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Wow we squeezed in so much learning in our 4 day week. Have a look below to see what we have been up to…
Outdoor Learning with Mr Reid
We built nature faces 🙂
We made a sandwich for a monster!
We spotted pictures in the clouds
But Miss Copeland forgot to take a photograph of this so here’s one from the internet…
Writing
I love hearing all about what you do at home. In our writing we have been trying to include tricky words like The and I. Well done to Mohammad and Rayan who both used I in their independent writing this week!
P.E
On Wednesday afternoons we do P.E. We warmed up and stretched, then practised our throwing, catching and balancing with lots of different equipment!
Shapes
We have been practising drawing our 2D shapes with water and spotting 2D shapes in the faces of 3D shapes by printing
We have also been playing games where we have to count on. When we play our board games we roll the dice, add up the spots then count on the right amount of squares.
Domino/dice patterns – We need to learn that the pattern of the spots is a number. Can you watch the video below and shout out how many spots there are?
Big Deal and Little Deal
When we have a problem we ask “Is this a big deal or a little deal”
Once a month we draw a beautiful self portrait of ourselves. We think about the song ‘Heads, shoulders, knees and toes’ when we draw to make sure we have lots of detail. We also think about what we are wearing! Do you have a heart on your zip? A clip in your hair? Let’s put that in our pictures!
Washing our hands
Don’t forget to use soap when you wash your hands. It’s the soap, not the water that kills the nasty germs. Try the experiment below at home 🙂
Dear Families, I am writing to share with you that we will soon begin the RSHP Education programme of Health and Well-being with Primary 1. There is a letter attached below for you to read about what your child will be learning about at school.
If you wish to find out more about how you can help at home, click the appropriate link below. In their first lesson they will be learning about their bodies. Best wishes, Miss Copeland
Hello! Our classroom is looking so beautiful with all of your work on the walls. Let’s have a look at some of our displays…
Our P1 Learning Heroes
Our Learning Heroes help to remind us that we need to use our superpowers when we are learning. Through the story of the Bear and Ellie, we learn about the heroes who can help us on our learning journey. To read the story, click the link below.
As you can see from our timetable below, we have outdoor learning on Tuesdays and Outdoor PE on Wednesdays.We are not getting changed for PE at the moment so please wear suitable clothes on these days. Please bring a warm waterproof coat every day as we may take our learning outside!
Maths
We want everyone to be able to count forwards and backwards to 20. Here are 2 videos that we like to bounce along to!
This week we have been talking about 2D shapes. We need to know the…
Name of the shape
How many corners it has
Sides – Are they curved? Straight? How many are there?
Try this at home!
Water bottles are a super fun way to take our learning outside! Making shapes and letters while squeezing and making our hands strong. Not to worry if you make a mistake as the sun will dry it all up ☀️
Phonics
This week we introduced the letters n and i. We now know 6 letters s,a,t,p,i,n. With these letters we can make lots of words!
When we put letters together, they make words. This is a key piece of understanding. Often these words follow the pattern Consonant, Vowel, Consonant. Like cat, tin or sit. These are called CVC words.
Blend
Can you blend the letters together to read these words?
Game
Try making a game like this at home. Can you get all the way around the board?
Try watching the videos below without sound. Can you read the words? Watch again with the sound. Did you get it right?
Writing
We have 3 steps in our writing
Think about what it is you want to write down. “I went to the park”. It has 5 words.
Write down the words or sounds you know. Leave a space in between words and put a full stop at the end.
Now we need to read what has been written.
Tricky Words
We also introduced our first tricky word this week… I. We use I a lot in our Monday writing diaries. “I went to the park”, “I did some shopping”, “I helped Dad”.
I is a tricky word because it cannot be ‘sounded out’. Tricky words are sometimes called ‘sight words’. It’s just a case of learn learn learn learning them. The video below is a catchy way to learn tricky words.
Class Representatives
Each class in the school has a set of class representatives; pupils who represent the class for different topics. The Pupil Council will meet with Mrs Jessop (Head Teacher) to make big decisions about the school. The Eco Rep will meet with Mr McPheely (P6) about recycling and looking after the planet. The HWB Rep will meet with Ms Finlayson (SFL) to talk about healthy brains and bodies (Health week) and the Art Rep will meet with Miss Kerr (P7) to talk about the yearly Art Gallery. Due to Covid, we are not yet sure how everyone will meet, but may I say a big well done to everyone who was brave and volunteered and congratulations to the pupils who were voted in!
Well done superstars! Have a lovely week, Miss Copeland
