Primary 1 have been enjoying a countdown to the Summer with lots of fun activities in the afternoons for the last 10 days of school.
We have had Stinky feet day, Shaving foam day, A minute to win it games day. We have Neon day and a visit from Poppy, Miss McKerr's dog to look forward to as well.
We have been working hard to achieve our Natural Health Award as well and have been practising using flints and fire safety. We hope to have a go at making our own fires and having some marshmallows! Yum!
We can not believe that this is nearly the end of Primary 1 but we are so proud of all they have achieved and are looking forward to seeing all the wonderful learning and growning up they do next year in Primary 2.
Have the BEST Summer and we will miss you all.
See you in August!
In literacy we have been learning new special friends sounds and words. In writing, we have been drawing our own story maps to help us retell the Little Green Dinosaur story.
We have been learning about fractions, and halving. We have been using counting in 2's to help us work out half of amounts..
We have been learning about our bodies. We have been learning the correct names for body parts, discussed similarities and differences between each other and what makes us unique. We drew portriat of a partner and discussed things in comman and differences.
We have been learning about volcanoes. We know that friction and pressure can cause magma to come up from the Earths centre and cause volcanic explosions. We tried our own experiment using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to create a chemical reaction.
In literacy this month we are continuing to work on becoming more independent in our reading and writing.
We will be learning our next 6 Set 2 sounds. These will include ar, or, air, ir, ou and oy. We will be carrying out daily phonics task focusing on blending, writing, saying and listening to these sounds.
We are continuing to work on our reading skills in our daily reading groups. We are focussing on reading a sentence each as well as using our finger to follow along while our peers read.
For writing, our main focus will be a Talk for Writing Unit based on the story of The Little Green Dinosaur. Children will learn this story and then begin to innovate it to create their own dino themed stories!
In numeracy, we are continuing to work on daily counting, adding and subtracting.
We are working on sharing and halving. We will be learning how to share out objects into equal amounts. We will also be learning to half an object or a number and link this to our learning of counting by 2s'.
In math, we will also be learning about Money. We will be learning about different coins and how to recognise these. We will also be focusing on using money in real life contexts such as 'shopping' where we will focus on adding amounts and giving change.
In PE, we will be focussing on practising for Sports Day. This will be held in May.
We are working on following instructions, races, balancing, jumping, passing and shooting.
This term we will also be learning all about our bodies and how to keep ourselves safe. We will be following the Scottish governments website: RSHP.
Our topic this term is Dinosaurs.
We are learning about Where life began, What is the Universe, Life on Earth, Dinosaurs and Fossils.
We will be learning about some different types of dinosaurs including some facts about what they look like, what they eat, how many legs they walk on etc.
In French we will be focusing on food words for fruit and using our french in real life 'shopping' contexts using number vocabulary as well.
In literacy this month we are working on becoming more independent in our reading and writing.
We are working hard on our morning starters, we are practising reading and blending words using our Fred Talk and selecting the correct word to match the picture. Then we write the word, focusing on correct letter formation and writing on the line.
We are working on reading sentences and working hard to increase the number of sentences we can read.
We also wrote a postcard from Space, writing a fact about the planet we chose to visit. We had to remember to include a name, address and a stamp to create a successful postcard.
In numeracy we are working on addition and subtraction strategies. We are learning different ways to help us find the answers. We will be learning to add and subtract using counting on and back, number lines and manipulatives like 10 frames and counters.
In math, we have been learning to read digital and analogue clocks, focusing on the hour. We are also learning about position and movement and have been learning left and right.
In PE, we have been learning gymnastics. We are learning to balance safely, jump and dop forwards rolls and pencil rolls. We have been having lots of fun on the pull out bars and climbing frame too!
We are working on following instructions, travelling safely and giving feedback to our peers.
We have made some space rocks and astronaut food to link with our Space topic. We are learning to select and collect the correct tools needed, stay safe and focused on hygeine, learning to wash our hands correctly.
Our topic this term is Space.
We are learning about day and night, how the planets travel around the Sun and know some interesting facts about the planets.
There are Rocky planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. They are made up of mostly rock.
There are also 4 Gas Giants. These are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. You are not able to land on these planets as they are made of gas and you would sink through them!
Did you know Mars is red because of the red dust on the planet?
Did you know Saturn has huge rings made of ice?
In phonics, we have been continuing to learn new special friends. These are 2 sounds together to make a new one. These sounds will help us blend, read and write more words!
We are practicing our letter formation, writing common words each morning when we come in
In numeracy, we are learning about ordinal numbers. We know ordinal numbers are used to order things and can be used in competitions, races, dates, recipes and instructions. We use ordinal numbers everyday when we are lining up.
Our topic this term has been Scotland. We enjoyed learning our poem, The Wee Rid Motor. We learned about the Scottish flag and the Scottish artist, Steven Brown. We even recreated our own McCoo pictures using pastels, making sure we used bold colours and thick and thin straight and wavy lines.
In phonics, we have been learning some new special friends. These are 2 sounds together to make a new one. These sounds will help us blend, read and write more words!
In numeracy, we are learning to count forwards and backwards within 20. This helps us to know the number before, after and in between.
We have been having lots of fun with our Kodaly lessons this month. We have been learning to follow a beat and sing new songs.
Things have been getting very festive in P1M! We have had lots of fun working together to decorate our classroom for Christmas.
We have worked really hard this term to produce an IDL Christmas book. We loved sharing this with our parents/carers and retold our own version of the Gingerbread Man and created our own characters, drawing them to add in interesting pictures to our books.
We had so much fun performing our Nativity for all our parents and carers. We hope you enjoyed it!
We had a lovely time when our parents and carers came to read with us. We were very lucky to receive free books from Book bug Scotland and enjoyed having Alex from St Ninians Library come for a visit and read us a story too!
We had a fun time watching the McDougall's Panto with Nursery and P2. We loved singing along to the songs and dancing! It has got us in th e Christmas mood!
We have been working really hard on our nativity practise and can't wait to show you all. We were kindly gifted some handmade knitted nativity characters for primary one to play with!
In phonics, we have been learning two sounds a week. We have been exploring a variety of learning styles through our play and workbooks. We have particularly enjoyed creating arts and crafts linked to our sounds. Check out our n-n nets!
In maths and numeracy, we are learning about 2D shape and pattern. We have been identifying shapes around the class and gone on a shape hunt. We worked with friends to create our own patterns.
We have been doing lots of art this term and working with different tools to paint and print. We know that primary colours are red, yellow and blue and we can use these to make secondary colours like green and purple. We used this knowledge to help make fireworks pictures.
In literacy we are learning our new sounds m,a,s,d,t. We are practising listening, saying, reading, writing the sounds and words correctly. We have lots of fun activities set up to help us learn through play.
In maths, we are learning all about measurement. We are able to use mathematical language to describe measure including, small, tall, thin, thick, short and tall. We can order things by size from smallest to biggest, shortest to tallest.
Our topic is the Jungle. We have been learning all about jungle animals and what they need to eat to live. We discussed what plants need to survive and grow and are beginning to start making a collage art jungle landscape using lots of mixed media. We had lots of fun exploring different ways to paint, print and collage.
All our classes have been enjoying using the new trim trail. We are very lucky as it is directly behind our Primary 1 garden so we can easily access it. We have been learning to access and manage the risk involved, discussed how to be safe, and worked on sharing and communication skills with our peers.
In numeracy, we are learning numbers to 10, counting collections and subitizing.
In literacy, we are learning our new sounds. We are learning to recognise, say, write and blend these sounds.