The children in P1K have settled in well. Most can walk into school independently and are beginning to organise their belongings. I am so impressed, as many of the children have taken this in their stride and can manage things like: hanging up their coat, changing shoes, putting their water bottle away, snack in tray and bag in bag box, and even order a lunch, phew! We learned our first sound this week which was m and tricky word I. We also explored number 5 by counting, sorting, building and printing. The children enjoyed some play time in the garden. During PE they did Yoga and played toilet tig and disappearing dots. Please see below for the children’s learning highlights and challenges:

Highlights

K – my favourite part is playing in the sand

J – my favourite part was making ladybirds on the leaf, I made 5

Ch – I have enjoyed playing outside, I like playing out with Poppy, Lewis and Solomia

L – building a car

Su – playing lego

Au – playing in the kitchen

Al – running about outside

So – I like playground tig

H – playing with the building blocks

Chr – painting

P – learning the m sound

N– playing the dinosaurs

Sus – building a car

Challenges

K – It was difficult to cut with scissors

J – to put the things on the back with the apron

Ch – sitting down and missing my baby sister

L -opening my packet at snack time

Au – trying to cut out the mouse shapes

H – gluing the circles

The children received a letter from the Friendly Dragon this week congratulating them on their beanstalks which are all growing nicely. The letter contained a challenge which the children chose to accept. Their challenge was to design a dragon for the classroom. They all had different ideas about what materials they should use. They made fantastic dragons using Lego, paper, plasticine, play scarves and Duplo.

Poppy – I liked making my dragon. First I got the face on, then I added the red lips and then I just got the pointing tool and pressed it for the eyes.

Maddie – I used a tool for the eyes. The tail was so easy, I just had to roll the tail and put spikey bits on.

Arya – Making the head was so hard because you need to roll it into a ball. The wings were easy because you just needed to get two. The eyes were easy too.

Emma  – I liked making my dragon I made it with plasticine.

Holly – I liked my dragon because I used plastic feet from the clay bit. I made the eyes all by myself. I got a white bit of plasticine and made a circle then I got a blue bit and did the same.

Sophia – So I got some play scarves and I got a chair and rolled two blue scarves up and I put them on the chair for eyes. I made the body from cushions and put a scarf over it. To make the wings I put the scarves around like an oval, like a real wing then I made a big long tail. The fire was red and we put it at its mouth. Andrew put the baby dragon under the head because it was about to be born. The chair was better because the body cushions would break the baby dragon.

Rayyaan – I liked making the dragon.

Caleb – I put fire and it was red and I put the wings on then I put the tail on.

Andrew – I made a big red dragon.

Aakruti – It was hard to cut.  I drew his face then I cut it out and stuck it to the body.

Nathan – I made a dragon out of pipe cleaners. I stuck them for the tummy and head and I drew the rest.

Within numeracy this week the children have been counting money. They have also explored swapping coins to make the same amount using different coins. I am very impressed with their money skills, some children were even able to count and swap money to the value of £5!

Highlights of W/E 1.6.18

P1K had a very busy week. The children had great fun on the trip to Mill Farm. My highlight of the trip was observing the children’s teamwork skills when they were digging for bones in the excavation tent. P1 also presented their final assembly on Friday. I was very impressed with how they persevered during the microphone problems. They all did their best to speak in loud clear voices. Well done, you were all brilliant!

The children’s comments on their highlights and challenges are below:

Andrew – we let the butterflies go this week. One of them landed on a flower then it crawled onto my arm and it tickled.

Caleb – I enjoyed saying my lines in assembly.

Emma Ch – I enjoyed the assembly because I liked the very hungry caterpillar film. My challenge this week was learning my lines. At first, I kept forgetting but now it’s quite easy. I persevered and never gave up.

Nathan – I liked making the castle with the tunnels in the soft play, I made a little hole that I could crawl out.

Holly – at Mill Farm I was at a spooky bit with lights and noises, there was a wee house that I could hide in that was quite high.

Maizy – I enjoyed the school trip to Almond Valley. We went on the go-carts and I went on the tractors and we went to the soft play. I did some time challenges and I beat my score.

Sophia – I enjoyed going on the train and the jelly belly. My challenge was my lines I couldn’t get them at first my mum helped me to learn them and I got better.

A – I liked driving the cars at Mill Farm and I peddled it and controlled it. I went too fast then I started to slow down.

Rayyaan – I liked the big long slide it was so round. I learned my lines and I kept trying and I got it.

Emma C – I liked Mill Farm I liked the Jelly Bean and the train.

John – The school trip was good because we got to see the animals, there was a big massive pig and sheep and a bunny rabbit.

Maddie – I liked playing in the indoor play digging for the skeletons. We found a piece of the floor but no bones.

Poppy – I liked going on the train because it was nice and slow. In assembly I needed to learn lots of lines, I tried and tried again and I got it correct. When I was flying on with Lewis I spoke with a clear voice.

Aakruti – Going on the school trip, I loved going on the train because it was so fun. I sat with you and I even seen the horse. Then we went back to collect our bags. Learning our lines was tricky. I worked at it and I got it.

Jamie – I liked going on the school trip. I liked going on the train it was so fast. In assembly, I enjoyed speaking.