We have had a wonderful week!
As the weather has turned a little more Autumnal we have enjoyed time in the Outdoor Classroom and the Sensory Room, where we have enjoyed the lights and the music!
In class we have worked on our find motor skills with dabbing practice. We have also made great progress in independently building our names…and the whole alphabet!
In terms of building, we have also worked very well together in constructing towers in the classroom!
Each week we love our time outdoors with Miss Nelson. Last week we were out in the woods exploring and playing. We were given a task to create a home for an animal using any materials we could find lying around. We used acorns, sticks, leaves, stones, string, little pieces of bricks and rocks.
We have been learning to read and say numbers in French. We had fun playing snakes and ladders using a French dice.
In our classroom we have a house corner which we are always changing. Last week we had a business meeting which Joseph chaired and Riley took the minutes. During this meeting we all got to share our ideas for the house corner and what we would like to turn it into next. We thought about the time of year and lots of us had some very creative ideas. Afterwards we had a vote and it was decided to turn it into a haunted cinema.
We then worked in groups to create the haunted cinema. Some of us painted cardboard to be the outside spooky cinema building and some of us painted scary characters to decorate the inside. We discussed that we need tickets and money and a group of us made those. We made promotional posters which we will display to show which films are on in the cinema and we were very creative in making lots of snacks for the snack stall. We now have lots of popcorn, sweets, chocolate and drinks we can buy when we go to watch a film.
Thank you to all of the parents and carers who were able to attend our Sharing the Learning event this morning. The children loved having you in class as they engaged in a range of reading activities.
Joseph – My mum was here and we did a crossword and read a story.
Ariana – My mum came and we designed a character and did a word search. My character was Rapunzel and she had a crown and long hair and a dress.
Charlotte – Me and my mum read a story and did a wordsearch.
Jorja – Me and my mum did the questions (about reading) on the board and I read a book to her called “Cowboy Kid”. I drew me as a cowboy.
Abner – I read a story called “Secret Seven” and my mum helped me with the word search.
Oonagh – I read about Highland Cows and answered lots of questions about them because I know lots about them and I love them.
Amber – I did a reading crossword with my mum and showed her around the classroom.
Jude – I was doing the crossword with my mum.
Darcy – I did a Captain America character drawing with my mum.
Evan – My mum helped me with a wordsearch.
Freya – I designed a book cover and a wordsearch and I read a book too.
Siena – I did a reading wordsearch and designed a character with my mum and dad. I also started to make my own book.
Zac – I liked my mum and dad in my classroom.
Philip – I did a wordsearch and read a book about a snake with my mum and it’s called “There’s a Snake in my School”.
Kendall – Me and my dad did a wordsearch and crossword.
Grace – Me and my mum answered the questions about books and started to read a book.
In Health and Wellbeing, P3 have been learning all about food. We found out where food comes from and used the Eatwell Guide to learn about healthy choices.
We also talked about how to stay safe when preparing food, like washing our hands and using equipment carefully.
The best part was making and tasting healthy foods! P3 were fantastic at trying new things and learning that healthy food can be fun and tasty.
Primary 1 have been learning that the season has now changed to Autumn 🍂. We talked about the changes we can see 👀 hear 👂 and smell 👃 as the weather gets colder.
For outdoor learning we had a lovely walk up to a local woodland area where we explored the trees 🌳 and shrubs. We talked about staying safe in a different area and had lots of fun.
We are all doing very well in progressing through our sounds and are starting to blend sounds together to make words. The more we practice these the easier it will be to read and write. All children have been sent home with a set of sounds.
On Friday we enjoyed the “Big Breakfast” and “Sharing Our Learning “. Tasting different food at breakfast club with our friends and family . After breakfast it was great to show the adults our amazing work in class.
Have a lovely weekend 😀
We have welcomed each other back after the long weekend. We have enjoyed lunches together and building our names.
We have also practiced building on our skills of cup stacking and working together.
A lovely week in the Autumnal sun.
A wonderful day for experiencing the great outdoors. Ness had a great time exploring our locality. Having noticed the amount of litter around our school, we decided to help our environment by clearing it up. We have been learning how important it is to look after our environment.
Enjoy our pictures below.
P5 have enjoyed our mini topic on oceans of the world and the coral reef habitat. We concluded it by creating a model of a submarine that could dive to the coral reefs, collect samples, provide visuals and provide communication to the surface. The results were fantastic. Happy September weekend!
Primary have been thinking about what is in our circle of control. We worked together to put things into our circle of control and what we can’t control, there were lots discussions about this and lots of thinking points.
We have also been using our Building Thinking Classrooms time to increase our meta skills and knowledge. Working together in random groups we have to solve a problem, working it out together. We all enjoy working with our friends.
At outdoor learning this week we were practicing being safe outside the school grounds. We walked to our local park, being very careful walking along side the road. Once at the part we worked on lots of silks, climbing, balancing, sharing, taking turns all while having lots of fun.
We have also been working on developing our critical thinking and problem solving skills in the outdoor classroom, building towers and obstacle courses.
Have a lovely September weekend 😀
