Some Jolly Good Learning in Primary 1S

We have been discussing what a “title” is. We know it is the name of something we are going to read. One of the pupils suggested this as our title to share our learning with you. We have started using Jolly Phonics and that is why we think we have done some jolly good learning!

This is the news from Primary 1!

Jordan – I read Mr Men Mr Strong and it was hard to read a full page. I read the front of it.

Archie – I found it tricky to paint people and animals.

Sophie – I found it really easy to draw a snail for the “s” sound. We have been cutting out carefully.

Cassie – I know that giraffes have long necks. The dentist checked our teeth.

Esther – I found the “s” sound easy.

Fynlay – We were learning French colours with Mrs Grenfell.

Shane – We have been learning Frere Jacques and Doe a Deer with Mr Hewitt.

Logan – We wanted to do jobs in the class and we had to tell Mrs Sutherland and Mrs Frater why we would be good at them.

Lillie – We chose our ideas for Friday reward time and some of us are going to Mrs McKay’s class to play games, play with the Peppa Pig set and dancing.

As you can see, we are very busy in Primary 1. We are learning lots of different things! Mrs Sutherland is very happy with us!

Our Class Assembly!

This morning we all performed in our class Assembly. We have been working very hard this term in Health and we had a chance to show off all of our learning this morning. Some of us took part in a piece of Drama about emotions, some of us learned and read out a poem and Ella and Aaron told us what makes them happy.

Here are some of our favourite moments from our assembly;

Isla – I liked the part of the drama where the Princess met Puss in Boots.

Willow – I liked singing all of the songs.

Aiden – I really enjoyed learning and taking part in the dance!

Daniel – I liked all of the drama and I also liked the part where the Princess met the singing tree.

Brandyn – I liked it when the Princess met the wizard.

Erin – I liked joining in with the dancing and adding our own moves!

Ella – I liked the part of drama where the wizard cast a spell.

Reece – I liked the part when the Princess met the wolf!

Rebecca – I liked the part when I got to shine the mirror at the wizard to make the spell rebound. I also liked when the Princess met the singing tree.

Taya – I liked taking part in the Happy dance and seeing my mum at the end!

Freya – I liked joining in with dance.

Paige – I liked when were doing the dance because my sister sings it too.

Conor – I liked singing all of the songs.

Callan – I liked singing all of the songs too.

Charlotte – I liked dancing.

Amy – I liked joining in with the ‘Happy’ dance.

Aaron – I liked singing the songs.

Alexander- I enjoyed being Puss in Boots in the drama.

Scottish Book Trust Reading Passports

With their library books today,the children in P1S were giving a Reading Passport. Hopefully they will be able to talk about this with you and be able to start keeping a note of the books they are bringing home to share with you. Some of the children were able to tell the rest of the class why they had chosen their library books today. Now we know what the words “Title” and “Author” mean. I am happy for the children to keep their passports in their book bags to be shared in class.

There is some information for parents and carers here:

https://www.readingchallenge.scot/about/parents

The Scottish Book Trust also has some good ideas to support early reading:

http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading/book-lists/kids

In the words of Dr Seuss, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

Happy reading!

P7 Food for Thought Event

Today the P7 class went to a food event which was held in Livingstone Football Club.  They watched a chef demonstrate how to cook mussels and mackerel, made smoothies, watched a barista make coffee and tasted lots of other freshly cooked items such as pasta, scones and bread.  The children also gathered lots of career information about careers they may enter into linked with the food industry.