Primary 1 have been celebrating Bonfire night and Diwali this week.  We twisted pipe cleaners into star shapes to print fireworks.  We explored Diwali by going into role as Rama and Sita.  We made Rangoli patterns with chalk and designed Mehndi patterns on hand templates.  For our Toys topic we created models of toys using cardboard boxes, we made our own playdough and drew detailed drawings of toys.

Primary 1 have had a busy week.  We listened to the story of ‘Room on the Broom’ and sequenced the story using talking tins to record the events in the correct order.  We dressed up for Halloween and paraded in front of the school, we looked fantastic!  We designed a broom for the Witch to ride on using lego bricks.  We walked to church to celebrate mass for All Saints Day.

Welcome back!  Primary 1 are very excited about the term ahead.  Our new topic is ‘Toys’ and we have set up a Puppet Theatre in the classroom.  We have been learning all about 2d shape and have made shape pictures and played bingo.  We sang some Halloween songs at music time with Mrs Bain.  We had our St Joseph’s Bake off in the school this morning and the children brought in some amazing cakes!

Primary one have been observing the signs of Autumn in our playground this week.  We went on an Autumn Scavenger Hunt in the playground and listened to the story of ‘The Very Helpful Hedghog’.  We did leaf rubbings and made pictures using leaves.  We took part in a LEPRA workout to raise money which was really fun and for a great cause! We got the opportunity to use an apple press by using the apples picked in our playground to make apple juice, it was delicious!  We used numicon to continue to develop our number sense within 10 and beyond.

Primary 1 have been celebrating European Day of Languages this week.  We have been teaching each other to say hello and goodbye in French and Polish.  We designed a map of our playground for our Beebot map.  We interviewed Tracey and Claire our dinner ladies about their role at St. Joseph’s and came up with some super questions!  We have been using our sound and letter knowledge to word build using our magnetic boards.

Primary 1 have had a great week!  We have been creating a display for the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. We have been learning the sounds r, e and h and building words using our magnetic boards.  We learned to programme the Beebots to go on a journey. We have been learning a song to perform for Mrs Wilson at her Leaver’s Assembly on Friday.

Primary 1 have had a great week.  We have been learning to read along with ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and produced a story map to retell the events in the correct order.  We have drawn a detailed drawing of a bear to add to our display.  We have been counting natural materials to match numbers up to 10 in the playground.  We have been continuing to learn initial sounds in the context of three letter words.  We love reading stories in our library.

Primary 1 have had a great start to their journey at St Joseph’s!  They have enjoyed investigating and exploring their new environment and have settled in really well. The Primary 7 Buddies have been absolutely fantastic helping the Primary 1’s with the playtime and lunchtime routines.  We have started learning our new sounds a, t, p and n, and have been using ‘Fred Talk’ to blend the sounds together to make words.

This week St.Joseph’s performed an amazing show with the Rookie Rockstars to the school community.  We showed off all the songs and dance moves we learned, it was fantastic! We went to the Linlithgow Book Festival to see Morag Hood talk about her books.  We really enjoyed listening to the story ‘I am Bat’.

This week Primary 2 have been practising songs with Rookie Rockstars in preparation for our concert on Tuesday night.  We have been using Think Boards to show our understanding of multiplication strategies.  We have been in the playground using hoops and bean bags to represent equal grouping.