We made aliens today for our soft start activity. Later on we described them to a friend to see if they could draw the aliens without seeing them first. They only had our descriptions to go by! It was quite tricky but everyone did so well!
Play in P1/2 is out of this world!
On Tuesday, we had our last group of children sharing something they were proud of.
Yet again, P1/2 have shared a wide variety of things they are proud of and it was really interesting listening to all of the questions our audience had to ask them afterwards.
Scott showed us a model of Titanic that he made with his Dad. He said it was very tricky to make and paint.
Rohan told us that he has been learning how to play chess with his Papa. The class were very interested in how to play the game and Rohan did well to explain the aim of the game and all of the things you can do.
Kirsty told us how proud she was of her Granny’s knitting. She brought in photos of the different items made and we were treated to seeing them in real life too!
Scarlett showed us a little container she got recently which had chocolate inside!
Ella brought in a rosette and cup that she won at a horse riding completion. She loves the “running race” the best!
We were wowed again this week with the 2nd group of children sharing what they were proud of.
Ruby is proud of her singing and sang a beautiful song for us. She later told me that she was also proud of her writing and showed me some lovely work in her little notebook.
Freya was proud of the scarf she had made for her new toy and Peter brought in some super photos and a map to tell us all about how proud he was of his climb up Bennachie in Aberdeenshire.
Honey brought in a lovely picture that she made of a chameleon using her blow pens. It prompted some super questions from P1/2, asking what a chameleon was and where you would find them.
Andrew brought in a trophy that he won at the Dunrossness Flower Show. Well done Andrew!
P1/2 are proud of you all for sharing these with us.
This term we are using themes to help us focus more during Show and Tell sessions. The first theme is ‘Something I am proud of’. Each week a different group of children will take their turn. This week it was Jasmin, Innes, Jessica, Arthur and Alexander G to share something they are proud of.
Jasmin told us how proud she was of her Granny and Grandad. She had photos to share with us and told us all about what she was doing in each one. I was so busy enjoying listening to Jasmin that I completely forgot to get any photos of her! We all enjoyed hearing about what she gets up to with her Granny and Grandad and why she is so proud of them. Well done Jasmin!
P1 have been busy listening to and identifying the first, middle and end sound in words. We have even been using coloured salt on a light box to write words! Our words shine through! 
We hope you are all enjoying your book bag that has been provided by the Scottish Book Trust, as part of the Read, Write, Count campaign. Once again, the bags contain lovely stories, which we’ve been sharing in school too. They also have activities and resources to help promote early language and maths skills. If you want help working in some fun reading, writing and counting activities, there are lots of super ideas on the website below.
https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/read-write-count
We were thrilled to see Rohan putting his book bag to use at home straight away! Well done!
We have been learning how to use information books to find out about our Seashore topic. We now know how to use a Contents page, an Index and a Glossary too!
Well done to the P2 pupils who have been working hard on their alphabetical order and have been using dictionaries to help them find letters and words. They have been keen and motivated workers!
Your child has brought home their £1 World Book Day token that can be used at the Shetland Times Bookshop or used to buy a book from our next Book Club magazine.
The children were also given home a “Share a Story” sheet that suggests lots of fun ways to encourage reading at home. Please share any successes with us…we’d love to hear about your reading journeys! Some achievements have already been celebrated on the Shetland Library Facebook page!
There are lots of reading ideas on the World Book Day website. Please see the link below. Happy reading P1/2!
