In Literacy P1 have learned two split diagraphs a-e and i-e and the tricky words any and many. We wrote words, built words on our magnetic boards, coloured real and nonsense words and played roll and read. P2 have continued to focus on the ‘ck’ spelling pattern. We looked for ck words in a word search and made them on magnetic boards and played bingo.  In writing we wrote about the superhero we have made. In numeracy this week P1 have been working on learning our number bonds to 20. We played games and used Numicon to help us.  P2 have been exploring numbers to 50, place value and representations of numbers. We have used concrete materials to help us. On Tuesday Morning we watched Author’s live with Michael Rosen. On Wednesday morning we went to the Professor Eco show. It was all about schools who had problems to do with Science and he helped solved their problems like planting trees so the spiders didn’t come in to school.  Thursday was World Book day. We had 3 drop everything and read sessions; we shared our favourite book and had another teacher come to read to us. Mrs Smith read Goldilocks and the Three Bears to us. On Friday we had our World Book day assembly and our Mad Hatter’s tea party.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed the Mad Hatter’s Tea party, the Professor Eco show and Mrs Smith reading to us.”

“I enjoyed the tea party. I got to eat a cake.”

“I liked the tea party because it was all about Alice in Wonderland.”

“I enjoyed the tea party. I liked the photo props.”

“I loved assembly and dressing up as a book character.”

“I enjoyed using the photo props at the tea party.”

“I enjoyed learning our new sounds a-e, i-e and tricky words many and any.”

“I enjoyed playing bingo when learning the ck pattern.”

This week has been very busy. In Literacy P1 have learned the long vowel sounds ea and oi and the tricky words do and does. We wrote words, built words on our magnetic boards, coloured real and nonsense words and played roll and read. P2 have focused on the ‘ck’ spelling pattern. ‘ck’ comes after a short vowel sound. We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards and wrote them in rainbow writing.  In writing we thought and wrote about our everyday heroes. In numeracy this week P1 have been learning about halving and quarters. We coloured in halves and quarters of shapes. P2 have been exploring related facts (number bonds). On Thursday P1 had a visit from Mrs Gilchrist who is a midwife. She told us about her job and how she helps ladies when they are having a baby. P2 have been focussing on our assembly about everyday heroes. We have been busy filming and practising our lines. We also learned 2 songs. Thank you very much for coming to our assembly. We hope you enjoyed it.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed P2’s assembly about everyday heroes. My favourite part was the songs.”

“I enjoyed our assembly. It was all great.”

“I enjoyed assembly. The songs were really good.”

“I enjoyed our assembly. I liked shouting out our alliteration super hero names.”

“I enjoyed P.E.”

“I enjoyed singing the songs during assembly”

“I enjoyed our assembly. I liked shouting out my name.”

“I enjoyed singing the everyday heroes song at our assembly.”

Hope you all had a good long weekend. This week in Literacy P1 have been practising our long vowel sounds and the tricky words she, go and be. We wrote words, built words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have continued to focus on tricky words. We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in bubble writing.  In numeracy this week P1 have been learning about halving. We made halves with shapes and worked out halves of numbers. P2 have been working on subtracting when crossing 10. We used ten frames and number lines to help us. For IDL we created our superhero names. We also discussed what materials would be the best for our costumes. On Friday we went to our reflection assembly where we shared our worry bags.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed the assembly and sharing my worry bag.”

“I liked the song about how bad times won’t last.”

“I enjoyed assembly when my class mates were sharing their worry bags.”

“I enjoyed speaking at assembly and sharing my worry bag with everyone.”

“I enjoyed the reflection assembly.”

“I found it tricky learning the oy sound.”

“I liked P.E and our team building games.”

“I enjoyed P.E too.”

“I enjoyed doing our tricky word learning.”

This week in Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sounds ir and ou and the tricky words what and they. We wrote ir words, built ir and ou words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have continued to focus on tricky words. The tricky words we learned this week were thought, bought, caught, anyone, great and once. We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in pyramid spelling.  In writing this week we made a jam sandwich and wrote instructions on how to make a sandwich.  In Maths this week we have been making half past and quarter past times on an analogue clock and a digital clock. We also discussed how many minutes in an hour and how many seconds in a minute. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Murdo is our star of the week. This week as part of Scotland loves languages we have been exploring Spain. We have learned how to say hello, goodbye, thank you and the word for moon in Spanish. We looked at Spain on a map and at their flag. We started our new topic of Superheroes. On Friday we went to assembly which was all about the cost of the school day.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“ I liked making the jam sandwich. It was yummy!”

“ I enjoyed assembly. I enjoyed hearing the choir sing.”

“ I enjoyed writing the instructions for making a jam sandwich and getting to eat it.”

“ I enjoyed making a jam sandwich and all of the assembly.”

“I enjoyed learning the new tricky words.”

“ I enjoyed learning how to make sock puppet.”

“ I enjoyed assembly on Friday and making a butter sandwich.”

“ I enjoyed assembly.”

Another productive and busy week for P2/1. This week in Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sounds or and air and the tricky words like and want. We have coloured in real and nonsense words, built words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have continued to focus on tricky words.  We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in rainbow spelling.  In writing this week we have started looking at writing instructions. We made a cat sock puppet and then wrote down the instructions on how to make a sock puppet.  In Maths this week we have continued to explore time. We have been making o’clock and half past times on an analogue clock. We also learned what quarter past looked like. P2 have been reading analogue clocks and converting the time to digital. P1 have been reading and writing o’clock times on an analogue clock.  In P.E we continued with gymnastics. We looked at different shapes, jumps, balances and rolls. We worked with a partner to create our own sequence. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Connie is our star of the week. We explored alliteration this week. Alliteration is when words start with the same sound for example swim-swam. We thought of words that started with the same sound as the animals in the story of There was a Wee Lassie who swallowed a Midgie. On Wednesday we had a visit from two Policemen who work in the road police unit. They spoke to us about the job of the police and we all got a shot on their motorbikes. Solomia even got to sound the sirens. On Friday we went to Primary 3’s assembly which was all about Chinese New Year.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I liked having a shot on the Police motorbike.”

“I enjoyed Primary 3’s assembly. I liked the song.”

“I enjoyed our visit from the Police.”

“I enjoyed learning about what the Police do to help us.”

“I enjoyed assembly and the visit from the Police.”

“I liked getting to turn on the siren on the Police motorbike.”

“I enjoyed reading There was a Wee Lassie who Swallowed a Midgie. Also I enjoyed learning about Habitats with Miss Whigham.”

“I enjoyed Primary 3’s assembly. My favourite part was the Lion Dance.”

“I enjoyed Primary 3’s assembly when we watched the video of the dragon.”

Please find below the link for P2/1’s window into learning for Term 3

2020_01_09 LVPS Window into Learning Term 3

On Friday we had our Scottish assembly. Every class sung a Scottish song and then the winner of the poetry competition recited their poem. Miss Maclachlan would like to say well done to everyone in the class for giving the poetry recital a go. I am very proud of you all. What a lovely way to end a week. This week in Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sounds oo and ar and the tricky words we and to. We have written words to match pictures, built words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have continued to focus on tricky words.  We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in a pyramid shape.  In writing this week we wrote an acrostic poem using our name. In Maths this week we have been exploring time. We looked at days of the week, months of the year and seasons. We matched the months to the correct season, sequenced the days and months. We looked at an analogue clock and said whether it showed o’clock or half past.  In P.E we continued with gymnastics. We looked at different shapes, jumps, balances and rolls. We worked with a partner to create our own sequence. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Teria is our star of the week. We explored rhyme as our book There was a Wee Lassie is a rhyming book.  We also looked at habitats and what they are. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“ I enjoyed the gymnastics sequence with my partner.”

“ I also enjoyed making up a sequence with a partner during gymnastics.”

“ I enjoyed the Scottish Assembly. My favourite part was singing Ally Bally Bee.”

“ I enjoyed P.E because I liked doing the rolls. I liked singing Ally Bally Bee.”

“ I found it tricky learning tricky words.”

“ I enjoyed our Scottish assembly. I was the winner.”

“ My favourite part of the week was assembly.”

“ I enjoyed the assembly.”

This week in Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sounds igh and ow and the tricky word are. We have written words to match pictures, built words on our magnetic boards, looked for words in a word search and played roll and read. P2 have been having a focus on tricky words.  We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in rainbow colours.  In writing this week we worked in partners to write an acrostic poem about winter to go with our wintery scenes from last week. In Numeracy this week P1 were exploring adding to 20. We used the rekenreks to help us, number spinners to add two numbers together and built number bond towers using unifix cubes. P2 were exploring two different strategies to help with adding. We used add by making 10 and add by counting on. We played a number bond game and used 10 frames to help with learning the strategy of adding by making 10.  In P.E we started our block of gymnastics. We looked at different shapes such as sitting star, pike alien and practiced different types of jumps such as the star jump. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Lucia is our star of the week. We have started our Scottish focus and have decided to explore the story of There was a Wee Lassie who swallowed a Midgie. We read the book and discussed unfamiliar Scottish words.  In art we spoke about tartan and then created our own. We went to assembly which was all about how people see things differently. Just a wee reminder to say that poems will be heard in class on Monday 20^th January. Miss Maclachlan can’t wait to hear them. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed assembly.”

“I found it tricky learning the different Scottish words.”

“I enjoyed learning the tricky words.”

“I enjoyed learning both our new sounds igh and ow.”

“I liked P.E yesterday because we were doing gymnastics.”

“I enjoyed learning our new tricky word are.”

“I liked the tricky words we were learning.”

“I found it a wee bit tricky writing an acrostic poem about winter.”

“I enjoyed learning the ow sound.”

Happy New Year! We hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year. In Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sound ee and the tricky word was. We have written words to match pictures, built words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have been revising the last four sounds of Set 3, ure, tion, tious and cious. We looked for them in a word search and created spelling posters.  In writing, we wrote a New Year’s Resolution. These were very interesting and ranged from walking the dog more to getting more sleep. In Numeracy this week P1 were exploring doubles. We built double towers, used mirrors and bears to find doubles and put spots on butterflies. P2 continued to explore place value and ordering and comparing numbers and objects to 20.  In P.E we played games such as cups and saucers, tunnel tig and rotten apples. We had our Star of the Week circle time. In art we created winter scenes using chalk. We went to assembly which was all about talking things over when you have worries. We have been given out our Scottish poems to choose one then learn it. The poems will be heard on the week beginning the 20th January. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Murdo: “I liked creating my winter scene.”

Hiba: “I enjoyed the assembly on the resilience tool of talk things over.”

Olly: “I enjoyed the assembly too.”

Gabriel: “I enjoyed making my winter wonderland picture.”

Christian: “I enjoyed my learning with Miss Whigham.”

Ch: “I enjoyed creating my winter scene.”

Connie: “I enjoyed learning the ee sound.”

Lucas: “I enjoyed learning the ee sound as well.”

In Literacy P1 have been continuing to revise all of set 1 sounds. We have written words to match pictures and played roll and read. P2 have learned the ‘tious’ or ‘cious’ sound. We wrote words on whiteboards and looked for them in a word search. In writing, we wrote a letter to Santa. In Numeracy this week P1 continued to explore subtraction. We have played four in a row and used Numicon to help find the difference. P2 continued to explore place value using the base 10 materials. We continued with rolling a double dice, writing down that number then splitting it into tens and ones. In P.E we did a Christmas themed yoga. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Gabriel is our star of the week. In art we made split pin Christmas puppets. On Tuesday and Wednesday we performed our nativity Fishing for Stars. We thoroughly enjoyed performing in front of an audience. Miss Maclachlan is very proud of us for our fantastic performances. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Sam: “I enjoyed the Nativity.”

Hamish: “I enjoyed revising the nk sound. I enjoyed the nativity as well.”

H: “I liked the nativity. I enjoyed playing my instrument.”

Solomia: “I enjoyed our nativity. I liked dancing on the stage. We got to go on the stage twice. I feel happy when I am on the stage.”

Connie: “I enjoyed our nativity Fishing for Stars. I liked the songs. I enjoyed performing in front of an audience.”

Ayden: “I liked the songs from our nativity.”

Teria: “I enjoyed the Christmas yoga. I liked that it was Christmassy and I really wanted to do it.”

Charlotte: “I enjoyed playing my instrument in the nativity.”

Lucia: “I enjoyed the Christmas yoga.”

Ch: “I enjoyed being an angel in the nativity.”

Alister: “I liked using the base 10 materials in numeracy.”

Lucas: “I enjoyed playing Joseph in the nativity.”