This week in Literacy we have been learning the sounds igh and ow. We used these sounds to word build, complete a worksheet or word search and play a roll and read game. We learned a new tricky word it is are. In writing, we wrote about who is in our back up team. In numeracy we have been learning about sharing. We were sharing the treasure equally and fairly. We were learning about what it means to make a fair share.  We spoke about our window into learning for this term and we looked at our new learning profiles. We completed a wellbeing web where we thought about each of the 8 indicators – Safe, healthy, achieving, respected, responsible, nurtured, active and included.  In art we have been colouring in with crayons our roses and we added in paint to complete them. We also created a heart by finger painting and we cut out a heart shaped poem for Valentine’s Day. These will be displayed in the corridor and photo will be put on the blog and twitter when they are dry. In RME we listened to and discussed the story of Noah’s Ark. During circle time this week we had our reflection time about Keep Connected. We drew our back up team on a T Shirt. In P.E this week we continued to play team games and dodgeball. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Leo: “I found number talks hard this week. We were having to solve number sentences.”

Murdo: “I found it tricky cutting out the heart shaped poem.”

Emma: “I learned about the story of Noah’s Ark. There was a flood and the boat floated on the water.”

Sam: “I enjoyed learning about and looking at our Window into Learning.”

Ziva: “I liked using the crayons to colour my rose in.”

Lois: “I enjoyed learning about the story of Noah’s Ark. The animals went on in twos to the boat.”

Euan: “I enjoyed the nursery’s assembly on Valentine’s day.”

This week P1 have been learning long vowel sounds. We have learned the sounds ay and ee. We used these sounds to make words on our magnetic boards, taught ted, made real or nonsense words and wrote ay and ee words on a worksheet. We held a sentence in our heads then wrote it down. In writing we worked in pairs to write acrostic poems about winter. In Maths this week we have been learning to read o clock and half past times on both analogue and digital clocks. In art we were starting to recreate Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s iconic rose picture. In science we were looking at what we use water for and the water cycle. In P.E we were learning about team work. We were split into four teams and we had to collect beanbags and toys. The winning team was the team that collected the most toys and bean bags. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Ch: “I found it hard trying to draw the rose.”

Ziva: “I enjoyed learning the ee sound and doing the worksheet.”

Rory: “I found it hard to copy the rose design.”

Leighton: “I found it a bit tricky drawing the rose.”

Ayden: “I found it easy writing the times on the clocks during maths.”

Lois: “I found learning about time hard.”

Euan: “I found it easy writing the ‘ee’ sound.”

Friday again! Primary 1 have been working so hard. In science we have been learning about ice melting. We also enjoyed our workshop from Generation Science called Ready Teddy Go! where we learned about the different forces such as friction. We have been learning about the Chinese New Year and preparing for our assembly. We had to learn lines and a song. Thank you for coming to see our assembly. In maths we have been continuing to learn about time. We have learned the types of clock and now know what an analogue clock and digital clock is. We can name hands on an analogue clock. They are called the minute and hour hands. We know that when the minute hand is at the 12 then it is an o clock time. In literacy we have been practising our sounds and tricky words. In writing we wrote a describing sentence about Greyfriars Bobby. In P.E. we were making sequences using 2 shapes, a jump, a balance and a roll. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:
Lois: “I found it hard writing my sentence about Greyfriars Bobby.”
Ch: “I enjoyed our assembly about the Chinese New Year.”
Ziva: ” I enjoyed the Ready Teddy Go workshop and learning about forces.”
Sam: “Like Ziva I enjoyed the Ready Teddy Go workshop.”
Ayden: “I enjoyed our assembly.”
Isaac: “I enjoyed learning my lines for assembly.”
Leighton: “I enjoyed saying my words for assembly.”

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.”