As part of the day for change activities, Primary One found out more about healthy eating and why we need to eat the right things. We made super healthy eating plates and designed our own superheros to help others.

In maths, we carried on working on our adding skills and have been talking about different adding strageties we knew e.g using a number line, counting on etc. We also started to learn about measuring different items using cubes !

On Thursday afternoon, we went for a walk to the Lanthorn Centre to visit Darren at the Church. We learnt all about what a Baptism is!

The babies wear a white dress – Kyle

The babies get a speical certficate – Mason

Have a lovely long weekend Primary One!!

Along with the rest of the school we took part in UNICEF’s Day for Change today.

After assembly we looked at the Eatwell plate to find out about the different food groups.  We know that a healthy diet comes from all of the different food groups and that not every child in the world is able to have all of the different foods.  With a partner we sorted lots of foods into the different food groups.

After hearing a bit more about the work UNICEF does we invented our own superhero to help change the world.  We had some very thoughtful superpowers.

Daniel’s superhero is able to make money to give to the people who don’t have much.

Yixuan’s superhero has the power to make water clean.

Sandee’s superhero was able to plant seeds and water them to create food for those who need it.

Andrew’s superhero helps children feel better.

We have learned lots about UNICEF today!

A big thank you to all the parents and families who were able to attend our I count PATPAL morning (Pupils as Teachers, Parents as Learners). P1/2 were delighted to have you there and enjoyed teaching you all about what we have been learning in maths.

During maths this week we have been practising identifying all the coins up to £1 and have been working on using money to buy different items and make different values.  We have been impressing Mrs Lloyd with our independent work and also with our pattern making!

In P.E. this week the boys and girls enjoyed gymnastics with Mr Muldoon.  Here are some action shots!  Mr Muldoon is very impressed with the gymnastic skills!

As part of our growth mindset work we have been discussing what makes a good learner.  Look at our great ideas!

In literacy this week we worked in groups to look for and highlight some different types of writing within a text.  The children worked very well together in groups and managed to find some different looking text which they later found out was called bold and italic writing.  We played a silly game to help us learn these words and are ready to look out for bold and italic text in our reading and library books.

Finally, after reading Jack and the Beanstalk, the boys and girls came up with the idea of growing their own beanstalks.  Here are some photos of them planting the seeds – we can’t wait to see if they grow!

Well done boys and girls and please help me to remember to water the seeds next week!