Primary 1 have been thinking about how to sort, organise and group objects either by colour, shape, size, type.

Today we were learning how to sort information and display it, in a way that is easy to read and understand, in a graph. We made a pictogram about our favourite ice-cream, chocolate was the most popular.

We were very excited when the teddies spent some time in our classroom. We had to teach them about our different routines and share our learning with them. They even came out to play at playtime!

We have been using the liquid made by the worms, “worm tea” to water the garden as its full of goodness that will help our plants grow.

We have been continuing to weed and plant different vegetables  in the garden such as pumpkins, courgettes and peas.

During play we use the different loose parts such as corks, pieces of wood, cotton reels etc to build models.
This picture shows a fabulous tiger enclosure made by some of the children.

oi

Last week we were building words with the oi sound for example oil, coil, voice, and point. We shared the story of Oi Frog by Kes Gray and Jim Field and then we made our own oi frog. We learnt how to draw the frog, in the story by watching Jim Field drawing online. We were really proud of our pictures.

ng
This week we are learning about the ng sound as in strong, song, ring, and bang. We have been using our knowledge of sounds to read and build ng words. We shared the story of Mr Strong.

er

We have been learning to read and write words with the er sound . We shared the story of the Tiger Who Came to Tea, we then wrote our own descriptions of the tiger and drew pictures with oil pastels and painted pictures of the tiger. We had great fun making puppets of the different characters in the story and making a meal for the tiger.

Primary 1 spend time everyday reading either with Mrs Collins, on their own, with their group, or reading with a partner.

Last week we were busy in the garden, more weeding and planting our runner beans.

In circle time we have been discussing how things change. We talked about the changes we have in our life such as getting older, starting school, moving house.

This year we have all  had to deal with many changes in our lives because of Covid-19.

Changes can make us feel happy or excited but sometimes they make us feel sad or worried. We thought about things we have in our “tool box” that we could use when had to face change that makes us anxious. We could ask our back up team for help, or stop and take a moment or we could use our peace button.

We read the story of The Koala  Who Could about Kevin the koala who learnt to deal with change and overcome his worries. 

This week we planted sunflowers. We talked about what our seeds would need to grow. We put our seeds into the compost and then we put them on the windowsill so they could get the warm sunlight. We now need to remember to  water them everyday.

We have been using our knowledge of doubles to help us with our subtraction.