Dinosaur – Carmondean Primary School Blog

Primary One Volcano!

Today we have been learning about volcanoes as part of our dinosaur topic. Mrs Steel prepared a special experiment for us and we made our very own erupting volcano! We added washing up liquid, red food colouring and bicarbonate of soda together in a bottle that Mrs Steel had made to look like a volcano. Then we added in vinegar and stood right back. All of a sudden the volcano erupted and there was red lava everywhere! We had great fun with this and could maybe even try it again at home!

P1S Girls and Boys.

Primary One 31st January 2019

We have had another busy week in P1 exploring more of our dinosaur theme. This week we have been learning about the Triceratops and have been discussing lots of facts about what it liked to eat and what it looked like. We will be writing about this dinosaur tomorrow and adding to our Dinosaur fact files.

In Language and Maths this week we have been completing assessments of the children’s learning so far this year. We will be able to share this information with you at parents night in February.

We are looking forward to hearing how the first Families Connect meeting goes this week- I am sure the children are really excited to take part in some fun activities.

We took part in our very first Critical Skills challenge yesterday which was great fun! We had to work with a partner to decide on six items that a paleontologist should take on an excavation with them. The children then had to come and share with the class what they had chosen and justify their choice. All the children did so well and had fantastic ideas about why they should bring certain things. Well done everyone!

Reminders-

Please bring homework folders in each day as we sometimes get extra chances to read throughout the week.

Tuesday- PE (no kit needed)

-new reading book issued

– homework due

Wednesday- new homework issued

Thursday- PE with Mrs Ferguson (gym kit needed)

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Christy, Mrs Oliver, Miss Pringle, Mrs Steel

Primary 1 Update 25.1.18

Hello All,

We’ve had a very busy week in Primary 1. We have been practising our Scottish poems and songs and learning all about Robert Burns and how people celebrate Burns Day. We really enjoyed trying some Scottish foods including haggis and oatcakes and especially liked the shortbread! We listened to Auld Lang Syne, some Red Hot Chilli Pipers bagpipe music and some poetry recitals.

Also this week , as part of our Dinosaur topic, we have been learning about the role of Paleontologist. We will be excavating dinosaur bones in our role play area and solving the puzzles to create the skeleton of a T Rex and Brachiosaurus! We also had a turn at using tools to excavate some fossils (chocolate chips from chocolate chip cookies!)

This week in Maths, we are continuing with the concepts of subtraction and telling the time.

In Writing, we wrote letters to Professor Rex telling him how we are looking after the egg that he delivered and asking him lots of questions. We decided it would take too long to send so we sent the letter by email as a class. We are excited to see his reply. We will keep you updated!

Thank you for your continuing support,

Primary 1 Teachers.