Category Archives: Primary 1
Term 2 House Winners: Calderwood
Congratulations to Calderwood who won the House Cup in Term 2. Millie and Jamie organised a Glow Party which included, glow sticks, glow corners, games, dancing and lots of yummy food – chocolate fondue, popcorn, sweets and juice. A big well done to the house captain, vice captain and all the Primary 7s who helped to organise and run the party. A special thanks to Mrs Bokhari for helping with the food.
Well done Calderwood!
Term 2: Achievement Assembly
On Friday we had our second Achievement Assembly of this session. Each class nominated one pupil to receive the Achievement Award for their class and parents and carers were invited along to watch the assembly.
We also gave out Star Writer Awards, Top Scorer prizes and announced the winning house for the term.
Well done who everyone who received an award!
P1a New Term
We have had a very busy start to the new term in P1a.
Literacy
We have been working hard on reading and writing the Common Words.We use paper cups and bricks to build towers and word walls with the words we can read. Sometimes they get really high! We also play a game with words written on lollipop sticks. We take turns to pull out a stick, read the word and put it safely in our pile. However, if we pull out the stick with the red dot, we have to put all the sticks we have back in the pot. When the sand in the timer runs out, the person with most sticks is the winner. We are beginning to look at the next set of words now and these will be sent home soon, along with a new game to play!
Numeracy
This week we focused on the numbers to 20. We practised reading and writing the numbers, counting forwards and backwards, saying the number after, before and between and counting groups of items. We made number sequences and put numbers in order from the smallest to the largest.
IDL
We were very excited last term when Tim Peake blasted off to the International Space Station. Our interest and enthusiasm has continued, so we have decided to investigate Space ! First of all we looked at some space related objects and pictures, and shared our ideas with each other. Then we thought about what we would really like to learn more about, and we created some questions about Space. Together, we made a 3D Mind Map to help us plan our Learning over the next few weeks. We are going to record our Learning in a big book which we have all signed, because we will all be the authors and illustrators of it!
P1b Explore the Sun, Earth and Moon
LI: We are learning about the Sun, Earth and Moon.
SC: I can name and describe the shape of the Sun, Earth and Moon.
SC: I can sort the Sun, Earth and Moon by size.
SC: I understand that the Earth and the Moon rotate/spin.
SC: I can describe the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
SC: I can describe the Moon’s orbit around the Earth.
Primary 1b decided to explore Space this term after watching Tim Peake in the news before the Christmas holidays. Last week we used a 3D mind map to share and discuss what we already know and think about space. Then we decided what we would like to find out this term.
Here are some examples:
“Planets go around the sun.” Daniel
“The moon spins around.” Brandon
“There’s a planet called Mars. It’s red and goes around the sun and I think it’s got volcanoes.” Isla MacKinnon
“Astronauts go up in space. Tim Peake is staying until summer and that’s a really long time.” Aimee
“How big is the sun?” Finlay
“How big is the Earth?” Lucas
“Why does the moon change shape?” Rory
“I want to learn about the moon spinning.” Kaitlyn
On Monday we decided to learn about the size, position and movement of the Sun, Earth and Moon. First we explored an interactive game to compare the shape and size of them. Lots of us had never heard of a ‘sphere’ before, so we agreed that we would like to learn more about 3D shapes soon too. After learning about the orbit of the Earth and Moon, we worked in groups of 3 using balloons to recreate the position of the Sun and the rotation and orbits of the Earth and Moon.
It was quite tricky at first. We had to talk to each other lots to plan our movements and concentrate to make sure that we didn’t bump into each other. Here is a video of Finlay, Oscar and Rory, showing everyone how it’s done:
P1 – Explore Space from Home
P1 Winter Ready Activity
Log into your Purple Mash account (remember your username and password have been sent home). Click on the Home tab, then select the ‘My 2dos’ tab. Please click on Maths City 1 and then click on the red rocket. There you can explore a video and different activities related to space.
Please leave us a comment on the blog to let us know how you got on. 
Gie it laldy wi a poem :)
Within the infant area, we will be practising some Scots poems and songs for Burns Day. Please find the words to the Scots poems ‘Heron’ and ‘Crocodile’ below. We will be reciting our poems during the middle of next week.
If you click on the title of each poem, you can listen and read your poem along with a video link.
Humphy-backit heron
Nearly as big as me
Stands at the waterside
Fishin for his tea.
His skinnie-ma-linkie lang legs
Juist like reeds
Cheats aa the puddocks
Soomin mang the weeds,
Here’s ane comin,
Grup it by the leg!
It sticks in his thrapple
Then slides doun his craig .
Neist comes a rottan ,
A rottan soomin past,
Oot gangs the lang neb
And has the rottan fast.
He jabs it, he stabs it,
Sune it’s in his wame ,
Flip-flap in the air
Heron flees hame.
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 a 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.
P1b Push and Pull Forces
LI: We are learning about push and pull forces.
SC: I can predict what will happen to an object when a push or pull force is applied.
SC: I can apply a push or pull force to an object.
SC: I can analyse whether an object has changed shape or speed when a push or pull force is applied.
SC: I can record my analysis.
This afternoon Primary 1b continued our Toys topic by carrying out an experiment to explore the effect of forces on some of our classroom toys. We began our experiment by predicting the effect of a push force and a pull force on three different types of toy, explaining and recording our predictions. Then we worked with a partner to apply a push and a pull force to the toys, then analyse and record the results.
“It’s starting to move. That means its changing speed.” Isla MacKinnon
“The ball rolls when you push it, so its changing speed.” Isla Meldrum
“If you push this ball at both sides it gets squished too. That’s because it’s soft. It’s fabric.” Daniel
“Most of the toys changed speed.” Lucas
“If you push the ball from the side, it goes the other way.” Amorie
“If you make the play dough into a ball, then you can make it roll.” Rory
Christmas Concert: Are we nearly there yet?
Christmas Concert: Are we nearly there yet?
