Author: Mrs Forbes

What a busy Book Week Primary 1 have had!  It was great to meet so many parents in the library on Monday and receive Book Bags.  In class we have read each story and made bats, our own sea creature book and chosen clothes to dress for different weathers.

We were also surprised 3 times with secret readers and loved the stories.  We had a bookmark competition in class and are waiting to hear who our winners are.

Please remember to return reading books on Thursdays to ensure everyone can take one home the following week.

This week Primary 1 have been learning all about 2D shape.  We named the shapes and used them to make shape pictures.  Some of us went outside for a Shape Hunt and we used things we found to create our own shapes.  Others took turns to use the feely bag, and, without looking, describe what the shapes were.

We continue to learn new sounds, this week o and u.  We have also been practising our Fry’s words.  Please remember to return reading books on Thursdays.  We have a limited number of books and we want everyone to be able to bring a book home weekly.

Our science learning in class is all about the weather and we have been using symbols to record the weather.  On Thursdays Mrs Beattie is in class for science and children have been learning about night and day.  This week they made sundials.

 

Last week Primary 1 completed our leaning of the second set of phonics (ck, e, h, r, m, d).  These sounds will be included in reading bags going home tomorrow.  In numeracy we have been adding within 5 and learning the number bonds.  In class we have been reading the number sentences using the maths vocabulary previously shared on Seesaw.

We have begun to learn about our weather and are observing and recording the weather in a chart this week.

We enjoyed dressing up for Halloween and today went to the hall and had fun singing and dancing to Halloween songs.

It’s been Maths Week and Primary 1 were lucky to have 2 visitors in class to talk about how they use numbers in their jobs.

We also took part in a different outdoor numeracy activity every afternoon.  We made paper plate pictures and counted or ordered all the items we found and used to make our pictures.  We had lots of balls to count!  We had to try different strategies because it was difficult to count so many and they kept moving!  We had a number trail, to count and show numbers in a ten frame.  We even tried to count bubbles.

It was great to meet and talk to so many parents this week.  Seesaw activities have now started with a revision of our first set of phonics, enjoy!  New activities will be added on Mondays (unless it’s a holiday).

It has been a busy few days in Primary 1.  We continue to learn our phonics and have now completed the first set (s, a, t, i, p, n).  We have been finding objects that begin with these sounds, playing ‘I hear, with my little ear’.

We continue to work with numbers to 10 and have been finding missing numbers on a number track.

We have also been able to meet with our Buddies, play in the classroom and enjoy stories in the school library.

Primary 1 had a super last week and enjoyed spending time with their buddies.  Everyone has worked hard and have shown they are ready to move into P2.

We hope everyone has a great summer and we thank you very much for your kind words and lovely gifts.

Mrs Forbes, Mrs Murdoch and Mrs Buendia

 

This morning Primary 1 enjoyed a picnic on the field to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee.

We made flags and crowns in class and took them out with us.  After our picnic we played games, explored the woods and then played with the parachute!

We hope everyone has a lovely long weekend.