Could all P1 children please return their home learning jotters tomorrow (Fri 15th Feb) to allow time for these to be updated for after the February break. Please still return them even if activities are not completed.
A big thank you to everyone who has returned them already today and for the effort you put into your learning activities each week.
Thank you
Mrs M 😀
Here are some of the games we have been using in P1 to support our learning. These can be played in the house too. Just copy and paste them into your browser or click on the link.
Money:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=howmuchleftv2
Counting (a variety of games):
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
Subtraction:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=TakeAway
Have fun!
Mrs M :o)
We were learning about solids, liquids and gases. We learned what each one was and then took our new knowledge on a ‘learning walk’ around the school to see if we could spot them in our environment.
Some of us were learning about subtraction. We know that subtraction is another word for taking away. We learned that when you take away the quantity you started with gets smaller!
We were using counters and ICT to help us answer some subtraction sums. We use ICT a lot in our classroom to help us with our learning.
In assembly we were talking about being active. Back in class we worked together to make a list of all of the things we could do to keep active. Then we made posters to show others what they could do.
We hope everyone has a good weekend. See you on Monday!
FAMILIES CONNECT IS SAVE THE CHILDREN’S NEW AND EXCITING INITIATIVE, DESIGNED TO HELP PARENTS SUPPORT THEIR CHILD’S LEARNING AT HOME.
The eight-week programme provides a series of creative activities, techniques and games that parents and children can participate in together. It focuses on three key area; language development, numeracy & maths and social & emotional development.
Activities include ‘Snack & Starter’, encouraging parents and children to spend quality time together, as well as Talk Topic, Reflection Time and ‘The Science Bit’ – helping parents to understand how a particular topic will support a child’s learning. ‘Doing it Together’ gives parents simple take away activities to try with their children at home.
We know that the home learning environment can have a huge impact on a child’s learning. As well as being the place that provides for the basic needs of a child, an effective home learning environment will encourage strong parent and child relationships that help build self-esteem and security and help every child to fulfil their potential.
Research shows that parental involvement in their children’s learning positively affects the child’s academic performance leading to greater problem solving skills, greater school enjoyment, better school attendance and fewer behavioural problems at school.
Building a home learning environment – and crucially, increasing parents’ skills and confidence to support their child’s learning, can have a huge impact on a child’s future.
The informal workshops focus on getting parents to reflect on what they already do to support their children’s learning, and inviting them to explore new activities, games and approaches that might enhance this.
We are really excited about Families Connect have already ran a successful session back in the Autumn term at Murrayfield. We look forward to working with as many of you as possible.
Please come along and join us for our informal coffee morning on Friday 8th February 2019 at 12:00pm to hear more about this programme and to register your child/ family in the programme.
Families Connect Film: https://player.vimeo.com/video/224672230
This week in P1 we have been working on developing our writing skills. We are really trying to challenge ourselves by using a sentence opener to describe when our stories took place, a joining word to join together two sentences and for some of us, extending our stories by writing an extra sentence. It is hard work and some of us fall in to the learning pit but having a positive mind-set to look for a solution, really helps us achieve good results.
We learned the sound ‘nk’ this week and made ‘nk’ words out of plasticine. We have also been working on sorting pictures to show the sound that they begin with as well as our blending and reading skills.
We have been looking at the different ways to make 9 using numicon and other concrete materials in numeracy. Mrs Mackie thought she was being sneaky when she added some extra number bonds to different numbers in our tasks but she didn’t fool us and we managed to solve the problems!
A big thank you to Caitlin, Eva and Logan who volunteered to help out at the ‘Numeracy Biscuit and Blether’ this morning. You did a great job telling the adults who came along how we use numicon in the classroom to help us.
We are still learning about money in Maths. It’s quite tricky but we are beginning to recognise the different coins and add up their amounts to buy stuff. We have been playing a super game on the internet to help us.
Use the link below to play the game at home:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
The snow and freezing cold weather didn’t stop us from keeping fit and healthy this week. We couldn’t get outside for PE so we made sure that we worked out in the classroom. It was hard work keeping up with the entire workout and we had nice rosy cheeks (and sweaty foreheads) afterwards!
Have a good weekend everyone!
P1 and Mrs Mackie
P1 were working hard on developing their story writing today.
Some of the children were challenged to produce a piece of writing that had a different beginning than just ‘I’ and the word ‘and’ to join two sentences.
They all tried very hard but two children in particular produced an amazing piece of work each.
Take a look at their work below.  You will both be presented with a Head Teacher’s award at assembly in the morning for your hard work, effort and for achieving the success criteria!
Well done Riley and Ally!
Our first week back to P1 after the Christmas holidays has been a really busy one.
On Monday we spoke about New Year and we found out about resolutions. We made our own.
Here are some of the things we want to do this year:
Be a kind boy. – Jamie (although we already think you are Jamie!)
Count to twenty. – Riley & Logan
Learn my sounds and be nice. – Brooke
Be a good friend. – Adam
Count past one hundred. – Eva
Be a good listener. – Caitlin O
Share with people. – Macey
Listen to Mrs Mackie. – Joanna (you are good at this already!)
Learn to read. – Caitlin B
In literacy we learned the ‘ai’ sound. We made the sound using play-dough, wrote it in sand used it in a word to make a sentence.  It was trickier than we thought!
We looked at a picture of a snowy night scene. We had to talk with our partners about three things: what we could see, what we might hear and how we might feel. We then had to share our ideas with the rest of the class. In our picture it was snowing but inside our classroom it was cosy, so we went outside for two minutes to feel how cold it was, as it was a frosty morning. Someone said it was cold but Mrs Mackie asked for a better word to describe how we felt. Ally said it FREEZING!
Then we had to use our ideas to write a story. We used the sounds we have been learning to help us. Mrs Mackie thinks we have written super stories using our imaginations.
In numeracy we have been learning our number bonds to 6 as well as doing lots of counting. We discovered that there is a pattern in the numbers on a 100 square and we were able to use this to count up to 50 together. We found it a bit challenging going from 29 to 39 to 40 and 49 to 50 but we won’t give in and will continue to keep learning.
In Maths we were learning about prepositional language. Prepositions tell us where something is (for example, beside, under, on, against, beneath or over). We played a guessing game to see if we could say where the seahorse was hiding. We also learned a song to help us show where things are. We are hoping that Mrs Mackie can figure out how to post it to the blog so that we can share it with you!
We are looking forward to our first assembly of the new year tomorrow and seeing our classmate and friend Eva being presented with her first Head Teacher’s Award.
Have a good weekend when it comes.
Just a wee reminder that all of the P1 children will have their Christmas party tomorrow (Wed 19th December) after lunch.
Children can come to school in party clothes, get changed in school (someone will help them) or if you wish, can be taken home at lunch time to be changed.
If you wish to take your child home our lunchtime is 12:15-1:00pm.  
What a busy week we have had in P1 with so much learning going on.
In Literacy we worked on the ‘ee’ sound. We played snap ‘ee’ game, filled in missing letters to make ‘ee’ words, made words out of play-dough, sorted different sounds on the computer and even made our own sheep!
In our Numeracy tasks we were looking at different ways to make 5 using concrete materials and doing lots of counting of Christmas baubles, ladybird spots and even cars. In Maths we continued to learn about weight and used the pan scales to see which objects were heaviest. We also learned about symmetry.
And of course, this week we performed in our Nativity, The Sleepy Shepherd. It went really well and Mrs Mackie was so proud of us for learning so much in such a short time.
Next week, we will have our Christmas party on the afternoon of WEDNESDAY 19th. We can come to school in our party clothes or bring them in a labelled carrier bag and get changed after lunch.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Not long to go now!
Ho, ho, ho!
We have had a busy week as always!
In Literacy we have been learning the sounds: z and g. Ask us words/items beginning with these sounds! 🙂 To help us remember these sounds we created our own zebras and goats!
In Numeracy we have been learning to add and focusing on the concept of counting on. We have been consolidating all the phrases associated with adding (count on, add on, jump on, add, more) and trying to keep “numbers in our head” and counting on.
We have been continuing with our Scotland focus in IDL. We learned all about Scotland’s famous flower the Thistle, the Loch Ness Monster and Tartan. We created our own tartan pattern by paper weaving! This was tricky but none of us gave up! We kept trying “like Ormie”. (Ask us about Ormie…..you can even watch the little clip of Ormie on Youtube with your child! 🙂 ) In funky fingers we finger painted our very own Thistles and at our imagination station we created our own stories about Nessie!
Nativity practise has come to an end this week as we put on a dress Rehearsal of it for the whole school! We hope to see you there on Wednesday. We have worked so hard and want to show you our amazing singing! 🙂
Miss Akram and P2/1
