This week in maths, P1/2 have been practising their measuring skills.  We have been estimating and measuring the size of different objects using dominoes, dice, paper clips and cubes.  We drew round our feet and estimated how many cubes long they were before we measured them.  We have also been ordering objects from smallest to tallest.  We are getting really good at it!

During health week we had fun in the hall playing games and improving our fitness.  We also enjoyed doing our daily mile with P1 and had the chance to be introduced to the sport of Handball.  It was really fun.

In literacy we worked in our groups to find bold and italic writing in a piece of text about Jack and the Beanstalk.  We all co-operated well together and took turns to share the highlighter to highlight the bold and italic writing.  We really impressed Mrs Lloyd.

We enjoyed some time in the structured play area this week and showed good sharing skills with our friends.  We enjoyed dressing up in the castle role-play area, building with lego, playing with the trains, getting creative in the art area, reading books in the library corner and making up our own puppet shows!

A short but busy week!  Well done boys and girls.  Keep up the good work!

This week in maths, P1/2 have been working on addition within 5.  We have been practising using our fingers, cubes, number lines and even just our brains to add up within 5.  Miss Graham helped us practise our number stories to 5 with a game of skittles.  We rolled the bowling ball and looked at how many skittles were knocked over and how many were still standing to help us write some number stories.  We also tried screening numbers this week and looked at counting on from the biggest number rather than counting the 5 again that we already know we have e.g. 5 + 3 – we lock the number five in our heads and count on 5 –  6, 7, 8.

Last week we planted some magic beans to try to grow some beanstalks of our own.  We learned all about what plants need to survive and are checking to make sure our seeds have all these things so that they will grow!  Ask your child what plants need to survive.

As part of the ‘Day for Change’ we learned about the different food groups and sorted examples of foods from each group. We learned that carbohydrates give you energy, protein helps you grow strong, dairy products helps your bones and teeth stay healthy and strong and fruit and vegetables give you vitamins and minerals.  We also designed our own superheroes and thought about which super power we would like them to have in order for them to save the world.

Last week , Darren from the Lanthorn church came in to school to talk to us about perseverance.  He left lots of fun activities for us to have a go at to help us to practise perservering even when things get a bit tricky.  It was really fun and this week we recorded our favourite activity in our learning profiles.  Mrs Lloyd was very impressed with our detailed black line drawings.

P1/2 would like to say a big thank you to Nana Snape (Chloe’s gran) who came into school to read stories to the children.  The boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed listening to the stories and appreciate you taking time out to come and read to them.  They are looking forward to our other story reading volunteers who will be visiting over the coming weeks.

Finally, thanks to Darren and his team at the Lanthorn church for allowing us to come along for a visit and learn all about baptism.  The children enjoyed listening to a story before acting out what would happen at a baptism.  Darren also had a couple of friends there who showed us christening robes and shawls that are special to them and their families.  Thank you very much for having us.  The children enjoyed their visit and learned a lot.

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!

This week, P1/2 have been showing off their addition skills! The boys and girls have been working hard finding all the different number stories of 4 and 5.  We have used lots of different strategies to help us do this like using our fingers, cubes and magnets!  We have spotted a pattern with the number stories!  Can you spot it too?  There are 3 number stories of 2, 4 number stories of 3, 5 number stories of 4 and 6 number stories of 5!  We have also been practising our money skills and have been using different coins to pay for items.  Lots of fantastic independent work has been carried out this week and Mrs Lloyd is very proud of everyone!

Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend our bitesize reading sessions this week.  It was great to have you there and the children really enjoyed showing off their skills!

Well done to all the boys and girls who stood up in front of the class and managed to say their Scottish poem this week.  Mrs Lloyd had trouble narrowing it down to four finalists – well done to Chloe, Brooklyn, Olivia and Tobi.  It was a hard decision choosing the final two people who stood up in front of the whole school at assembly to recite their poems – well done to Olivia and Tobi – you represented P1/2 really well and made us all proud.

On Thursday, we listened to the story called ‘The Disgusting Sandwich’ and used this to help us make some disgusted faces in our art work.

Finally, Mr Wedlock and Mr Evans made an appearance during maths this week when they decided to have their own number talk during independent maths work time.  Great job boys!

It’s been another fun and very busy week.  Keep up the good work!

P1/2 were shocked to find some big glittery footprints in the classroom on Tuesday. We also found a letter which turned out to be from Sir Helpalot – a knight who used to live in Fairyland before it disappeared.  Sir Helpalot has asked us to help him to save Fairyland by learning more about the stories and characters from various fairytales.  We are going to write back to him to tell him that we will help and are looking forward to reading lots of fairytales.

In maths, we have been revising how to add and subtract within 10. We have also been practising our doubling skills and used bingo dabbers to make spots and double the amount.  We have been looking at the different coins and have been learning how to pay for items using different coins and different amounts.

In literacy, we have been continuing to work on blending our sounds together to read words and have been working hard in our reading groups.

Well done boys and girls!  Keep up the good work!

P1/2 have settled back into school life really well this week.  We have been working hard already and are enjoying sitting in our new carpet spots!

On Wednesday, we enjoyed some time in the structured play area using construction materials, reading books in the library corner, exploring emotion works faces, doing jigsaws, drawing and loads more!!

In maths we learned about doubling numbers.  We used playdough and doubled the petals on the flowers, we threw a dice and doubled the number to make an addition sum, we fished for a number using the fishing rod and doubled it when we caught it and we searched through tubs of dominoes to find the ones with doubles on it.  We really impressed Mrs Lloyd!

In literacy, we learned the ‘igh’ sound and tried using it to help us spell some words.  We also used the fly swatter to swat some action flashcards to help us learn to read these tricky words.  It was really fun!

Looking forward to next week already!

Well done to all the boys and girls from P1 and P1/2 for a fantastic party yesterday.  Everyone looked so smart and behaved so well.  All of the children joined in really well and showed off their funky moves and good manners!  It was great fun and we even had a special visitor!  Well done everyone.

A very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Mrs Lloyd and P1/2!

P1/2 started the week off with some emotions work.  We spoke about what makes us happy and sad and even tried making some happy and sad faces.  After that, we tried hard to think of other feelings words that mean the same and are beginning to get better at this.

We have been practising our coin recognition and even shopped in Mrs Lloyd’s shop for some tasty foods!  We had to take the right coins out of our purses so that we could pay for the items!

As well as learning about money, we worked independently to practise our adding and take away skills.

In literacy we learned the ‘qu’ sound and practised all of our sounds learned so far alongside our tricky action words.  We have been practising blending our sounds together to make words and remembered that the black sound should be in the middle!

Thank you to Miss Graham who helped us with a special painting job last week.  This week we decorated our painted works of art.  Keep a look out for these fantastic masterpieces making their way home soon!

In topic work, we have been learning about some of the similarities and differences between toys now and toys from long ago.  We looked at some pictures online and had a great discussion about all different sorts of toys and we even pretended to go back in time in our time machine to look at some toys from long ago!  We sorted out some different toys in the classroom into old and new toys.  It was really fun!

Finally, a couple of weeks ago Mrs Stewart set all the teachers a special challenge.  We were all given a gift of an item from the poundshop which we had to include in one of our lessons before Christmas.  P1/2 received a folding box!

Above is what is used to look like because now……………….

…….we’ve turned the box into a stable and used it to explore the nativity story and to make our very own nativity scene.  We started off by brainstorming what people would need to be included then thought about the materials that we would need to make it before we all worked together to choose a part to make.  Well done P1/2 – another brilliant week.  Keep up the good work!