Category Archives: P1/2

Learning about the water cycle

Primary 1-4 have been learning about where rain comes from. Following our experiments last week to observe evaporation and condensation, this week we used our knowledge to create a collage showing how rain happens.  The children worked in groups to share their knowledge and ideas.  They finished their task by presenting their poster to the rest of the class.

Loose Yourself in a Book

Primary One/Two are joining Primary Three/Four on Friday afternoons to engage in some shared reading.    The children have the choice of reading independently, reading with a partner or reading as a group with the teacher.  They enjoy sharing stories and listening to their peers reading to them.   Reading is one of the most effective way to promote language development and it promotes longer attention span. It builds listening skills and imagination.

Fairytales with Miss Blackie

Miss Blackie from Girvan Primary kindly asked primary 1-2 to join with a Girvan Primary One class in learning about Fairytales. There were lots of different activities linked with the theme of fairytales  including making a clock using a lemon as a battery, building and investigating with cogs, and designing our own watches and clocks. The children were able to use magic beans to create patterns and our primary one girls ordered bean stalks from shortest to tallest.  Some boys and girls wrote their own fairytales.  It was a fantastic afternoon and we have been invited back next week to join in the Humpty Dumpty and Rapunzlel fairytale activities.