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First we designed what a half boat-half car would look like. We then went on to choose the body, wheels and sail that we wanted. Next came the trial and error – do we need to change any part of it? Once they were happy with how it moved, some pupils added decoration before taking them to test outside in the playground. Luckily it was a very windy day!
Thank you to Generation Science for providing the resources!
On Wednesday, Primary 1 visited the Museum on the Mound, AKA the money museum for an end of topic trip. We must say a huge thank you to the staff there who led such engaging activities. Primary 1 learnt about the different security details in bank notes and created their own with holographic stickers, embossing, UV writing, date stamps and their own bank name. They were able to strike their own coin using a template and hammer, and see lots of interesting artefacts such as safe keys, the watchman’s chair and tried to crack a safe. Well done to Primary 1 who walked up and down the Royal Mile very sensibly, despite how busy it was with tourists!
This Wednesday afternoon, Primary 1 will be walking to the Museum on the Mound for some hands on money activities.
Timeline:
11:30-12:30 Lunch, play, toilet
12:35 leave school to walk to museum
1:00 Arrival and introduction
1:10 Activity 1 – Unusual money from around the world
1:35 Activity 2 – Design Your Own Banknote
1:55 Activity 3 – Museum highlights
2:20 Pack up and depart
2:50 Arrive back to school
3:00 Normal home time
If pupils do wish to practise using their money knowledge to purchase a souvenir at the gift shop, the museum advises £2 to be a suitable amount.
The trip will be supervised by Miss Copeland, Mr Madine and Mrs McGlashan.
Primary 1 have been reading all types of words this week. Reading alien words is a great way to check phonic skills. Could you read quap, shoj or pluv?
Play the game below by reading the word and deciding if it is a real word (Astronaut) or fake word (alien word)
We have been exploring dances from around the world. We have noticed different beats, instruments in the music and actions for each.
From voting we found out that Bollywood was the most popular dance with our class with comments such as “I like the Bollywood music”, “I like the beat” and “I like the actions”.
Primary 1 investigated what makes toys ‘go’ and created their own wind up spinners while learning about energy. We had so much fun we forgot to take photos!
Explore the website below to find out about different types of energy and electrical safety.
https://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/
Primary 1 will have a new teacher for Primary 2. They find out today who that will be!
This week you will receive your child’s school report. Below are some explanations of words and phrases which may helpful.
Thank you to everyone who attended our class party. It was lovely to finally be able to invite you into our learning space. We hope you had fun!
We have now released our butterflies. The pupils have enjoyed watching them grow and developing their curiosity in the natural world.
This week we welcomed Vikki Fairgrieve, our YMI tutor to our class. We had lots of fun learning new songs and actions. She will visit every Monday afternoon.
This week we will be introducing Bee-Bots to the class to support coding/programming language and direction learning.
Have a go at home using this interactive website.
You can download a FREE Bee-Bot app on both android and apple
During Health Week, Primary 1 were kindly given a shinty taster session from a coach from the Camanachd Dhùn-Èideann youth shinty club.
Staff were amazed at how well Primary 1 took to the sport.
Please see the flier below – try out for FREE for one month!
Wow! This week we have done so many exciting things from learning new dances like Bollywood, Hula and Ukrainian Hopak, to trying out new sports like yoga and shinty, while also practising those skills needed for sports day! We have also been learning how to keep our bodies and minds healthy too.
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to Mr Madine for running sports day this year. We hope all the pupils and parents enjoyed it. Not all pupils in our school have permission to be photographed and due to the team nature of sports day, this became a challenge (!), so below is just a tiny snippet of all of the fun that happened today!
For a more interactive approach to life cycles, we ordered caterpillars for our classroom from Insect Lore.
We have been observing our caterpillars closely, watching them eating their food and getting bigger. A few of the caterpillars have now started their transformation into a chrysalis. Very exciting!
Primary 1 have been learning about all of the different ways you can pay for items such as with coins, paper money, cards and now even with your phone. We are learning to identify coins through their size, shape and colour, and we are beginning to understand that each coin has a different value. Lots of shops have been moving towards becoming ‘cash-less’ and this has sped up since the pandemic. Dust off those coins and have a play at home!
Sort, order and count the coins
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game
Use coins to pay for items
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
Lots of games on Natwest’s My Money Sense page
To see what we will be covering this term, please click the file below
Royal Mile Primary School 