This term we have had a big focus on our use of IT to support our learning. Most of us are very confident in logging on and getting started independently.  We have been using our skills to search for information. We investigated the different jobs people did whilst living in a castle. Our favourite is the Gong Farmer. Ask us what he does. We have also got our sumdog logins working and we enjoyed completing numeracy tasks on the iPads and laptops.

Our IDL topic this term is houses, homes and castles. We have enjoyed learning about the different parts of a castle and the significance of these different parts.

Stella – Arrow loops are very thin so no one can see them shooting the arrows.

Kiera – Drawbridge – it can be pulled up when the enemy is coming and it lets people out of the castle.

Jessica – The Portcullis is metal and it stops people getting in the castle when the drawbridge is down.

Scarlette – The moat stops the enemy from getting into the castle.

karlie – The battlements are at the top of the castle walls and they are special because the soldiers can hide behind them and then look out and shoot out if enemies are coming.

Annalee – The Bailey is inside the castle.

Bonnie – People do different jobs in the Bailey. The animal stables are in the Bailey.

Peter – The turrets are on the top of the castle.

Ellie – The Keep is the safest part of the castle and the King and Queen can hide there if the castle is attacked.

We decided we wanted to make a castle in our classroom. We discussed how we could do this and what materials we could use. Mrs Gaffney managed to find a very large cardboard box and we got to work. To begin, we looked at castles other people had made which gave us ideas and inspiration. Some of us then drew out a design on the board and we decided what we wanted to include with our castle. One of the main parts we wanted was a drawbridge. We had a great discussion trying to work out how we could make the drawbridge go up and down.  Some of us used measuring tapes to work out how big we needed to make the castle to fit along the wall. This week we drew out our design and painted parts of the castle.

We had another amazing group of P1 pupils delivering their class talks today.  All 4 children were very well prepared and had brought in their favourite fairytale and had made a fantastic poster to support their talk. Macie ‘s favourite was Dumbo, Evan loves Toy Story, Ariana’s favourite story is the Plum Fairy and  Grace read Rapunzel to us. Well done everyone.

To celebrate Numeracy Day we went outside to see that maths and numeracy can be fun. We realised that we use numbers regularly when we are playing. We counted how many passes we could make with the ball before dropping it. We drew shapes on the ground using chalk. We wrote numbers, some of us wrote all the way up to 40.  We also played hopscotch where we had to read numbers and count.

Primary 1 have had a fantastic start to Health week.
We started the morning with smoothies. We chopped the different fruit and added it to the blender. This wasn’t just any normal blender. We had to cycle to make the blender work. It was quite tough but we managed it and the smoothies were delicious.
Today we also had a fantastic session with Destination Judo.  We worked in pairs on the mat trying to hold each other and trying to escape. It was great fun.
The day was ended cheering on the staff V the P6/7 pupils during a game of netball. We loved watching our buddies and teachers playing against each other.

We loved our first session of outdoor learning with Mr Lockhart. We had fun exploring the woodland area. Some of us were climbing trees, hunting for pine cones, looking for sticks and swinging on the rope swing. Mr Lockhart read us a story all about a dragon. We loved it and can’t wait for our next session.

Sofia – I liked playing on the rope swing

Macie – I liked climbing the trees

Evan – I had fun on the swing

Jorja – I loved climbing up the trees

Freya – I liked finding food for the squirrels

Darcy – I liked collecting pine cones and putting them in the pile

Ailsa – I loved bouncing on the trees

Ariana– I liked climbing up the trees

Lucy – I liked it when I was on the swing

Charlotte – I liked the swing too

Jake – I liked collecting sticks

Oonagh – I liked collecting pine cones and making a nest for the birds.

Welcome back to all our P1 stars. We are delighted to see everyone back and ready to learn.  What a great first week we have had.
in maths we are learning to tell the time. We made our own paper plate clocks which we used to show different times. We really enjoyed playing time games on the interactive board and working with our talk partners to read o’clock and half past.

We made the most of the Spring sunny weather we had on Tuesday and spent some time in the afternoon at the park. We played on the seesaw, swings and climbing frames. Some of us had fun rolling down the hill.

We had a very exciting event happen in class. A dragon visited the class and left a glitter trail leading to a letter. The letter explained that his Fairyland had disappeared and there is nowhere for the Fairytale characters to live. He asked us to make a Fairyland in our classroom. We are really excited to help. We read Jack and the Beanstalk and decided to make a beanstalk in our classroom for Jack. We also drew and painted Jack, the giant and a cow to add to our display.