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Mental Agility

Ms.Brunner

and thank you for checking in on us!

is an important skill that aids learners to concentrate on their calculations, the problems and the methods involved. It enables learners to apply thinking skills to the problems presented to them and deepen their understanding!

The ability to calculate in your head is an important part of mathematics. It is also an essential part of coping with society’s demands and managing everyday events!

Please take a look at our new section of our Mental Agility rainbow – orange with

NUMBER BEFORE and NUMBER after

This is a school wide focus for all classes for the next 5 weeks!

Here are some suggestions in how to support numeracy and mental agility at home:

EARLY LEVEL – Primary 1

On the way to school, while laying out the dinner table or going for a walk, why not practise the number before and after to 100!

Please find attached some activities and ideas for early level:

Early Level 2 Orange Number after and beforeDownload

FIRST LEVEL – Primary 2,3 and 4

Verbally or in writing practise numbers before and after to 1000!

Please find attached some activities and ideas for first level:

First Level 2 Orange Number before and afterDownload

SECOND LEVEL – Primary 5,6 and 7

Gain confidence in naming numbers before and after to 1 000 000.

Practise your times tables and skip counting on and off the table such as adding 4: 2,6,10,14,18 etc

Challenge yourself including decimal numbers!

Please find attached some activities and ideas for second level:

Second Level 2 Orange Number after and beforeDownload

Select your chilli challenge and consolidate your learning at home!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to see

MsBrunner (Primary 2 teacher) anytime!

Always happy to help 🙂

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Term 1 Learning

Miss Copeland

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!

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The Sleepy Shepherd

Miss Copeland

Dear Primary 1,

Wow, I feel like I have sunshine in my belly – I feel so proud of you all!

Today, you performed with such confidence and enthusiasm. I was so impressed with how responsibly you behaved and how well you knew your songs and actions.

Thank you to everyone who was able to come along – the support was fantastic and very much appreciated.

Colin was very sorry to miss today, as he is still poorly. Angela was blown away, as was Mrs Lawton who came in especially to cheer you all on.

I hope you are proud of yourselves for your wonderful performance. Well done, everyone!

More singing to come on Friday, when we will join the whole school for our Christmas Singing on the Stairs, school finale at 12:00.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday,

Miss Copeland

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!

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Book Week Scotland in P1

Miss Copeland

This year, Primary 1 will be gifted a Bookbug Bag as part of Book Week Scotland.

This year, the Bookbug Primary 1 Family Bag will contain:

  • Three brilliant picture books
  • An activity book and a pack of coloured pencils – for children to enjoy at home with their families.
  • A whiteboard and pen – to help children enjoy experimenting with early writing, drawing and counting.
  • A leaflet for parents – with some top tips about how families can use the Primary 1 Bag together
  • The Bongles and the Crafty Crows – a book developed by the Scottish Government in partnership with Education Scotland around cyber resilience

We would like to invite you to school on Friday 22nd November at 11:30 to see what activities we could do at home together.

Click the link below to find out more about the Bookbug bags.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug/whats-inside-the-2024-bookbug-primary-1-family-bag