Art and Craft, Listening and Talking, literacy, Social Skills

literacy and magic e

October 21, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The p2 children have been learning about Magic e and practising reading and writing words. It is great revision and consolidation for the p3’s who have loved all the games and different ways to practise the spelling patterns

Recently the children worked in groups to create a map which they then went on to write about. It was great to see them supporting each other and being so engaged in writing tasks.

There are lots of spelling and literacy games in the classroom which the children play. The p3’s love the opportunity to be the ‘teacher’ in these games and take on the organisational roles.

It is such a busy environment so often difficult to capture photos of all the amazing learning that happens in the classroom.

Listening and Talking, maths, numeracy, Social Skills, technology

Numeracy in p2/3

October 21, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The children are very good at using lots of practical materials to help understand place value and number concepts.

The p2’s have been working with numbers up to 100 and the p3’s learning about bigger numbers up to 1000.

There are lots of practical lessons, using materials, playing games, using technology, discussions on ‘how’ they are working out their answers and demonstrating their learning to each other.

biggest to smallest and smallest to biggest

The children are encouraged to use materials to continue to consolidate understanding. They are also very good at finding what they need themselves to work out their answers correctly.

The p2’s have been practising ways of organising items to ensure they count out the correct number. They are making a number from a card and grouping items into 10’s to count them easier. They then swap around and check each others numbers.

Art and Craft, Listening and Talking, literacy, maths, Social Skills

Drawing Club

October 21, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

We have a go at Drawing club usually about twice a week.

Below are 3 examples of stories we have used this term to inspire wonderful drawings by p1,2 and 3.

It is not just about the drawing though, there are so many skills being developed through not only the delivery of the story but new vocabulary, maths concepts, phonological awareness, spelling and rhyming patterns etc. It is also a great way to focus in on the children who may need a little bit of extra help building their confidence with pencil grip, fine motor skills and forming shapes, numbers, letters etc on paper.

The children draw with me in little groups to be able to hear repeated vocabulary and have a go at creating their own masterpieces. They love it and get very excitied about Drawing Club.

A different way to draw and writie for Drawing Club

Expressive Arts, Listening and Talking, literacy, Social Skills

Phonics in p1

October 21, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The primary 1 children have been doing agreat job learning their phonic sounds. They listen to a little story and learn a song and action to go with each new sound they learn. There are then opportunities to practise the letter formation eg. on the big whiteboard, in sand, shaving foam, chalk, little whiteboards etc. They also have daily practise through ‘Speedy Skills’.

They also play lots of games using the new sounds learned eg, Sorting words beginning with phonic sounds into hoops, Whiteboard games, Bingo, Treasure hunts, Lotto, pairs games, matching games, splat the sound with fly swatters, etc.

‘s’ for snakes, spiders and slugs in spaghetti

different ways to practise letter formations

There are also opportunities to explore and chat about their sounds as they play in different areas of the classroom.

Art and Craft, Listening and Talking, maths, numeracy, Social Skills, Uncategorized

Numeracy in P1

October 4, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The Primary 1 children have been so busy this term practising number formations, playing number games and learning through so many fun, active and practical ways.

With each new number we focused on they enjoyed a story and also a practical activity, game or craft activity to go along with it.

Spiders webs for 8 legged plasticine spiders

I have only managed to get photos of some of the ways the children have been learning about the numbers as it is a very busy environment with so many exciting things going on.

There are always maths activities in the classroom and shared area. Below are some examples of children measuring weight and volume in the tuff trays and water tray and there are also opportunities to learn about time and money in the classroom.

Listening and Talking, numeracy, Science, Social Skills, STEM

Making Boats Float

October 4, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

After looking at different types of boats and discussing what it is that makes them float the children had the task of making their own ones. They focused on making a hollow shape that could balance in the water.

They worked in pairs to make their designs.

Then each boat was tested to see how well it could float as the load got heavier.

They practised counting the marbles that each boat could hold.

These are the results next to the names of their boats…….

Art and Craft, Expressive Arts, Listening and Talking, Modern Languages, numeracy, Social Skills

French in term 1

October 3, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

French lessons are very active and the children have a lot of fun.

There are two groups for lessons – p1/2 in the first group and p3/4/5 in the second group.

The children dance, play musical games and practise short conversations with each other.

They listen to french songs and stories. They love when Patrice(the puppet) speaks to them and gets up to silly stuff to keep them entertained and keen to have a go at speaking in French.

They practised the names of the colours in french by playing games, making artist pallets with paint and colouring ‘arc de soleil’ images.

During each lesson the children learn a few facts about France. They enjoyed using google maps and online sites to research information. The younger children made a start to Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe pictures using artstraws and the older children added more detailed parts.