Category: Primary 1M

This week we really enjoyed learning all about electricity. We made posters to show how to stay safe when we are using it.

In Social Studies, we have been learning all about how to care for animals and the local environment.  We watched a video clip about hedgehogs and used the information we heard to write facts about them. We know that hedgehogs hunt for food when it’s dark and that they are good climbers.  They really like slugs and worms. In the winter, when there is less food around, they need to hibernate.

After learning about the jobs that vets do, we set up an animal hospital in our roleplay area. Here are some of the things we said about playing there:

Ava F: ‘It’s the best thing I’ve played with!’

Calum: ‘I really, really, really love it!’

Ellie C : ‘I like taking x-rays.’

Aaron: ‘I like putting the animals in their beds for a sleep.’

Ava B: ‘I like giving a dog medicine.’

This week Primary 1 have been learning how to tell the time. We can show and read o’clock times and next week we will be learning to read half past times.

In phonics, we learned ‘v’ and ‘w’ and practised building words with these sounds.

Today we wrote spooky stories for Halloween. We had to close our eyes and imagine that we had walked into a spooky house, then we drew and wrote about what we had seen inside.

This week, Primary 1 have been looking at wildlife. First, we discussed the types of wildlife that we could find in our local area (such as farm animals, pets, birds and fish) and then wondered which wildlife Barnaby Bear might find in the Brazilian rainforest. We watched a short video clip and managed to spot lots of monkeys, snakes, caterpillars, stick insects, toucans and other unusual animals! The wildlife in the Brazilian rainforest is very different to what we find here! Next, we will think about why that might be.

The link to the video clip we watched is posted below. See how many rainforest animals you can spot!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/places/Amazon_Basin#p0039zg5

Até a próxima vez … (Until next time…)

Primary 1 🙂

Brazil has come to Primary 1! Barnaby Bear met a new friend on his travels – a little girl called Cidinha! We have been working very hard to transform our house corner into the little village where she lives. We worked well as a team and each had our own special job. (Well done to Murron who drew a life-size Cidinha all by herself!) We can’t wait to play with Barnaby in our version of Ludovico village! Fly in on your way past to take a peek!

Até a próxima vez … (Until next time…)

Primary 1 🙂

Primary 1 are very excited! Barnaby Bear received two tickets: one to travel to a hot place, and the other to travel to a cold place! Primary 1/2 chose the cold ticket and will be learning more about Russia. We chose the hot ticket and will be learning more about Brazil! Barnaby Bear will be flying out to meet children in Russia and Brazil and see how their lives are compared to our own!

But, before Barnaby Bear can go anywhere.. there’s packing to be done! We will be writing a list of things he needs to take to Brazil to make sure he doesn’t forget anything. Stay tuned for more!

Adeus por enquanto! (Goodbye for now)

Primary 1 🙂

This week saw the end of the Winter Olympics in Sochi! We have been following the Olympics and Miss McLaughlin was so impressed with how interested we were in the events!

We wrote about Winter Olympic events during our Big Write sessions, watched clips of our favourite events (bobsleigh, ice skating and curling) and used mime to show events during Drama time (ask us to teach you our 4-man bobsleigh mime!) We have enjoyed watching the different events and they have made us interested in learning them ourselves! Perhaps we’ll have skeleton or ice skating champions in the future!

With the Winter Olympics finished, next up are Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games and Rio de Janeiro for the FIFA World Cup! Miss McLaughlin has a feeling P1 will be spending a lot of time thinking about Brazil 😉 ..

До следующего раза (Until next time..)

P1 🙂