This week we read ‘The Most Wonderful Gift in the World’. We discussed the main parts of the story and then the pupils wrote sentences explaining what happened. They all used interesting openers in their writing. When they had done this, they used the Chatterpix app to read out their writing as if they were… Continue reading Chatterpix
Northern Lights
This week, we read a book about the Northern Lights. It was called ‘The Lights That Dance In The Night.’ During our discussion about the book, the pupils came up with lots of interesting adjectives to describe the Northern Lights. We also spoke about their Shetland name, ‘Mirrie Dancers’. They then used chalk to create… Continue reading Northern Lights
Lost and Found
This week the class read the book ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers with Mrs Teale. Following on from this, they wrote stories about where they thought the penguin would go next. They included interesting openers at the start of their sentences. The next day they did a STEM challenge where they had to build… Continue reading Lost and Found
Dance
In class teacher PE this week, the class had the opportunity to do some dance with Mrs Teale. They all did very well with following instructions and enjoyed dancing to the music. They even had a treat and got to dance with bubbles at the end of the lesson.
Our Learning Community
Primary 1-3 have been learning about our learning community and the different roles of people within this. Mrs Teale read us the story “Our Class is a Family”. Each of the pupils then made their own flower by drawing around their hands to represent themselves on a display. They also had to go around and… Continue reading Our Learning Community
Time and Fireworks
In maths this week, p1-3 started time with Mrs Teale. They practised making different times on clocks using playdough. We discussed how to stay safe on bonfire night and then made our own scratch art firework pictures. The pupils have been very busy during free play this week. Some photos of this are below.
Halloween Fun
We have had a lovely first week back at school. This week we did lots of Halloween activities, as shown below. We made Halloween bunting: Some pupils did Halloween maths challenges: The pupils had a chance to make some Halloween potions with Ellie: We also made our pumpkin colouring pictures come to life by scanning… Continue reading Halloween Fun
Outdoor Time and Play
This week we walked to the beach. We each collected some items to take back to school. We then wrote about our finds using lots of adjectives. We have also made use of the garden a lot this week for our free play. During our indoor free play, the pupils have also been very busy… Continue reading Outdoor Time and Play
Maths Week
This week we did some extra activities for maths week. The pupils all thought about what job they would like to do when they grow up. They then had a think about how they would use maths in these jobs. After this, they used the green screen to add a picture of themselves onto a… Continue reading Maths Week
Outdoor Time
This week we tried to make the most of the lovely weather and had lots of outside time. Whilst on our daily mile, we found some interesting things along the seashore. On Thursday we had some free play outside. On Friday, we took our maths outside and did a shape hunt. We looked for 2D… Continue reading Outdoor Time