We are excited to share our learning in P1M.  We have made new friends and have enjoyed getting to know each other. The pictures below show just some of the things we have been doing!

Getting to know each other and sharing our favourite things using our Marvellous Me boxes

One of the first stories we read together was called ‘Don’t Eat the Teacher’ and we made sharks from paper plates and discussed what would happen if Sammy the shark ate Mrs McKay!

We went on a Seasons Hunt and created pictures using the objects we collected outside.

We are developing our scissor skills.

We have talked about how to hold a pencil as lots of children were using a more awkward grip,  since the start of primary 1 we have been encouraged to use our froggy legs to hold a pencil correctly and are trying our hardest to use them in school and at home.

Learning to create our names in a variety of ways.

Completing our activities at our ‘Home Seats’

Group activities during Maths Week

This was our very first phonics sound-the first step to reading, spelling and writing independently.

We use our magic pencil to write our new sound in the air and have fun writing it on a classmates back!

We can use our phonics knowledge to identify initial sounds in words

We went on a sound hunt outside in the nursery garden-we were looking for things that start with ‘p’

We had great fun making pirate puppets and playing with the pirate ship.

Treasure maps were being created at the writing table too.

Playing is a big part of learning in Primary 1.  It helps us work together, share the equipment, take turns, follow the rules, use our imagination, develop creativity and have fun!

We learned about feelings through various stories including The Rainbow Fish, The Smartest Giant in Town, The Highway Rat and Sharing a Shell.

We talked about different feelings we have experienced and how we show how we feel, we made flapping puppets to show different feelings-can you guess which emotion is being shown?

Various stations to develop our understanding of numbers and develop our counting skills.  The tennis ball monsters are very popular! Ask us what is inside.

We are learning to write numbers to 10 correctly too.

Today we played with our spelling words. We worked in small groups and worked out ways to represent our words using pictures and images, this will help us remember how to spell our words correctly.

Here are some examples:

Word = goat

The word was split into go and at, the guys drew a traffic light for ‘go’ and a cat, with the ‘c’ scored out for ‘at’. Well done, really creative (the drawing is on the board!).

Word = Mummy

The image used was of an Egyptian mummy! Great imagination!

Word = retrain

The guys drew a picture of Reamass ( she said she felt famous!!!) and then removed part of her name leaving the ‘re’ and then added a picture of a train! Great work!

Word = rocking

What great imaginations this group had, they used the image of Rocky the boxer (complete with  boxing ring), they then removed the ‘y’ leaving the word rock. The next part of the word was represented with an ink bottle with the ‘k’ removed and a ‘g’ added.

This activity allowed the class to explore number patterns within Pascal’s Triangle.  They investigated and asked questions about what happens as constraints are changed.  It showed the students ways that mathematicians explore and adapt patterns.  The class enjoyed creating their own triangles and patterns.

We have been really enjoying trying some new ideas out in Literacy this week including a glitzy phonics disco and a reflective reading lesson on the farmer duck story.  The children have been acting out the farmer duck story, clucking and mooing along with the animals and having some great discussions retelling the story and talking about working hard and being kind.  The children have also been working really hard on their writing this week, using their sounds and common words to write words independently and using their feedback to improve their work.  Very impressed with your efforts Primary 2.  Finally congratulations to our first pupil for achieving 50 Dojos and getting a special Dojo certificate.  Keep up the all the good work Primary 2 and enjoy your weekend. Mrs. Benzeval

Primary 3 thought that doing a jigsaw would be far too easy – until they discovered that only one person in the team could actually see the picture on the box!

The team captains had to describe the picture and the rest of the children had to try and make up the jigsaw following instructions and listening for clues. The team captains had to think carefully and the others had to show some really good listening. There was great teamwork on the go and it was interesting to see how the different teams tackled this activity.

The children enjoyed making up the jigsaws so much that they wanted to carry on after break and lunch!

Here they are showing some great teamwork. Well done Primary 3!