Today we went to check on the worms 🪱 in the wormery, we fed them some banana skins and used teabags! The worms were very lively, we were careful not to keep the lid off for too long as we didn’t want the worms to get to warm in the bright sunlight.

This week our new double sound is oa. We thought of lots of words with the oa sound and shared the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. We made our stick puppets to help us retell the story and built bridges out of Lego for the goats to cross.

Primary 1 have been talking about how each of us are special, we all have special qualities that make us unique.

We shared the story of Elmer, he has a bright patchwork coat but he is special to his friends because he is kind, thoughtful, helpful and funny.

We are all special!

At the end of last term Primary 1 were very sad to say goodbye to Mrs Wilson. We worked together to make pages for her special Farewell From Kingsland Books, our pages were thanking Mrs Wilson for helping us in the dinner hall.
On the last day of term we enjoyed watching Mrs Wilson’s special goodbye assembly. We had great fun having a special scavenger hunt in the playground, we hunted for eggs with pictures on them. The letters at the start of each picture made a word “Kingsland”. We also made lovely Easter cards and enjoyed a delicious ice-cream cone.

Last term primary 1 used number rods to help them build their addition facts.

We’ve had a lovely day celebrating Mrs Wilson’s retirement. This morning we watched the assembly and loved the singing, the story and some famous faces!

This afternoon we had a special ice cream treat from followed by an egg hunt and some Easter crafts.

The last couple of weeks Mrs Ryalls has been teaching us the signs to an Easter song, we hope you enjoy it!

Have a lovely Easter break and we look forward to seeing you back on 19th April.

We’ve had great fun in P2/1 learning the signs for our daily routine with Mrs Ryalls.

We’ve had another busy week in P2/1. We’re spending a lot of time thinking about how to work together, share and take turns and playing games to practise these skills. We’re also continuing to think about how we’re similar and unique – this week in circle time realising how much we all have in common.

We had fun reflecting on the week at the end of today and looking at some of our photos. Here are some of the children’s highlights:

‘Making wiggly worms’ Isla

‘Playing Snakes and Ladders’ Amber

‘Playing games’ Noah

‘Making new friends’ Eva B

‘Making the alphabet’ Daniel

‘Building with the cuisenaire rods’  Finlay B

‘Making snails for the ‘ai’ sound’ Leah

‘Playing games in PE’ Charlotte

Primary 1 have been continuing to work on learning their double sounds….

ee and or as in Eeyore the donkey

oo as in moon 🌙

ai as in snail

The worms are now in their new home making compost. This  compost can be mixed into the soil  along with the liquid from the bottom of the wormery. Both are full of nutrients that are good for growing plants.

Setting up

Then add the worms

Sprinkle on the worm food

Finish with a layer of wet shredded newspaper.

We put  our wormery outside in an area with shade so the worms don’t get too hot.

We need to check  the worms.