This week we have started to learn about Julia Donaldson.  We have completed art activities, author research and even had a go creating our own rhyming stories.  Here are our best bits of the week:

Daniel – “I learned that Julia Donaldson wanted to marry her cat when she was wee”

Poppy D – “I know that Julia Donaldson wrote songs before she wrote stories”

Jayden – “Julia Donaldson likes playing the piano”

Breaghannon – “I found out that Julia Donaldson sometimes finds it tricky to write children’s stories, we should never give up”

Leila – “She used to write songs for TV”

Ellie – “My fact about Julia Donaldson is that when she was 5 she was given her first rhyming book.  It made her want to write rhymes”

Leah – “I’ve enjoyed hearing lots of Julia Donaldson stories during milk and story time”

Teigan – “We have been making stick puppets at messy area.  I made a giant”

Emily – “My favourite Julia Donaldson book is ‘What the Ladybird Heard Next’ because I like that the words are rhyming”

Aiden – “I liked making the Gruffalos for the display”

Aaron – “I love reading the books at milk and story, my favourite is Superworm”

Lucy – “I have enjoyed learning music with the Room on the Broom story”

Cameron – “I liked it when we wrote our own song about a frog and a bird”

Poppy F – “I liked using my handprint and using glitter to make a Zog”

Brooke – “I liked when we were doing art stations”

Sarah – “It was messy when I painted my hand.  It was fun too”

Regan – “I liked reading Monkey Puzzle in the library.  Mrs Mansfield used silly voices for the characters”

Rio – “I have liked creating a house for Julia Donaldson.  I had to think about what types of rooms she would need to do her job”

Mason – “I loved singing and learning music”

Rory – “I learned that Julia Donaldson used to live in London”

Millie – “I enjoyed drawing the Tabby McTat picture for the display in the library”

From

Primary 2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – please note that our library visit is taking place on Tuesday 10th October, this is different from the annual calendar.  Sorry for any inconvenience)

What a fantastic week in P2/1.  We all took part in lots of busy learning and had fun with Mrs Murdoch and Miss Holwill while Mrs Mansfield was out of school.  Here are the bits we enjoyed the most:

Ellie – “I liked going outside to create shape pictures”

Rio – “I enjoyed the singalong because we got to do games and songs with Mrs Mansfield”

Griffin – “I really liked outdoor PE, my favourite game was dragon tig”

Teigan – “I liked playing with the tricky word ducks”

Daniel – “I liked indoor PE with Me Jeffries, we got to play the bubble game”

Cameron – “I liked learning about magic e – I was really good at changing the sounds in magic e words”

Rory – “I liked playing our new maths game, bang bang!”

Poppy F – “I liked playing with the puppets at role play station”

Millie – “I liked outdoor PE, we got to play ‘The floor is lava'”

Leila – “I liked working in a team for the paper chain challenge”

Poppy D – “I liked milk and story time the best because I get to hear new stories”

Jayden – “I liked outdoor PE, the dragon game was the best”

Aiden – “I liked that I earned all of my golden time this week”

Sarah – “I liked messy area the best”

Aaron – “My favourite was when I got to go outside for PE, I liked the Hokey Cokey man game”

Brooke – “I liked outdoor PE the best because we got to play disco tig”

Lucy – “I liked making the turkey for phonics”

Leah – “I liked using the shape fish to practise my shapes”

Emily – “The space man at imagination station was the best bit because I enjoyed creating my own story”

We are really excited about the holiday weekend and have lots of fun plans for our time off.

From

Primary 2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – Please note that homework will be issued the week after next (27th of September).  Outdoor PE day is a Friday and indoor PE day is a Monday.  Can all forms please be returned to school ASAP.  Thank you!)

Hi everyone,

We have had an amazing week in Primary 2/1 having lots of fun and, most importantly, learning lots of new things!

In phonic P1 have been learning the sounds ‘m’ and ‘c’.  We have been practising writing these sounds, listening to the sounds and had lots of fun making a mouth and a caterpillar.  We even got to hear the story of Clever Cat, we all really liked listening to the story.  The P2s have been completing active spelling jobs and have focused on the sounds ‘ng’ and ‘wh’. Our tricky words for P1 are I and the.  P2 tricky words are every and water.

In maths P1 have been working at numbers to 10, and some have even been challenging themselves to work with numbers to 20.  We are starting to work on number bonds to 10, using ten frames to help.  P2s have been looking at how numbers are formed (some even managed to complete tricky Hundred, ten and ones questions – well done P2).

We are really excited about all the new challenges next week!

Thanks,

P2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – please note that Indoor PE is on a Monday with Mr Jeffries, Outdoor PE is on  Friday with Mrs Mansfield)

Our favourite thing about P2/1

Jonah – “I’ve learned lots in maths this year, I am proud of myself”

Emily – “I learned how to use phonics to read and write”

Poppy – “I have enjoyed counting, I really like the songs we do”

Cameron – “I have enjoyed PE this year”

Rio – “I liked when we made role play into a castle and got to wear crowns”

Rory – “I liked playing with new friends in the playground at break and lunch”

Breaghannon – “I like choosing my Golden Time”

Marley – “I have enjoyed stations, my favourite is construction”

Teigan – “Mrs Mansfield has been my favourite bit this year”

Millie – “Learning how to do bubble writing and other art things too”

Griffin – “This year the thing I have liked the most is when I get to draw and learned how to colour in properly”

We have had a fantastic year in P2/1 and are really looking forward to what P2 and P3 have in store!

Thank you for helping us to grow

From

P2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – I would like to say a huge thank you to all parents and carers for your continued support this year.  It has been a pleasure getting to know your children and they are a credit to all of you.  I wish you all a lovely and relaxing summer!)

The Primary 3/2 assembly inspired us to think about all the things we have learned this year in P2/1.  We talked about how different we are as learners now and are all proud that we have a growth mindset towards learning.  Here are some of the things we have learned:

Marley – “This year I learned how to learn through play, I like all the jobs”

Regan – “In school I learned how to know my numbers and how to write”

Griffin – “At school I’ve been learning about how to tell the time”

Ellie – “I learned how to write a story.  You need to remember finger spaces, full stops, capital letters and connectives”

Brandon – “I learned how to use adding, take away and group bubble strategies”

Teigan – “I learned not to be scared of masks in role play, they are just pretend”

Breaghannon – “I learned how to do different jumps”

Millie – “I have been learning about keeping our body healthy.  We need to drink lots of water”

Poppy – “I’ve learned how to challenge myself”

Leah – “I have learned tricky sums.  I challenged myself to add numbers after 100 to make big numbers”

Keegan – “I learned about how to play safely in the playground”

Leila – “I have learned how to play nicely and take turns”

Emily – “I have learned some French games.  I know how to say the weather, numbers and colours”

Jonah – “I learned how to add and take away in my head, sometimes I need help”

Cameron – “I’ve learned that having a growth mindset is important”

Rio – “I learned how to do a roly poly with Mr Jeffries”

Liam – “I learned how to do painting”

Jayden – “I have learned how to make new friends.  I need to be kind”

Rory – “I’ve learned about the school rules and to behave”

One week to go before our summer holiday and we are super excited about all the fun learning we still have to do!  We are really excited about going to the Golden Club Event too!!

From

Primary 2/1

What a fabulous week this week in P2/1.  We have continued to learn about Eating like a Champ and have even had the chance to prepare and make our own fruit salad.  We are continuing to practice our number skills and have continued to work on improving our reading and phonic skills.  Only a couple of weeks to go and we are super excited about the summer holidays – lots of work to do before then though!

Here are the bits we have enjoyed most this week.

Breaghannon – “I liked the food challenge.  I learned that I like cucumber”

Max – “I liked when we got to work with the P5s”

Griffin – “I liked getting my certificate from the sports day”

Jonah – “I liked eating the fruit salad because it was yummy”

Liam – “I liked doing writing this week because I tried hard”

Leah – “I liked chopping up the fruit and learning to wash my hands properly”

Brandon – “I learned how to peel and cut up a banana”

Keegan – “I really liked making the fruit salad because it was tasty!”

Leila – “I liked it when we used the watercolour paints in phonics”

Millie – “I liked going with Mrs Innes to watch the P3 show”

Poppy – “I liked learning how to use a knife to cut fruit”

Emily – “My favourite bit this week was washing my hands properly before we made fruit salad.  Mrs Mansfield’s soap was lovely”

Ellie – “I liked getting my certificates this week.  I am proud”

Rio – “I liked watching the P3s in their show”

Cameron – “I liked doing maths activities this morning, it was fun to do all the different stations”

Teigan – “I liked talking to Mrs Mansfield this week”

Marley – “I liked the football game at the Writing table”

Regan – “The best bit at school is having Mrs Mansfield”

Rory – “I liked learning maths this week because it has been fun”

From Primary 2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – please note that this is the last week of homework so that we have time to gather reading books and complete a stock take before the next academic session.  Thank you for your continued support)

What a week!  This week was really exciting as we had our move on day, we had time to work with our teacher for next year and also spoke about what we are going to work hard on next year.  Here were our best bits:

Rory – “I liked having Mrs Mansfield again for P2”

Millie – “Having Mrs Mansfield was the best bit”

Leila – “I liked it when I got Mrs Mansfield because it made me so happy”

Marley – “I liked getting to see my new class.  Mr Cunningham is really cool”

Emily – “I liked when the new P1s came in because it gave us a big chance to be teachers”

Brandon – “I liked seeing the new P1s walk past your class because I saw my brother”

Leah – “I liked when P1s came because it was lots of fun”

Poppy – “I liked when I got Mrs Mansfield because it is really fun in our classroom”

Teigan – “Move on day was great.  I like that I’m staying with Mrs Mansfield”

Cameron – “Getting Mrs Mansfield again is the best bit because I get to stay with her in my class”

Rio – “The best bit was being in Mrs Mansfield’s class again”

Ellie – “I liked when Mrs Mansfield surprised us being our teacher again”

Regan – “I liked being in Mrs Mansfield’s class because she’s the best teacher ever”

Jonah – “I liked seeing my new teacher”

Keegan – “I really like my new teacher because he let me have ipad time”

Max – “I liked having choose time in my new class”

Griffin – “I liked going back into Mrs Mansfield’s class”

Jayden – “I liked making my dragon for the wall”

We are really excited about all our new challenges next year!  Mrs Mansfield is also really excited to be keeping the P1s in her class to become the big, responsible P2s and hopes that the P2s will keep challenging themselves in P3.

From

Primary 2/1

This week has been such a fun week and we have been learning all about keeping fit and healthy.  We had our Sports Day and started our new Learning across the Curriculum context ‘Eat like a Champ’.  Here are some ways that we can stay healthy:

Teigan – “Drink water”

Jonah – “Eat 5 portions of fruit and veg every day”

Griffin – “Make sure that you do different sports”

Regan – “Don’t eat too much sugar and fat, eat more food that is in the big bit of the Eatwell plate”

Ellie – “Don’t eat too many sweeties of fizzy juice”

Rory – “Ask mummy for fruit instead of sweeties”

Millie – “Drink water instead of fizzy juice”

Cameron – “Don’t have chips too many times”

Rio – “Eat like a champ, vegetables are good for you”

Brandon – “Drink milk to make your bones strong”

Leila – “Drink water and choose healthy foods instead of sweeties”

Poppy – “Eat sweeties as a treat”

Emily – “Eat your fruit and vegetables every day and eat less chocolate and sweets”

Keegan – “Try your best to eat healthy food”

Liam – “Eat carrots to stay healthy”

Marley – “Don’t play ipad everyday, go and play outside”

Jayden – “Eat vegetables”

Max – “Drink less fizzy juice at home and try new vegetables”

Thanks,

Primary 2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – Thank you for the parent night reply slips.  Please note that these appointments are only to discuss the reports if you have any concerns – they will be issued shortly.  If you have any questions about this please feel free to catch me at the end of the school day)

What a quiet week in Primary 2/1 with lots of our boys and girls off with the chicken pox.  We hope that they get better soon and are able to come back to school for lots of fun learning.

This week we had celebrating success and although there were only 11 children, we sang our song so well and made Mrs Mansfield very proud.  During circle time we had a chat about what it was to be successful and would like to share some of our successes.  Here is what we think:

Ellie – “I sang really loudly in Celebrating Success and I was proud of myself”

Teigan – ”

Poppy – “I challenged myself by thinking about different shades when I coloured in my roses”

Leila – “I am proud of myself for how well I did with my singing.  I remembered to smile too!”

Millie – “I have been successful in writing because I thought about my success criteria”

Breaghannon – “I am proud because the grown ups watched up at celebrating success”

Emily – “I am proud of being successful when I challenged myself to learn about millilitres”

Keegan – “I took my time at making a Victorian rocking horse, it is my best bit of art”

Jayden – “I was successful in maths this week, I practised weighing things”

Griffin – “I was successful in maths”

Jonah – “I tried to work hard by myself in writing this week, I still need to practise”

Max – “I am very proud of my writing.  I was successful and got a sticker”

Cameron – “I was successful at colouring in, I did a good job”

Rory – “My writing was a big success this week, I concentrated”

From

Primary 2/1

This week has been a fabulous week with lots of fantastic learning.  Mrs Mansfield is very proud of us for all our hard work! Magic Grandad has been teaching us about the Victorians, here are some of the things that we have been learning:

Keegan – “I learned that a long time ago they didn’t have baths with taps”

Griffin – “The people needed to heat water up on the fire”

Ellie – “In the Victorian times the toys were different.  Some children had to make peg dolls”

Cameron – “They didn’t have televisions or games – that was a surprise”

Rio – “There are no ipads!  Instead they played with toys like a Jack in the Box”

Jayden – “I liked the spinning top, it moves by spinning”

Emily – “Some poor families didn’t have enough chairs for all of them to sit at the table for dinner.  Some people had to sit on the floor”

Liam – “There were no busy roads”

Teigan – “I learned about Victorian toys.  My favourite Victorian toy was the Spinning top”

Leila – “The Victorian teachers were very grumpy.  They used to make children wear a dunce hat and sit in the corner!

Millie – “Not all children went to school.  The rich children went to school and sometimes the poor children had to get a job”

Breaghannon – “They did not have safe pavements, people walked at the side of the road”

Max – “There was no electricity, they played outside instead of playing xbox and used candles instead of lights”

Jonah – “The Victorian clothes for poor people were boring colours.  Bright colours were very expensive”

Here are some of our highlights of this week:

• Learning the French numbers 1-10, the song was great
• Practising our song for celebrating success
• Taking our maths outside to learn about measuring
• Using the ipads to research about Victorian toys, it was good to learn how to search for things safely online
• Completing the fitness circuits (please send in sponsor money asap)

From,

Primary 2/1

This has been a very different week where we have had a Monday holiday AND a Thursday in-service day!  Despite this we have been doing lots of busy learning.

This week’s theme of our blog is: ‘How I have shown School Values’

Brandon – “I help others with their learning”

Teigan – “I do my best at everything”

Griffin – “I tidied up a lot, I made sure everything was nice and tidy”

Max – “I help people, the boys and girls and the teachers”

Breaghannon – “I didn’t give up at writing.  I am good at writing and reading now”

Keegan – “I believe in myself.  I didn’t give up when reading was hard”

Regan –  “I listen really hard in class to make sure I am learning”

Liam – “I am kind to my friends”

Cameron – “I try to make sure I behave in school and at home.  I tidy up too”

Marley – “I use gentle hands in school”

Rio – “I practise my learning at home.  I like doing reading”

Rory – “I try really hard at my work.  I work really hard and try my best with my homework too”

Leila – “I have a good attitude to learning and with other people”

Poppy – “I try my best when I am doing something tricky”

Emily – “I clean up after myself and make sure my station is ready for the next person”

From Primary 2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – apologies for the delay in homework this week, I was unable to print the homework so wasn’t able to stick it into jotters.  This has now been issued to your child and can be returned on TUESDAY 9th May.  Please note that there is one sheet in the homework that has the due date of the 5th May.  Due to my delay these will be accepted on MONDAY 8th May at the latest)

This week was a bit strange in school as we missed our Primary 7s, who were away in Oban.

We were talking about continuing our growth mindset with our learning and spoke about what we were most proud of this week:

Brandon – “I am proud of finishing my tricky word challenge.  Mrs Mansfield had to make a new challenge for me!”

Griffin – “I was happy when I did my tricky word and reading assessment”

Breaghannon – “I’m proud of learning about stranger danger when we use a computer”

Millie – “I’m proud of practising my sounds”

Teigan – “I tried my best with tricky words, I didn’t know them all”

Max – “My writing was good this week.  I am proud I used my sounds”

Ellie – “I’m proud of my learning in drama.  I learned the song for Celebrating Success”

Rio – “I am proud that I tried my best to learn halves and quarters”

Poppy – “I liked when we learned the dance and the song for Happy Sun High, I am proud I learned it”

Leila – “I am proud of my maths.  I could find halves and quarters of a shape”

Cameron – “I am proud of learning the words of our song”

Rory – “I am proud that I learned a new game, it is called Disco Tig”

Regan – “I’m proud of learning Disco Tig.  I tried my best not to get caught”

Keegan – “I’m proud of everything, I am really happy that I did my writing by myself”

Leah – “I’m proud that I am going to be a big sister”

Emily – “I tried my best to think of moves in Disco Tig”

Liam – “I have worked really hard this week to get my writing better”

We thought the best bit of this week were:

• PE with Mrs Mansfield, we played lots of games and practised throwing and catching a ball
• We did PE outside as a special treat with the PE students and Mrs Mansfield, it was fun
• Watching Hector’s World video to teach us about staying safe online.

Primary 2/1

(Please note that Homework is due in on Tuesday next week as we are on holiday on Monday – I hope you have a lovely short break!)

We are enjoying being back at school after a lovely Easter break.  We spoke about what we enjoyed the most over the holidays, here are some of our highlights:

Ellie- “Going to the new cafe in Livingston and going to the soft play were the best bits”

Jonah – “My best bit was going to M&Ds”

Rory – “I liked going to the caravan”

Cameron – “I liked Summerlee the best, I went in the mine”

Max – “I loved eating my Easter eggs and playing Pokemon Go”

Regan – “Having a kit kat egg was lovely”

Marley – “It was exciting because I went to lots of places.  I liked them all”

Leah – “Going to the shows was fun, I liked the bumper cars best”

Poppy – “My favourite bit was when I was staying at my Granny’s house at Easter”

Millie – “My favourite bit was going to the park”

Breaghannon – “My favourite part was going on an Easter egg hunt”

Emily – “The Easter Egg hunt at my Granny’s was lots of fun”

Griffin – “I went to see my Granny and Grandpa”

Brandon – “I went on an Easter hunt and my Auntie got me some mini Easter eggs”

Keegan – “The best bit was when I had an Easter Egg hunt”

Rio – “I played outside lots”

Some of the best bits this week have been:

• Learning about Magic Grandad, he can take us back in time.
• Going outside for a Spring Walk to do our writing – we even heard a baby bird!
• Starting to learn about fractions, we got to make fraction pizzas and cut up sweets and cakes

From Primary 2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – there are a few children to return review jotters from last term.  Can these be returned as soon as possible please?  Thank you)

We had a lovely time this week at the shared start on Wednesday.  Some of our parents were able to come along and we shared songs and games we have been using to help us with our maths.
A few parents have asked about the links for the songs, all of the songs are available on youtube by searching for ‘count in tens’ or ‘counting songs’.

We spoke about how important it is to share our learning with people from home.  This is why we think sharing our learning is important:

Breaghannon – “Because it is nice to share good news that I have been learning”

Liam – “I like to make games at home too”

Max – “They might want to do more learning games at our house”

Poppy – “We can share our learning because the adults can help us learn”

Emily – “We might help the adults to learn too”

Ellie – “Because it is nice to share your learning and so the grown ups know what we have been up to at school”

Teigan – “I like to tell people about what I have done”

Jonah – “Because we can all be happy about what we have learned”

Rio – “It is important so that your mums and dads know what we’ve been doing”

Leah – “Because our mummies and daddies aren’t with us and they might miss us”

Rory – “It is important to tell your mum and dad what you have been doing at school, to show that you have been doing hard work at school”

Keegan – “Because the grown ups want to know what you have been learning at school”

Brandon – “If we do something good at school you might want to tell people in the house about what you have done to make them happy”

Millie – “Because grown ups want to know the important things we have been learning to help at home”

Marley – “Mummy likes to know what busy jobs I’ve done”

Griffin – “Because you can maybe do some extra work at home on your phone or on your ipad”

Leila – “It is good to tell your mum and your dad about your school to keep us safe”

Regan – “Your mum and dad might miss what you’re doing at school because they’re grown ups so they’re not at school”

Cameron – “Because they might want to know what you have done at school”

Highlights of the Week

• Shared Start with our mummies and daddies
• Playing with our friends
• Getting to watch the P2 practise show – Caterpillar Boogie
• Writing stories with the class
• The new games in class – the eggs and connect 4 are the best

This has been a very exciting week for Primary 2/1.

We have been very lucky and have got to watch the Primary 2s practise for the P2 show – Caterpillar Boogie.  Mrs Waddell was also in our class on Thursday to teach us more about bones.  We went outside for outdoor learning and had lots of fun practising addition and subtraction.  AND…the best bit of all…our classroom has had a makeover! We have new areas in the class and lots and lots of space – we think it looks great!

Here are our favourite bits of this week:

Cameron: ‘I liked making an Easter chick card for a soldier’

Max – ‘I like the new areas in class, the best bit is role play’

Rio – ‘I like learning about bones, we looked at x-rays’

Poppy – ‘The best bit was P3’s assembly because I liked when they danced and when they moved to the music’

Ellie – ‘I liked doing outdoor maths.  The best bit was when we got to play adding hopscotch’

Marley – ‘I liked doing our Easter Cards and learning about our bones.  I liked lots because I liked maths too’

Rory – ‘I liked how our classroom has changed because I like to see it a bit different’

Regan – ‘I like outdoor learning because we did hopscotch and played the catchers game.  It was a bit windy’

Griffin – ‘I like the classroom changing because I like what it looks like’

Teigan – ‘The best bit is when I made the chicken for my card’

Breaghannon – ‘I liked outdoor learning because it was windy and the cones blew away.  We had to draw numbers on the ground instead’

Jonah – ‘I liked when the classroom changed – I got a big surprise’

Millie – ‘I liked the assembly.  The best bit was when they were dancing in their Egyptian costumes’

Emily – ‘I liked the assembly too, I liked the dance’

Leila – ‘I like the new classroom because role play is very different’

Leah – ‘I have liked everything this week’

Liam – ‘I liked maths.  I liked doing the counting backwards’

What a fabulous week of learning in P2/1.

From

Primary 2/1

(A few reminders:

• School trip money is now due, along with the permission slips.  Please return these to school asap
• The P2 boys have been issued with costume letters for the show.  They need to bring in jeans, a plain coloured t-shirt and a skip cap
• We haven’t been able to decorate lab coats this week because a few children have still to bring these in. We will be decorating these next week, if your child hasn’t brought in a shirt/t-shirt they will not be able to take part in this fun activity)

What a quiet week it has been towards the end of this week…lots of nasty bugs and snow going round.  We really hope to have everyone back, fighting fit, next week!

This week has been lots of fun.  Here are our best bits from this week:

Cameron – “I have liked the twister mat at the writing table because I like to stretch out”

Teigan – “I liked painting the animal for Katie Morag”

Rio – “I liked twister too –  I practised s, b, p and oo on the mat”

Jonah – “I liked doing the painting. I learned about backgrounds and using paint”

Leila – “The best bit was when I was pupil of the week”

Rory – “I liked doing twister, it was fun to learn sounds”

Max – “I liked learning about a red squirrel and making a fact file”

Emily – “I liked doing my otter information.  The video was good”

Brandon – “I liked learning about Scottish wildlife. I challenged myself by writing information about an otter”

Marley – “I liked making my seal”

Regan – “The construction challenges were fun this week”

Leah – “Construction has been the best station this week”

Keegan – “I like doing my seal and adding detail”

Breaghannon – “I liked the fact file with information”

From

Primary 2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – a note just to remind parents/carers that trip letters and money are due asap.  If there are any problems with this please let me, or the office staff, know)