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PRIMARY 1/2 POP-UP CAFE

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When Primary 1 and 2 decided they wanted to have a pop-up café at the end of term, we began planning and thinking about what we would need to get and do.  We spoke about foods/drinks which would be easy to make in a busy classroom and also considered food allergies.

This week we have been busy baking and making sandwiches.  Everybody took part and worked really well together.

This morning, we were delighted to see so many people come into the classroom.  We had to have 2 different sittings as there were so many people wanting to come!  We had a fantastic time with everyone enjoying the food and drink and our waiters/waitresses working very hard attending on their tables.  Guests were then invited to go and see all the excellent gardening work they have been doing recently with Duncan in the greenhouse and polytunnel.

Donations given this morning amounted to £176.51 which we will put towards a trip next term.  Sincere thanks to everyone who gave so generously.

I hope everyone enjoyed their morning and will now enjoy a well deserved Easter break.  See you all in 2 weeks!

Week 6 – Primary 1 Learning Blog

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We have learned about Frisky 5.  It was a peerie bit tricky to write but we did lots of practice and got very good at writing it.

We played ‘Splat’ with all the sounds that we have learned so far.

We watched a DVD about the clock face.

We were doing gymnastics and rolling with Mrs Redfern then we played islands.  It was fun.

We have enjoyed playing in the sandpit, the wooden blocks, the hospital, making a skeleton on the carpet and playing with the clocks.

Next week we want to learn some new sounds and the next number in Number Zoo which is Snappy Six!

We are looking forward to staying all day at school.

 

PRIMARY 1 LEARNING (B)LOG – WEEK 6

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This week in Primary 1 we have learned about teddy bears.  Paddington Bear came all the way from Peru to Shetland and is going to stay with each of us for 2 nights and hopefully have lots of fun adventures.

We wrote about our favourite toy and carefully chose the right coloured paint to paint a picture of the toy.

Mr Rose was in class on Tuesday and made wind powered toys with us.

We have been thinking about  numbers to 20 and also using a number line for addition.

We got our first blended phonic ‘sh’ and have been thinking about things that have that sound in it and also practising writing it.

We have had a number of visitors this week.  Sami who is a French teacher came in to see us on Monday, Mr Lei was in on Wednesday telling us all about the Chinese New Year and told us a story about the animals in the Chinese zodiac.  Then finally, on Wednesday we were really lucky to meet Mrs Simpson who was the first female Guizer Jarl in Shetland and came in to show us her suit and show us lots of photos from her Up Helly Aa.  We all really enjoyed meeting her.

 

NEW YEAR & NEW TERM FOR P1

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Happy New Year everybody!  We were all excited coming back to school and it was super to hear everybody’s Christmas news.

We learned a new sound – ‘x’ and played a game where we had to guess the animal x-ray.  We also learned about symmetry and created symmetrical pictures.

We started our mini topic of ‘Up Helly Aas in Shetland’ and have really enjoyed playing in our galley shed with wood, construction toys, books and looking at the jarl squad suits and accessories on display.

We had a super visit from Mr Rose who learned us about balance, stability and gravity.  We made tightrope walker toys which we loved trying to see if they could balance on lots of things in class.

Primary 1 Learning Log, Week 5

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This week we have enjoyed making and playing in our new cake shop, finishing our paper mache space helmets, making oxygen backpacks with junk, singing number songs and our Christmas show songs with Primary 2.  We also enjoyed Mandarin with Mr Lei and Fun Fit with Jacqui.

We have been been getting really good at sounding out words using all the sounds/letters we have got so far.  We were introduced to Tiger 10 and have written our weekend news on our own.

Next week we will learn our final number from Number Zoo and move on to the next group of letters in Jolly Phonics.

 

FIRST WEEK OF TERM 2 IN PRIMARY 1

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We have started to learn about adding.  We know that you have 2 numbers and you put them together and see how many it makes.

We have enjoyed learning about all the astronauts that have been in space and on the moon, making little astronauts, the sand pit, junk models, maxi-fun and playing with the pipets.

We are learning about Space this term.  We are looking forward to learning about the planets and making our big space rocket.  We will also be learning about 2D and 3D shapes.

 

 

 

Week 5 – Primary 1 – Learning (B)log

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This week we have learned our new sounds – ‘e’, ‘c’ and ‘k.’  We learned about Feathery 4  and then we made some peacock fans.  We have thought about day and night and also looked at how children’s lives have changed from over 100 years ago.

We really enjoyed Roald Dahl day.  We had pink eggs for dinner, painted Roly-Poly Birds and had a fun time up in the library.  We liked playing in the sand tray and making lots of models.  We have enjoyed balancing on the wobble boards, dressing up in the Spanish dress using the castanets “ck, ck, ck” and we have loved sharing some of our favourite books from home with the class.

Next week we would like to make sticky pictures, play with the toy garage and cars, play with Lego and some jelly in the water tray.