What a busy week P1 have had. In Literacy this week we have learned two split diagraphs. They are i-e and o-e. We used these sounds to make and write words, looked for words in a word search and played roll and read. In numeracy, we were solving problems using the look for a pattern strategy. Also we practised adding and subtracting within 20. We learned more about Oor Wullie this week and created our own comic strip adventures to be considered for decorating the school’s Oor Wullie statue. We enjoyed listening to some of Oor Wullie’s adventures. In art we got the opportunity to draw daffodils. Our first project of the term is going to be about nature. This was our choice. We brainstormed what we knew about nature and what we would like to learn. We have a new star of the week. It is Leighton. On Friday we enjoyed Primary 7’s assembly on sport and why it is important. Hope you have a lovely long weekend. Here are a few of the children’s reflections on their learning:

Lois: “I enjoyed learning the i-e and o-e sounds.”

Ch: “I enjoyed P7’s assembly on sport.”

Murdo: “I enjoyed the assembly and singing the Eye of the Tiger.”

Ayden: “I enjoyed the assembly.”

Leighton: “I learned that sport is important.”

Rory: “I enjoyed paying Leighton a compliment and drawing his star.”

Isaac: “I enjoyed learning the i-e sound.”

Euan: “I enjoyed thinking about what I wanted to learn and getting to choose the project.”

Welcome back. I hope you have had a lovely holiday. Primary 1 have had a busy week. This week we were visited by Emma from the PDSA, who spoke to us about what a dog, cat and a rabbit need. She helped us to get Pet wise. We also had a visit from Jacqueline who works for the Children’s hospital charity. She spoke to us about the Oor Wullie trail. We are going to get the opportunity to help decorate our own Oor Wullie which will be part of the trail. This week our focus for number talks has been finding doubles and near doubles in ten frames. We have also continued problem solving by looking for and continuing patterns. In literacy we have practised our sounds and tricky words. We learned two new tricky words saw and want. In writing we wrote about our holidays. We wrote two sentences and some of us even used a connective. We had our star of the week circle time. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Sevinc: “I enjoyed Mrs Mill’s assembly about respecting yourself.”

Leighton: “I enjoyed listening to Jacqueline and learning about Oor Wullie.”

Lois: “Same as Leighton.”

Ch: “I enjoyed number talks about doubles and near doubles.”

Rory: “I enjoyed the Oor Wullie assembly like Leighton.”

Sam: “Same as Rory, I enjoyed the Oor Wullie assembly.”

Isaac: “I enjoyed doing our number talks.”

What a quick week where P1 have continued to work hard. In literacy we have learned the split a-e diagraph and the tricky word like. We played roll and read, taught ted a-e words and made words on our magnetic boards. In numeracy, we have been playing games such as give the dog a bone where we have to find numbers on a hundred square. We also completed our Flag Day problem solving. We saw P6 and P7 show Rock Bottom. P6 and P7 were fantastic and we thoroughly enjoyed the show. On Thursday we went litter picking with our P7 buddies. With our P4 reading buddies we got crafty. We made chicks hatching out of eggs. In art we designed a patterned Easter egg. In RME we heard the Easter story and re-sequenced it. On Thursday afternoon we went to the church service. Have a lovely holiday.

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Euan: “I found it tricky writing a-e words.”

Ziva: “I enjoyed Rock Bottom.”

Ch: “   I enjoyed P6 and P7 show Rock Bottom. My favourite part was when my buddy turned into a baby.”

Ayden: “I found it tricky writing a-e words like Ayden.”

Lois: “I enjoyed Rock Bottom. My favourite part was when Lady Lava turned into a baby.”

Rory: “I liked Rock Bottom.”

Leighton: “I enjoyed Rock Bottom. My favourite part was when my brother was on stage.”

Sam: “I loved the show.”

P1a have had another busy week of learning. In literacy, we learned two new diagraphs ea and oi. Our tricky word this week was is. We wrote ea and oi words, rolled dice to make real and non-sense words, made words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. For writing we wrote about why our granny’s are special. In numeracy this week we continued to explore odd and even numbers through sorting and playing games. We also learned how to solve a problem using the look for a pattern and make a list strategy. In number talks we were looking at making adding and subtracting sentences using the numbers 2, 5, 7 and 9. We have continued to learn about Katie Morag. We listened to the story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted and we had to make predictions about what was going to happen. We designed a new tartan skirt for Katie Morag. Sevinc is our new star of the week. We each had to pay Sevinc a compliment. With Mrs Fraser we went outside and collected some things to make a plant collage. We took a white board and a pen and looked in the garden to find things and had to create tally chart. We enjoyed the ELC’s assembly about Mother’s Day. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Emma: “I found it tricky writing about my gran.”

Leo: “I found it tricky writing my sentences about my gran.”

Isaac: “I enjoyed learning the oi sound. I also enjoyed the ELC’s assembly on Mother’s Day.”

Sevinc: “I enjoyed making my mum a surprise for Mother’s day. I enjoyed drawing myself on a star.”

Ziva: “I enjoyed writing about my Grandma.”

Leighton: “I enjoyed Lochlann’s assembly.”

Sam: “I enjoyed learning the ea sound.”

Murdo: “I found it tricky writing and drawing my granny.”

P1a have been working very hard this week. In numeracy we have been exploring odd and even numbers. We know that the odd numbers have a 1,3,5,7, or 9 in them and that the even numbers have a 0, 2, 4,6 or 8 in them. Even numbers all have a mate. We explored the odd and even pattern by sorting using numicon, feeding Mr Todd and Mr Steven , colouring odd cupcakes blue and even cupcakes red. In number talks this week Miss Maclachlan set us a challenge. She gave us the numbers 2, 4, 6 and 8 and we then had to try and think of as many number sentences as we could using these numbers e.g. 2+4=6. Can you think of anymore? In literacy this week we having been revising the diagraphs learned in set 2. We made words with these diagrams, taught ted how to spell words and did word searches with the ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, ar, or, ir, air, ou and oy diagraphs. For writing this week we worked in partners and wrote an acrostic poem about Spring. Before we wrote our poems we had a discussion about the season spring and how we know when it is spring. We enjoyed listening to the story about Katie Morag and the Wedding this week. We had a big discussion about things that happen during a wedding and the people involved. We also watched a wee clip of a Muslim wedding to look for similarities and differences in weddings. In P.E we are continuing to work on our team building skills and in particular co-operation. In Science with Mrs Fraser we were learning about what flowers need to grow. They need time, water, soil, light and air. We coloured in a flower and glued on the different bits of the flower.

Our jotters are coming home today for us to share our learning with you. Please could our jotters be brought back to school with us on Monday. Thank you.

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Euan: “I enjoyed revising oy words.”

Ayden: “ I am the same as Euan. I enjoyed practising oy words.”

Ziva: “ I found it tricky writing the word are.”

Leighton: “ I found it easy exploring odd and even numbers.”

Lois: “ I enjoyed working with Mrs Aitken. We were making ai and oa words.”

Sam: “ I enjoyed Science.”

Leo: “ The same as Sam. I drew my favourite flower.”

Isaac: “I enjoyed P4’s assembly on leadership.”

P1 have had a busy week. We listened to the story of Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers. We looked at and discussed the types of transport we saw. We drew pictures of the different types of transport. In literacy we learned two new sounds ou and oy. We told ted, completed a worksheet, played a roll and read game and used our magnetic boards to make ou or oy words. In writing, we created our own heroes and villains. We then wrote a description about them. In numeracy, we have been adding and subtracting to make 20. We played games with our number spinners and wrote number sentences. On Wednesday we had our star of the week circle time. Our new star of the week is Isaac. On Friday we went to P5 assembly where we were learning about Fairtrade. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Leighton: “I enjoyed the songs during the Fairtrade assembly.”

Ch: “I really enjoyed the whole of P5’s assembly.”

Ziva: “I enjoyed playing the alphabet shopping game.”

Lois: “I am the same as Ziva. I enjoyed the alphabet shopping game.”

Isaac: “I enjoyed doing number bonds to 20.”

Euan: “I enjoyed learning the sound oy.”

Rory: “I enjoyed Primary 5’s assembly.”

Ayden: “I found it easy making ou words.”

Friday again! In P1 we have been continuing with number talks. We were asked how to make 20 and then we discussed all the different ways of making 20. In maths we have been continuing to learn about halves. We made pizzas on paper using halving of ingredients, made towers of certain numbers and then worked out what half of the amount was. We have started looking at giving change from 10p. We had our own shop, played two games one called coin exchange and the other one change please.  In Literacy we learned the new sounds ar and or and we learned a new tricky word which was we. We made and wrote words with these sounds in them. We played roll and read game. In writing we described Katie Morag. We learned what an adjective is and used adjectives to write a sentence about Katie Morag. With Mrs Fraser in science we were learning about flowers. We spoke about what plants give you, made flowers labelling the different parts of them and planted our own bean seeds. Someone has a daily job now of checking on the beans and watering them if they need it. In IDL we listened to another Katie Morag story and then drew a map of her island. In music we found the beat of a song and kept it. We also learned the song wind the bobbin up. Here are a few reflections:

Leighton: “I came up with a funny word, snore.”

Isaac: “I enjoyed writing the sound or. It was tricky saying or.”

Ayden: “I found it tricky when writing or. It was hard to keep my letters the same size.”

Lois: “I felt the same as Isaac. It was tricky saying the or sound.”

Ch: “I enjoyed doing number talks and thinking about ways to make 20.

Sam: “I found it easy to write the sound or.”

Euan: “I enjoyed writing the tricky words.”

P1a will be going outside with Primary 4 tomorrow for some outdoor learning. Please ensure your child comes to school with a warm jacket, hat, gloves(if needed) and suitable footwear.

Thank you very much

Miss Maclachlan

Hope you had a lovely long weekend. Although it was a short week P1 have worked very hard. In Literacy we have learned the vowel diagraph oo. We brainstormed and made lots of different words with the oo sound on our magnetic boards. We taught ted how to write oo words such as zoo. In numeracy we continued to explore fair sharing by playing a game called make it fair and having a teddy bears picnic. We also learned what a half is by using paper. In P.E on Wednesday we played different games such as traffic lights. It was good to run around. We had our star of the week circle time and our new star of the week is Euan. In music we listened to a lullaby and then had fun finding the beat and keeping it in different ways such as clicking our fingers. On Thursday afternoon we listened to a story about Katie Morag and discovered that she lived on the Isle of Struay which can be found on a map of Scotland as the isle of Coll. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Lois: “I found it hard learning the oo sound.”

Isaac: “I enjoyed our number talks.”

Ziva: “I enjoyed sharing out the picnic items fairly to the teddies.”

Sam: “I enjoyed being a class helper and going for the milk.”

Coben: “I found it tricky sharing equally during the teddy bears picnic.”

Ch: “I enjoyed learning about Katie Morag.”

Leighton: “I enjoyed listening to the story and learning about Katie Morag.”