Author: Miss Copeland

Hello!
I hope everyone is safe and well at home.
Below are 3 section of learning:

Maths – learning about money
Phonics – sh and ch sounds
Music – Learning scottish songs

Best wishes, Miss Copeland

Do you use cash?
Have your children seen you use cash?

We are moving towards a becoming cashless society. More pupils in Primary 1 have seen their grown ups use a mobile phone to pay compared to using coins!

Try discussing these questions:

• Where does money come from?
• How do you get money?
• How do grownups get money?
• How do you keep your money safe?

Play with coins!

Did you know that new coins do not have numbers on them?
We now have to identify coins based on the colour, size and shape of the coin, unless you can read the words that are printed on it.

Can you sort coins by…

• Colour – Gold, Silver, Bronze
• Shape – Circle, Heptagon, Dodecagon
• Size – Smallest to biggest
• Value – lowest value to highest value

“I am developing my awareness of how money is used and can recognise and use a range of coins. MNU 0-09a”

By the end of P1, your child should be able to

• Identify all coins to £2.
• Apply addition and subtraction skills and use 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins to pay the exact value for items to 10p.

Museum on on the Mound

On Tuesday, Primary 1 will be leaving school promptly to go on a trip to the money museum – Museum on the Mound, where we will get to see one million pounds in cash (!), learn about the secrets of ‘paper money’, hammer our own coins, and learn about how to keep money safe!

Phonics

We have been learning consonant digraphs.
This is when two letters together make one sound.
We like to call them ‘special friends’

We also join these letters together. Try writing these words at home.

Try playing these games at home

https://www.tinytap.com/activities/g3eef/play/ch-or-sh

https://wordwall.net/en-us/community/sh-and-ch-quiz-game

Scottish Songs

Try practising our song at home

Bookbug Scottish Songs

Download and explore the FREE Bookbug app, and sing along to the songs

Alternatively, explore the website

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/songs-and-rhymes

Primary 1 had a wonderful time this afternoon with Donald from Wildside Nature.

As part of our topic of Scotland Donald, an experienced zoologist, delivered a fantastic workshop all about Scottish wildlife.

First we learnt about all of the animals that live in Scotland. Did you know we have beavers, eagles, and sharks!

We had the opportunity to get hands on with animal treasure, including a beaver skin, skulls and bones of animals and birds, antlers, feathers and shells – wow!

Outside, we put our learning into practice, building beaver lodges and moving like a peregrine falcon.

We had so much fun, thank you Wildside Nature!!

Gymnastics

We have been learning the 4 gymnastics skills; travelling (running, jumping, hopping, skipping etc), Balancing (on one body part, two body parts, three etc), and rolling (sausage/log rolls).

We are all learning the fundamental skills that lead towards being able to do a forward roll. One of the skills is being able to rock backwards and forwards, as in the videos below.

Please practise this skill at home as it helps to develop core strength which can help with sitting up and writing!

Autumn Learning Fair

Thank you to friends and family who came to support the school during our Autumn Learning Fair. We hope you enjoyed seeing the progression through the school!

Primary 1 recorded our favourite seasons song, after choosing an item to wear that matched their season.

Maths – Time

We have been learning o’clock times on digital and analogue clocks.

Road Safety

What fun we had, wearing our high-vis jackets and playing on the scooters.

We used highlighters to colour our fluorescent vests which helps us be seen and be safe!

Anti-bullying week

Mrs Black and the house captains held a competition to design a poster for anti-bullying week. Below are some of our entries!

Wall Displays

RME

We have been learning that we have the right to our own beliefs.

We learnt that Christians believe in God, follow the bible and pray in a church. A Christingle symbolises what Christians believe.

• The orange represents the world
• The red ribbon represents God’s love
• The 4 sticks represent the 4 seasons (like trees!)
• The 4 sweeties represent that Christian’s believe god created all creatures (like fruit on the trees)
• The candle represents light and happiness

We applied our knowledge of symmetry, to create stained glass window inspired art

Santa came to visit, providing a gift for the pupils.

Pumpkin Snow People!

Our Angels

Our Shepherds

Our sheep

Our Three Kings

Our Mary, Joseph and star

Action shots from Monday’s performance to the school – Thanks to Mrs Brunner!