Category Archives: Primary 1

Nursery, Parents/Carers, Primary 1

Nursery to P1 Transition

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Good morning everyone.

Following on from your amazing ‘Me Maps’, which our teachers have been very impressed by, they thought you would like to know a little bit more about them. The links below will direct you to our school YouTube channel where you can see your teacher talking through the objects in their “All About Me’ boxes.

In preparation for your visit to meet them next week, they would like you to think of something or someone important to you that you could tell them about during your visit.

All of us are really looking forward to welcoming you into Primary 1.

Mr McPherson – P1a

https://youtu.be/IeHqAI6EtGI

Mrs MacCallum – P1b

https://youtu.be/ljK93P0GnpI

Mrs Lurinsky – P1c

https://youtu.be/vwcRE6Uh8bI

Mrs MacLean – P1d

https://youtu.be/hJGnu4nWbRI

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Trombone Shorty – P1 Drama

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This week’s drama is based on the  story  ‘Trombone Shorty’ by Troy Andrews. 

This book is an autobiography. This means the story really happened and the author is the person the story happened to.

Troy Andrews loved music when he was your age and dreamed of playing in a band like his older brother. Find out if he achieved his dream and how he got his nickname ‘Trombone Shorty’. 

Listen to the story here.

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/trombone-shorty/

Drama Activities 

  • say ‘hello’ like Troy  did  – ‘where y’at’
  • Troy’s big brother James played the trumpet and liked to play really LOUD. Pretend you are playing the trumpet like James.
  • Troy played the trombone everywhere he went. Pretend to be like Troy and play the trombone in different places!
  • Pretend to be Troy when he got to go up on stage and play his trombone beside Bo Diddly. Think how excited and nervous he might have been feeling. Show this with your face and body.

Other Activities 

I hope you enjoy this week’s drama. I would love to see your photos – tag me on twitter cara_aikman (remember not to include your child’s name).

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PRIMARY 1 READING

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I hope all the boys and girls in Primary One are keeping safe and well.  We are all really missing you.  We also really enjoy when you share your learning with us.

Well done to all the boys and girls in Primary One who have shared their memories with us. There is still time for more memories to be shared.

We haven’t had a new sound for a few weeks. I hope you’ve all managed to keep practicing your letter sounds and have tried some activities on Education City. Many of you were so good at the individual sounds but it is easy to forget them. The sounds we learned just before you finished at school were- j, y and qu.

We had also learned a lot of single sounds made up of more than 1 letter, these are quite tricky.

Sounds we learned were – oo, ee, ai, sh, th, ch, oa, ing and igh.

Today I thought we would look at a new sound.

This sound is made from 2 letters.

Our new sound is oi (as in join.)

Can you read these words with this sound.

Here are some sentences you can read which practise some of your sounds. After you have read the sentences you can cut up each strip and see if you can put them back in the correct order. You could stick them in your jotter and add a picture.

oi and igh sentences

This reading book on Oxford Owl also practises the “oi” sound.

Primary 1, Primary 2

P2/1

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Good Morning.

I can’t believe this is our second last week in P2/1. I am so proud of you all working hard in these unusual conditions.

I would like you to do two jobs for me this week. I know some of the P1’s have already done this. Please draw and share a picture of your favourite memory in P2/1. My favourite memory in P2/1 was the week of our class assembly and Rookie Rockstars. I couldn’t believe how much energy you all had that week and I could definitely see 21 confident individuals.

P1 – continue to see daily posts from P1 teachers.

P2 – here is your weekly grid. week 10

Have a great week everyone.

Mrs Davies

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Primary 1- Tick Tock lets learn about the clock

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Good Morning Primary 1 I hope that you are all doing well. I have uploaded some ideas and activities for you to try that will help you with telling the time.

Device hunt-

How many devices can you find around your house that will help you to tell the time? For example oven, microwave…

Hint and tips-

  • Draw attention to time. Mention the time at different points in the day. For example, you could say, ‘it’s 5 o’clock – time for dinner,’ or ‘it’s 7 o’clock – time for a bath.’
  • Do fun activities that include measuring time:

use a timer for baking

play a board game with a sand timer

use a stop watch to time a race or challenge

  • Make sure your child is confident with numbers and counting from 1–60 as this will make telling the time easier.
  • Start with analogue clocks rather than digital clocks. Focus on telling time to the hour and half hour.
  • Put a clock in your child’s bedroom. Ideally it should have a clear hour hand and half hour hand as this will help them to understand that the short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes.
  • Talk about what you regularly do at different times in the day. Compare and contrast weekdays and weekends, if there are differences. Use time vocabulary such as today, yesterday, now, afterwards.

Telling the Time-

A little song to explain telling the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEmg914-9xY

Can you make your own clock and show different o’clock times? I have attached a worksheet or can you think of any other creative ways?

Make your own clock

Outdoor clock using chalk

Paper plate clock

Have fun Primary 1. If you can please upload any pictures of your learning to our twitter, blog or learning journals. Take care

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Primary 1 Numeracy: Adding and Subtracting

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Number line

Today we are going to be continuing with our work on adding and subtracting using a number line.

You can draw a number line on a piece of paper, or you can use something with numbers already printed on it like a ruler. If you are drawing one, which will also help with the writing of numbers, try to space out the lines as uniformly as possible.

Today, I am using a tape measure.

I am going to be doing the sum 5 + 2.

When you start, ask questions: Is it an adding or a take away sum? If you are adding, are the numbers getting larger or smaller? What number are you starting from?

Put a marker on the number you are to begin with. I am then using a Lego character to move forward along the number line. I am deliberately making my character face the way it is going.

I then jump/bounce/skip/move along the number line one number at a time until I reach my answer.

If I then do it for subtraction, I use the same questioning technique. This is so children grow accustomed to moving along the number line in the correct direction. It also gets them to look at the operator used, + or – , in case you decide to mix up the equations.

For the sum 3-2,  place your marker on the starting number and then move backwards along the number line until they reach the answer.

 

Here are some number line work sheets for you to work on.

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number_lines_adding

numberline addition

numberline subtraction

 

10 frame Lego

I find this lovely little YouTube video of constructing a ten frame out of Lego and then rolling a dice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbgHShLpPU

This is a great way for pupils to work on their spatial awareness as they have to ensure that all the spaces the same size and if the blocks fit into the spaces once complete.

In class, we originally taught the pupils to fill up the 10 frame from the top left corner along a row of five before started on the second row from the left. This was to improve their sight recognition and instant identification of amounts.

The other way would be to fill out the 10 frame as one above and below (so you are making pairs as you fill in the frame)

You can then complete addition and subtraction equations using your Lego ten frame.

If you have more Lego you could make two ten frames and then do some addition and subtraction using larger numbers.

 

Rain storm adding and subtracting

Here is a messy maths activity to complete.

Cut rain cloud shapes out of paper. On the clouds, write an adding sum. Underneath the cloud, create the raindrops by either drawing them or paint on your fingers! How big a thunderstorm can you make?

For subtraction, make skyscrapers. Write a subtraction sum at the top of the skyscraper. Then, draw square windows to represent the first number and then colour in/block out the ones you are taking away!

After you have completed your maths, you can add more detail to your cityscape!

 

Primary 1, Primary 2

SCIENCE Primary 2/1

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First of all – apologies. This was posted here early this morning and I did not press “publish! ” Here it is now!

09.06.20       PLANTS

Here are the resources you will need.

PPT HOW DO PLANTS GROW

PLANTING FRUIT SEEDS

 This week we will be planting our own seeds.

  1. Firstly, let us remind ourselves:  What do plants and flowers need to grow?
  2. Do you have your seeds ready?
  3. They can be melon, apple, orange or any other type of fruit seed.
  4. First here is a video which shows you how to plant seeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZ-GxnfUVE

  1. You do not need to plant them right now, you can plant them as you watch the PowerPoint.
  2. Now watch the PowerPoint “How Do Plants Grow?”
  3. You can watch the PowerPoint first then plant the seeds.
  4. Now can you complete the cut ‘n’ stick activity sheet to remind yourself how you planted your seeds.
  5. You can choose which to use with sheet 1 – either use sheet 2 or sheet 3.
  6. Next week we will see how your little seeds are doing.
  7. Here is a little interesting video to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECibetK2EYI

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The Rainbow Fish -P1 Drama

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As yesterday was World Oceans Day, I thought we would have an ocean themed drama activity this week.

 

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is a lovely story about friendship, sharing and being an individual. Listen to the story here

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/the-rainbow-fish/

then try out some of these drama activities.

Drama Activities 

  • Pretend you are the Rainbow fish swimming past all the other fish, ignoring them. What will your face look like? How will your body move?
  • The Little Blue Fish asks the Rainbow fish to have one of his special, shiny scales. Pretend to be him asking for the scales. What would you say to convince him?
  • Imagine you are the Little Blue Fish after he is finally given one of the shiny scales. Show his excitement swimming back and forth, whizzing through the ocean.
  • The Rainbow Fish soon realises  how happy he feels sharing his special scales. Show him sharing his scales and then happily playing and swimming with the other fish.

Other activities

  • create your own rainbow fish – you could try something like this

  • learn how fish can breathe under water by watching this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj5v3n6Nlm8

I hope you enjoy the story and activities. I would love to see you taking part in them -tag me on twitter cara_aikman (remember not to include your child’s name).