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Primary 1

P1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 29th October 2021

Good afternoon. P1 have been very busy this week. In Literacy we have learned the sounds ‘l’ and ‘h’ and the red word so. We made lambs, played roll and read, practised our letter formation with playdough and sorted objects beginning with these sounds.

In Maths this week we have been learning about 2D shapes and 3D objects. We have explored the properties of these shapes and why they are 2D or 3D. We sorted 3D objects into different categories such as will stack or will roll, played I spy the 3D object, created 2D shape pictures and played Shape Monsters on the computers.

P1 thoroughly enjoyed our Halloween fun day on Friday. We made 2D witches, did a skeleton dance, tried to pin a spider on a web and lots more. Here are a few of the children’s highlights:

“I enjoyed painting a house.”

“It was fun dressing up as Cinderella.”

“I enjoyed dressing up as a witch.”

“I liked playing with the cars on the floor.”

“I enjoyed dressing up and playing Scratch with our buddies.”

“My highlight was seeing our buddies and playing a game with them yesterday.”

“I had so much fun on Halloween day like drawing the witch and colouring it and dancing.”

“I liked cutting out the shapes on Halloween.”

“I enjoyed making a birthday card and the monster dancing.”

“I liked seeing all the costumes.”

“I Enjoyed the Lego and making rockets.”

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Maclachlan

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Learning Reflection Week Ending 24/9/21

Good Afternoon

P1 have had a very busy but short week. In Literacy we learned the sound ‘o’ and practised the tricky word said. We made an octopus using Cheerios, taught ted how to write ‘o’ and played I Spy. I n Numeracy we have continued to explore one more than and one less than. We made towers with Lego to show our number, one more/one less than our number, used seeds to count out one more than/less than our flashcard and played the more than/less than frog game. With Mrs Clyne on Wednesday afternoon we learned about seed dispersal and made our own paper sycamore helicopters. We had great fun flying them at the park. In P.E this week we working on our hand eye coordination by throwing and catching small balls. We also played duck. duck goose. On Friday morning we got to design our own mug and cupcake during our MacMillan coffee morning. Here are  the children’s highlights from the week:

Finlay – “I have enjoyed playing in the garden centre and doing the Spiderman jigsaw.”

Angus – “I like playing in the garden centre and I enjoyed making our helicopters with Mrs Clyne.”

Mitchell –“My highlight is everything we have done this week.”

Ayaat –“I enjoyed everything.”

Lyla – “I liked designing my own cupcake.”

Aaron – “The best bit was designing my cupcake and mug.”

Matthew –“I enjoyed flying my helicopter.”

Emily –“I enjoyed playing and adding in things to our garden centre like making flowers.”

Jessica – “I enjoyed everything.”

Ishanvi – “I liked designing my own cupcake.”

Gracie –“I enjoyed designing my cup and cupcake.”

Emma – “I liked designing my cupcake and mug and eating a cupcake.”

Orlaith – “It was fun getting to design a cupcake and a mug.”

Leo- “It was fun flying our helicopters.”

David –“I liked learning ‘o’ sound and making an octopus.”

Have a good weekend.

Miss Maclachlan

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Learning Reflection Week Ending 17/9/21

Good Afternoon. P1 have settled in well to school. This week we have been learning the sounds ‘p’ and ‘g’ and the common word ‘said’. We have played games, made a parrot and a giraffe and taught ted how to write the sounds. In Numeracy we learned all about the number 10 – how to make it, what it looks likes and the different ways to make 10. We have also been learning about one more than and one less than. During our Outdoor learning we have been talking about seeds and planting them this led us to change our house corner into a garden centre. We are loving playing in it and selling seeds and flowers. On Thursday afternoon we spent time with our P7 buddies hunting for flowers with numbers on them to 20. We then created a big numberline. Here are  the children’s highlights of the week:

Finlay – “I enjoyed making a birthday cake out of bricks for the school. I liked making our garden centre.”

Aaron –“I enjoyed making a giraffe and meeting my buddies.”

Emily – “I liked counting with my buddy and ordering the flowers.”

Emma –“It was fun making our garden centre”

Matthew –“I liked seeing my buddies in the garden.”

Lyla – “I loved seeing my buddy.”

Leo – “I enjoyed making a birthday cake and card.”

Isha – “I liked making a card copying writing and balloons.”

Angus –“I enjoyed P.E and making a birthday card for the school.”

Jessica –“I enjoy playing games at P.E “

Gracie – “I enjoyed playing tig during P.E and spending time with my P7 buddy looking for and ordering numbers.”

Orla – “I enjoyed hunting the numbers in the garden with my buddies.”

Mitchell – “I liked making the garden centre.”

Mia – “I enjoyed helping set up our garden centre.”

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Maclachlan

Primary 2/1

P2/1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 14th May 2021

Good Afternoon. In Literacy, P1 have been learning the a-e and i-e split digraphs. We have been teaching ted how to write a-e words, wrote i-e words underneath pictures and played roll and read. P2 have been learning about adding the suffix ing to words. We wrote spelling sentences and found –ing words in a word search. In writing we wrote a description of our friends. We looked at the structure of a description. A description has a title, introduction, characteristics and evaluation.

In Maths P1 and P2 have been exploring measure. We have been measuring the height and size of different things. We measured dinosaur footprints to see which was the biggest and which was the smallest. We measured lots of different items around the classroom. P1 used non-standard units such as gems, counters etc. P2 used non-standard units then measured with a ruler to see how many centimetres long items were.

For outdoor learning on Tuesday we explored living and non-living things. We made a Venn diagram then we climbed some trees. In Science with Miss Whigham we were planting sunflower seeds. We also looked at road safety and where it is safe to cross.

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed measuring.”

“I enjoyed doing my word search.”

“I enjoyed being the most respectful class of the week.”

“I enjoyed getting the award from Miss Hamilton.”

“I enjoyed learning a-e split diagraph.”

“I enjoyed everything.”

“I liked learning about the i-e split diagraph.”

“I enjoyed doing the word search.”

Primary 2/1

P2/1 Learning Reflection Week Ending 30th April 2021

Good Afternoon. In Literacy, P1 have been reading our books and answering the questions about our books. We have explored the ‘ar’ and ‘or’ sounds through word searches, word building, sorting ar words into a piggy bank and playing roll and read. P2 have been exploring plurals. We have learned that you can change a singular noun into a plural by adding a s. We wrote plurals in rainbow writing, looked for them in a word search and cracked a spelling code. We looked at the strategy of understanding the meaning of words to help us with our comprehension when reading. In writing we read describing sentences from which we then drew monsters. We are going to be focusing on the genre of description this term.

In Numeracy P1 have been exploring odd and even numbers. We have learned that even numbers always have a friend and with odd numbers there is always one left out. Even numbers are numbers that end in a 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8. Odd numbers end in 1, 3,5,7,9. We have completed worksheets and played games. P2 have been exploring fractions. We have explored making, colouring and finding halves of shapes and numbers. We discovered that halving is the opposite of doubling. We have completed worksheets and games.

For outdoor learning on Tuesday we explored the seasons. We then looked for signs of spring and played corners. In Science with Miss Whigham we were learning about what plants need to grow. Plants need water, light, heat and soil. Today we had an assembly.  The assembly was about the value of respect.

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I have enjoyed returning to gymnastics after school. I enjoyed the reading comprehension about Tex Rex.”

“I enjoyed exploring halving this week.”

“I enjoyed learning about spring during outdoor learning.”

“I liked learning about what plants need in science.”

“I was looking for signs of spring in the woods.”

“I enjoyed our fitness routines during P.E.”

“I liked P.E and our exercising. I am enjoying my football after school.”

“I loved science.”

“I have enjoyed reading this week.”