We had lots of fun last week for Money Week. The three classes got together so learn from each and and have fun! Our main learning was to recognise and count up amounts – A HUGE thanks to our P4 leaders who done a super job in organising their groups.
Today we had great fun during Outdoor Learning with the parachute. We talked about the patterns on it and what 2D shape it was.
Then we all crowded inside to make a mushroom. Sean suggested if we all move in it will make a higher shape… AND IT DID! Great fun!
We all got lots of fresh air and exercise when P4/5 were out using the parachute this week. We got a lovely sunny day the first time but a bit wet the second time! It turns out that the parachute is NOT waterproof as we all decided to sit on it to make a mushroom shape and realised all had wet bottoms!! But great fun and really works the muscles on your arms! We also took time to write ‘Hearing Poems’ using WOW words to describe what we could hear… great writing from a
I would just like to say a huge thank you to all of you – staff and children for helping me survive turning old! I loved all the cards the classes made, all so different and personal. I am going to take time to read them all as it is lovely to hear all of your kind words. I really am a lucky teacher to work in such a kind and thoughtful school.
Thanks also to the staff who gave a little something too…much appreciated! 🙂
Working great and trying out many ways to do Literacy in the outdoors too! I’m working my way round ALL classes so will be with you all soon! 🙂
It was P3/4’s chance to learn outside. We talked about our senses and they could name all 5! We used our sense of hearing to stand and close our eyes and concentrate on the noises around us. We then wrote them all down… It was amazing what noises there are round and about Blackburn! 
Pupil Council have organised Whole School Golden Time that will start on FRIDAY 14th MARCH! Ask a member for more info…
P2/3 were out in the rain showers today for Outdoor Learning. Just shows that the rain doesn’t even stop the learning. One group wanted to use the giant space of the playground to create drawings to fit in with their ‘Space’ topic in class. All their work and their choice… I was amazed at the results!
P1/2 were the first this term to experience Outdoor Learning with Miss Reilly. They all soon realised that you don’t need a classroom to learn, you can learn anywhere!
We focussed on Literacy and used carpet letters to find letters and put in order of the alphabet. Great team work and cooperation! We then used chalk and the playground as our writing area… what a huge area! So we wrote our alphabet out. P2’s challenge was to write it backwards… tricky! The last challenge for all was to write their name as big as they could… Lots of learning and fun was had!
Here’s the children’s feedback:
Brooke – “I liked the chalk writing the alphabet”.
Chloe – “We had to write our names big!”
Ellie – “The P2s had to write the alphabet backwards, it was tricky!”
Liam – “I liked when we had the challenge of writing our name big!”
Evan – “I loved it!”
