Now that we are into our final term, we through we could give you a little insight into what P1/2/3 will be getting up to.

We will be continuing to learn new sounds each week and explore these through a range of different activities in school and at home. Please ensure homework is handed in on a Friday each week. This also includes reading books, it is expected each child has at least 2 new books a week to continue their reading progress.

We will be welcoming the pre-school children into our classroom this term to get them ready for Primary 1. The current primary 1’s will be working with them to look at their new topic ‘My School’ where we will explore all aspects of coming to school. P2/3 will be doing a big focus on health and wellbeing as well as a class enterprise.

During the term we will continue to have a big number focus and looking at the 4 operations. As well as this we will be covering, place value, measure and a recap of money and time. This will involve both written and lots of active activities!

Our PE days are a Monday and a Thursday, please ensure your child has the appropriate change as they will not be allowed to take part if they do not. We are currently focusing on athletics in PE with a focus on our upcoming sports day. Outdoor learning will continue this term. Please check the newsletter for specific dates.

We are excited to see what else we can achieve in our final term!

We started this term with learning about the Scots Language. We learned the songs “Jeannie McColl” and performed this at our Scottish afternoon. Primary 1 learned the poem “Mince and Tatties”, Primary 2  did “Crocodile”  and Primary 3 learned “The Sair Finger”. We are so proud of every single one of the pupils for taking the time at home to learn their poem. A big thank you to everyone at home for your help!

With the poetry theme we took on the challenge of becoming poets during our Talk for Writing sessions. We looked at different techniques such as, rhyme, alliteration and similes and used these to create a number of poems.

In maths we have been learning about money and measure, as well as a big focus on number. It has been great to see so many of the pupils challenging themselves with higher numbers and using the concrete materials to help them.

PE days this term will continue to be a Monday and Thursday, please make sure your child has a change of clothes and appropriate trainers / gym shoes on these days.

Welcome to the P1/2/3  blog! We will be sharing with you what we have been up to in Term 2 so far.

This term, our Talk for Writing text was ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We were welcomed by a huge beanstalk in our classroom one day and have been discovering different ways to describe it. We have been using lots of similes and the power of 3 to learn lots of new adjectives. It was a fun unit!!

In maths, we have been having a big focus on number. P1 have been working hard to order numbers to 30 and have been introduced to addition and subtraction. They are all doing fabulous! P2/3 have also had a big focus on number and have been learning a  ‘number of the day’ and breaking this down to really understand it.

We also looked at money and symmetry and had a little insight to weight through out Christmas post office!

Every Wednesday we were joined by Miss Green for music. We have been learning lots of different beats to different music and playing lots of musical games. We are sad to see Miss Green go but thank her for everything she taught us!

This term we had our ‘Twinkly Nativity’ Miss Muir and Miss Ingram are very proud of every pupil in the class for their excellent effort during rehearsals. We have decided as a class we LOVE nativity and already cannot wait for next year.

We are so excited to see what term 3 will bring.

We hope everyone has a lovely Christmas when it comes!

Welcome to the Primary 1-3 page! Miss Muir is our teacher this year and Mrs Parker works with us to help with literacy and numeracy every morning.  Miss Ingram supports us in class on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

We have all settled in well to term 1 and have been following routines and getting used to our areas. We are very lucky this year to have the whole downstairs area including both classrooms and open area to develop our learning.

We had an interesting visitor to our school at the start of the term who made an appearance at the field. After lots of investigation we discovered it was a tree giant! We started to learn the text of the Tree Giant through out Talk for Writing and innovated to make our own information texts.

In maths we have been doing lots of number work. Primary 1 have been visiting Ten Town to learn all about their numbers to 10. We have met lots of different characters to help us. We have also been learning about pattern and shape and exploring the different 2D and 3D shapes within our environment.

Our Science topic is the Sun Moon and Stars. We have had lots of fun learning about shadows and the different planets. We even had a go at making our own mnemonic to remember the order of the planets.

We have also been learning about the Egyptians this term and are really excited to keep discovering new and interesting facts about them.

P1-3 have been working with Miss Green from Music Heroes to practice singing. She joins us on a Wednesday afternoon and will be with us until Christmas.

Outdoor days will be every second Friday. P1 and P3/2 will be going on alternate Fridays. P1 will be joining the EYC and P4 will be joining P3/2.