In Primary 1 we learned about the Lunar New Year š§§.
we found it very interesting that each year is represented by a animal and that this year is the year of the snake š. We talked about what animals represented the years we were born, 2018 the dog š, 2019 the pig š and 2020 the rat š.
We decorated lanterns and made paper snakes š.
This week in Rannoch we have continued our phonics learning journey in looking at the initial sound ‘n’…..we’ve looked at words from the height of a bird’s nest to the very tip of our noses!
In Beyond Number we have made great progress in understanding, and recognising, ‘what comes next’.
In our other number work we have been revising counting to 20 and playing some new games!
We have also had great fun in the Sensory Room and at P.E.
A lovely fun, busy, and positive week!
What a lovely day we have had in P4 and we are very lucky to have 2 mums who work very hard in our local community. Mrs McFarlane (Lukeās mum) very kindly let us visit her at her work in the Polbeth Hub where she discussed with us all the ways the hub helps and supports people in the community. We were very jealous of the messy play which was set up for the baby sensory class. We visited the shop in the hub and learned that it is slightly cheaper than other shops and that nothing goes to waste, any leftover fresh food goes to a local farm to feed the animals. We got to choose a book to keep and take home. Thank you!
In the afternoon Miss Campbell (Kieraās mum) came in to tell us all about her job in our local Scotmid. She explained that it is a very important resource for lots of local people in Polbeth who rely on the shop for lots of essentials and as we learned lots of children in the class regularly get a treat from Scotmid. Scotmid is also an important place where people can go and meet others and have a wee chat with the people who work there. It also advertises lots of information about local groups and things that are going on in the community. We were very interested to see all the keys that are needed to open the shop and the biggest key we have ever seen was for the safe! Ā Miss Campbell very kindly brought us all a little sweet from her work, thank you Ā and thank you for answering all our questions!
This term, as part of our learning in Science, we are finding out about living and non living things.Ā Children are learning to explain the difference between living and non-living things, taking into consideration movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, excretion and feeding.Ā
This week we started to learn about animal classifications.Ā Animals are divided into two main groups – animals that have a backboneĀ are calledĀ vertebrates and animals that don’t have aĀ backboneĀ are calledĀ invertebrates.Ā We found out about the six animal groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects and amphibians and identified what the animals in each group have in common.
Karlie – Amphibians live on land and water.
Jessica – Fish have fins to move around and gills to breathe.
Damon – Humans are mammals.
Bella – Birds have got feathers, wings and a beak.Ā Some birds are really big and some are small.
Ellie – Reptiles have dry skin and scales and they can lay eggs too.
Cody – I liked sorting the animals.
Alexander – Frogs and toads are amphibians.
Another successful and entertaining week in Ness Class. We had an amazing breakthrough in our Maths learning. The 6 times table is tricky, but we have discovered that making groups of 6 and adding on by 6 each time, gets the correct answer!
In our writing we were learning about Rabbie Burns. We planned a Birthday Party for him on Thursday and even had our own Burn’s Supper as the menu. Dominic and Laura loved the haggis. Shay and Nathan like the Tunnock’s Teacakes and the Irn Bru was a big hit with everyone!
Pics Below!
With the weather warning closing the school tomorrow, I will put some little tasks on the Teams page for anyone who wants to access them. Instructions are on the SWAY the school is sending out to all parents and carers on Thursday afternoon!
Stay safe everyone!
On Monday we had a great buddy session where we learned lots about Robert Burns and made information posters to show our learning.
Our Topic this term is Scotland and we are enjoying learning Scots language through stories and poems.
Our art this week was based on our Scottish topic, inspired by tartan Ā and Robert Burs we created our own tartan silhouette pictures.
On Thursday we celebrated Robert Burs day early. We learned that he is a very famous Scottish poet. We made shortbread in class as well as haggis neeps and tatties and had a burns supper,birthday party in class.
We were all excited and some a bit nervous about the weather, have a lovely weekend š
Helen Pritchard
Head Teacher
This week we have enjoyed time with our Committee friends outside in the fresh air…where we also enjoyed Outdoor Morning.
We have also enjoyed learning more about the initial sound ‘i’.Ā We have confidently identified those items with the sound through pictures, model making and songs.
In our number work we have continued our learning with relation to patterns and worked on counting to 30 and writing the number 2.
We have also had great fun in P.E.Ā and enjoyed sensory activities.
What a difference a week can makeā¦ Tay Class had time playing outdoors on the grass now all the snow has melted.
We had a visit to the trim trail with Rannoch Class which we really enjoyed especially as we havenāt been there for a while. Ā AE and AH loved playing in the big puddle and did really well taking turns with one another.
We listened to and watched songs about āHot and Coldā and did a few follow-up activities. Weāll continue this topic next week.
Our favourite stories this week were āArnie and the Donutā and āThe Three Little Pigsā.
Mrs McMaster had the big climbing frame and ladder out for us at PE. Ā We did so well balancing, climbing and challenging ourselves on this. Fantastic Tay Class!
In class this week we have been using different language for big and small in our number work, greater and less, more and fewer. We have played lots of games with numbers to develop our understanding.
We spent some time this week deciding what it was that we wanted to learn about Scotland for our topic, we came up with some fantastic ideas and are now keen to learn more.
It was lovely weather for our outdoor learning this week and we enjoyed spending some time in the school garden, checking on what we had planted at the start of the year. After the garden we had some time in the trip trail, work on our balance and co ordination skills as well as working together. Everyone loves getting outside.
In RE we learned the story of Noah and his Arc, we all made our own rainbows š to represent Godās promise.
Have a lovely weekend āŗļø
