It was lovely to have a visit from Chloe Tallack and Bookbug. The children were so engaged and were fantastic at joining in with all the songs, rhymes and stories. They were really good at remembering actions and signing along.
Every day the children are practising the letters and phonic sounds. The more fun they have the keener they are to practice and improve their letter recognition and formations.
Below are some of the fun ways they paractise these at school.
The children were already good at naming some 2D shapes so it was great to learn more about the corners and sides and have fun creating pictures with them.
They also sorted shapes and used them to draw pictures and create patterns.
They then moved onto learning about some 3D shapes. It was great fun trying to find cylinders, cuboids, spheres, etc all around the school.
They soreted shapes into ones that can stack/can’t stack, ones that can roll/can’t roll and built some fantastic models with them.
They used 3D shapes in the craft/junk modelling area to make robots and learnt lots of new skills for joining the different parts.
The children were all suited and booted and raring to go on their trip today. They headed to Voxter woods first.
They walked all the way to the top of the woods and then had a little rest and a class photo opportunity.
The children were keen to get to the play area and this was a fine opportunity to have snack.
There was so much to do and the children played so well together. There were lots of opportunities for exploring, investigating and using their imaginations. It was also great to see them learning how to take turns, help each other and practice so many skills in a different setting.
It was back on the bus and a drive over to Aith. A quick toilet stop and then they headed to Michaelswood. After all that playing they were hungry,
Michaelswood is such a fantastic place for children. They were excited to see the dinosaurs and run along the different paths to different areas.
They made up games in the toadstool area near the top of the hill and used the caterpillar as a rocket to take them up to space!
They were all in the bird hide drawing pictures, looking at the birds and books and using the binoculars to see what was going on outside.
The pirate ship and little play area was a hit with the children. Their imaginations are amazing! It was so lovely to see them all playing so well together.
There were a lot of tired little people on the bus on the way back to school.
the children have been looking at all the photos in class today and loved chatting about their day out. They have also been doing writing in P1 today.
The children printed patterns with repeated colours and shapes.
We also played clapping and movement pattern games which were great for focus and concentration.
The school has lots of fantastic resources which are great for making patterns. The children worked really well in pairs and rotated around lots of different activities.
We also went outside and found patterns in the environment, bricks, slabs and leaves. They collected some stones, leaves, petals and sticks and create their own patterns with these.
Many of the children knew the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and were soon joining in with the repetitive aspects of the story.
They then had to work in pairs to build a bridge to get the goats across the river. It was great to see the children chatting to each other and getting the bridges to join together.
There were also goats to make using craft materials and trolls to paint in some bright colours.
