It has been a busy last 2 weeks in P1.  From Bikeability to Batty to Belle!  We also squeezed in an eventful little afternoon outside into the community!  In amongst all this excitement we managed to do lot’s of learning in class too. 🙂

The last 2 weeks in literacy we were learning our sounds ‘n’, ‘k’, ‘ck’ and revising our ‘m c s a t p i n’ sounds.  In numeracy we have been looking at 9 and 10 then revising all numbers from 0-10.  After the much loved count to 100 song, P1 now have another favourite!  We have been learning to skip count in 10s and really enjoy our new song which the boys and girls love dancing to.

We started our new topic of Autumn as well.  We observed and discussed the changes around us and created our very own Autumn hand print trees.  We also created our own pictures of what Autumn looks like to us. Whether this was a squirrel or an acorn or Halloween or leaves falling from the trees, the boys and girls all have a different picture in their head when they think of Autumn.  On Tuesday of this week, we ventured out into the community and went on our very own Autumn walk! We searched for the various different colours of leaves and any other signs of Autumn.  The children had lot’s of fun looking for their own leaves and berries.

After our visit to the park for our Autumn walk we went to the library where the lovely librarian read us a book called ‘The Huge Bag of Worries’.  We then explored the books available to us at the library and enjoyed just spending time to read these books.  On Thursday we wrote a short story comparing Autumn to the colours of Autumn.  For example; “Autumn is as red as an apple……Autumn is as yellow as a banana” etc.

Last week we had an eventful week that started off with cycling around the playground and for som

e learning how to cycle! 🙂 A huge well done to Emily Zeilnis who demonstrated great resilience and manged to ride a bike for the first time without stabilisers! Super proud!  The next day we visited some stalls set up in the hall that gave us lot’s of information on how to keep safe when cycling.  On Wednesday of last week was the day the children were looking forward to; meeting Sean Batty.

On Friday of last week we had a suprise guest arrive!  Princess Belle came to visit us, although it was apparently to give Miss Akram some lessons too!  You can ask the children why I was in need of Princess lessons. 🙂

A busy and eventful last 2 weeks of the first term.  Thank you to the boys and girls for their hard work this term and making it an enjoyable first term :).

Happy Holidays from Miss Akram.

(UNCRC – article 17: I have the right to get information in lots of ways, so long as it’s safe.

article 28:  I have the right to an education.
article 29: I have the right to an education which develops my personality, respect for others’ rights and the environment.

article 31: I have a right to relax and play)

This week we were very busy bees learning but also practicing for our first ever assembly!

So in amongst our assembly rehearsals we managed to do lot’s of learning.  In literacy we were looking at the sounds “i” and “n”.  We could discuss everyday objects around us beginning with the sounds “i” and “n”, we practiced forming the letters and revised our “m” and “c” sounds  to make sure we can still recognise these initial sounds.  We also looked at our first reading books and really enjoyed describing what these wordless stories were about by looking at the pictures and the character’s faces to talk about emotions as well.

We spent time this week to practice writing our names.

P1 especially enjoy our number song as they get to excercise and count at the same time (see our photo below :)).  They are all really enjoying number recognition and formation in P1, more than before as we have introduced a “stick or swap” concept where children are given the choice which play “station” they would like to play in to explore numbers.  We had lot’s of fun playing and exploring numbers 7, 8 and 9 this week! 8 was the trickiest and we had lot’s of voices saying “I can’t do it….YET.  I’ll try but”.  We have a strong growth mindset ethos in our school which has been embedded in to our lovely boys and girls of P1 already.  The ethos is that they should never give up and to always try their best! With practice comes success  🙂

I’m sure you would agree that the children did a TREMENDOUS job with their first ever assembly! Super proud! 🙂 Lot’s of Dojo points were given to them all and a little suprise awaits them on Monday 🙂  Thank you for also taking part in donating towards our cause, Macmillan Cancer Research,  I will update everyone on how much we raised next week.

Have a great weekend,

Miss Akram 🙂

(UNCRC – article 28:  I have the right to an education
article 29: I have the right to an education which develops my personality, respect for others’ rights and the environment)

Firstly the boys and girls in P1 have been saying how they “love this family” as they refer to the class and all the pupils. As a teacher this is lovely to hear from our little people that they see the class as a family 🙂

Secondly we have been such busy bees in Primary 1 that we haven’t updated our blog together for the past 2 weeks! Apologises! So a little update from myself on how P1 have been getting on.

We have nearly completed our set 1 sounds, we know our sounds; m,c,s,p,t and a.  We even gave blending our sounds a shot one day and reading 3 letter words!  The children tried reading the words man,mat,cat and map as a class.  They were all amazed at how learning their sounds will help them read :).  We are on to our sound i this week with the introduction of their first words ‘a’ and ‘the’ soon too!

We are doing an amazing job with our number recognition and formation and will be working on numbers 7,8,9 and 10 this week.

Our topic focus has been on “helping” and how we can help others.  The children have enjoyed listening to the story of The Good Samaritan and were able to draw parts from the story.  They have been able to discuss why helping others is good and helping others is sometimes called charity.  To hear more about their learning on this topic please come along to our joint assembly with  P2/1 on Friday the 29^th of September.  The assembly begins at 9.15am, however, please allow yourself plenty of time to arrive and be seated as we are expecting this to be a busy assembly.

Hope to see you there! 🙂  Have a great weekend.

Miss Akram

(UNCRC – article 28:  I have the right to an education
article 29: I have the right to an education which develops my personality, respect for others’ rights and the environment                                                                         article 24: I have the right to good quality health care, to 24 clean water and good food)

We have had a very busy week! 🙂

The Gruffalo came to visit us! He set us a challenge…… We had to measure his footprint to see if his foot was bigger than ours!! – Lucas  W

We were learning the sound “s” and “p” this week – Keira

Last week we did “m” and “c” – Aaron S

We have been learning the numbers 0-5 – Aaron R

We had to draw the Gruffalo and write about him – Fraya

The boys and girls of P1 have been super busy being great learners and listeners with lots of Dojo points that we have to set the Dojo point chart higher! 🙂

We go outside to do our daily mile every day even if its raining! So if pupils could bring a suitable jacket/coat to school, thank you.
Just a reminder our P.E. days are Monday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor). Also a quick note to remind you of what is required in your child’s P.E. kit. These items can be kept in the same bag and stored in the class room. Please ensure that your child’s name is clearly written on all items of clothing. This will cover both indoor and outdoor P.E. –

T-Shirt

Shorts

Track suit bottoms

Warm hoodie

Outdoor trainers

Have a lovely weekend from P1 and Miss Akram 🙂

(Article 28 – You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can.
Article 13 – You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people.)