This week we all agreed on the highlight…it was definitely Buddy Time with Primary 7! We went outside with Mrs Mansfield, Mr Cunningham, Miss Perris and Miss Holwill and did experiments to make rockets explode – we even learned that they exploded because of a build up of a gas called Carbon Dioxide.
Then we went to the dinner hall to make our own flying rockets. It was lots and lots of fun!!!
From
Primary 1b
10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…BLAST OFF!
P1b are zooming ahead in their learning this week and have loved our learning about Space!!
We were really creative in designing and making the things for our role play area and had a think about what we would like to see in the other areas of our classroom.
Here were the best bits of our learning this week:
Cody – “I liked making my name rocket with my buddy”
Reese – “Making the rocket was cool. The best bit was painting the window”
Poppy – “I liked making the top of the rocket because I liked pouring the glitter on it”
Emily – “My favourite bit was when our buddies came. We haven’t seen them in a while and I liked making the rocket with them”
Kashem – “I liked playing with the rocket in imagination station”
Kyle – “I made the galaxy pictures for Role Play. I liked flicking the paint”
Niamh – “Making the space rocket was the most fun”
Freyja – “I liked listening to the story about space”
Ellie – “I liked painting the big bits of the rocket because it was fun and I LOVE rockets”
Lylah – “I liked when our buddies came down and helped me write my first and my second name”
Isaac – “I made a rocket with Robbie. It looks really cool”
Sarah – “I really liked flicking the toothbrushes to make galaxy pictures”
Danniella – “I really liked making the rocket with my buddy. It was good to practise my name and draw the flames”
Ivy – “I liked it when we were making the rocket role play area”
Abbie – “I liked it when we were making pictures with our buddies. We got to make anything for space”
Finlay – “I liked creating the stars. I needed to colour it all different colours”
Jacob – “I liked it when my buddy was here”
Jack – “Painting the rocket was fun. It looks so silvery”
Damon – “I liked it when I made the rocket’s roof”
Liam – “I painted the rocket. I liked that because we got to paint everything silver”
Mason – “I liked making role play a better place”
From
Primary 1B
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – please note that our Church Service will now take place on Thursday at 1.30pm. Unfortunately the Church were unable to accomodate us on the Friday morning – we hope you are still able to make it)
We have had another lovely week this week, with lots of responsible learning going on in P1b.
Here are our highlights:
Emily – “I liked the cake day. I got cakes from the shops and people will buy them to raise money for charity”
Kashem – “In school I like doing the jobs. I like the drawing table”
Niamh – “I like the fishing game. I can sort my shapes”
Liam – “I was playing in role play, it was fun”
Damon – “I like it when we have sand”
Finlay – “I like the sand too”
Rosie – “My favourite is art. I liked making the snail this week”
Kyle – “I really like drawing too. I practise my sounds at writing table”
Reese – “I liked the messy area. I liked experimenting adding tissue to a cup of water, the water starts to get coloured”
Freyja – “I liked counting the beads onto the mouse tail”
Abbie – “I liked it when we were painting at the messy area”
Danniella – “I liked doing the messy jobs in our maths. We were writing numbers in gluck”
Poppy – “My favourite was when we were playing the mice game”
Jack – “I liked looking for shells in the sand. I could see a ‘m’ and a ‘c’.
Mason – “I like the sand because it is nice and soft”
Jacob – “I like writing area because it makes me happy”
Ellie – “Playing with the fish and putting them in the right tank with my friends was the best bit”
Ivy – “I liked it when I was colouring in. I am getting better”
Isaac – “Playing with my friends is lots of fun”
Cody – “I like the number mouse”
Lylah – “The colouring in has been my favourite job this week”
Sarah – “I really liked playing with my buddy”
From
Primary 1B
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – a couple of parents have asked me about homework this week. Inside the homework pack there is a grid explaining which sounds we have covered. Please ensure your child can identify and say these sounds. The jotter is just in case your child wants to practise writing these – which would be really beneficial. If you have any other questions, please ask)
It was a short week this week for us in Balbardie as we all enjoyed our long holiday weekend.
We have been busy in class learning more about shapes and even more sounds – we even used the blending mats this week to start building words.
Here are the bits of our learning that we think have been the most fun this week:
Kashem – “I liked building our number towers”
Cody – “I liked creating our story using the story mountain”
Reese – “Making our shapes with spaghetti and marshmallows was the most fun”
Kyle – “I liked making 3D shapes too. I made a cube”
Rosie – “I liked writing the stories because I used my imagination”
Freyja – “Music was lots of fun. My favourite song was ‘Stop Little Monkey'”
Emily – “My favourite was music with Mrs Mansfield. I liked all of the songs”
Liam – “The songs were fun to learn. I liked the silly bit when me and Kashem were dancing silly”
Ellie – “I liked when we got to make up a song. I made it about a zebra”
Danniella – “I liked when we done the singing because it was lots of fun”
Niamh – “I liked it when we hid numicon in the sand”
Poppy – “I liked music because I liked learning the lion song”
Jack – “My favourite bit was making the shapes with my buddy. I made a pyramid and a cube”
Jacob – “I liked making the shapes too. I made a pyramid”
Damon – “I liked playing in the sand. I found a number 1”
Mason – “I liked singing songs”
Lylah – “Music was good because I liked acting silly like a monkey”
Abbie – “I liked when we were using the different paints. We had to add water”
Sarah – “I really liked when my buddy came to help me make shapes. I wanted to make the shapes because I wanted to make my dog a house. I used a cube and a pyramid”
Isaac – “I liked having fun with my buddies”
Ivy – “I had the most fun when we got to paint shapes”
From
Primary 1b
(Have a look on twitter for some pictures of us with our buddies)
In Primary 1b we have been marvellous maths magicians as we enjoyed Maths Week Scotland.
We are learning about numbers and shapes and have had lots of fun opportunities to enhance our learning. Here are our maths highlights:
Abbie – “I liked when we went on our shape hunt because I got to search for shapes around the school”
Kyle – “I liked when we made shapes with our bodies as a PE warm up game with Mrs Mansfield”
Jack – “The best bit was counting out the sweets to put on my biscuit”
Sarah – “I really liked when we made biscuits, they tasted yummy”
Emily – “My favourite part was tasting the biscuits that we made”
Jacob – “I liked counting the spoons to make the biscuits”
Damon – “I liked cutting the biscuits into shapes”
Isaac – “I like when we took pictures of shapes on the ipads”
Lylah – “I like mummy putting my picture (on twitter) so all the boys and girls could see”
Freyja – “I liked cutting the shapes when we made biscuits”
Cody – “Making biscuits was amazing because I was starving”
Danniella – “I liked doing the number jobs in the baskets”
Liam – “Making the shapes out of biscuits. I didn’t know that maths was baking”
Reese – “I learned about shapes when I made biscuits. I could count the sides”
Rosie – “Making the biscuits was great. I had to use my numbers”
Becca – “I liked listening to Mr Men and painting for our wall”
Niamh – “I liked singing the shape song”
Kashem – “I liked it when we used maths to make biscuits”
Ivy – “I liked doing the biscuits because it helped my counting”
Poppy – “Making the shape biscuits was good fun. I liked learning what shapes they were”
Mason – “I liked playing the fish game in maths (shape sorting). It was tricky”
A huge well done to our maths champion Lylah who got a special certificate at assembly today.
Freyja also got a certificate this week from Mrs Johns for showing school values. In Balbardie our school values are Respect, Fairness, Trust and Passion. A huge well done to Freyja for showing these.
From
Primary 1b
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – thank you to all who were able to make our Meet the Teacher event last night. I am really looking forward to working together to support your children – they are all superstars!)
Learning is fun!!
Primary 1b are really enjoying learning through play and are exploring all the different areas in our classroom to enhance their learning. We spoke about how learning is fun and we even had a session of messy maths this week – mess is okay, as long as we’re learning!
Here are our highlights:
Ivy – “I had the most fun making the dough to learn about our sense of smell”
Ellie – “I liked making the dough too. Mine was a vanilla smell”
Kyle – “Going on the ipads for phonics was fun”
Jacob – “Making dough was great”
Finlay – “I liked imagination station area is the most fun because I use my brain to make things”
Emily – “Cosy corner is great fun and it helps me learn to read”
Niamh – “The cosy corner is fun”
Cody – “I liked the dough because I got to smell different smells”
Isaac – “I think I like to play in the technology area”
Poppy – “Dancing and singing the number song is great”
Rebecca – “I liked messy maths because it is fun. I wrote some numbers”
Abbie – “I liked the number ping pong ball game”
Sarah – “I really liked the buddies reading us their favourite book today. It helped my learning because my buddy was teaching me how to read”
Lylah – “The celebration dance we did because all of our names went up on the superstar board”
Kashem – “I like playing because it helps me learn”
Reese – “I favourite learning game was the shaving foam maths day. I practised my numbers”
Rosie – “Doing the number game in maths was fun. I can give clues to other people”
Mason – “I like imagination station building”
Liam – “Playing and counting the magic beans is good fun”
Danniella – “I liked writing my m sounds because it made my brain stronger”
Freyja – “Colouring in the number boards is fun and helped me”
Damon – “I liked imagination station because I like making new things”
A huge well done to Reese who received our DHT award this week for adding super detail to her writing.
From
Primary 1b
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – just a reminder that Meet the Teacher takes place next Thursday evening (6.30). It would be lovely to see as many parents there as possible)
What a busy learning week we have had with Mrs Mansfield. We are definitely getting into the swing of P1 and are enjoying all of our new learning challenges.
In our Circle Time this week we had a look at ‘Thinking like the Ladybird’ to introduce Growth Mindset. We know that the ladybird never gave up even though she was so small…and she managed to save the day by believing in herself! We said some horrible things to one apple (fixed mindset) and nice things to the other and then when we cut them open we saw what happened inside. We have learned to always have a growth mindset. Here are some of the things we are going to say when we have a challenge:
“Never give up” (Jack)
“I can always ask a friend for help” (Sarah)
“I can’t do this yet” (Emily)
“Mistakes are how we learn” (Reese)
“It’s okay to make mistakes” (Abbie)
“I will learn if I keep trying” (Kyle)
Some of our best learning moments this week have been:
Literacy
Maths
LAC
A huge well done to Isaac and Rosie who received our DHT awards this week for excellent behaviour and trying their best.
From Primary 2/1
(Key information from Mrs Mansfield
What a start to our lives as part of the Balbardie Family! We have all had an AMAZING week and have learned lots and lots already. Here are our best bits about starting in P1.
Isaac – “My favourite toy in class is the transformer”
Damon – “I like playing with my buddy”
Niamh – “The best bit has been going outside”
Ivy – “I liked it when we went on a treasure hunt because we found lots of Golden coins and got to see all over the school”
Danniella – “I liked when we played with the parachute. My favourite was the shark game when we went under it”
Rosie – “Seeing my buddy again was fun because we got to play with them”
Abbie – “I liked making my ladybird with my buddy”
Poppy – “I have liked playing games in class and having lunch with my friends”
Liam – “I liked playing with my buddy outside”
Freyja – “I like colouring in at school”
Ellie – “My favourite part was when we have outside snack and inside buddy time. I got to play”
Cody – “I liked the treasure hunt because we got to find coins and counting them helped me count. I can’t do that yet but I tried”
Sarah – “I liked playing with our buddies outside. I liked making my sight binoculars and seeing the P7 classroom”
Rebecca – “I liked the parachute games”
Jack – “Playing with my buddy again was fun”
Lylah – “I liked seeing our buddies and playing with the parachute”
Emily – “Playing with my buddy has been the best bit of P1. I like lunch too”
Finlay – “Playing outside with our buddies is fun”
Kyle – “I liked counting and playing maths games”
Mason – “I like playing in class and outside!”
Kashem – “I like playing with my buddy and going outside”
Reese – “My favourite bit was making lots of new friends”
This has felt like a really quick week this week, because we have been so busy! We have learned lots of new information and have particularly enjoyed learning about plants!
Here are the bits we are excited about for next week:
Griffin – “I am excited about dress down week next week because we normally only get to dress down for one day!”
Cameron – “I am really looking forward to the picnic because we will get to have lots of fun outside”
Rory – “I am excited for the picnic too because we are going to play lots of different games”
Regan – “I will like the picnic because I will have fun and mum is buying me haribos”
Daniel – “I am looking forward to the picnic because I am going to bring a surprise for the whole class”
Rio – “I am excited about music because we get to learn lots of new songs and games”
Leah – “I am excited for the art afternoon because we don’t get a really long time at art so it will be good to be able to finish a big job”
Lucy – “The picnic will be good. I think I will have a good time”
Mason – “I am excited about the picnic and golden time”
Millie – “I am looking forward to the picnic because I am excited to play different games”
Leila – “I am excited about dress down week because I get to wear nice clothes all week like high school people in movies”
Brooke – “I am excited for the picnic because I am going to make a cake”
Tommy – “I am excited about dress down day and golden time because we get to dress down the whole week. It’s almost like we’re not at school”
Aiden – “I like the idea of a picnic because I am looking forward to bringing all the snacks into school”
Poppy D – “I am excited about the Gold and Platinum event because all of them are going to be fun!”
Poppy F – “I am excited about the art afternoon because I love art”
Emily – “I am looking forward to the gold event because all of the events have been fun and I like that they are a surprise that we don’t know what they are”
Ellie -“I am excited about music and the gold event. We are going to learn new songs in music and have fun at the golden event”
From
Primary 2/1
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – Just a few things to make you aware of for next week…
Thank you!)
Now that we know about our new teachers and classes we are all getting excited about moving on! We have all achieved so much this year and have made ourselves and Mrs Mansfield very proud!
Here are the best bits from moving on afternoon.
Breaghannon – “I liked moving classes and seeing my new room”
Sarah – “I liked playing with the other Primary 1s that are in my class”
Griffin – “I liked moving class because I liked doing the hand print art”
Daniel – “I liked making my friendship bracelet because I liked how it was my second favourite colour”
Teigan – “I liked moving class because we got to know each other a bit better”
Rory – “I liked passing Ruby the Rabbit round the circle to get to know each other”
Leah – “I liked passing Ruby the Rabbit around so that we got to know other people in the class and other people got to know me”
Poppy D – “I liked when we were getting to meet our new teacher because we got to create our handprint art and it was really fun doing it”
Emily – “I liked getting to know people in my new class and getting to know my teacher. I liked her because she is really funny, really kind and lovely”
Millie – “I liked when we got to go around the class asking people questions so that we got to know them better”
Leila – “I liked when we got to meet our new teacher and the new children. We got to play a wee game where we went round the classroom playing a game like ‘Guess Who’. At the end we made a big circle and shared what we had found so that we got to know one another”
Lucy – “I wasn’t at school for move on day but I am excited about having Miss McDougall next year. I think I will have a good time”
Cameron – “I liked doing the handprint art because we get to hang it up on the wall when we start P3”
Regan – “I liked to move class because the classroom is fun and they have big comfy bean bags in it.”
Rio – “I liked moving class because I get to have my own seat”
Ellie – “I liked seeing my new teacher because I like having new friends and a new teacher”
Poppy F – “I am excited to meet Mr Blair because I haven’t seen him before”
Tommy – “I liked when we got to make friendship bracelets for each other because we got to decorate them and got to give it to a friend”
Aiden – “I liked a friendship bracelet too and enjoyed decorating it for Tommy”
Mason – “I liked making my bracelet because I was moving class”
Brooke – “I liked creating a friendship bracelet too because Daniel made one that was my favourite colour”
From
Primary 2/1
This has been a lovely short week with even more great learning opportunities! We have really enjoyed working with Mrs Aitken and Miss Cox while Mrs Mansfield was working with the new P1s and are excited about finding out who our next teacher is within the next few weeks!
Here are the highlights of the week:
Griffin – “I liked extra PE this week because we got to play a game that we really liked, Pirates of the Caribbean. If you get caught you need to go to the ship, I had to try and get the treasure”
Cameron – “I liked making the shapes in maths. We were learning about fractions and I now know how to make a circle into eighths”
Regan – “I also liked the fraction shapes because I managed to complete the challenge”
Daniel – “I enjoyed doing the 1000 step challenge this week where we got to use pedometers to track how many steps we had done”
Rory – “I liked having extra PE. I liked the pirate game too”
Tommy – “The best bit was when we were doing maths with Mrs Mansfield. We had to think about what numbers went at the top and bottom of a fraction. It was quite hard but I liked it because I like a challenge”
Aiden – “I liked PE because we played a game that we liked to play. It was the frog and toad game”
Teigan – “I liked PE because I liked playing all of the games”
Sarah – “I liked doing maths because I liked cutting shapes in half”
Breaghannon – “I liked learning about fractions of shapes. I liked the quiz that we all did at the end”
Rio – “I liked the outside learning when we did the Big Play session. I liked the parachute the best”
Ellie – “I enjoyed doing French with Mr Perard because we got to learn new words in French. We learned about colours and even learned a song”
Leila – “I liked it when we did the French colouring to learn the different colours and numbers. This will help me to have a conversation with a French person about colours”
Emily – “I liked doing the step challenge outside because it keeps me fit and helps me concentrate in school”
Leah – “I liked creating my own story from the story basket. We could use the things in any way that we wanted to create an imaginative story. We all got to create our characters in a different way”
Poppy D – “I liked playing outdoor games with the different classes. I enjoyed the parachute, saucer game and playing shark attack”
Lucy – “I really liked using the parachute the best and the shark attack game. It was the best time ever”
Poppy F – “I liked making the story from the story box. It was fun and I got to write about the dinosaurs”
Millie – “I liked learning French with Mr Perard. He read a French book to us and then he told us what it meant. It was the story of the Hungry Caterpillar”
Mason – “I liked looking at the grasshoppers under the microscope and playing with the bee in role play”
From
Primary 2/1
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – please note that all parent night slips have now been issued. If you have any problems with the time allocated please let me know!)
This week has been very busy and we have been practising being responsible citizens by teaching the new primary 1s all about life at Balbardie. This made us think about how much we have learned this year and how well we have challenged ourselves with our learning. Here are the ways we have grown as learners:
Rory – “At nursery I did whatever I wanted but didn’t do learning. At school I do lots of learning at play stations”
Cameron – “I got better at challenging myself in maths. I’m not scared to get an answer wrong anymore”
Regan – “I don’t think about how difficult things are anymore, I think about how they can challenge me”
Rio – “I am better at organising what I want to learn and I like playing to help me learn”
Griffin – “I got better at telling the time. I did it by practising outside of school”
Daniel – “I know that I need to practise things to get better at them, it is how I learn”
Tommy – “I learn best when I write out the problems. When you do it you get better and better if you keep trying”
Teigan – “I know how important it is to challenge myself”
Poppy F – “I know I can get better at things. I am better at finger spaces”
Leah – “I don’t get upset anymore. The things I found tricky are now easier”
Brooke – “I challenge myself to get better at things”
Ellie – “I have got better at reading and writing by thinking about things before I do them. I know to do this now”
Lucy – “Things are different between nursery and school. I am getting better at concentrating for longer”
Sarah – “I like it when learning is fun. It helped me count my numbers”
Aiden – “Difficult challenges help me to get better and better”
Breaghannon – “I know to challenge myself”
Mason – “I like it when I talk to the teachers for help”
Leila – “I have got better at challenging myself. As well as that I make learning fun, I like active spelling”
Emily – “I am learning the importance of concentrating on your writing rather than getting distracted”
Poppy D – “I am getting better at how I think about new learning. I do trickier sums because I know it helps me and then I practise at home”
Millie – “I learn best when it is a little bit noisy. When it is totally quiet it just feels weird”
From
Primary 2/1
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – please remember that it is dress down day tomorrow, Friday 1st of June.)
We have had another eventful week in P2/1 with lots of great learning opportunities. With dinosaurs we focused on creating leaflets about dinosaur extinction theories and have been preparing for our class talk which takes place next Monday (28th).
Also, we have been creating a Toy Story display for our class window in preparation for the Procession next Saturday. Please have a look as you walk past the front of the school.
On Wednesday we had our final shared start for the session focusing on Health and Wellbeing. We tasted fruits as a healthy snack, made worry monsters to help us cope with our worries, explored our emotions and ways to help us when we feel a certain way and we also did some yoga to keep our bodies and minds healthy.
Here have been our favourite learning activities this week:
Rio – “I enjoyed painting Woody because I got to use lots of paint”
Rory – “I liked having shared start when I got to make my fruit kebab. I might make them at home”
Regan – “I liked making my fruit kebab. I found out that I really like pomegranate…I kept going back for more!”
Griffin – “I liked shared start because my mum can’t come when it was a Tuesday but she could come because it was a Wednesday”
Tommy – “Making the kebabs was the best bit because we got to eat them at the end and I was quite hungry”
Leah – “I liked making the worry monsters because it’s very creative and I like being arty”
Breaghannon – “I liked yoga because I like learning the moves”
Cameron – “The best bit was the worry monster because I liked writing my worries. It helped me tell someone what my worry was”
Daniel – “I liked making Woody for the window because I liked using lots of different colours”
Poppy F – “I liked painting the rainbow because I really like painting and I haven’t done it in a wee while”
Lucy – “I enjoyed our shared start. It was fun because I really liked making my fruit kebab”
Ellie – “I liked making my worry monster because I enjoyed decorating it”
Millie – “I enjoyed making the star. I liked it because I got to decorate my star with tissue paper and it was funny when it kept getting stuck on my fingers”
Emily – “I liked putting the stars in the window because I liked colouring it in, sticking the tissue around the outside and then we all got to go outside to have a look at our display”
Sarah – “Making a rainbow for the window was the best bit”
Teigan – “I liked trying the fruits because I got to eat them up”
Mason – “One day I ate all my lunch and got a sticker. I liked the yoghurt the best but I made a big mess”
Leila – “I liked when we made our worry monsters. I got to write all my worries down and it helped me feel better”
Poppy D – “I liked when we were painting the rainbow for our display because we used lots of different, pretty colours. When they dried they looked really nice”
Brooke – “I liked the fruit kebabs because the fruit Mrs Mansfield bought was lovely”
From Primary 2/1
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – Just a reminder that the dinosaur talks take place on Monday, please help your child to prepare for this. In addition, we have Sports Day on Wednesday between break and lunch. Please ensure your child comes to school appropriately dressed for this, with extra water and, if you are able, feel free to join us at Balbardie Park to cheer the class on!)
Hi,
This is a note to inform P2/1 parents that Indoor PE will take place on Tuesday next week instead of Wednesday, due to our shared start on Wednesday.
Outdoor PE will remain on a Friday where we will practise for sports day on the 30th.
Here comes the sun…
What amazing weather we have had this week and P2/1 have been taking advantage of the sun to do lots of learning outdoors. It just so happened that today is Outdoor Learning Day – check out the school twitter page to see what we have been up to!
Here are our best bits:
Rio – “I enjoyed creating my own spelling game outside with Griffin”
Cameron – “I liked playing with the balls outside. We had to bounce them and spell a word as we bounced it”
Tommy – “I liked bouncing and spelling outside too”
Griffin – “The best bit was having milk and story outside in the school garden. I liked it because I enjoy being outside”
Regan – “I liked milk and story because it was outside for a change and Mrs Mansfield picked a good story”
Brooke – “I liked milk and story because we got to sit on the new benches and hear a story in a new place”
Breaghannon – “I liked measuring people outside. We had to draw round the person with chalk and then we had to measure with a metre stick”
Aiden – “The bit I enjoyed most was making my own game outside. I made an island game with my tricky words”
Leah – “I liked having milk and story outside because it was a different place and we got a lot of fresh air”
Lucy – “I liked playing with the balls outside at the side of the school because it was fun and it helped me learn my spelling words”
Ellie – “I liked making up our own games. My game was hopscotch with tricky words”
Poppy F – “I liked bouncing the balls outside because it was good fun and I got better at my words”
Rory – “I liked the ball game too because I liked having a new way to learn your words”
Daniel – “I enjoyed playing with the balls too because I could challenge myself”
Emily – “I liked having milk and story outside because it was relaxing to listen to a story in the fresh air”
Leila – “I did my five minute box job outside. I liked it because I could work outside and get fresh air while I did my work in the sun”
Poppy D – “The best bit was doing milk and story outside because I got fresh air and the book we read was all about the outdoors”
Teigan – “I liked bouncing the balls and doing my words on the ground”
Mason – “I did games with Mrs Mansfield. I liked the balls and spelling my words. My favourite spelling was c-a-t”
From
Primary 2/1
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – Thank you to the parents who were free to come to our celebrating success assembly. The children in P2/1 are amazing and it was lovely getting the chance to celebrate this with them. A reminder that Shared Start takes place next Wednesday morning for those who are able to make it)
What a week we have had! It was fun to have Mrs Mansfield back from Oban and we even learned about all of the ways she had challenged herself last week. We thought the most exciting bit was the story about the waterfall.
We had our own excitement this week as we went to the Botanic Gardens on Thursday – please see our tweet on the school twitter account. We learned about S.W.A.F and ways to survive in the outdoors, it was lots of fun. Here are our best bits from the trip:
Mason – “I liked the picnic with my bear. My mummy asked me to eat my food”
Breaghannon – “I liked the teddy bear’s picnic because we got to have lots of fun with our teddy bears”
Poppy D – “I liked when we hunted for the bears that were hiding in Botanic Gardens. We got lots of different clues that helped us find out information about SWAF”
Leila -“I enjoyed it when we got to learn about how our teddy bears survive in the wild. They need shelter, water, air and food”
Tommy – “I liked my first school trip because we got to build a shelter and a SWAF island”
Sarah – “I liked the picnic because we got to give our teddies a cuddle”
Ellie – “I liked learning the word SWAF so we can keep all our animals safe and protected”
Emily – “I liked making the SWAF island because I now know what an island needs for animals to survive. We used leaves to pretend they were salmon in the water”
Poppy F – “I liked when we played the games. The best one was the tree game to show us that people are cutting down trees and bears find it tricky to live”
Daniel – “I liked making the island because I liked running around to gather all the stuff”
Lucy – “I liked when we had the games to play. I liked chopping the trees down and liked the teddy bear picnic too”
Rory – “I liked having the picnic because I liked what my mum gave me for lunch”
Cameron – “I liked playing the tree game because I liked when the trees got cut down and the bears had to squeeze under them”
Aiden – “I liked the game where there were little bears and they had to get the shelter, water, air and food”
Rio – “I liked seeing all the wildlife. I saw a squirrel, a magpie, a duck, a wood pigeon, a bee, a robin and a wee black bird with a red beak”
Teigan – “I liked the games that we played”
Brooke – “I liked the games too. My favourite was the tree one”
Griffin – “I liked the bus journey the best because I got to have a rest”
We have had an absolutely amazing week, full of lots of learning adventures!!
Here have been the best bits this week!
Literacy
Maths
Learning across the Curriculum
Next week is a wee bit different because Mrs Mansfield is away in Oban with the Primary 7s. We are very lucky that Ms Davidson and Mrs Keene are going to be taking our class, there will be lots more learning adventures and Mrs Mansfield can’t wait to hear about all our new learning!
From
Primary 2/1
We are now at the end of our first week back after Easter, and what a week it has been! We have been really busy learning lots of new and exciting information…we even started our topic about dinosaurs!! Here are some of the things we know, want to know or like about dinosaurs.
Breaghannon – “I liked learning about dinosaurs, I know there were volcanoes when the dinosaurs were alive”
Regan – “I know that dinosaur bones have turned into fossils that we can look at now”
Teigan – “We saw some dinosaur footprints, they were very big”
Daniel – “I learned that lots of dinosaurs were bigger than humans – their hands were bigger”
Leah – “I know that some of the animals we think were dinosaurs are actually ancient reptiles”
Rio – “I learned that dinosaurs ate other dinosaur eggs. We read a story and when the boy touched the dinosaur egg he could see the dinosaur”
Lucy – “I learned that dinosaurs came from eggs and other dinosaurs would try to eat them for food”
Mason – “I like the big dinosaurs, my favourite is a T-Rex”
Aiden – “I liked hearing about volcanoes, we learned about volcanoes a while ago”
Millie – “I’ve learned that some dinosaurs have feathers”
Ellie – “I know that the dinosaurs died from a meteor hitting the earth. All the dinosaurs died”
Rory – “I learned about how many legs dinosaurs walked on. These were called bi-pedal and quaruped”
Cameron – “I am excited to learn about different dinosaur names”
Griffin – “I know that dinosaurs that lived in the sea were alive before the dinosaurs that lived on the earth. I saw it on Netflix”
Brooke – “I know that some dinosaurs are bigger than people”
Sarah – “I think that dinosaurs used to live in hot, hot weather”
Poppy F – “I am excited to learn about how the dinosaurs lived”
Poppy D – “Some dinosaurs left footprints that were bigger than human hands. Some dinosaurs were bigger than others”
Emily – “I thought all dinosaurs lived in the desert but not all dinosaurs did. They lived in places a bit like a rainforest with volcanoes”
Leila – “Dinosaurs are not alive anymore, they lived in the past”
From
Primary 2/1
(A note from Mrs Mansfield – please note that all trip forms and money should be returned to the school as soon as possible – the children are all very excited!)
Hi,
It has been drawn to my attention that there was a typing mistake on the letter issued from the office about our class trip.
This note is just to clarify that all children in P2/1 will be attending the trip to Botanic Gardens.
Can all permission letters please be returned along with the payment of £8, which covers bus costs and entry to the Botanics.
Please note that a packed lunch will be required on the day.
If you have any concerns, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Thanks,
Mrs Mansfield
Today p2/1 we all had an amazing time wearing t-shirts that we had designed for International Happiness Day.
This is a note to all parents to say – please don’t put these t-shirts straight into the wash! These designs haven’t been sealed and therefore will fade away if washed. To seal the design, place a sheet of paper over the top of the t-shirt and then press down with a hot iron.
Thank you!
Mrs Mansfield
