Hello from P1B, it has been lovely to see all the parents at parents night this week and talk about all the progress the children are making.
Last week we did a mini topic on the book Dogs Don’t Do Ballet.
This is a funny story about Biff the dog who fulfills his dreams of becoming a ballet dancer despite continually being told Dogs don’t do Ballet. Using the Thinking Reader approach we looked at many different aspects of the book. We drew pictures and wrote about Biff’s feelings when he was sad and happy, made cards and wrote him messages to cheer him up, sequenced the story, designed front covers for our own books, looked at jobs that real dogs do and looked closely at the vocabulary – identifying and discussing interesting and unusual words. We made a huge list – 48 words!
Hayley and Lauren read their messages to Biff.
Tess the teddy wrote us another letter, asking us to learn about a different form of transport – boats this time! She left us a book called Peter the Cruise Ship. We worked in groups to draw and write about the different kinds of boats we know. We shared our knowledge of ferries, kayaks, canoes, submarines, sailing boats and many more. We have also been learning about the history of boats – from hollowed out tree trunks to what the have today. We will continue with our boat theme next week.
Last week we learned the sounds ‘igh’ and ‘-y’. They are tricky sounds to hear and use in words but we worked hard and practised in lots of different ways.
This week there were no new sounds but we took the time to use the digraphs we’ve been learning recently and to consolidate our tricky words.
We have also been enjoying the (slightly) better weather and thinking about Spring. We had fun playing outside and have been trying some new art techniques as we make some pictures to go on display in the school corridor. I’ll upload photos of the finished pictures when they’re dry and mounted!
We have a school achievement wall in the corridor outside Miss Baillie and Mrs Malcolm’s offices. We display achievements from within and outside school here. Please encourage your child to let us know of any achievements outside of school. Although it can be, it doesn’t have to be an accolade from an organised club – it could be learning to ride their bike or baking a cake, anything they are really proud of. Last week Imogen and Daisy took part in a gymnastics display and brought their medals in to show us and Ruaridh and Cohen both received trophies from their enjoy-a-ball classes.
Well done guys!
Happy weekend, from P1B and Mrs Kennedy
