Well, what can we say about our wonderful Primary 1’s.
Term 1 was an amazing time with them all settling in amazingly – not a tear in sight! We very quickly got started on learning our phonics and numbers using Jolly Phonics songs and books and Ten Town characters. The children really loved hearing all the stories and using them to help them remember their letters and numbers.
Our topic was Percy the Park Keeper, where we looked at seasons and weather. The children worked hard to sequence season trees to show the changes throughout the year. They enjoyed hearing about all of Percy’s adventures in the books. We also learned about some of the woodland animals that Percy is friends with and used them in puppet shows to tell our own stories.
In Literacy we were also introduced to Talk for Writing which is a way of teaching the children how to tell and write their own stories. We learned the story of Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle and included lots of actions to help us remember the story.
The children all enjoyed doing a mixture of class and group lessons, alongside some play based learning in our open area. This is an amazing space that allows us to have lots of opportunity for role play, construction, loose parts, writing, Art, playdough, water and many other games and learning experiences.
