Last week we started our 500 words. We watched a live lesson. It was about when we could set our stories and being able to mix them up in to amazing stories. The hosts were Zoe Ball, Hacker Tdog and Radzi. The Judges were the special guests and they told us how they like to read the stories each year and like to be dragged in to the stories. We look forward to entering our stories in the competition and waiting for the results! by Daisy and Gene
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PRIMARY 1/2 POP-UP CAFE
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!
Storysacks
This term, secondary 1 pupils are coming through each Monday to visit primary 1 and 2 pupils to share story-sacks with them. This involves reading and listening to stories, playing games, making jigsaws, using puppets and toys and other activities relevant to the story-sack theme.
Primary 1 and 2 pupils are thoroughly enjoying the older children coming through and secondary 1 pupils are doing a fantastic job of sharing the story-sacks with the younger pupils.
Another brilliant week at Aith Junior High!
Hopefully everyone enjoyed meeting the author John Hegley. I am sure. It was brilliant fun watching him, asking questions and every thing else. He also sang P5/6/7 a brilliant poem.
P6/7 have been cross stitching with wonderful Mrs Fraser. We have been making Chinese calanders and we put a pig on it because it is going to be the year of the pig next year in China.
By Geordie and Oliver P6
Week 6 – Primary 1 Learning Blog
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, week 4 (b)log
What have you learned this week?
“We learned about I and p. We made pink pigs.”
“We learned about Butterfly 3 and made rainbow 3s.”
What have you enjoyed this week?
“I loved the sausages for dinner.”
“I enjoyed playing with the flour in the tuff tray.”
“I enjoyed playing with the animals in the sand.”
“We enjoyed P.E. with Mrs Redfern and music with Mrs MacKenzie.”
What will we do next week?
“We are looking forward to staying at school all day today and going home on the bus.”
Next week we will learn about number 4 and the next letter.
Our Trips to ScreenPlay Film Festival
On Monday and Tuesday primary 6 and 7 went on two trips to the ScreenPlay film festival. Primary 6 went on Monday to see Revolting Rhymes and on Tuesday primary 7 went to see The Breadwinner. There were two parts in Revolting Rhymes, the first one was about Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood and the second bit was about the Big Bad Wolf baby sitting Little Red Riding Hood’s children.
The Breadwinner was on Tuesday. The story was about a little girl called Parvana and her dad which she called Papa who got taken away to prison for telling his children stories. They didn’t have much money so they tried to sell things at the market. Parvana had to pretend to be boy so she could buy food from the shops. In countries living under the Taliban, women are not allowed to go outside without their husbands. Many of us did not know that. We really liked the animation.
Afterwards, we had a workshop in Mareel. We got into groups and we spoke about how to turn a story into an animation. We drew storyboards for the main scenes.
written by Emily and Ruby p6 and p7
Week 2 in Primary 1
We have learned about the letter S. We used playdough and pipe cleaners to make S. We coloured in Snake then practiced writing lots of s.
We learned about Penguin One. We found out that Penguin One slid so much on the snow that he got a black mark on his tummy which looked like a number 1.
We have enjoyed the morning walk, playing with the prehistoric stickers, playing outside at playtimes and our school dinners.
Next week we would like to learn about number 2 and some new letters.
Mareel trip- Revolting Rhymes
On Monday, Primary 4, 5 and 6 went on an outing to Mareel to see the short film Revolting Rhymes written by Roald Dahl. The film had some twists, turns and gruesomeness to create a collection of classic tales including Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White, Goldilocks and the three bears, Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.
After the film P4, 5 and 6 went to the auditorium and completed a workshop linked to the film. Everyone worked cooperatively with a partner to create their own revolting rhyme.
As it was such a lovely day P4, 5 and 6 then went to the play park before returning to school.
Week 3 in Primary 1
In Primary 1 this week we have learned our new phonic blend – ng. We were strongmen and strongwomen and made the sound as we lifted up the VERY heavy weight! 🙂
Within our topic of Journeys, we were learning about directions. We learned how to tell our left from our right by finding the ‘L’ on our left hand then went outside to give directions to each other.
We learned about North, South, East and West and Mr Spence came in with a very old compass and 4 smaller handheld ones. We went outside and found which way pointed North then all the other directions.
The courtyard was one of our play activities this week and we enjoyed playing with the Early Years children. The weather was lovely all week until Friday, but that didn’t stop us!
No morning walk this morning but instead we did some yoga in class. Today we were Spidermen & Spiderwomen.
