The class have been learning a new sound with Miss Morrison today. They learned the action too. Primary 2 were there to check it was correct and help out, lending a little moral support along the way.
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Instructions are important but craft linked to language is more fun!
We always do some craft linked to our language and sounds. This time we were using the tricky sound of u – this year we decided to go for up! We made our very own pictures of up houses. This helped our fine motor skills and listening for instructions, whilst still giving us the chance to be creative.
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Maths isn’t all about sums and writing
We are currently learning number in Primary 1/2 and we begin each maths lesson with some activities. These can be games, paired work or problem solving. It helps to get our brains thinking and most importantly it is fun!
Here are some pictures of us doing maths with either Miss Morrison or Mrs Inkster.
This is us doing some problem solving with cubes and trying to find different shapes and patterns for ten cubes to link to the number.
Here we are ordering numbers to 10 and beyond with our partners.
And here we are doing a number activity with Miss Morrison.
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Free time…..what to do I wonder?
We had some free time today and chose to do lots of different things. Nothing was set, it was all our own interest. This is how we kept ourselves busy. We had a picnic, made chilli chicken, pizza in a pan and used the pots for musical instruments.
Some of us made a city, an aeroplane, a car and people out of construction materials.
Others decided to write letters and colour in, taking great care to do their best, as always.
A few of us went fishing, designed tractors, did jigsaws and found dinosaurs.
Inventors and designers were also in the classroom. A tv is important in our eyes so it was important to design a tv with magical day and night tv screens at the same time. It was just as important to have the switches, control panel and sockets at the back of it!
Primary 1/2 Curriculum Overview
Here is our curriculum overview for this term.
Crafty cutting
We do a craft activity for every sound in our phonics. This activity always involves cutting as it helps us to improved our cutting skills and strengthens our hands. It also helps us to focus and builds on listening for instructions. Look at the concentration we put in.
Chasing those blues away and starting the day with a nice easy task
Soft start activities are important to help ease into the school day. These help with pre-handwriting skills, strengthening hands, grasp etc and most importantly they are fun.
These type of activities may be going to the Dough Disco, which we do regularly. That is great fun! It might also be the ‘Cheerio Challenge’ where the children have to try and thread cheerios onto a skewer in a set time. Then, they have to try and get faster and improve on this skill. They love it. Here are some pictures.
Soft start
We get to have soft start activities in the mornings before we begin any writing. Sometimes our learning begins outside, sometimes it begins inside. Here are some photos of us with a soft start activity. This helps us to build up our fine motor skills and is a pre-handwriting activity. It helps to strengthen our hands/fingers to help us with our pencil grip, writing etc. We loved it. What we had to do was build a tower using lego, but we only had a set amount of time to do it in. Then we got another go at it, the same amount of time and we had to see if we could get more blocks built on our tower to make it even bigger.
Have a look at the concentration while we were doing it! It was great fun and we rose to the challenge!
What the ladybird heard
We listened to the story called ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ and then we followed it up with ‘What the Ladybird Heard Next’
It got us thinking that we could be quite creative and make some ladybird stones while we were doing outdoor learning. We had great fun, here are some pictures. We learned about colours, symmetry, numbers, ladybirds, language and many other things. All whilst having fun and working with friends.
Imagination is key
We’ve used our imagination in many ways. We’ve been explorers looking for treasure, finding long lost animals and even hiding from robbers.
Exploring hasn’t been everyone’s cup of tea so there have been some inventive cooking classes and meals made during our time outside. From grilling sausages and pasta……
to making soup and other glorious recipes…….
with all ingredients foraged from the forest!
Then cooking hasn’t been for everyone either. Being in the south mainland and having many farming opportunities, the hairst has been a very busy time!
Tractor and combine harvester designs were discussed before the final model chosen and made. Crops were harvested and taken in and the staff were given many lessons on what to do and how to help with this busy time.
Next, the sheep have to be ca’ad…..
