Category: Primary 1S

This week Primary 1/2 have been learning all about the emergency services. We had a visit from a firefighter who showed us all the equipment he uses and told us how we can keep safe if there ever was a fire. We also found out about the all the different types of rescues that the fire brigade can do.

We have been acting out emergency calls in Drama so that we know how to respond to an emergency and what to say when we phone 999. We took on the roles of operators and people who need help. After acting out different ideas, we then wrote our own emergency stories.

Here are some of the things that we learned this week:

Mayah: ‘Firefighters have a mask.’

Emily: ‘Firefighters save people from water.’

Olivia: ‘I learned how to add by counting on on my fingers.’

Today we have been learning all about Bonfire Night and firework safety. Below are some of the rules we have learnt to keep us safe when we are watching fireworks.

‘Always stay with an adult.’ – Ruby

‘Never throw fireworks.’ – Khloe

‘Keep cats and dogs and all animals indoors.’ – Ephi

‘Stand back from fireworks.’ – Mayah

‘Don’t put sparklers too close to your face and put gloves on.’ –Emily

We watched a short video of a firework display and used what we saw to help us create some pictures. We chose different colours of paint and printed them onto the page using straws.

In Science this week, we have been learning about the sun and the earth. Primary 1 drew pictures of the sun after looking at photographs of the sun in space. Primary 2 drew a picture of the sun and the earth, showing how the earth turns to make day and night.

The day after our Halloween disco, we imagined what we might see inside a spooky house and wrote a story at writing time.

In Maths this week, we have been learning how to tell the time. We took a big clock outside to help us play ‘What’s the time, Mr Wolf?’ in the playground and we tried our best to match different clock faces to the correct times as quickly as we could.

In Art this week, P1/2 have been exploring using different printing techniques to create pictures.

At the start of the week, we went out to have a look at the trees around the school grounds and took turns to take photographs of them. We noticed that although many of the trees were still green, some were beginning to change into different colours for autumn. When we got back to class we used our fingers to print the many colours of the leaves with paint.

We also investigated using fruit and vegetables for printing. Here are some of the images we created:

In Science this week, we have been learning all about the different materials things can be made from and the properties that they have.

We sorted items in the classroom by the material they were made from and we investigated which materials will float and which will sink at the water tray.

Below are some of things we discovered:

Lewis – ‘Stones sink.’

Jack – ‘You can get things made from fabric, wood, metal and plastic.’

Olivia – ‘Money sinks.’

Liam – ‘Toy cars are made from plastic. You can twist plastic.’

Aiden – ‘Some plastic things float but not heavy ones.’

Our next step is find out how different materials are used in the world and what purposes they are best suited for. We will then use what we have learned to design and create our own toy.