We are gearing up for the nativity live shows and have been practising really hard this week. You’re in for a treat – P1 make a lovely choir. We’re very excited to have a real audience.
We have also begun to think a bit more about winter and Christmas. In art on Monday we made snowflakes by folding paper circles and cutting out shapes and then opening them up – we loved the results and were very surprised at how they looked when they were opened. We were also able to practise the properties of 2D shapes again as we discussed and decided how to cut our paper. This was such a big hit that a number of the children have been making snowflakes whenever they can!
We also made some decorations for the walls in the hall. P1 made sheep, we all drew a sheep and 2 were chosen to be enlarged using a clever trick with a camera and the smartboard projector. Then groups of children painted them and stuck cotton wool on their bodies. Make sure you have a look for them at the nativity.
We finally learned curly ‘c’ this week – a few the children have been waiting for this day since the beginning of the school year! We also learned all about ‘l’. We have been sounding out and writing a lot more words too.
In numeracy, we have been adding to 5 and 6 – learning recall of all the sums that make these numbers. In outer maths we continued with time, looking again at ‘oclock on analogue and digital clocks.
As always, there has been some really good learning through play going on in P1. We have some very inventive children who love to make models out of junk or sticklebricks, some like to draw or write, practising their sounds and motor skills, they are also very sociable at the writing table too – lots of chat going on! They have also been enjoying playing with the dolls house where they act out little bits of their own lives and make up stories. Sometimes they also like to have some quite time with a book.
We’re looking forward to seeing many of you at the nativity. P1B and Mrs Kennedy
