The weeks are sure flying in. P1 have had another busy week working hard and learning lots. In literacy we learned the sounds y and w. We taught ted how to write these sounds, built words such as web with them and completed a word search with y words in it. In writing we created a poster advertising our nativity. Our poster had to include a detailed picture, the title of our nativity, where and when it is happening. Some of our posters are displayed around the school. In number talks we have been continuing to learn about skip counting and recognising a visual pattern. This week we counted in 5s as well as 10s. We have been using Numicon to support our learning about subtraction within in 10. In Science we made pop up penguins. We have been continuing to practise for our nativity and are ready for our dress rehearsal on Monday 10th December and our two performances to our parents, first of all on Tuesday 11th December at 2.30pm and then on Wednesday 12th December at 10am. Tickets are available from Mrs Young at the office. Here are a few of the children’s reflections from the week:

Isaac:”I found writing the letter w tricky.”

Ch: “I enjoyed creating a poster for our Nativity Whoops-a-Daisy Angel.”

Euan: ” I enjoyed writing the letter w.”

Lois: ” I enjoyed writing the letter y.”

Rory: ” I enjoyed learning how to write the letters y and w.”

Sam: “I found it tricky writing w.”

Murdo: “I also found it difficult to write w.”

Ayden: ” I enjoyed writing the letter w.”

Another busy work here for P1a. We have been learning the diagraphs ch and th and the tricky word all. In writing we were using our sounds to write about our favourite toy. In numeracy, we have been learning how to skip count in 10s. We have also been learning how to take away. We know that when you take away the number gets smaller. Every day we have been continuing to practise for our nativity. Our acting, singing and playing of instruments is coming along nicely. We attended a very special assembly on Thursday afternoon when the school was presented with their third gold flag. We have finished our ornaments for the Christmas fair. Our Santa ornaments are available to buy from Miss Maclachlan and our stars, Christmas trees and snowflakes ornaments will be available at the fair on Saturday 1st December. Here are some of the children’s reflections:

Leighton: ” I enjoyed learning the diagraph th and the tricky word all.”

Isaac: ” I found it tricky learning the diagraph ch.”

Ch: ” I found it tricky to make words with the diagraph th.”

Lois:” I found it tricky to learn and say the diagraph th”

Ziva:” I enjoyed learning the diagraph ch.”

Euan:” I found it tricky writing the new diagraphs.”

Coben:”I found the diagraph th tricky.”

P1a have been very busy making Santa hand print ornaments. The children can purchase their ornament on Friday 30th November. They cost £2. We have made other ornaments which can be purchased at the school fair on Saturday 1st December.

In writing this week we wrote about a magic button and what it could do. We read One Button Benny which was in book bug bag and this inspired our writing lesson. We learned the sounds j and v. We thought of words with these sounds then made them on our magnetic boards and then wrote them down. We made jellyfish and volcanoes. We revised our tricky words. In Maths, we have been collecting, representing and answering questions about pictograms, tally charts and bar graphs. We made our own pictogram of eye colour, a tally chart of our favourite pets and a bar graph of our favourite book. We looked at toys and had to sort old and new toys.  In P.E, we played duck duck goose and dodgeball. We have been busy practising for our nativity in the hall as well this week. Our enterprise is nearly finished and pictures will be available shortly. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Murdo: “I found it tricky to write the letter v.”

Euan: “I enjoyed learning about pictograms and in particular colouring in an eye for our pictogram.”

Sevinc: “I enjoyed learning about ways to represent data like pictograms.”

Leo:” I found it tricky when writing the letter j.”

Coben: “I found counting tally marks tricky.”

Rory: “I found it easy learning about j and v.”

Ziva: “I enjoyed doing tally marks and the volcanoes.”

Another busy but quick week in P1. We started our enterprise for the Christmas fair. In Literacy we have learned the sounds sh and r. We made words with these sounds and learned how to write the sound r. We learned the tricky word so. In writing, we used our sounds to help us write a sentence about our buddies. Some of us wrote about our P7 buddy and some of us wrote about our P4 reading buddy. In Numeracy we have been continuing to learn our number bonds to 10. We are getting really good at recalling these facts. In health we listened to the story “The Dot” then we painted our own dot pictures and we made dots with our picture on one side and why we are special on the other side. In Science, we were learning about things that move and discussed what would be dangerous to stop. We have also been working hard with P1 and P2 on our nativity. We got given our parts and have been practising really hard.

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Euan: “I found it tricky learning the sound r.”

Ziva:” I enjoyed learning our letters this week.”

Isaac: “I found it tricky writing the letter r.”

Leighton: ” I enjoyed learning my number bonds to 10.”

Sam:”I enjoyed learning the sound sh.”

Emma:”I enjoyed making our Christmas enterprise.”

Murdo: ” I found learning the sound sh tricky.”

Another busy week in P1. We have been working hard during our phonics lessons with Miss Fraser. We learned two new sounds l and h. We also learned the tricky word you. We made words with these sounds, taught ted how to write them, made a lamb and a horse. In numeracy we have been learning about number bonds. We have been focusing on adding numbers together that make 10. Can you remember any pairs of  numbers that make 10? We have also been outdoors twice this week. On Tuesday we went for a lovely autumn walk to the church and around the local area. We looked at the beautiful poppy tree for remembrance Sunday. We were lucky enough to get to go in the church and see the beautiful display of poppies in there. Photos to follow on twitter. We created rubbings of leaves once back in class. Primary 1 and primary 2 have also been practising for our nativity. In Science we were learning about push and pull forces. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Ayden: “I enjoyed learning my number bonds to 10.”

Ziva: “I found it tricky writing l and h.”

Leighton: “I enjoyed learning how to say the sound l.”

Isaac: “I found writing the letter h tricky.”

Ch: I enjoyed our walk to the church and learning about what the poppy is for. They are for remembering the people who died during the wars.”

Lois: “I found writing the h tricky.”

Euan: “I found our two sounds this week tricky.”

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.”

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.”

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

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.”