear. This could be a plain coloured or striped dressing gown + a tea towel as a headdress for boys or a simple tunic with a belt + a headsquare or shawl for girls. Some tips for making a simple “no sew” costume can be found at http://www.makeyourownnativitycostumes.co.uk/files/no-sew-costume.php.   An old curtain, folded in half with a slit cut for the head to get through can also work very well.

Please note that our dress rehearsal to the rest of the school is on Wednesday morning so costumes should be sent in before then in a clearly labelled bag.

Many thanks for your assistance with this.

Wizard of Oz

This is a live link to this year’s pantomime performance! We’re loving watching The Wizard of Oz – so far we’ve met Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion and the Wicked Witch of the West. Lots of laughs, songs to join in with and our Christmas lunch to look forward to too!

 

P1 Library Visit

This week is Book Week Scotland and today all three Primary 1 classes set off to visit Bridge of Weir library where we were treated to some story telling  and had the chance to find out what our local library has to offer. Everyone received a Bookbug Family Bag which contained lovely books for us to take home. Many thanks to Jacqui Gilvaney and the staff from Renfrewshire Libraries who helped arrange our visit.

 

Jack and the Beanstalk

We read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and discovered that there are different versions of the same story.

We wanted to make our own beanstalks so we planted seeds and watered them.  We hope they will grow to be as tall as Jack’s!

Oh no! We must have dropped some beans in the corridor! Look what happened overnight!

A beanstalk grew…

and grew…

and grew! Even the giant is stuck trying to get down it.