Grandparents

We are learning about what life was like when our grandparents were peedie.  This week we have started Show and Tell and we are all taking in photos or objects to help us learn more about the past.

Emilie and her mum told us all about Emilie's grandparents yesterday.  Through the photos, we learned that cameras couldn't take colour photos, that wedding clothes are quite similar to present day and that babies didn't sit in car seats!  

Snowdrops

On Friday Miss Pirie noticed a sign in her garden that Spring will be coming soon - snowdrops!  She took in some snowdrop bulbs and we planted them in pots.  We spoke about the parts of the plant including the roots, bulb, shoot, leaves and petals.  We are hoping that they continue to grow outside the classroom.

Winter Weather

We have been learning about the seasons in P1.  

Some of us went outside to spot signs that it is still Winter.  We took some photos to show everyone else.  We had to wear our coats and put our hoods up because it was so cold and windy!

We matched pictures to the 4 seasons and put them in a circle to show the seasons keep on going round and round.

We drew pictures about A Windy Day.  Tomorrow we are going to start doing some writing to match our pictures.

Emilie is flying a kite and her hair is blowing in the wind.

Alida and her mum are walking their dog all wrapped up and with their wellies on.

The net on Rachel's trampoline blew away!  Look at her shocked face!

Liam's crisps blew out of his hand at playtime.

Kara had to hold on to the fence so she didn't blow away while she was waiting for the bus.  Her hair is blowing to the side because of the wind.

Double Trouble!

In P1 we have been learning about doubles.  We spoke about when we hear the word double - double doors, double buggy and double decker.

We looked at dominoes and spoke about what it means when you have a double domino.  We discovered it means it has the same number of dots on both sides.

We all took a number card and had to make two sticks with that many cubes - a double!  We counted up all the cubes to find what the total was.  We discovered you can double any number but the result is always numbers with a 2,4,6,8 or 0 and it misses numbers on the number line.

We played a good game where you had to roll a dice and either add one, take away one or double the number of counters you had!  Some people had lots and lots of counters.

Welcome Back!

That's everyone back and into the swing of things again.  We have been really busy in P1 these first two weeks and have started to learn lots of new things.

Maths

We are starting to learn about adding and taking away this term.  We have been doing lots of practical adding and taking away; with frogs, dinosaurs, people etc.  We have been learning about what sums look like and have started to explore number stories.

We are also learning about 3D objects and some of the words you use to describe them.

Here we are sorting cubes and cuboids.

Literacy

We are all working well in reading and getting new books every week.  We are enjoying hearing all about Kipper, Biff and Chip's adventures.  We are continuing to move on with Jolly Phonics and are practising our skills in literacy time.  

This week we all wrote about our favourite toys!

Project

Miss Pirie got an advert sent to her in the post.  It was asking people to help set up a toy shop in Stromness.  We decided that we could have a toy shop here in the school.  It is called the Fairy Ninja Toy Shop!  We decided to make some toys for it so we have been looking at what toys are made of, what they do and how they work.  We have put some toys into the shop and have started playing at being shop-keepers.

Busy Days in P1

LO:  I am exploring and making choices about how I measure.

We have been exploring different ways to measure things including a balance, scales and measuring tape.  We have also spoken about measuring water and we investigated how much water different containers can hold.  

LO:  I can sequence the main points of the story.

We have been doing lots of reading activities this week.  We have worked on sequencing pictures from our reading books and sequencing words to make sentences.  Some people have really enjoyed making books with a picture on the front.  We have also set up a listening centre in the story corner and Mrs Taylor took people to the library to choose some new books for it too.

We have also been enjoying playing with some new things in our classroom.  We have been making lots of things at the art and craft table.  Eve and Murray have made a nest for their mobilo birds, using twigs and mobilo.  Thorfinn, Francis and Logan are playing in the sand with dinosaurs, twigs and pine cones and Francis is making a farm using green felt for fields.  

Here we all are singing our favourite Jolly Phonics song so far! 

Thank You!

Thanks to everyone for taking in money to help us raise money for Children in Need.  We had enough coppers to cover our Pudsey.  Altogether the school raised £590.