This week we have been learning about making marks called tallies. James

We were making fossils… take a look.  Holly

Learning -er diagraph.  Alex

Been learning about dinosaurs…the T Rex.  Mia

Been learning about the Triceratops.  Aileigh

Learning about the Stegasoraus.  Jude

We’ve been learning to talk different languages.  Ellis

We’ve been learning how to speak in French.  Aaron

We’ve been learning our tricky words.  Carley

We’ve learned tricky words once and love.  Olivia

We made a dinosaur pictogram.  Jack

For World Book Day we all read a story at the same time.  Carely

We wrote about our favourite story and drew a picture.  River

We were learning n.  Mac

We were learning adding and taking away.  Shannon

Pupil of the week: Oliver Black for doing really well at counting, adding and taking away and having lots of magic moments in numeracy.

We matched dinosaur fossils to the dinosaur.

We used clay to make our fossils!

Here are some pictures from World Book Day!

As you can see, a VERY busy week!

Last week was yet another busy week in P1a with lots of new learning!

We learned the sounds ie and ar and revised all our tricky words learned so far!  In reading we are identifying as many of our tricky words as possible and are really good at spotting them.  We are really good at blending words and using the pictures to help us read also.

We have learned all about the Stegosaurus – the one with the plates down its back!  This week we are learning all about the  T Rex.  Last week we also learned about what dinosaurs ate.   Carnivores ate meat and had big, sharp, pointy teeth.  Herbivores at plants and had flat teeth and some had long necks to reach leaves.  Omnivores ate both plants and meat.  Humans are omnivores!

In numeracy we were learning about information handling.  We gathered information on our favourite fruits and presented it in a pictogram.  Then we gathered information on eye colour and presented this in a pictogram.

Now that the weather is getting warmer we went out to the playground to play some Maths and Numeracy games.  As a warm up activity, we had to organise ourselves in to a line from 1-20 by looking at our classmates tunics.  We also created addition and subtraction sums using the numbers on our tunics.  That took a bit more thinking and organising.  Being able to find the person with the number before or after the one on our tunic was good fun and we managed to do it quickly and accurately.

Using numbered cones, we practised ordering numbers to 20 and for adding and taking away within 20.

We used fancy shape bean bags to practise throwing into the number net.  Carley got a high score of 21!

Aaron was able to read the number on the tile without counting the dots, which is fabulous!

We continued to learn through play in the classroom as 15-20 minutes outside with a little wind was long enough for Mrs Laidlaw!

We have started our new Context for Learning…. dinosaurs!  We are very excited about becoming palentologists.  We’ve already hatched our own dinosaurs!  We got ice eggs and hatched our dinosaurs using lots of different strategies….

• we used tools to smash them open
• our hands to warm the eggs
• hot water
• we dropped them from a height
• we kicked them off the wall

Here are some photos..

Here is some of our learning this week………………………

We were learning about dinosaurs. James

I was learning the sound p. Mac

We have been smashing dinosaur eggs. River

We learned the words eight and always. Oliver

We learned p in phonics.   Ellis

We wrote dinosaur stories. Max

We did dinosaur dot to dot in numeracy. Holly

We played dinosaur roll a dice. Jude

We used hot water to get our eggs to melt. Aaron

We learned the sound or. Ada

We used tools to crack the eggs open. Jack

We warmed the eggs up in our hands. Mac

We learned taking away to get a smaller number. Amber

We learned ‘counting on’ in numeracy. Olivia

We’ve been adding numbers to make a bigger number. Alex

We’ve been learning to tell the time. River

Pupil of the week: Ada for her excellent number work – subtracting within 20!

Well done Jude who won the P1 MVP award!

We have been learning the sound oi. Justin

That the sounds i, g and h make the igh sound. Emily

We sang songs in music. Holly

We learned the tricky words when and what. Alex

We’ve been learning down and went. Olivia

We’ve been learning about Katie Morag. Ada

We learned that Katie Morag lived in a place called Struay. Carley

We have been learning about Scotland. James

We learned the song, ‘Ma ma will you buy me a banana?’ Alieigh & Oliver

We learned the song, ‘Ali Bali’. Jack

We learned skipping in PE. Megan

We were learning about Bathgate and comparing it to Coll. Ellis

We learned about musical instruments and which one made the longest sound. River

We were learning about money. Max

We were learning how to take away numbers to make smaller numbers. Amber

Apologies, last weeks blog didn’t seem to post.

This weeks news…..

I like it when we go to assembly because I enjoy the music. Carley

I enjoyed assembly today. Aaron

We learned the sound s. Mac

We learned how to skip in PE. Oliver and Ada

We learned how to hop in PE. Alex

We learned skipping. James

We learned how to take away numbers in numeracy. Amber

We listened to Katie Morag Delivers the Post. Jude

We put the pictures of Katie Morag Delivers the Post in order. Olivia S

This week we wh this week. Megan

We learned the tricky words old and only. Aaron

This weeks Pupil of the Week is James for working really hard in PE and learning how to skip!

Olivia was our Pupil of the Week last week but the as the blog didn’t post we’re posting again. Well done Olivia for always working hard and being an excellent role model!