We have really enjoyed our reading sessions over the past few weeks. The children have got much better at choosing suitable books and have tried really hard to persevere and sound out tricky words. They enjoyed reading different types of books…but the Oxford Reading Tree stories were still a firm favourite! The P1 pupils loved having the chance to spend time reading with their buddies. They were very patient and supportive. A huge thank you to our volunteers who came in each week to help us. You were a great help and we appreciate it! Happy holidays and….keep on reading!
A busy ERIC time – Everyone Reading In Class
Rohan records his title.
Ready to read with our buddies!
Holly was a great helper!
All reading together!
One popular book was one all about a chicken who got chicken pox!!
Tryphena listens to Scarlett.
Junias helped Ruby understand some of the meanings of words as she read.
Innes read a Dick King Smith novel!
Archie and Alexander read outside in the quiet area.
Freya got through so many books! Ryan couldn’t believe what a P1 can do!
Today, we were a little nervous but there was also a lot of excitement as the time for our performance neared! P1/2 put on a brilliant show which included acting out The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark, talking about our own experiences of the dark, showing photos of our own constellation shapes and singing and playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. They ALL performed brilliantly! We missed having Kirsty and Peter with us though. The class have done so well considering some have missed rehearsals due to illness and others have had to change role at the last minute, or take on extra lines. Thank you to our families for helping at home and coming to support us on the day. It means so much to the children and us! Here are a few snaps from our afternoon!
Arthur introduces our Assembly.
Our narrators – Innes, Arthur and Jessica. What a good job they did!
Plop and the little boy.
Daddy Owl finishes a hard night out hunting and makes his way home to a sleepy Plop and Mummy Owl.
Our owl family.
Plop lands with a bounce in front of the old ladies!
What do you think of the dark?
The camp fire boys say dark is fun!
The little girl said Santa won’t come unless it’s dark!
Thank you to everyone who came to school with their odd socks today. In the afternoon, we all showed off our footwear and, more importantly, spoke about why we need to raise awareness of this genetic condition. With the help of watching some Newsround clips and talking together, I hope we helped to spread the message of this year’s campaign…leave no one behind.
P1/2 have been working really hard to learn their lines and we’re just about ready for Friday! We’ve had a few last minute changes due to illness but P1/2 are taking everything in their stride as usual!
We really hope you can come this Friday at 1:40 and stay for tea and a look around afterwards.
Primary 1/2 will be doing ERIC time (Everyone Reading In Class) on Thursday and Friday morning (14.3.19 & 15.3.19) from 9:30 – 10:00. If any parent helpers are free for that half hour and would like to come and join in with our reading time, we’d be glad to see you! Just leave me a message in the comments box if you can come. Thanks!
What a brilliant end to a busy week! We all had a superb morning celebrating with our P7 Jarl Squad (and the official SMUHA Jarl Squad). Here are just a few photos. The bright, joyful colours and happy faces sum up our day! Until next year….
We donned our Viking helmets and shields to get our photo taken with the P7 galley, named Ocean Raider, before it meets its fiery end tomorrow! Well done to Mrs Henderson and our support staff for helping to get everyone ready!
Missing from the photo are Alexander, Logan and Rohan. Get well soon boys!
Today saw P1/2 involved in lots more Viking activities! In the morning we listened to Stephen Renwick talk to us about Viking life. He told us about Viking clothing, weapons, money and trading and answered lots of our questions. P1/2 listened so well and answered questions really sensibly.
Then we went to see Esther Renwick who is an archaeologist. She talked to us about her job and told us about how we “know” about the Vikings. She showed as a pretend excavation site and how when you go down through the layers, you may come across things from the past, going further back in time the lower you dig.
In the afternoon, we talked about Viking runes and practised writing our names as we would have done years ago. P1/2 did this with ease! We wrote our names on foil and made Viking type pendants.
We were all surprised to find a Viking in the pool room!
Stephen talked to us about Viking warrior dress.
Jessica knew that the material would have been made of sheep’s wool. She felt the difference between the rough cloak and the softer tunic.
Innes tried on the glass beads. If a Viking had lots of beads on show, it meant that he was trying to show how well off he was.
Ruby tried on the heavy chain mail hood.
We were surprised to find a skeleton under the soil! The Viking had been buried with his money and weapons.
On Monday we began our busy week of Viking activities in preperation for SMUHA on Friday. We made Viking pictures with Mrs Leslie, learned some traditional dance with Maria Leask, made torches, shields and helmets in our classroom. What a busy couple of days it has been! Keep checking our page to see what else P1/2 get up to this week!
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