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

• All the games to explore our sounds (Lylah)
• Starting to draw detailed pictures to help our writing (Ivy)
• Practising our sounds and starting to read (Danniella)

Maths

• Counting with our friends number song (Rebecca)
• Putting our numbers onto the number bus (Niamh)
• Playing Bears in the Cave to help us count on (Finlay)

LAC

• Making shakers to use our sense of hearing (Damon)
• Listening for the words in our shaker story (Cody)

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

• PE days are on a Tuesday/Wednesday (both indoor)
• Golden time continues to be on a Friday
• Homework will start after our Meet the Teacher event (September, date tbc)

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”