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.

We are so excited to have 2 very small new members to our P1 class. Muffin and Biscuit! We are so lucky to be given the Nursery Guinea Pigs for a few days this week. It is good for us to learn how to take care of a pet and understand what pets need. We all had a hold of them today and we fed and watered them. Tomorrow we will learn how to clean the  cage.

Every Monday in  P1  we reflect on the Gospel from Mass that week. The Gospel this week told us how we can be an example to others, like a light  shining to show the way. We can shine our light by helping others, sharing, being kind and always trying our best and using our talents. We listened to one of our favourite hymns which you can listen to by clicking the link.

We decided to use clay to make our own candle holders which we can take home and use shine a light in times of darkness.

We had an exciting afternoon learning about Rabbie Burns. We learned that he lived in Alloway and is famous for writing poems  and ballads.  We learned that we celebrate Burns  on the 25th of January because that was his birthday. We had some haggis, neaps and tatties  and some shortbread for dessert too.

Today was our Christmas party! We danced, played games and even met Santa! We sang Jingle Bells and Santa appeared on the stage. We all got to meet him, have a photo taken and he gave us a gift. We had party food and yummy ice-cream. Everyone looked very smart in their party clothes.