Category Archives: Primary 1

General Information, Primary 1

P1 Week beginning 2.12.19

Thank you to all the parents who came to our music performance on Wednesday of this week.  It was so lovely for the children to share with you what they have been learning. The children had so much fun working with Dave Trouton on their listening and talking skills, and exploring instruments.

 

The children have been revising letter sounds this week as we have finished our first set of sounds, next week we begin the first set of complex sounds.

The children made some posters for our Nativity performance next week, here is a sample.

The children orally made up a story this week, which they will write and illustrate in their own books over a few weeks.

In maths they have been adding and subtracting within 10, using a variety of concrete materials, and some quiz questions about odd one out.

 

The children have been working on their sock snowmen over the last few weeks and this week checked that their eterprise gifts were ready, no snowman had lost an eye or nose before the Christmas fair!  They are excited to have them ready to sell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some of the children’s comments about their learning:

FW – I liked putting the pom-pom on my snowman.

IG – liked making the sock snowman although it was difficult to tie the scarf round his neck.

PP- the performance with Dave was fun.

SS – I liked playing my instrument.

IG– I was a bit nervous at the music with Dave,  but I’m ok now.  GG – me too.

And RC was so happy to receive her pupil of the week certificate

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Reflection 15.11.19

The children have had a very informative week as they were learning about Remembrance Day through watching a video clip with rabbits (here’s the link so you can have a look too https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/poppies); learned about WW2 during P6s assembly and we talked about Children in Need too.  We have not supported Children in Need this year because we feel we have supported so many other charities recently and it is just not possible to support them all.  The children are hoping we can support Children in Need next year and some are looking forward to watching Pudsey on the tv tonight.

In literacy this week we learned the sounds ‘y’ and ‘w’ and enjoyed sharing our learning with some of our mums and dads during our PATPAL session, thanks to those who came along.

In numeracy this week we have been talking about greater than and less than when comparing numbers and groups of objects.  We have been developing our ability to talk about numbers by looking at dot patterns and trying to explain our thinking of how we see the patterns in Number Talks.  We’ve also been adding and subtracting within ten.

With Mrs Anderson we have been talking about Friendship and made some super posters for Mrs Mill’s Anti-Bullying Poster Competition.  I bet Mrs Mill has a difficult decision trying to choose some winners!

This week we have also been making our craft objects to sell at the Christmas Fair which is on Saturday 7th December and we have started practising the songs for our nativity.  Next week we will allocate parts and start to practise our acting.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Reflection

Despite all the excitement of Halloween, we’ve had a really busy week learning lots of new things following a Halloween theme.

In numeracy, we have been counting objects you might find at Halloween, putting groups in size order from smallest to biggest and biggest to smallest.  We also talked about positional language to develop our understanding of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th and learned about lines of symmetry.  Mrs Anderson and Mrs Clyne were amazed at how well we were able to draw the other half of given shapes!

In literacy we have learned the sounds r  and ck.  We did lots of activities to learn these sounds but our favourite was watching Alphablocks.  If you get a chance at home perhaps you could watch some Alphablocks too.  We have also been talking about sequencing and learning to put words in the right order to make sentences and put sentences in the right order to make instructions.  To help us think about sequencing we made jam sandwiches one step at a time.  The best bit was when we got to eat them.

In Health and Wellbeing, we have been discussing What is a friend? and How can I be a good friend?  The children worked beautifully in pairs to sort out cards which showed friendly and unfriendly behaviours and we’ve have some great discussions this week.

In Science we talked about seasons and the different weather that each season brings.

This week I asked the children to answer the question What is one new thing you have learned this week?, here are some of their responses:-

Isla “We learned the sound r. R makes the words rose, racket and Ruby.”

Georgie “How to be a good friend.”

Elise “How to be nice and respect my friends.”

Cole “To be respectful.”

Lochlann “I learned how to be compassionate to my friends.”

Felicity “How to be kind and share.”

Sophie “Keeping safe.”

Zac “Being nice and sharing.”

Ruby “Sharing is caring.”

Nieve “We used cotton buds to make a skeleton.”

Have a lovely weekend and stay safe if you are attending a Bonfire and Fireworks Display.

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Reflection 25.10.19

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to class this week and hear all their stories about their holiday week.  It has been a busy week in class as we welcomed Mrs Anderson and Mrs Platt.  Mrs Anderson will be working with us for the next 5 weeks and Mrs Platt will be working in the class for the foreseeable future.  We also had a visit from Mrs Taylor who was having a wee break from P5.

In literacy we have learned two new sounds this week, h and sh.  We made some tricky words out of playdough, searched for sounds in the sand and sorted them, we told Ted how to write the sounds and we were building words using the magnetic letters.  In writing we were using some of our tricky words and verbs (lives, eats and drinks) to help us write sentences about our pets.

In maths, we were creating patterns using numbers, colours and people.  Here’s some photos, can you spot the pattern we’ve created in our line?

We also talked about the number 4 using a Five Frame and talked about different ways to make 4.  Some people were able to tell us some take away sums as well as adding.

In literacy we read the story of The Little Red Hen and we talked about sequencing and thought about the characters in the story.  We drew a picture of our favourite character from the story.

In PE, we developed our hand-eye coordination and throwing and catching skills and were trying to challenge ourselves to make the activities harder.  We used materials like cones, hula hoops, bean bags and balls to practise throwing and catching.

Yesterday we welcomed Clachan Wullie back to school after his adventures on the Big Bucket Trail over the summer.  Hayley from the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity told us more about the work of the charity and we will be thinking of some good ideas to raise money to help the charity.  Watch this space!

 

General Information, Primary 1

P1 Weekly Reflection 4.10.19

This has been another busy week as we learned the sounds k, u and b.  We began to use the school’s newly purchased PM Writing resource to support our writing.  We were looking at a picture of Peep, the Pet Bird and talking about what we could see then naming these things.  We looked at the sounds in the words and then talked about why saying the words on their own did not make sense.  We then talked about making sentences and the children worked together to create the following:-

The girl has a pet bird.  The bird drinks water.  The bird eats seeds.  The bird is yellow.  The cage is white. The bird is cute.  The bird looks beautiful.

The children were so proud of their efforts and we talked about the capital letter at the start of a sentence and the full stop at the end.  Perhaps you could look for some capital letters and full stops in books at home?

In numeracy and maths this week we have been looking at patterns with colours and numbers.  The children were very good at creating their own patterns with colour and thinking about the patterns on the bodies of zoo animals too.  We have also been working on counting forwards and backwards within 20 and thinking about the number before and after.  Please continue to practise this at home.

In PE this week the children have continued to develop their listening skills and ability to follow instructions by playing Traffic Lights.

Here are some of the children’s comments about their learning this week:-

Georgie “I learned the sound b.  Bat starts with b.”

Lucia “I like the sound b too.”

Elloise “With Dave we did songs that are similar to the movies.”

Cole “I liked making 10 to 20 in my numbers.”

Albert “I remember number 8 and I got stickers for my writing.”

Isla “Learning b, bat, bed, book and bell”

Zac “I liked writing the story about Peep the pet bird.  It was terrific.”

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Reflection

What a busy week!  We have been learning the sounds o and c and talking a lot about rhyming words.  Dave from Wee Story, Big Sound project brought in his shopping and we talked about the rhyming items he had bought; grape/tape, jam/ham, bananas/sultanas, cheese/peas and bread/chocolate spread.  We also listened to Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and played at being word detectives as we tried to find the rhyming words.

In numeracy we have been counting forwards and backwards to 10 and 20 and trying to order these numbers correctly.  We also talked about the patterns we spotted when we look at writing 1 and 11, 2 and 12, 3 and 13 and so on.  We have begun to talk about the number before and number after.

In our Health work we have begun to develop our understanding of the Wellbeing Web and talk about the wellbeing indicators; Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible and Included.  We talked about ways we can keep ourselves and others safe within the classroom, perhaps you could talk about ways you stay safe at home?

This morning we held our very first Curriculum Cafe and it was great to have so many parents come along and chat to the children about their learning.  The children also commented on how they like this experience.

Isla “I Liked showing my mum and dad my work!”

Georgie “I liked to see my mum, dad and little brother.  I telled them about some of my learning.”

Sophie “I liked the cafe with my mum.”

Zac “It was good showing my mum my picture of my lego.”

Albert “I liked showing mummy my letters.”

Sophie “I think it is good to show mummy my work.”

Elloise “I liked talking about my learning with my mummy.”

Have a lovely weekend.

Class Posts, Primary 1

P1 weekly Reflection 20.09.19

This week has been a short week but we have still learned two sounds, p  and  g.  Yesterday we had great fun making pirate hats and reading a story about pirates, the weather was nice so we read our story in the garden.

This week we have been focusing on number 2.

Today the minister was talking to us about being compassionate and he told us the story of The Good Samaritan.  Mrs Clyne then reminded us about the Shoebox Appeal and the children are bringing home leaflets about this today.  If you would like to take part in the Shoebox Appeal, please hand your filled shoebox to the school office by Friday 1st November.

Here are some of the things the children have enjoyed this week:-

Cole “I enjoyed when we made pirate hats.”

Ruby “Making the priate hats was fun!”

Emelia “I liked it when we were making the girl with the curly hair.”

Elise “I liked when I was playing with Emeila and Sahasra in the house corner.”

Felicity “I liked when we read stories in the garden.”

Sophie “I liked going outside with my best friend Eva.”

Nieve “I liked making the girl with nice hair.”

Isla “I liked playing with Elise, Nieve, Eva, Sophie and Lucia in the house.”

Zac “I liked playing with Lochlann and Cole in the building site.”

Lochlann “I liked playing with Zac with the cars and the blocks.”

Penelope “I liked playing with Georgie and Ruby.”

Georgie “I liked playing with Penelope and Ruby outside at break time and lunch time.”

Lucia “I liked playing with my friends.”

I hope everyone has a lovely holiday weekend.

General Information, Primary 1

P1 Weekly Reflection 13.9.19

In Primary One this week we have been learning the sounds i and n.  We have begun to build words with the sounds we have learnt so far (m, a, d, t, s, i, n), perhaps you could practise building some words at home?

In numeracy we have been learning about the numbers 8 and 9.  We have been counting lots of objects around the classroom and we have been forming our numbers in the sand, showing teddy how to write them on whiteboards and making them with playdough.  We have also been singing and dancing to some number songs, perhaps you’d like to have a listen at home! Here’s a few links:

In our topic work we have been developing our understanding of families and in particular, babies.  We would like to give a very special welcome from all of P1 to Isla’s new sisters, Freya and Emmie.  We hope to meet you very soon.

This week we also watched Jessie and Friends where we learned what to do if we are watching videos online and we see something that we don’t like and gives us a funny feeling in our tummy.  We know that we must tell an adult who will help to make it go away.

Have a lovely holiday weekend and I look forward to seeing the children back in school on Wednesday.