Donations Welcome!

We are still looking for toys and real life things to enhance the play in P1.   In particular, things to kit out a home corner or to help us look after our babies would be much appreciated.  If you have any of the following, please bring it along to the school. 

Dolls bed and blankets, pram, bath, or any real baby things like nappies, bottles and toys.

Old mobile phones, tv remotes, phones, computer keyboards. 

Many thanks! 

Lost!

Mr Bingham came in this morning and told us that Mum and Dad had lost some of the children!  Kipper, Biff, Chip, Wilf, Wilma, Nadim and Aneena were lost in the playground.  So was Gran!  We worked in small groups to find them.  Then we came back in and spoke about where each character was found.  We had a little discussion about what to do if your mum or dad wasn’t there at the end of school and decided the best thing to do is to come in and tell a teacher who can look after you until they arrive.  Thanks Mr Bingham for setting this all up for us.

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!