Tag Archives: Literacy

Story Spinners with P2/3

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This week P2/3 have used ‘Story Spinners’ to help them create interesting stories. Primary 2 had to get a character and setting to write about, while Primary 3 also had to think about characteristics, props and keywords! We spend some time coming up with ideas for stories based on the information everyone had been given. After this thinking time, we used story planners to start to think about what we want to happen at the start, middle and end. I can’t wait to read the finished stories next week!

Learning in the sunshine!

May 8, 2017 User deactivated 2 Comments

Last week we had great weather, so P2/3 tried to get outside as much as possible. We did maths in the multi-court, learning how to count in 2s and 3s while playing duck, duck, goose! We also chose to do our spelling practice outside using chalk to write on the walls and ground.

Alphabetical Order

March 16, 2017 Mrs Nicolson 1 Comment

It was a day for celebration in Primary 1 and 2 today!

After our ‘spotty’ term, this was the first day we have had all 25 children in class.

We were able to sort ourselves into alphabetical order with Mrs Nicolson making sure she included herself to make all 26 letters of the alphabet.

Story Sacks!

January 27, 2017 Mr Balfour Leave a comment

Each week secondary 1 pupils and primary 1 & 2 pupils meet up to share and discuss a new reading book and enjoy the accompanying activities. Both secondary and primary pupils find this a very worthwhile and enjoyable experience.

Primary 1 – Months of the year

January 21, 2017 Mrs Moffat Leave a comment

On Wednesday Primary 1 thought about the months of the year and could show which months their birthdays are in, discussed special events which happen throughout the year, the 4 seasons and how 12 months makes one whole year.

Primary 1&2 made a calendar

January 21, 2017 Mrs Moffat Leave a comment

We are thinking about time this term and decided to make a calendar.

Primary 2 made the grid part of the calendar and had to think about the year, month names, days of the week and the number of days in each month. They worked really hard together to complete all 12 months for our calendar.

Primary 1 thought about months, seasons, weather and special events then designed a picture for each month.

We now have a calendar in the P1/2 and P2/3 classroom to look at and use.

Writing letters using finger paints

September 21, 2016 Mrs Moffat 3 Comments

We have been busy practising our letters today. We wrote the letters using our ‘magic finger’, remembering where we start each letter, then used paint on our fingers to write each letter.

Our Phizzwhizzing Roald Dahl Party!

September 19, 2016 Mrs Smith 2 Comments

We love reading stories by Roald Dahl, he is one of our favourite authors. We all had the most scrumdiddlyumptious time celebrating RoaldDahl100!

Can you guess what some of our favourite books are? Here are some clues…

Early Years transition into Primary 1

April 21, 2016 Mrs Moffat 1 Comment

On Tuesday the Early Years pupils came through to Primary 1 classroom for their first transition visit. We had fun playing with all the activities and sharing a story together.