Category: Session 2020-2021

I hope you enjoyed the Easter holidays and managed to take advantage of the lovely weather. It was great to see all the children back  for their last term in Primary 1! Some of the learning that has taken place this week-

Writing –

This term we have started a new writing genre and shall be writing a number of recounts pieces. Bascially for us in Primary one, that means writing that retells events that have already occured. The first piece was titled “Playing in my Bedroom”. The children had to write sentences saying where they were, what they were doing, what they made and how they felt. I think they did really well and I can see a big improvement in their writing skills. Some writing examples below.

Phonics and Reading

We have been working really hard on our blends – ch, th, sh, wh and ng. The children have been creating words and reading sentences which contain the  blends.

Health and Wellbeing – Health Me

For the first part of this term we will be looking at how to keep our bodies and minds healthy. We began by idenifying something that we already do to keep us healthy. Some examples below-

Next, we drew examples of healthy food we would like to have in our lunch boxes-

Numeracy – Subtraction and numbers up to 20

We are continuing to learn how to subtract numbers and make numbers beyond 10 using 10 as a base. Some pictures below-

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I shall be back next week with more updates from P1A.

Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks blog. We have had another busy learning week which has included some Easter crafts.  We have made Easter cards using finger paints. We hope you like them!

We have also made Easter baskets which have little chicks inside and a few chocolate eggs. Enjoy!

Writing –

This week the children continued to develop their information writing skills. Our topic was Easter and children had to write sentences explaining when it was, what it was and how it is celebrated. Some excellent examples below-

Some very exciting news, Aaron, Robbie and Liam have been asked by Mrs Stewart to read their information reports to the whole school during our virtual Easter Assembly. Well done boys I am so proud of you!

Literacy –

During Literacy this week the children have been completing some free writing tasks. It is great to see them challenging themselves to write 4 and 5 sentences independently!

Some more images of the children completing reading skills tasks and making sentences with our new ch sound.

Numeracy and Maths –

As well as our usual numeracy, this week we attempted to make symmetrical eggs. It was a very challenging task however, the children displayed a growth mindset and didn’t give up!

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter! Eat lots of chocolate eggs and enjoy time with your family.

We are delighted that Mrs Dobbie has managed to secure funding from the Community Climate Asset Fund for the school which will help her and the pupils upgrade the vegetable garden and planters! Progress photos to follow shortly!! For more details, click the link below

Funding grant

Welcome to our weekly update. This week we have continued to welcome signs of spring. We drew and painted blossom trees using the bottom of a plastic bottle to give the effect of  blossoms.

We also looked at the life cycle of bees and found out lots of interesting facts about their hives and the Queen Bee.

We have now finished our “Hello Spring” display. As you can see we have created lifecycles for frogs, butterflies and bees. We are very proud of it!

Writing – Information Reports 

The Spring theme continued into our weekly writing. The children were asked to write a report containing information about frogs. What they look like, where they live and what they can do. We had a fantastic discussion and found out lots of interesting facts e.g. frogs are nocturnal, they can camouflage themselves and some are poisonous. Some examples below-

Numeracy

When the children come in class in the morning they now complete a daily number challenge. This challenge takes place as we are ordering lunches and completing the register. It is a super way to get motivated for the day and the children are keen to challenge themselves to complete as many questions as they can.

This week we have began looking at subtraction and are exploring the concept in an active way.

I hope you have a lovely weekend, keep safe and I will post more updates next week.

Hello everyone and welcome back to our class blog. It is great to be back and hopefully things can now get back to feeling a little more normal.

Although Spring does not officially start until the 20th of March, we have been enjoying the lovely sunny weather and have began investigating how our environment changes as we welcome the new season. We wanted our classroom to reflect some of the changes going on outside and have started creating new Spring wall displays.

We read a lovely story called Cody the Cautious Caterpillar. This inspired us to investigate the life cycle of a butterfly. As you can see from the picture above we made caterpillars using finger paints and butterflies using collage materials. At the top right of the picture you can see a diagram detailing the cycle. We moved onto look at the life cycle of a frog. As you can see from the picture below, we drew frogs using a guided draw and created life cycle diagrams. Investigating Spring has definitely made us all feel positive!

Writing –

This term we are focusing on the genre of report writing. The children have been learning to write about leaves, shoes and tents so far. They have detailed what they look like, where you might find them and what there purpose is. Some examples below-

Numeracy –

Since we all came back to class we have been focusing on addition and combining different combination of numbers to 10. Some of the activities the children done to support their understanding of this concept pictured below –

I hope you all have a great weekend. Stay safe and I will post more updates next week.

Only 2 days left to send us in your photos of your Potato head book character!

Here are a few to get you thinking – do you know who they are?