Do our boats float or sink?

As part of our current topic which is Design and Technology and linking to our phonics sound last week oa we have been designing and testing our very own boats. We have been learning about things that float and things that sink and then have been using our knowledge and understanding to design and create our very own boats. Today we tested them out to see if the would float or sink! Look at our boats go!

Colourful Semantics for Writing!

In Writing we are using colourful semantics to help us create sentences. We have then been using what we know about sounds to write sentences identifying what are the important things that make up a sentence and showing how we can be successful by including these! 

Fruit Kebabs 🍇🍓🍊🍏

Today we made fruit kebabs. Some of our health and wellbeing outcomes are about healthy eating and we have been learning a lot about what is healthy and what is not. Our school is also in the midst of creating our very own cookbook and fruit kebabs are one of our chosen recipe's so we just had to make them for our self!

Our trip to Kincorth Library 📚

Yesterday we visited Kincorth library for the first time as a class. We got a funnt story called 'don't think of tigers' read to us by the librarian then got to look at books on our own. We have chosen 4 books to take back to school to read as a whole class until we go back to the library.  Everyone had a great time and behaved exceptionally well in the library; looking after the books and being super quiet! We can't wait to go back 😀

Teddy Bear Hospital 🧸🏥

Today we got a visit from the Teddy Bear Hospital. Some lovely medical students came in and showed us some medical equipment and taught us how to use it. We learned about how doctors and nurses at the hospital look after us and make us feel better when we aren't feeling well and we practiced on our teddies.

Sharing Fairly in Numeracy

Creating our own Tartan

A part of our Scotland topic we have been learning about Tartan. We know that Scotland used to have clans and that each clan wore their own tartan. We had a go at creating our own tartan out of paper and they turned out great!

X marks the spot ! 🏴‍☠️

Today we learned a new sound X. We had lots of fun playing pirates and creating our very own treasure map, making  sure we add an X marks the spot to show were the treasure is hidden! We then painted our maps with tea and coffee to make them look even more realistic and old. 

What we are learning in Term 3 :

On Monday it was Miss Smart's birthday and Elvis the Elf decorated the classroom  for Primary 1 to have a party! We all got party hats and had such a fun day. 

Magical Christmas Journey!

The children all done so well performing in our Christmas Nativity Show. We had so much fun. Well done everyone!

Christmas Party! 

Today we had our Christmas party. We had loads of fun. We played some party games. We played Christmas corners, Musical Bumps and Pass the Parcel. We also had a dancing competition and there was a lot of fantastic moves! Then had some yummy snacks and juice and even got a surprise visit from Santa who gave us all a present for under our tree!

World Book Week 2024. 

This week is World Book Week. To celebrate this we were drawing and writing about our favourite books and are getting to take our book bug book bags home on Friday filled with lots of exciting things to enjoy. 

This week our first new sound is g. We had loads of fun this morning creating gorgeous gardens as our phonics craft! 

Learning through play!

Every morning in our class, we always have a soft start play session where the children are able to settle into their day in a positive way. We also  incorporate play into our week which supports the children to develop many of their existing numeracy, literacy and social skills.  

What we are learning in Term 2 :

In primary 1 we have been doing a great job of brushing our teeth. We do this every day after lunch. We have been learning about why we brush our teeth and how important it is as well as how to do it safely.

Today our sound was 'd'. Our phonics craft was creating little ducks! Our ducks had some amazing names. Some of these were daisy, donald and dizzy. 

Our first sound this week is 'm'. To practice this sound we made monster masks. Look at all of these amazing monsters! 

Today our new sound was 'r'. We made rockets and pretended that they were racing into space making a rrrrrr noise. 

A note to say this Thursday 10th October is World Mental Health day and so the children are encouraged and welcomed to wear yellow on Thursday to support this.

A further note to say this Friday 11th October is a 'Treat Snack Day' where instead of fruit the children can either bring in their own yummy treat or can bring in money to purchase something from the treat snack trolley because it is the last day of term.

Our visit to Margaret Clyne Care Home!

This afternoon we went to Margaret Clyne care home to be creative with the residents. We done some halloween colouring in and drawing and also got to decorate some witches hats using with glitter and stickers. We had a lovely time playing and chatting to everyone and will definitely be back another time for some more fun!

Today we made Elmo puppets for our new sound 'e'.  We had lots of fun playing with our puppets, it was very exciting! 

We are in the Newspaper!

A reminder that today our photograph is in the P&J Newspaper. Look at all those smiles! The same photo will also feature next Thursday the 3rd of October in the Evening Express. 

Outdoor Learning with Mr Miller

This afternoon we had a great time playing and having fun in our very first outdoor learning session. We played some group games together and then got a chance to free play with all of the outdoor learning equipment. Some of us made dens, some of us played on the tyre swing and some played rolling games with the barrels amongst many other things. We can't wait for our next session already! 

Newspaper Feature ... 

A note to say our Primary 1  'First Class' Photograph will be featured in the P&J Newspaper this Thursday the 26th of September and in the Evening Express Newspaper the following Thursday the 3rd of October. 

Today we were learning the 'n' sound. We had lots of fun pretending to be airplanes making our 'nnnnn' sounds as we flew across the room! We also made nests for our phonics craft. What a nice job p1!  

Today we were learning the sound p .  We made our very own penguins to practice  our p sounds and we named our penguins names beginning with p. Some names chosen were Percy, Pingu and Polly!

Knock, Knock!

As part of our current topic 'Kincorth', we were learning about the different types of houses around the village and took a closer look at all the different numbers on the doors! Miss Smart was super impressed at how observant some of the children must be as a lot of our class could remember their very own door number without Miss Smart's help! We designed our very own door number which will be displayed on our topic wall in the classroom. Look at these creative designs!

Yesterday we explored Numicon! Numicon is a fantastic numeracy resource that can be manipulated and used in many different ways. As this was our first time using it we learned what colour and numbereach piece of numicon was and then got creative building shapes with it! Next week we look forward to using numicon to make patterns!

This week our first phonics sound is t. To practice our sound we created our very own terrific tigers!! 

NHS Future Nurses ready for action! 

Today we are had a lovely visit from the NHS nurses who talked to us about the importance of sleep! We got to be real nurses and wear our very own tunics and learned about how much sleep we should be getting, why it is so important to get a good sleep and got tips and tricks on how to sleep better. We also looked at a good example of a night time routine which everyone has their very own copy of to try at out home! 💤 

This week we have been learning and practicing two new sounds s and a.  Each week to consolidate our learning we will be doing a craft activity for each sound. Today we were adding apples to our apple tree using apple stamps and practicing our a formations too. 🍎   

This week we have been trying out some Yoga with the P1/2 class. The children really enjoyed their first Yoga session and this is something that will continue throughout the term. Namaste 

What we are learning in Term 1 :