This week has flown by. We have been revising our set 1 sounds and tricky words. We played a roll and read game, looked for real or nonsense words and rolled dice to make real or nonsense words. In writing we learned what a simile is and wrote our own similes to describe Nessie the Loch Ness monster. “Nessie is like a dinosaur.” said Lois. “Nessie is as big as a cruise ship.” said Leighton. “Nessie is as shy as a mouse.” said Sevinc. We also said our poems to the class. In maths we have been exploring the months of year and the seasons. We drew pictures of the different seasons and discussed each one. We had to sequence the months of the year correctly. In P.E we are still working on gymnastics. We continued working on our different shapes and learned how to do two types of rolls. In Science, we went out in the garden and picked up things from nature. When we got into class we put the things we had picked up in a cup and filled the cup with water and placed it in the freezer. We also got together with Ms King’s class to prepared for the Scottish assembly. We performed the Three Craws. Here are some of the children’s reflections:
Euan: “I found looking for the real and nonsense words tricky.”
Leo: “I found it hard playing the game when we were making real and nonsense words.”
Sam: “I enjoyed exploring the months of the year.”
Ayden: “I enjoyed the Scottish assembly.”
Sevinc: “I enjoyed writing my simile about Nessie.”
Murdo:”I enjoyed the assembly and listening to the poems.”
Rory: “I found it tricky to concentrate on finding the real and nonsense words.”

Another busy week in Primary 1. In literacy, we have learned two new diagraphs, these were nk and ng. We also learned a new tricky word. It is was. In writing, we all set our self a new year’s resolution. Some of us have decided we need to tidy our rooms, some have said to listen to mum and dad and some want to do more exercise. In Maths this week we have been exploring time. We have been sequencing the days of the week, sorting pictures into a daily routine and creating a poster of the various ways we can tell the time. We learned about the most famous dog in Scotland, Greyfriars Bobby. We listened to his story and we created our own Greyfriars Bobby. In French we learned how to count to 10. Ask your child and see if they can remember them. In Science, we were watching and drawing ice melt. We also played in the water tray and watched ice melt in it. In P.E our focus has been gymnastics. We have been making different shapes such as a flying saucer, sitting star and when making these shapes we have had to show strength and control over them. We also learned two jumps, a star jump and a rocket jump. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Sam: “I enjoyed word building with our new sounds nk and ng.”

Isaac: “I found number talks tricky.”

Sevinc: “I enjoyed doing our speedy sounds.”

Leighton: “I enjoyed finding out where Scotland is. I liked colouring in Scotland on a map.”

Ziva: ” I found it tricky counting to 10 in French.”

Lois: “I enjoyed learning the tricky word was.”

Rory: “I found it tricky learning to count to 10 in French.”

Happy New Year. P1 and Miss Maclachlan hope you had a lovely holiday. In Literacy, we have been revising all the sounds and tricky words we have learned so far. We practised writing z and q.  In writing we wrote about the highlight of our Christmas holidays. We were focusing on using a capital letter. In numeracy, we have been exploring doubles. We have played games, built double towers and put spots on ladybirds and butterflies. We can recall our doubles up to and including double 5. For the next fortnight we are having a Scottish focus. We are learning about famous Scots. This week we learned about the Loch Ness monster. We drew pictures of Nessie, made Nessie out of Lego or play-doh. We had our first star of the week circle time. Our first star of week is Murdo. We all gave Murdo a compliment and then we drew a picture of Murdo inside a star. Here are a few of the children’s:

Lois: ” I enjoyed learning about Nessie. I liked making my Lego Nessie.”

Rory:” I enjoyed listening to the story about Nessie.”

Ch: ” I enjoyed drawing a picture of Nessie the Loch Ness monster.”

Isaac: ” I enjoyed making a model of Nessie using play-doh.”

Leighton:” I found it tricky to draw a picture of Nessie.”

Euan:” I also found drawing Nessie tricky.”

Ayden: ” I enjoyed using play-doh to make a model of Nessie.”

Wow! Another week gone! This week in P1 we have been learning about the z and qu sounds. We have made words with these sounds. We also learned the tricky word your. In writing we learned how to write a letter. We wrote a letter to Santa and we had to include the opener dear, the date and we had to close our letter using from and then our names. In numeracy this week, we focused on subtracting within 10. We played games and completed a worksheet. For Number Talks this week our focus was on making 10 using ten frames. We had to recognise how many dots already and then say how many more to make 10. This week also saw our dress rehearsal and two performances of our nativity Whoops-a-Daisy Angel. Our performances were fantastic. Miss Maclachlan says she is very proud of us all. We hope you enjoyed our performances too. Thank you very much for coming to see us perform. On Thursday we were very lucky and got to watch M&M Productions panto of Dick Whittington. It was great and we thoroughly enjoyed it. We also had our delicious Christmas lunch.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections from the week:

Euan: “I enjoyed writing the letter z.”

Leighton: ” I enjoyed doing our nativity.”

Ayden: ” I found it tricky writing z.”

Rory: ” I thoroughly enjoyed Dick Whittington.”

Isaac: ” I enjoyed learning about the sound z.”

Sam: “I enjoyed learning qu.”

Ch:” I enjoyed the pantomime.”

The weeks are sure flying in. P1 have had another busy week working hard and learning lots. In literacy we learned the sounds y and w. We taught ted how to write these sounds, built words such as web with them and completed a word search with y words in it. In writing we created a poster advertising our nativity. Our poster had to include a detailed picture, the title of our nativity, where and when it is happening. Some of our posters are displayed around the school. In number talks we have been continuing to learn about skip counting and recognising a visual pattern. This week we counted in 5s as well as 10s. We have been using Numicon to support our learning about subtraction within in 10. In Science we made pop up penguins. We have been continuing to practise for our nativity and are ready for our dress rehearsal on Monday 10th December and our two performances to our parents, first of all on Tuesday 11th December at 2.30pm and then on Wednesday 12th December at 10am. Tickets are available from Mrs Young at the office. Here are a few of the children’s reflections from the week:

Isaac:”I found writing the letter w tricky.”

Ch: “I enjoyed creating a poster for our Nativity Whoops-a-Daisy Angel.”

Euan: ” I enjoyed writing the letter w.”

Lois: ” I enjoyed writing the letter y.”

Rory: ” I enjoyed learning how to write the letters y and w.”

Sam: “I found it tricky writing w.”

Murdo: “I also found it difficult to write w.”

Ayden: ” I enjoyed writing the letter w.”

Another busy work here for P1a. We have been learning the diagraphs ch and th and the tricky word all. In writing we were using our sounds to write about our favourite toy. In numeracy, we have been learning how to skip count in 10s. We have also been learning how to take away. We know that when you take away the number gets smaller. Every day we have been continuing to practise for our nativity. Our acting, singing and playing of instruments is coming along nicely. We attended a very special assembly on Thursday afternoon when the school was presented with their third gold flag. We have finished our ornaments for the Christmas fair. Our Santa ornaments are available to buy from Miss Maclachlan and our stars, Christmas trees and snowflakes ornaments will be available at the fair on Saturday 1st December. Here are some of the children’s reflections:

Leighton: ” I enjoyed learning the diagraph th and the tricky word all.”

Isaac: ” I found it tricky learning the diagraph ch.”

Ch: ” I found it tricky to make words with the diagraph th.”

Lois:” I found it tricky to learn and say the diagraph th”

Ziva:” I enjoyed learning the diagraph ch.”

Euan:” I found it tricky writing the new diagraphs.”

Coben:”I found the diagraph th tricky.”

P1a have been very busy making Santa hand print ornaments. The children can purchase their ornament on Friday 30th November. They cost £2. We have made other ornaments which can be purchased at the school fair on Saturday 1st December.

In writing this week we wrote about a magic button and what it could do. We read One Button Benny which was in book bug bag and this inspired our writing lesson. We learned the sounds j and v. We thought of words with these sounds then made them on our magnetic boards and then wrote them down. We made jellyfish and volcanoes. We revised our tricky words. In Maths, we have been collecting, representing and answering questions about pictograms, tally charts and bar graphs. We made our own pictogram of eye colour, a tally chart of our favourite pets and a bar graph of our favourite book. We looked at toys and had to sort old and new toys.  In P.E, we played duck duck goose and dodgeball. We have been busy practising for our nativity in the hall as well this week. Our enterprise is nearly finished and pictures will be available shortly. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Murdo: “I found it tricky to write the letter v.”

Euan: “I enjoyed learning about pictograms and in particular colouring in an eye for our pictogram.”

Sevinc: “I enjoyed learning about ways to represent data like pictograms.”

Leo:” I found it tricky when writing the letter j.”

Coben: “I found counting tally marks tricky.”

Rory: “I found it easy learning about j and v.”

Ziva: “I enjoyed doing tally marks and the volcanoes.”

Another busy but quick week in P1. We started our enterprise for the Christmas fair. In Literacy we have learned the sounds sh and r. We made words with these sounds and learned how to write the sound r. We learned the tricky word so. In writing, we used our sounds to help us write a sentence about our buddies. Some of us wrote about our P7 buddy and some of us wrote about our P4 reading buddy. In Numeracy we have been continuing to learn our number bonds to 10. We are getting really good at recalling these facts. In health we listened to the story “The Dot” then we painted our own dot pictures and we made dots with our picture on one side and why we are special on the other side. In Science, we were learning about things that move and discussed what would be dangerous to stop. We have also been working hard with P1 and P2 on our nativity. We got given our parts and have been practising really hard.

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Euan: “I found it tricky learning the sound r.”

Ziva:” I enjoyed learning our letters this week.”

Isaac: “I found it tricky writing the letter r.”

Leighton: ” I enjoyed learning my number bonds to 10.”

Sam:”I enjoyed learning the sound sh.”

Emma:”I enjoyed making our Christmas enterprise.”

Murdo: ” I found learning the sound sh tricky.”

Another busy week in P1. We have been working hard during our phonics lessons with Miss Fraser. We learned two new sounds l and h. We also learned the tricky word you. We made words with these sounds, taught ted how to write them, made a lamb and a horse. In numeracy we have been learning about number bonds. We have been focusing on adding numbers together that make 10. Can you remember any pairs of  numbers that make 10? We have also been outdoors twice this week. On Tuesday we went for a lovely autumn walk to the church and around the local area. We looked at the beautiful poppy tree for remembrance Sunday. We were lucky enough to get to go in the church and see the beautiful display of poppies in there. Photos to follow on twitter. We created rubbings of leaves once back in class. Primary 1 and primary 2 have also been practising for our nativity. In Science we were learning about push and pull forces. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Ayden: “I enjoyed learning my number bonds to 10.”

Ziva: “I found it tricky writing l and h.”

Leighton: “I enjoyed learning how to say the sound l.”

Isaac: “I found writing the letter h tricky.”

Ch: I enjoyed our walk to the church and learning about what the poppy is for. They are for remembering the people who died during the wars.”

Lois: “I found writing the h tricky.”

Euan: “I found our two sounds this week tricky.”