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Primary 1 – WORLD BOOK DAY

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What a fun day in school today as we all celebrate World Book Day!

We did so many fun things!  We came into class this morning to find a book at our desks.  We could keep and read the book or swap with a friend.  After ten minutes, we met with our P7 buddies and worked together to do a book hunt.  We had to find hidden bookmarks along the corridor and each book mark contained a letter.  We found 10 letters and then had to rearrange them and the letters spelt out a famous character from a story.  We figured out the letters spelt…

P A D D I N G T O N.

On return to class we listened to a Paddington story and drew a picture of him.

Throughout the day we also listened to an Authors Live story, coloured in a fairytale poster of lots of different characters and matched them to the correct fairytale, designed and coloured a bookmark, read with our P7 buddies, made up silly stories and did a book character listening activity!!!  We had the best day.

Thank you to the children who donated a book for the Book Swap!

Some feedback from our Primary 1 stars…

“I love Paddington, he’s so cute”.

“I brought in a book to swap”.

“I liked colouring in (the characters) I thought of all the stories”.

“I love wearing my pyjamas”.

“”We did bunting for our library”.

“My buddy and me read three stories.  I like sitting with her”.

“My favourite book is ‘Supertato’, it’s so funny”.

“We listened to a real author reading a story (Authors Live)”.

“I liked reading with my buddy”.

“My bookmark is so colourful and bright and I’m going to use it tonight”.

 

 

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Primary 1 Class Talks

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⭐  ⭐  ⭐

Congratulations to our two children who delivered fantastic Class Talks this week.  We are blown away with the confidence and skills the children are displaying, and the effort that has gone into Class Talks.

Thank you to parents / carers for taking the time to help your children prepare for this.

All posters are displayed in our Primary 1 cloakroom for people to see as they walk by.  We are very proud of our Primary 1 stars! ⭐

 

On Friday we had so much fun making playdough!  We all love using and playing with playdough in P1 and thought it would be a good idea to make our own.  Look at us in action…

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Primary 1 – Class Talks

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Well done to the children who prepared their Class Talks this week.  They were BRILLIANT!  We are so impressed with the effort going into this homework task and the children are all enjoying delivering their talks to the class.

Some feedback from Primary 1 about their Class Talks:

“It’s so good and everyone listens to you”.

“I like it so much,  I made a big poster”.

“I liked the feedback.  Everyone said I did really good”.

“I like talking to my friends and getting questions (asked)”.

“I liked it.  I did so good”.

“I think it was so good and I loved it when people said they liked it and I liked talking to everyone and it really made me happy”.

“I was excited.  I was excited to do it”.

“I love it.  I spoke so loud”.

“I love my poster.  I love all the posters”.

 

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Primary 1 – Class Talks

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C L A S S    T A L K S    –    A L L    A B O U T    M E

Another super afternoon with Primary 1 children leading class talks! It is amazing to see how much effort children are putting into this homework task – a huge thank you to parents and carers who are helping their children at home with this.  Children are delivering their talks with confidence!  We are definitely BUILDING FOR SUCCESS!  Well done Primary 1!

Here we are in action…

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Primary 1 – Class Talks

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art teacher clip art - Clip Art Library PRIMARY 1 CLASS TALKS

Today in Primary 1 we started our Class Talks.  Each week four children are chosen to prepare a talk which they do at home and then present to the class the following Thursday.  Children make posters at home to support them when delivering their talk.  The children presenting today were amazing and the class were excellent at listening and asking questions too.  Your child will be given a letter home when it is their turn to prepare their talk.

As a class, we decided the child talking should:

  • Use a loud and clear voice.
  • Look at the audience when speaking.
  • Share good information.
  • Answer questions well.

We reminded ourselves of how to display good listening:

  • Staying quiet.
  • Sitting still.
  • Listening to all of the words.
  • Looking at the person who is talking.

Here we are in action:

 

 

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Primary 1 – Nativity and Christmas Dinner

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“WHOOPS-A-DAISY ANGEL” 

We were all so proud of our Primary 1 STARS as they performed alongside P2 and P3 in this year’s Nativity, “Whoops-a-Daisy Angel“.  It was wonderful to have parents and family members in the school this year.  A huge ‘Thank you’ to those who were able to come along and support the children – it really was very special!

Infant Nativity | Arnside National Primary School

 

On Thursday, the children enjoyed a delicious school Christmas dinner.  Thank you to the ladies in the school kitchen who put on an amazing lunch for everyone.  It was extra special and felt very Christmassy!

Christmas Lunch | Mount Carmel Primary School

 

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Letters to Santa – Primary 1

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Letters to Santa: What you need to know about getting them to the North Pole

Lots of excitement in Primary 1 this week as the children wrote their letters to Santa!  The letters were sent on express delivery so they should reach Santa Claus in Lapland in a few days.  The children also drew a picture for Santa on the back of their letters!  Not long now, we are sure Santa and all the elves are hard at work in the run up to Christmas Day! 🎅🤶

 

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Primary 1 – Catholic Education Week

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Scottish Catholic Education Service | SCES | Resources for Catholic Education Week 2012Catholic Education Week 2022

Communion, Participation, Mission.

This Week, all Catholic Schools across Scotland are celebrating CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK.  The theme for this special week is Communion Participation, Mission.

Communion – We travel towards God together.

Participation – We join in at Mass.

Mission – We tell others about God’s Word.

Today, we focused on how we can participate in Mass.  The children watched a lovely little story about going to Mass and shared their personal stories about going to Mass with their families, or at school.  They then drew pictures and wrote stories about how they can join in at Mass.

Look at these beautiful stories from our Primary 1 stars!