P1B have been absolute troopers this week, they are very tired at this stage in the term but are still full of life and are working very hard. Their excitement is contagious and I don’t think there is a nicer place to be in the run up to Christmas.
On Monday we played party games during PE in preparation for our party next week. It was really good fun, we were very good sports and were showing some fantastic dance moves!
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We have been doing some lovely art work this week – related to our new sounds j and v. We made jellyfish and jingle bells for j and vases and volcanoes for v.
We made snowmen with Mrs Begarnie on Tuesday as part of our study on forms of water.
Rev. Cheryl McKellar-Young from St Michael’s visited on Wednesday, she told a very good story at milk time.
We are continuing addition in maths, this week we looked at all the ways of adding to 8 and 9.
On Thursday we had an afternoon looking closely at Stick Man by Julia Donalsdon, we read the story and watched the short film, then had a carousel of activities: re-telling the story using puppets, send a postcard home to the Stick family, sequence the story by creating a comic strip and draw your favourite part of the story. It was a great afternoon, the children really got into the story, thinking about the events in detail and how the Stick Man and his family might be feeling. They really liked the part where Santa saved the day! Looking at them working during this lesson made showed just how far they’ve come this term. The writing was excellent and I could see and hear lots of children sounding out as they attempted to write words and sentences. The puppet shows were good too, there are some good organisers in P1B. Good job guys!
On Friday morning we read our reading books to a friend. We like the Biff, Chip and Kipper stories and often notice extra things going on by looking closely at the pictures. We read really well – again, lovely to see the new skills they are picking up.
Phew! Another busy week. Christmas party and church service to look forward to next week, along with lots of Christmas activities. Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Kennedy and P1B x
