“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.
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.
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.
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
We have also welcomed Miss Aitken a PGDE student at University of Edinburgh, into our P1 team. She will be supporting the class until the Christmas break.
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Warm wishes, Miss Copeland, Mrs McGlashan, Miss Aitken and Miss Black
Today we are going to the Edinburgh Central Children’s Library!
Remember your waterproof coat and nice strong shoes.
Homework
Reading folders go home on a Thursday and should return to school on Mondays please.
Education City is also part of P1 Homework.
Well Done to ⭐MASON⭐ who had completed all of his tasks.
New Education City tasks are published on Mondays each week.
Your Education City details are stuck on the inside page of your reading folder and you have all received a print out to take home. Please email admin if you need your child’s login and password.
Maths – Shape
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/old squeezy sauce 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 ☀️
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 Henry (Head Teacher) to make big decisions about the school.
Well done to everyone who put their name forward to be in with a chance. Congratulations to Amina who was voted our P1 Pupil Council Representative. Big thumbs up to Jack who is our Vice Pupil Council Representative and will step in on days if Amina is not at school.
This week we will also be voting in…
Health and Well-Being Representative will meet with Ms Finlayson (SFL) and Mr Madine (P3) to talk about healthy brains and bodies (Health Week including Sports Day)
Art Representative will meet with Miss Kerr (P7) to talk about the yearly Art Gallery.
P.E – Racket skills – Tennis
Balancing and bouncing bean bags and balls! We have been strengthening our arms and core in order to hold a tennis racket. Lots of concentrating going on below… and lots of fun!
Pumpkin Art – Yayoi Kusama
Primary 1 chose to focus on pumpkins for their Halloween inspired art this week. First we listened to the story of Yayoi’s life
We then had a look at her artwork
… and had a go ourselves! We used our fine motor skills and team work to cover the pumpkins in spot stickers. We learnt how to draw a pumpkin like Yayoi. We then used kitchen rolls, Lego and fingers to print patterns for the background. Finally we used 3 different implements to create large, medium and small spots for our pumpkins. Don’t they look fabulous!
Yayoi Kusama inspired art by Primary 1
Dress Down Day
Many thanks to the Parent Council who provided each pupil with an exciting bag of Halloween Treats. A big THANK YOU thumbs up from Primary 1!
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