Category: Primary 1 Blog

Patterns

Try playing this fun pattern game at home

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns

“We were doing a pattern” Jack

“We did patterns with pencils on the caterpillars” Emily

“We were putting orange orange yellow yellow to make a pattern” Clara

“Patterns repeat. It means they keep going, again and again.” Morgan

Fact Writing

“We were writing about ourselves. We were drawing ourselves” Clara

“We wrote our names” Mason

“We writed what we eat and what house we live in. These are facts about ourselves” Jack

“Handprints and footprints are tracks” Clara

Book Bug Picture Book Prize Voting

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug-picture-book-prize

“Ted was posting an envelope full of drawings for Miss Aitken who is not feeling well” Mohtada

“We were posting which book we liked the most” Mason

“We were putting them in the post box to send them” Corey

Whiteboard Activities

https://videopress.com/v/06VvvmUw?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata

“These are all the fun things you can do with a whiteboard” Jack

“We will have a whiteboard in our Bookbug Bag” Corey

Bookbug Links

Bookbug website – https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/bookbug

Download the Bookbug App – https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug/bookbug-app

Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/BookbugSBT/

Making 2D shapes

“We were making shapes out of straws and playdough.” Emily

“It was fun” Safia

“Making the rectangle was tricky” Jack

Making Board Games

“We coloured the game in” Corey

“I coloured fruit and one lolly on my game” Clara

“We played our games with the Primary 6s” Georgie-Lee

“The buddies came into our classroom and played our games and then played in the classroom with us”

Writing

I have seen some excellent writing this week! Some pupils have made good progress on writing their name, some are writing CVC words (consonant vowel consonant words e.g. dog, man, sit), and some are now sounding out full sentences. I am very proud of all of your achievements!

Try this at home

Playing eye-spy is a super easy and fun way to pop some practise into a walk to school or even while cleaning your room!

“I spy with my little eye something that sounds… b-i-n”

“I spy with my little eye, something that starts with the sound… ssssssss”

Alphablocks is also a great programme to encourage the sounding out of letters and blending to make words.

Keep up the great work, superstars!

Miss Copeland, Miss Black, Mrs McGlashan and Miss Aitken.

Prehistoric Art

At the end of November, each pupil will take home a Bookbug bag.

There are 3 books in the bag this year.

This week we read our first book, Inch and Grub. Click the link below to hear the story.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/about-bookbug-picture-book-prize/read-aloud-inch-and-grub

Inspired by this book, we decided to make our own art inspired by prehistoric cave art.

We worked as a team to make our own paint using chalk and water and then painted around each others hands. Some of us also drew animals, symbols or people.

3D Shape

This week we have been learning all about 3D shape.

First we sorted the shapes into cones, cylinders, cubes, spheres and cuboids, then together we counted their faces.

We know some can stack, some can slide and some can roll.

We also had a go at building towers, just like Inch and Grub did!

Homework

Don’t forget to log on to Education City to play the games I have set you.

The first page has a lot of information on it and can feel a bit overwhelming. The log in button is in the top right corner as shown below.

If you need any help at all, please phone or email the school.

Games

Here are some fun games to have a go at!

2D shape

https://pbskids.org/peg/games/highlight-zone

3D shape

https://pbskids.org/peg/games/magical-shape-hunt

Reading cvc words

https://epicphonics.com/games/play/reading-machine-4

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Copeland

Library Trip

Ted and Primary 1 went on an adventure to the Edinburgh City Children’s Library. P1 were super sensible on the long walk and did some very good listening too.

Shape

Making with playdough
Drawing with pens, pencils, chalk and water bottles!
Sorting due to their properties

We’ve been busy this week!

CVC word building

Choose a card, find the blocks and then spell the word. Some groups have even played ‘Be the teacher’ and tested each other! This activity has really helped us with sounding out the letters then blending them together to read the word.

Phoning the Emergency Services

When sharing stories about Fireworks Night, Primary 1 began our topic about People Who Help Us

“Phone 999” the class says. But how?
With house phones being less popular, would your child know how to phone 999 on a locked smartphone?
With no 9 button visible, this may be trickier than it sounds.

Emergency Call Handler Bethany Tidmarsh, explained the best way to start a conversation about the subject of calling 999 is when an ambulance goes past, when they see one on TV, or even when they hear sirens.

Questions to think about

• Do they know where the landline or mobile phone is kept in the house?
• Do they know how to phone on a locked smartphone?
• Do they know their home address?
• Do they know how to unlock their door in an emergency?

Miss Aitken

Thank you for taking the time to read what we have been up to. Click reply to this post to say Hello!

Warm wishes, Miss Copeland, Mrs McGlashan, Miss Aitken and Miss Black