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P1a Learning Reflection W/E 2nd November

Another busy week in Primary 1. We have been working very hard and learning lots.  In Literacy, we have learned f and e and the tricky word no. We have made words with these new sounds, learned how to write them and played games with sound dice. We coloured in an Elmer picture as Elmer begins with e and we are going to use them during book week Scotland. In writing we wrote about our halloween costumes. In maths, we have been continuing to learn about shape and in particular 3D shapes. We have gone on shape hunts, made shapes with our bodies, made shape wands then we blew bubbles with them, made shape biscuits, junk modelling and sorting shapes as to whether they rolled or slid. In P.E we were throwing and catching a ball to continue to develop our hand eye co-ordination. In art we finished off our space pictures. We have started preparing for our nativity and we tried to learn one of the songs. Here are a few of the children’s reflections from the week:

Sam: ” I enjoyed being the class helper this week and being responsible for taking messages to the office.”

Ayden: ” I enjoyed learning the tricky word no.”

Isaac: “I enjoyed learning the first song for our nativity.”

Lois: ” I enjoyed learning the shapes and making shape biscuits.”

Ziva: ” I enjoyed colouring in my Elmer.”

Leighton: ” I enjoyed Primary 2’s assembly on kindness.”

Euan: ” I found it tricky learning the letters f and e.”

P1a Learning Reflection W/E 26/10/18

Welcome back! We hope you had a relaxing holiday. We are very lucky  as this week we have been joined by Miss Fraser. Miss Fraser will be with us for five weeks. This week we have been revising the sounds already learned and in particular the sounds u and b. In writing,  we wrote about our family. Our target was copying an adult’s writing from a white board. In Maths, we have been investigating shapes. We identified 2D shapes and 3D shapes. “2D shape is a flat shape.”says Isaac. “3D shapes are not flat.” says Ayden. Some of us went on a shape walk around the school. When we found a shape we took a photo of it.  We also sorted shapes as to whether they had round sides or straight sides. In music we were playing instruments along to the story of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. We used instruments to make the sounds of the grass, water, mud, wind and forest. In art, we created our own planet by printing with paint and bubble wrap. We also coloured in a space rocket. Pictures of our planets to follow when they are finished.

Here are some of the children’s reflections:

Ayden: “I enjoyed revising our sounds.”

Euan: ” I also enjoyed revising our sounds.”

Ziva: ” I liked practising the sounds already learned.”

Leighton: ” I enjoyed making my planet in art.”

Leo: ” I found it tricky when copying my sentence  about my family.”

Ch: ” I found number talks tricky.”

Isaac: ” I found tricky the numbers in our dot patterns this week.”

P1a Learning Reflection W/E 12.10.18

What a busy week we have had! In Literacy, we have been working on our word building. We have been making 3 letter words using our sounds. This week we learned the sounds u and b and the tricky word ‘he’. On Wednesday we were working on sound manipulation and jumping through the sounds whilst blending the words.  This week we wrote about what we were thankful for. In Numeracy this week we have been continuing to learn about dot patterns. In Maths, we have been learning about money. We can recognise 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins. We can use these coins to make other amounts such as 6p.  In art, we finger painted a hedgehog for our Autumn display and we made koala and kangaroo puppets. In Science, we carried out an experiment to see what material was waterproof. On Thursday, P1 visited the church for the Harvest festival. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Coben: ” I found number talks tricky.”

Sevinc: “I found it a little tricky writing the sound b.”

Lois: ” I enjoyed going to the church for the Harvest festival.”

Ziva: ” I found the sounds b and p tricky.”

Euan: ” I learned the letters u and b.”

Leighton: ” I enjoyed learning the letter u.”

Ch: ” I found writing the letter u easy.”

Hope you all have a lovely holiday. x

 

 

P1a’s Learning Reflection W/E 5.10.18

In numeracy, we have been doing Number Talks. We have been looking at dot patterns and discussing how many dots and how we saw them. We have been learning to identify patterns and copy and complete these patterns. In writing we worked with a partner to create an acrostic poem about Autumn. We had to brainstorm good words. This week we learned the sounds c and k. They are yellow sounds. We also learned the tricky word said. In science with Mrs Fraser we looked at hard and soft. We made the brick and straw houses from the Three Little Pigs. In P.E, we played the traffic lights game. We also worked on our hand eye co-ordination and balance. We put a bean bag on our heads and walked, jogged and ran around the room whilst trying to keep the bean bag on our head. We also practiced throwing and catching the beanbag.  We designed our Christmas card and it is being sent away today. We drew pictures of what we liked to do with our families. Today we are bringing home our jotters to share our learning with you. Please can these jotters be returned to school on Monday. Thank you. Here are a few of the children’s reflections on learning this week:

Ch: “I found it hard to write kicking k”

Leighton: “I found writing the acrostic poem about Autumn tricky.”

Coben: “I learned the new sounds c and k.”

Isaac: “I found it tricky writing our new sound kicking k.”

Euan: “I found patterns and number talks tricky.”

Ziva:” I enjoyed learning the new sounds.”

Ayden: “I found my homework really easy this week.”

P1a Learning Reflection W/E 28th September

This week P1 have been learning the sounds g and o. We are enjoying learning how to word build with these sounds and Fred talking words. Mrs Aitken taught us the story of Inky’s Vowel House. In writing, We wrote about Autumn. We used our senses to help us. In numeracy, we have started having number talks. We look at different dot patterns and discuss different ways of making those numbers. We also explored counting backwards and identifying numbers before. We designed a poster about our school values for a competition. Our school values are aspiration,compassion,equality, perseverance and respect. In Science we went outside and were looking for different examples of materials. We celebrated European Languages day by learning how to say bonjour and au revoir. We also had a session with our P4 reading buddies. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Sam: “I liked drawing my values poster because I drew a mini James.”

Leo: “I have enjoyed talking about numbers and counting backwards.”

Lois: “I enjoyed the challenge of designing a poster about our school values.”

Murdo: “I enjoyed designing my poster and learning how to write o.”

Ayden: “I liked designing my poster for Mr McCallum- McKay.”

Emma: “I enjoyed looking for different materials in science.”

Rory: “I liked designing my perseverance poster.”

Here are some photos of our learning:

 

P1 Learning Reflection W/E 21st September

P1 have been learning to word build using mats and hoops. We also had a go at turtle talk and Fred talk which involves us sliding sounds together to blend words. In Numeracy we were learning about number 10. We used the rekenreks to find the different patterns of 10. In RME we spoke about the four seasons and went on a walk to find signs of Autumn. We also got together with P1 and Ms King to sing some Fischy music songs. On Thursday we took part in our Lepra fitness session. It was great fun. We enjoyed learning about equality during our assembly. Here are some of the children’s reflections:

Charley: “I found learning the p sound tricky.”

Coben: “I found counting to 10 tricky.”

Leighton: “I enjoyed playing Sumdog to help me learn about numbers.”

Isaac: “I found it tricky writing the sounds n and p.”

Murdo: “I found it tricky playing some of the games on Sumdog.”

Sevinc:  “I found it tricky playing Street Cars on Sumdog. I enjoyed playing the cake game.”

Rory: “I think playing Sumdog is easy.”

 

P1a Learning Reflection W/E 14th September

What another busy week for P1. I can’t believe that is us at the end of week number 4. This week we have been learning the sounds i and n and the tricky word of. On Wednesday, Mrs Aitken taught us how to clap out syllables in words. Almost everyone in the class has 2 syllables in their name! In writing we wrote about when we feel excited. In numeracy, we have been learning about number 8 and 9. We have also been practicing counting to 20 and recognising the number after. For IDL this week we worked in groups to re-tell the story of the Three Little Pigs through mime. In Science we were learning about smooth and rough materials. Here are the children’s reflections:

Ayden: I liked learning about numbers after.

Lois: I found it tricky to find numbers after a given number to 20

Charley: I found it challenging to find the number 2 more than.

Ziva: I enjoyed taking part in the Sumdog contest.

Sevinc: I liked learning from my mistakes.

Leighton: I found answering some questions on Sumdog tricky. I muddled it up.

Isaac: I found writing tricky.

Euan: I enjoyed learning about colour your world with kindness at assembly.

Leo: I found writing challenging this week.

Coben: I found counting to 10 and finding the number after tricky.

Sam: I enjoyed word building.

Murdo: I found writing challenging

Rory: I found Sumdog easy. It was fun!

Emma: I enjoyed the assembly about compassion.

 

P1a Learning Reflection W/E 7th September 2018

In P1 this week we learned 2 new sounds, d and t. We learned the tricky word the. In writing, we wrote about when we felt loved. On Wednesday we had two visitors Mrs Aitken and Mrs Garcia. They came to help us with our Colourful Consonants and Vowel House learning and will be visiting us on a Wednesday morning for a few weeks. In numeracy we continued exploring numbers and learned all about the numbers 6 and 7. In P.E, we played team games and on Tuesday we did yoga with Ms King’s class. For drama we explored the story of the Three Little Pigs and acted out building a house. On Friday we had a visitor in assembly who spoke to us about the work of the Charity Lepra. Here are the children’s thoughts on the week:

Charley: I enjoyed the assembly all about Leprosy

Euan: I liked singing the songs

Leighton: I enjoyed exploring number 6 and 7

Sam: I enjoyed Golden Time

Ayden: I have found forming number 3 tricky

Lois: I liked learning our new sounds d and t

Ziva: I enjoyed Golden Time

Isaac: I found it tricky learning d and t

Rory: I liked exploring the numbers 6 and 7. I could find different ways of making each number.

Sevinc: I liked writing the letters and numbers. I also enjoyed the assembly.

Leo: I liked golden time

Coben: I found exploring the numbers tricky

Murdo: I enjoyed hearing about Leprosy at assembly

Emma: I found writing very tricky.