Springfield Primary School and Bonnytoun Nursery School

This week we have been learning the a and t sounds. We have learnt to say, read and write our sounds. We even started to blend them together in simple words.

In Numeracy we have been learning all about the numbers 0, 1 and 2. We have been doing lots of different activities to demonstrate our understanding of these numbers.

We have been learning all about our school values. The kindness fairy sent us a letter and left us a tub of kindness for Mrs McAulay to sprinkle over the classroom. We drew special pictures to show all of the kind things we have been doing in P1 and created our own kindness tree. We even showed kindness to our buddies and made them special thank you cards as they have looked after us this week. On Thursday we were learning all about resilience and we read a story about a little boy who couldn’t ride his bike. We did a circle time activciyt and shared all of the things we have found tricky. Mrs McAulay set up some tricky activities around the class and we had to try and use to encourage each other and not give up. The P3 play leaders then came across to help us build some junk model towers. It was very tricky but everyone showed a great attitude!

Paddington arrived in our classroom this week and asked us to write him letters to tell him all about our first week in Primary 1. We took up the challenge and wrote some beautiful letters to him in our free play time.

A big well done to N and A for winning the enjoy-a-ball trophies. A great achievement and we love hearing all about achievements outside of school.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

P1B and Mrs McAulay x

A warm welcome back to all children and families, I hope everyone managed to enjoy some family time in the sunshine over the summer holidays. It seems that our Primary 7 children were more than ready, all looking smart in their shirts and ties and full of enthusiasm for the year ahead!

We have had a very busy first week, settling into our new classroom routines. We have been spending time this week, getting to learn more about each other and learning how we can work together to make sure that we all have a successful year. Through various activities we shared our thoughts about the year ahead, we discussed some of our fears, hopes and expectations, and something that everyone is looking forward to this year, is having fun….that there will be plenty of!

We spent time this week getting our Class of 2019 Time Capsule ready, we wrote letters to our future selves, reminding ourselves of what our interests are and also what we hope to achieve in the next year, we all looking forward to opening our letters on the last day of Primary 7. We have also been using string to measure our heights, I wonder how much we would have grown over the year? Next week we will be bury our time Capsule, along with some things we have gathered over the week.

Team work is so important, we have taken part in some team building activities to remind ourselves that patience, planning, communicating and persistence is key to successful team work. Only given sellotape, 20 strands of spaghetti and a marshmallow, we had to create the tallest, free standing tower. We worked together in  groups of three. Our winning team managed to build a 30cm tall tower.

Who knew getting to know each other could be such a ‘sweet’ treat? Using Skittles, a dice and a set of questions, we played a getting to know you game with our partners, it’s amazing how little we knew about each other.

Confidence, Resilience, Kindness, Respectful and Included are all the school values that each Primary 7 learner displayed this week. Our Primary 7’s have taken on the role of buddies this year, with the Primary 1’s and they are doing a fantastic job, welcoming and including the Primary 1’s to the Springfield family!

It looks like we are going to have a fantastic year together, where we are all going to grow and develop both together and individually, I am looking forward to enjoy this journey along with Mr. Logan and both P7a and P7b.

Mrs. Matos and P7b

A warm welcome to our newest Primary 7s who have been settling into life at the top end of Springfield Primary School this week! It’s been a hugely positive start to term, with the children returning refreshed and ready to go in what promises to be an incredible year for them.

We’ve been getting to know each other this week in various teamwork and problem solving activities, including the spaghetti and marshmallow challenge. P7 worked in groups of 5 with only Sellotape, 20 strands of spaghetti and one marshmallow to build the highest freestanding tower possible.

We’ve also been preparing items to place in our Class of 2019 time capsule. The children wrote letters to their futures selves, noting their hopes, dreams and aspirations for the year which will be opened on the final day of term. They also measured their height with string, recorded information about themselves and took an individual photo to include in their envelopes. The time capsule will be buried in the outdoor classroom next week. It’s safe to say P7a will grow both as learners and young people throughout the coming months and we’re excited for the journey ahead.

Staff across school have showered our P7s with compliments this week as they have undertaken their first P1 Buddying duties. The children have shown a great level of maturity and responsibility, behaving in a kind, nurturing and caring manner whilst accompanying their P1 Buddies to morning breaks and lunchtimes. On Friday, we also worked with the P1s to begin developing their knowledge of and ability to use ICT more confidently.

I’m greatly looking forward to the year ahead P7a and I’m incredibly proud of your efforts this week! Keep it up!

To all of P7a’s parents, carers and families, have a lovely weekend.

P7a and Mr. Logan

This week we welcomed everyone back to school.  We had a lovely time getting to know each other through games such as charades and question time. We familiarized ourselves with the classroom routine and we are proud to say that we are great at following through with.

We have discussed and created our class agreement, class charter as well as individual termly jobs.  We looked into children’s rights briefly.   Next week will be learning about this in more detail.

We have also been able to share stories about what we have done during the school holidays. We made post cards as well.