Author: Miss Copeland

Scottish Week

Primary 1 are learning the poem Twa Leggit Mice this week, ready for Friday’s assembly and parent visit!

Worry Monster fun with our Primary 6 buddies

Ms Finalson set each of us the task to create a Worry Monster to help build our resilience. The aim is that the action of sharing your worries with your monster will bring you comfort. Sometimes the worry monsters each up your worries to! We planned, created and assessed our clay worry monsters with our Primary 6 buddies, using natural resources sources at Dunbar’s Close.

Lunar New Year

We have had so much fun exploring the Lunar (Chinese) New Year, especially making our masks and acting our The Great Race – How the Zodiac animals came to be!

Numeracy – Make it, draw it, write it!

We will be using a make it, draw it, write it approach when learning about numeral identification.

• How many cubes are there? (Can feel and move them)
• How many dots are there? (Point and count but can’t move)
• What number is this? (Instant recall when they see the numeral)

• Give me 3 cubes
• Draw me 3 dots
• Write the number 3

Number bonds – How many different ways can you make the number 3?

Today’s Number is a great game which helps practise this.

Rhyming

In the spirit of Robert Burns, we will be exploring poetry and rhyming. Below are two games and a song you could try at home.

Rhyme Round Up Game – https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/RhymeRoundUp/play.html

Groovers Rhyme Time Game – https://pbskids.org/sesame/games/grovers-rhyme-time

Gymnastics

Construction

It is so lovely to have a full class again! We will continue to regularly wash our hands as we all want to stay healthy this new year!

Our vision for the new year

We have been ‘looking forward’ and setting new years resolutions. Sadly it is tricky to see on the photos due to the gold glitter pen used and lamination of the work. We hope you can see it up close soon!

Gymnastics – Pair Work

Playing the mirror game to show our understanding of symmetry

Counter Balances – Making sure to hold the wrists, for added security, communicating with each other to build trust and developing core strength

Small World

Primary 1 were very excited to play with their new mini-me characters. I wonder what adventures they will go on!

Chinese New Year

Our topic focus for the next two weeks will be exploring Chinese New Year. If there is a special date that your family enjoys celebrating, we would love to learn about it!

Mental Agility

We are moving around the rainbow to the yellow section – Number Recognition

Googling ‘Number Recognition Activities’ will also provide you with lots of fun games!

Online – Post the letter through the correct door https://ictgames.com/postAletter/

10 Number Recognition Games

13 Hands-On Number Recognition Games Preschoolers will Love

Congratulations Primary 1 on two fantastic performances. With so many pupils and staff being absent due to sickness in the last couple of weeks and for the shows, you did amazingly well to ‘stand in’ for each other and keep the show going. Well done!

Thank you to the family and friends who were able to attend yesterday’s show, we hope you enjoyed it. Thank you also for helping the pupils to practise the songs at home as it made such a difference to their confidence.

Thank you to Mrs Swan for our costumes, Colin and Ms Macauley for supporting the pupils during the rehearsals and also to Miss Appleby, Mr Madine, Mrs Wilson and Ms Robertson for helping out during the show and to Ms McEwan and Mrs Mancey for helping with refreshments.

Wow, what a team! Thank you everyone,

Miss Copeland

Sleepy Shepherd

We will be performing to the school children on Wednesday 11am this week and to parents and family on Thursday at 2pm. Your child should wear normal school uniform on these days. If not already wearing, please bring a plain black/grey trousers/leggings and a white top – long or short sleeved. All costumes are provided for the pupils. We look forward to performing for you!

Snow fun

primary 1 took the opportunity to enjoy the short snow fall, writing our names, shapes and patterns in the snow and expanding our science vocabulary – snow, melt, ice, freeze, wet, cold!

Word building

primary 1 are increasing their confidence in building and reading words. Most children are now reading short stories and sounding out CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant e.g cat, dog). In the activity below, pupils choose a card and build that word, before independently photographing it as evidence.

Supporting your child with phonics

Letterland website – click on the letters to hear the sound it makes https://www.letterland.com/letter-sounds

Alternatively, create your own digital flash cards using Teach Your Monster to Read

https://www.teachyourmonster.org/digital-flash cards

Teach your monster to read also has an app which you can download!

I would also recommend Alphablocks https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Listen to the song below

Dictation