P1 have had a great time so far during fitness fortnight. We have enjoyed basketball, sports day, football, fun run, meeting our new teacher, gold award movie, judo and a drama workshop.

Here are some photos from our fun so far:

We have had a couple of very busy weeks recently in Primary 1. We had a busy week preparing and practicing for our assembly on the Life Cycle of a Butterfly. We had our trip to Mill Farm which was fantastic. Photos to follow later. Last week we were learning about i and o magic e sounds. We made words such as bike and home. In writing we wrote about our trip to Mill Farm. In Maths we have been exploring money. We have been taking part in various activities such as count up where we have been counting with money and coin exchange where we have been making values such as 3p which don’t have their own coins. In IDL, We were set a challenge by the friendly dragon. He asked us to build a 3D model of what we thought he looked liked. We could use Lego, play dough or the bricks. On Tuesday we had outdoor learning with Mrs Murdoch. Here are a few of the children’s reflections on their learning:

Lewis: It was quite challenging to make a dragon out of Lego.

Aiden: I found learning the magic e sounds easy.

Alanice: It was easy to learn o magic e.

Jan: I learned why magic e is magical.

Calum: It was easy to work together to make a dragon.

Anya: I liked working with Mrs Murdoch. We were putting objects on a map.

This week we have been learning about the Life Cycle of the Butterfly. We had to cut out pictures and stick them in the right order. The life cycle of a butterfly goes like this eggs then caterpillars then cocoon and lastly they become butterflies. In Maths, we have been learning about symmetry. We have learned what symmetrical means by creating our own symmetrical butterflies and symmetrical towers. In Literacy, we learned the sound a magic e. We built and wrote a magic e words. We held a sentence, our sentence was I can see three green sheep. The nursery came to visit on Tuesday. We made crowns and played with them. In Science we discussed the result of our experiment from last week and planted our own bean stalks. Here are our thoughts about our learning this week:

Mathew: I found it tricky to complete the life cycle of a butterfly worksheet.

Lewis: I enjoyed and found it easy to put the life cycle of a butterfly together.

Pola: I found it easy to cut, stick and colour the life cycle of a butterfly.

Jaxon: I found learning the a magic e sound and completing the missing words on the sheet tricky.

Aiden: I enjoyed finding out who was write with their prediction and then planting my own bean stalk.

Calum: I enjoyed planting my own bean stalk and cannot wait to see it grow.

Anya: I liked planting my bean stalk. I know it will need light, heat and water to grow.

Cali: I liked ordering the life cycle of a butterfly.

This week we have learned ‘ea’ and ‘oi’ diagraphs. We used these sounds to word build. In writing we were describing the friendly dragon using wow words. We also did our hold a sentence. In numeracy and maths we have been learning and using positional language such as forwards to describe where something was or to direct BeeBot to a certain place. In science we are carrying out an experiment. We have planted magic beans in three pots. The first pot is in sun and has had a drink of water. The second pot is in the sun but with no water and the last pot is in the dark with no water. We are going to find out the best growing conditions so we can grow a beanstalk. With Mr Stewart on Tuesday we were practicing for sports day.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Aiden: I enjoyed all my learning this week.

Pola: I found pinching the new sounds in words and during hold a sentence tricky.

Mathew:I found hold a sentence tricky this week.

Anya; I enjoyed science and thinking about what plants need to grow.

Alanice: I enjoyed science and predict that the pot in the dark will only grow a tiny bit.

James: I enjoyed all my learning. I really enjoyed practicing for sports day.