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The children all seem to have benefited from lots of fresh air and sunshine during the Easter break. I was amazed at how much taller they all looked after the holiday! This week has been short but very busy! Our literacy focus was to revise our learned sounds. We are now learning set 3 sounds, the children are learning that there is another way to read and spell words, same sound different spelling! So far we have learned: ee as in see, ea as in tea, oy as in toy, oi as in join, ay as in play and a-e as in make. In numeracy the children have been using 10 and 20 frames to help add and subtract an amount. Our numbertalk focus has been doubles and near doubles on a Rekenrek. The children all enjoyed a STEM lesson with Miss Greig, they had to design and build a boat to help save Tiddler!

Ms King x

Children’s learning comments:

Subhan – I made a boat with Charley we had a net to catch the fish and it floated.

Hiba – Me and Teria made a sparkly boat/car with lots of sticks and pompoms.

Lewis – I liked the assembly about the pets I learned that you need to keep your pet safe.

Poppy – I liked doing our numbertalks it was all about doubles and near doubles. A double is the same number again. A near double is like 4 add 3=7, you can do double 3 to make 6 then add 1 more to make 7. We were building boats because we were trying to save the little fish called Tiddler we tested them and mine floated, I made 2 and they both floated.

Austin – I liked doing the boats because it was fun, I like making stuff.

Kaelan – I liked the pets assembly a pet needs home, food , family, fun and care.

Roshan – I liked the pet assembly because the vet will help pets.

Teria – I liked the subtraction game we were taking away counting in 5’s helped because it was a 20 frame.

Solomia – I liked the boats we did a great job!

James – I liked counting with Teria taking away from 20 on the 20 frame.

Nicholas – I liked Tiddler I made a boat with Lewis, we made a sail.

Alister – I liked when we made the paper boats, our boat sunk because it soaked up water.

Sushanth – I loved the pet assembly. The puppy called Chase ate a toy minion and the doctor took it away and he feels better now. Pets should not eat plastic toys!

Christain – I liked the pet assembly and the dog things they need a home and to be happy and safe!

P1 & Ms King

Learning reflection for W/E 15.02.19

This week P1 have been busy learning the digraph ‘ow’ as in ‘blow the snow’ and the trigraph  ‘igh’ along with tricky word be. In maths this week we have been exploring half of a shape and a number. The children have found out that some numbers can’t be shared to make two equal halves, sometimes there is one left over! They also made yummy play-dough pizza which they cut into two equal halves!

   

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

L – I got a pupil of the week certificate because I am a good reading partner.

N – I enjoyed making a pizza then cutting it in half.

J –  We learned tricky word ‘be’ you can’t sound it out that’s why it’s a tricky word.

K – I liked learning tricky word ‘be’ it’s a tricky word because it’s not got the ‘e’ sound it’s the ‘ee’ sound.

Sub –  We made Valentine cards, it is kind to make them. I gave mine to my Dad he said thank you!

Ch – I liked it when Mrs Mill was in class because it was fun!

Au – We made Valentine cards, we had to draw a love heart and get paper and rip it up then we put it on the heart and on the front. I made mine for Angus because I love him.

P – I liked going to P4 we drew a picture and Ms King was observing a number talk lesson. The P4’s know hard math questions and Mrs Smith said we could come anytime!

Chr – I liked doing math this week we made pizza, we were cutting them in half.

Al –  We learned tricky word be, there are not two E’s in be there is only one but it makes the E sound!

T – I enjoyed the assembly this week the nursery were telling us about Valentine’s day. They sang songs, build up and I love you, you love me and it was Baby Shark!

Su – I enjoyed making the Valentine’s card, I made it for my  Dad he said thank you and gave me a hug!

H – I was reading with Teria, I have a  book  called Barker, the dog was dirty and it made the bed all dirty!

R – I enjoyed the assembly today it was all about Valentine’s, people do kind things.  I made by brother a Valentine’s card to tell him I love you!

So – I liked PE we did different balances like rocket and sitting star!

Have a lovely holiday weekend!

Ms King x

Learning Reflection for W/E 8.02.19

P1 & Ms King

Nicholas – We learned the ee sound it is double!

Kaelan – Learning the ee sound. It has e and e makes ee, it’s mostly in the middle of a word, sheep has ee!

Subhan – We learned tricky word: are!

Austin – We learned the ay sound, may has the ay sound in it.

Solomia – I enjoyed PE, we were climbing!

Roshan – I liked friendly numbers, for 9+5 I moved 1 from 5 to make 9 into 10 then I did 10+4=14.

Sushanth – It was Chinese New year this week. Red is the symbol of luck!

Alister – I love when we do gymnastics, we joined the shapes and jumps. We learned rocket jump and star jump.

Teria – I liked gymnastics we learned dish, star jump and rocket jump. I worked with Poppy to make a routine.

Poppy – We learned songs in music, we did ‘If You’re Happy and You Know It’ and ‘Wind the Bobbin Up’. We listened to the song ‘We Are Family’ it made me feel happy and dancie!!

James – I like doing art because I like painting pictures for my Mummy and Daddy.

Lewis – I liked assembly this week, we were learning about water it’s healthy and you don’t get bad teeth. We should only have water in our bottle not fizzy or juice.

Christian – I got a certificate at assembly, it was to learn sounds!

P1 & Ms King

Learning reflection for week ending 1.2.19

L  – I enjoyed the assembly, I helped paint the dragon we had to be careful not to go out the lines.

J – We learned about forces at the science show. I was pulling the boat along.

Cha – I loved learning about Chinese New Year, it will be the year of the pig. Red is a colour of good luck. I learned my lines for assembly.

P – I liked making our lanterns we had to fold them, then cut them, the hard bit was to turn them and glue them.

T – I liked doing the Chinese lanterns, we had to follow the lines then we unfolded it and we turned it around.

Al – I liked when we were floating the balls in the bath some of them floated and some of them sank they were heavy.

Sus – There was red because it is for Chinese New Year because it’s a colour of luck.

R – I leaned my assembly words.

So – I liked Chinese New Year People tidy up to clear away any bad luck.

N – I enjoyed playing the music at assembly, we were making music for the dragon dance.

K – We made lanterns and we wore red for assembly, red is luck!

Su – I learned about Chinese new year.  Children get oranges and coins.

Au – I liked talking at assembly I felt happy.

P1 & Ms King

Learning Reflection for W/E 25.1.19

This week in P1 we have been revising set 1 sounds and tricky words. Set 1 sounds: m, a, s, d, t, i, n, p, g, o, c, k, ck, u, b, f, e, l, h, sh, r, j, v, y, w, th, z, ch, qu,  x,  ng,  nk.

Tricky words: you, so, all, no, of, my, he, said, the, I, me, put, was.

In numeracy we have continued with our time topic learning about the seasons and months of the year. Well done to all of the children who had a go at learning one of the Scottish poems. As the standard was so high we had four children through to the final, so a great big well done to Subhan, Poppy, Roshan and Sushanth. Our overall winner is………. Poppy! Who did a fantastic job of reciting “Crocodile” to the whole school during our Scottish Assembly this morning.

Here are the children’s highlights:

Poppy – this week we have been learning about the famous artist called Charles Rennie Mackintosh. We are learning about his pictures, he has a famous rose design. He designed long back chairs and his style was called the Glasgow style. He designed buildings in Glasgow.

Austin – My uncle Peter fixes glass windows with the rose design.

Charley – I liked doing gymnastics we learned flying saucer, squat alien and moon.

Austin – I liked when the people played the drums and bagpipes in the assembly.

Roshan – I enjoyed doing gymnastics, for flying saucer you have to put your knees together.

Subhan – I liked learning the poem Crocodile, the bird cleaned the crocodile’s teeth.

Lewis – I liked counting to 100.

Kaelan – I liked it when the bagpipes came in assembly, it was noisy.

James – We learned the seasons, in autumn the leaves fall off, in winter the snow comes.

Teria – I liked making different shapes in gymnastics.

Solomia – I liked gymnastics, I liked rocket, star and different shapes.

Alister – I learned moon shape in gymnastics.

P1 Scots Poetry

Please help your child to learn one of the poems below.

You can hear how to say some of the Scots dialect words using these links:

Crocodile  https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/11/type/referance

Nessie      https://www.electricscotland.com/culture/features/scots/nessie2.htm

 

Crocodile by J K Annand

When doukin in the River Nile
I met a muckle crocodile.
He flicked his tail, he blinked his ee,
Syne bared his ugsome teeth at me.

Says I, “I never saw the like.
Cleaning your teeth maun be a fyke!
What sort of besom do ye hae
To brush a set o teeth like thae?”

The crocodile said, “Nane ava.
I never brush my teeth at aa!
A wee bird redds them up, ye see,
And saves me monie a dentist’s fee.”

NESSIE by J K Annand

Nessie the Loch Ness Monster
Wad seem to be gey blate,
And doesna like the scientist chiels
That come, and sit, and wait.

But gif ye want to see her
Pretend ye dinna care,
Keek oot the corner o your ee –
Ye’ll see her soomin there.

She’ll wiggle-humphie-waggle,
She’ll goggle wi her een,
Syne disappear ablow the loch
Like she had never been.

P1 & Ms King

Learning Reflection W/E 18.01.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week P1 have been learning nk and ng as well as tricky word was. The children enjoyed making real/nonsense words using sounds dice. In numeracy we have been exploring time. The children made posters showing the different ways we measure time. We have discussed lots of different time related words, have sequenced daily events and have been learning how to read o’clock on an analogue clock. The children were also set the challenge to find out if a bird really does clean a crocodile’s teeth. Well done to the children who researched this at home!

Austin – The birds clean the meat and stuff out of the crocodile’s teeth.

Kaelan – we learned the nk sound it has n and k, pink has the nk sound.

Poppy – I liked doing our poems we had to choose the Nessie one or the crocodile one, I am doing the crocodile one.

Charley – I liked learning nk it has n and k, stink has the nk sound.

Subhan – we found things which tell the time like: phones, watches and clocks.

Lewis – We made a Nessie out of lego.

James – I liked building a Loch ness monster.

Alister – I liked doing gymnastics we learned rocket, sitting star, star and pike alien, I am good at rocket.

Sushanth – In gymnastics we learned rocket, sitting star, star and pike alien.

Nicholas – I made Nessie out of lego.

Solomia – I liked doing the gymnastics I like star and sitting star.

Teria – I enjoyed assembly I liked the singing part, the best friend one.

Roshan – I liked to do the Nessie with playdough, I rolled it long.

P1 & Ms King

P1 have been talking about why they are glad to be back at school, this is what they said…

Poppy – I liked being back in school because we got to meet a new person in our class.

Nicholas – I like playing with my friends.

James – I have enjoyed playing with my friends and learning.

Austin – I like seeing all of my friends again.

Hiba – I am happy Solomia is back from her holiday.

Alister – I am glad to be back so we can build the igloo.

Subhan – I love to play with Lewis and learn stuff.

Roshan – I like to play with Kaelan.

Lewis – I like playing sumdog with Subhan.

Christian – I am helping Poppy.

Charley – I can play with my friends and learning with Ms King.

Solomia – I am happy to be at school.

Kaelan – To see my friends.

Teria- Because I can make new friends.