In our topic we have been learning how to make group decisions when organising our treasure hunt for the other P1 classes. Sometimes we voted, sometimes we used tally marks and sometimes we stood in lines with labels at the front. We came to the group decision that we wanted to make an outdoor minibeast pictures scavenger hunt in the woods for the other P1 classes. Lucie and Cody found a minibeast list using a Google image search and used this to tell everyone which minibeast to draw. Everyone decided to laminate the pictures to protect them and to hang them from trees with string. Last Wednesday we set up our treasure hunt and explained to the other children what to do. They loved our treasure hunt!

We have been continuing to learn about minibeasts and trees. We have investigated minibeasts that live underground and in ponds. We compared different kinds of trees and found out that they had different shaped leaves, different bark and had different kinds of minibeasts living on them.

In Numeracy we have learnt that people working with money need to be able to work out change. We practised this by doing take away sums. We had to do hard thinking when we were challenged to find the next numbers in a sequence where the numbers increased or decreased in 2s, 5s or 10s. We have also learnt about the greater than and less than signs. Thinking about them as an open crocodile mouth helped us remember which sign was which. With Mr Paul we have been learning about seasons, months, calendars  and days of the week.

In Literacy we have been learning to read the tricky question words when, where, who, what and why.  Our consonant blends focus sounds have been cr, dr, gl and fl and we have been practising spelling words with these sounds. In writing we have been learning to use describing words to write about minibeasts. Last week we wrote clues and a friend had to guess the minibeast we were describing.

Every morning Mrs Cook has been greeting us in French by saying ‘Ca va?’ and we have been replying telling her how we feel saying things such as ‘Ca va tres bien’, ‘Comme ci comme ca’ or ‘Fatigue’. We have also been playing games to find fruit and vegetable pictures using their name, number and colour in French.

Ayleigh – Every day I practise French in the morning.

Andrew – I have learnt how to sound out words.

Christopher –  I have been learning about trees.

Cody – I have learnt how to make treasure hunts.

Ella-Rose – I have been learning about counting in 2s patterns.

Eryn – I learnt how to continue number patterns in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Ethan – I have learnt to do take-aways for change in money.

Euan – I have been learning how to make my own game in PE.

Frankie – I have liked sounding out words using flip flaps.

Konstancja – I liked setting up the treasure hunt for the other Primary Ones.

Kyle – I learnt about food chains.

Lucie – I have learnt how to write all the capital letters.

Luke – I learnt how to do change.

Nola – I learnt how to do months with Mr Paul.

Rebecca – I have been practising taking away and adding up.