The children were all ready to entertain the NGUHA Jarl Squad on Friday. They had made helmets. axes and shields and looked great as little viking warriors.
They loved doing the quiz with the Jarl and showed them paintings of their pets, outboard engines and money signs. They particularly enjoyed the consequences which the Jarl had to do when he got the questions wrong.
The children were delighted to meet Pudsey during his travels around Shetland Schools on Children in Need Day.
Every week there is opportunity for a little bit of French. The older children in p345 also come to get French lessons when the p12’s have their extra PE lessons with Miss Morrison.
The children learn most of their french through games and activities with the older children doing a little bit of reading and writing as well.
This term they have had fun learning new vocabulary for body parts and clothing. They hung up clothes and played the dressy up bag game, which they loved.
They also listen to french stories, songs and rhymes and use the special books along with the electronic pen to listen to some books in the class library.
They love when Patrice, the puppet, comes out and speaks to them in French, He asks lots of questions.
The children have had a fabulous few weeks in class leading up to Christmas.
We have had a Christmas corner in the classroom. The children loved sitting on the sofa in front of the fire reading and playing together.
They loved the story of baby Jesus being born. We acted it out in drama lessons and then they had little puppets to act it out themselves afterwards.
Everyone helped to make the class advent calendar which allowed every child to get a sweet on one of the days.
They have been doing lots of craft activities, in class, in art and also in French.
On the final day of term we had a Christmas party. Lots of dancing, music, games and smiles.
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.
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.
The children listened to the story of Splat the Cat and his first day at school. They did really good listening to create these wonderful painting which are already up on the school walls.
The children have snack all together in the classroom and the younger pupils have been great at learning the new routines.
The P2’s and p3’s have been amazing at helping them.
At the beginning of the day the children have freeflow play between the classroom and the shared area for the first half hour where they make choices for what to play with. Each area is carefully resourced to enable the development of different skills eg. co-operation, problem solving, numeracy, literacy etc.
This time is a super opportunity for children to share their news and to observe them in their play. It also provides time to focus on particular children and support them in different ways eg. phonics blending, emotional check in and social skills development.
What a bright and colourful class in school today. They learned a little bit about what Comic Relief is all about and loved watching th p6/7 class and staff getting soaked in the stocks.
Activities for today can be found in the homework section of the blog:
The children looked fantastic in their Christmas outfits.
