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.

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!