This week we were learning the ‘e’ and ‘h’ sounds. We also learnt the ‘r’ and ‘m’ sounds last week. Here we are doing some activities related to our sounds. We used the magnetic boards to build and write CVC words. We have been using our phoneme fingers to sound out words and identify all of the sounds. We then blend them together with our rainbow wand. This helps us read and write words. We have been working very hard on our reading at home too. We are enjoying getting to know all of the characters in our Oxford Reading Tree books.
In Numeracy we were practising accurate counting and making sure we were putting our finger on each object as we counted it. We even made up some counting rules to teach other people how to count carefully. We also practised ordering our numbers to 10, starting at different points. On Wednesday we did our Outer Maths lesson on 2D shape. We made pictures out of 2D shapes and completed a colouring challenge.
In IDL we were learning all about our local area. We talked about what a town needs to help the people that live in it. We drew pictures in our Floorbook to evidence our learning. Here are some services we need in a town: shops, houses, doctor surgery, fire station, police station, park, supermarket. We then looked at lots of photos of Linlithgow and talked about our favourite places. Igloo seemed to be a very popular one!
Mrs Gordon was teaching us some French this week and we learning how to say please and thank you. Mrs McAulay was doing some HWB with us. We were introduced to Jigsaw Jennie who helps us talk about our feelings We did some circle time activities to share our ideas about what makes us happy and sad. In PE this week we took a trip to the zoo and had to use our bodies to move like different animals. We were developing our balance and some of the movements were quite tricky! We also played a great beanbag game and we had to try and move in different ways, keeping our beanbag on our heads.
We had a secret task to complete this week too! Our wonderful chef Jessie is retiring on Friday and we wanted to make something special for her. We drew pictures of Jessie and of our favourite school lunches. We are so grateful for all she has done for us. It will all be made into a special book to present to her in our assembly on Friday.
We hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
P1B and Mrs McAulay x
