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Zoo fun in Primary 1!

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WHAT A DAY!  Primary 1 had a brilliant day at Edinburgh Zoo yesterday.  We enjoyed a visit to the Education Centre for a whole school quiz about endangered animals, then visited the penguins before sitting under a big shaded tree for some lunch.  After lunch we played at the play park before setting off to further explore the amazing Zoo!  We saw so many beautiful animals.  We especially loved seeing the penguins, koalas, tigers and giraffes.  Sadly, the pandas were settled in the long grass, and even though we couldn’t see them clearly, we could hear them munching on their food! There were lots of steep hills and we did a lot of walking and our teachers were very proud of all of us for keeping up.  A quick visit to the gift shop followed, before getting back on the bus for our return to school.

A super trip for our super Primary 1s.

 

 

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Water fun in Primary 1!

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As part of our learning in Science, P1 have been learning about water.  We spoke about how we use water in our every day lives and know that we need water to survive.   We made a long list of everything we know about water and it was very long!  We know that water can freeze when it is cold and it can melt when it is warm.  Today we experimented with ice and water and added some food colouring too!  The ice eventually melted into water.

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Sharing the Learning – Primary 1

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Thank you to the parents who were able to pop along to our Sharing the Learning event this morning.  As part of our Health and Wellbeing learning, this morning the children were finding out more about sun safety.  They all worked very well and chose a variety of activities to do with their parents.

 

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A very special thanks to Miss Gaffney who has been in P1 and P2 this week as part of her school’s work experience programme.  The staff and children have all loved working with her and she has the makings of being a wonderful, caring and fun teacher!  We are very thankful for all her help and wish her every success in the future.

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Primary 1 – Class Talks

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Well done to our next group of children who presented their Class Talks this week.  This term we are talking about our favourite fairytale.  This is an excellent opportunity to develop children’s talking and listening skills and we appreciate parent’s support with this task.

Ailsa – I liked making my poster.  I like Rumpelstiltskin.  I brought in the book too.

Lucy – I did a poster of Rapunzel and spoke about it.  Everyone liked it.

Charlotte – I liked talking and everyone listened,  I made a poster for it.

 

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Primary 1 – Health Week Day 3

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Another amazing, fun and healthy day for Primary 1 today.  We started by making delicious fruit kebabs with our buddies and we tasted fruits we have had before and some new fruits too.  They were yummy and a great, healthy start to our day.  We enjoyed an exercise class in the P.E. hall and some of the nursery children came along too, which was lovely.  Before lunchtime we enjoyed doing some martial arts which we all absolutely loved!  In the afternoon we did a dance class led by Emma from SMK Dance and a football session led by Nicola Lind who is football player and referee!

Some feedback from Primary 1…

“I liked doing the exercise class when the nursery children came”. Grace

“I liked making a fruit kebab with Lauren (P7 buddie)”. Ailsa

“It was fun when we did martial arts”. Riley

“My favourite today was making the fruit kebabs”. Lilly

“My favourite was doing the kebabs with all the fruit and doing the dance in the hall”. Jorja

“I really liked dancing with Emma!” Sofia

“I liked exercise” Evan

“I liked dancing”. Charlotte

 

 

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Primary 1 – Science

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As part of our learning in Science, Primary 1 have been finding out about electricity.  They know that it is a form of energy that makes something work.  They can identify a number of appliances in our homes, school and local community that work by electricity.  They also are aware that it can be dangerous and can list some ways to stay safe when using electricity.  Children know why it is important in our daily lives and we reflected on what we could NOT do if we did not have electricity – it was quite a long list!  Look at some of our amazing pieces of work…

Children learned that electrical sings are vital to help indicate any hazards or risks associated with electrical equipment or power supply.  Some children commented that they have seen these signs in the local community.  We went on a hunt to see if there are any in the school and we designed our own electrical safety sign too!

This has been a super topic and the children have all really enjoyed being involved in different activities to  support this learning.