John Rae Week - Day 1

This week we are learning about a famous Orcadian - John Rae.  We are learning about what life was like when he was alive and how different it is now.  Today we went a visit to the Stromness Museum to see how we preserve the past and give us a better idea of life nearly 200 years ago!  Here we are at the statue of John Rae.  He has a knife and gun for hunting! 

Patterns!

We have been making different kinds of patterns in P1.  We used the pegs and shells to make patterns and after we read one of the e-books we made patterned flags just like Toby.  Some boys and girls made patterns on the whiteboard.  We also like to make sound and actions patterns.

Having fun in P1!

We have been busy in P1 learning lots of things.  Our topic is 'All About Me' and we have been learning about our names and about which month we were born in.  

We are developing our understanding of similarities and differences between us.

Literacy

drawing  a person with head, body, arms legs.....

writing in our shop

builders making plans

cutting and sticking the paper plates

A long story!

copying letters on the letter pebbles

spotting things that begin with a given letter

Heinemann Active Maths

We have started to use lots of the Heinemann Active Maths resources to help us with our counting.  Everyone has enjoyed clapping and playing the drum to help us count.  We also like to play the 'trick' game where we sometimes count out the wrong number of treasure pieces!

Counting out dinosaurs to make 'Dinosaur Land'

Using the 0-10 dice to put toys in the toy shop.

Counting the spots on the dice and moving our character into the snake's nest.

Playing one of the Smart Board games - finding the matching picture and number.

The Letter D!

Today we were learning about the letter D.  We looked at where it is on the alphabet then we thought of some words and found some pictures that start with D.  Then Daniel and Tom came through to show us a dragonfly they had found!

Play, Talk, Read

Today we all visited the Play, Talk, Read bus that was in the school car park.  We had great fun singing songs and using a piece of stretchy fabric to make the bunnies hop!  Maybe we will sing some of those songs again next week.

Our First Day!

This was the first day at school for P1.  First we shared some news about what we had done in our holidays.  Then we all had a play in our new classroom.  Some people even did some P1 'work' - drawing a picture and doing some 'writing!'

After playtime we got changed and went to P.E to meet Ms Ferguson.  We did some running, making shapes, balancing bean bags and playing with hoops and balloons.  It was great fun!

We managed to squeeze in a story before we had to go home. 

 I hope everyone is looking forward to tomorrow!