Week 2 round up!

We have now settled back into the school routine and had a super week in P1. Here is a round up of what we have been up!

We were introduced to another two new sounds and the children continue to work hard at learning to hear, say and write these. It was the digraphs ai and oa this week.

We were being highlighting detectives for the story ‘Oakley the Toad’.

Here we are drawing words with ie in them and writing the sound.

We have enjoyed getting back into our reading routine and getting new books in our groups. New books are allocated to bug club accounts on Mondays. Keep up with all the practising at home as this really helps with reading skills.

This week our mini topic was water and ice. We investigated floating and sinking and were developing our prediction, observation and recording skills.

Some of us had a go at trying to make a boat that floats….this involved planning, creativity and problem solving! We had a few successful attempts! 👍😀

We also looked at the 3 different states of water and discussed where we found these in our everyday lives. We boiled a kettle which led us on to talking about the difference between steam and smoke.

The children were given a challenge of working in teams to melt ice cubes as quickly as they could. They came up with the ideas of breaking it up, holding it in their hands to warm it up, blowing on it, putting it in hot water and placing it near a radiator as well as in sunlight! What fantastic thinking and teamwork!

We finished off by taking on the role of mini scientists and having a go at making our own ice cream without using a freezer! Why not ask us to tell you how we made it? There was lots of shaking involved! I’m delighted to say it was a success and apparently it tasted pretty good too! 🍦😋😀

To end our water and ice week we enjoyed a bit of chill out time with some Frozen Yoga!! 😊

On Thursday we were lucky to get a visit from Andy from Jammin Fitness. He started off with an assembly about keeping healthy and active with links to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. After the assembly we had a fitness session with lots of dancing and stretching! This was full of energy and lots of fun!

In French this week were learning colours. We played ‘pass the parcel’ and ‘colour corners’ to practise. So now you know what we’re talking about if you hear us say bleu, jaune, vert or rouge….!

In Gym this term we are going to be doing gymnastics. This week we played a fun game of ladders to warm up and then explored different ways of traveling along a bench. Some fantastic ideas here, requiring lots of concentration and balance. We will be building on this next week developing our balancing skills and exploring movement.

If you heard us mention Kapla, Jenga or Jumanji then this is what we were talking about……..

This is KAPLA, a fantastic new resource which we will be sharing with P1/2. The children created some super models developing their creativity, fine motor skills, problem solving, critical thinking and team skills. I can’t wait to see some more creations…….

In Maths we are continuing to work with money. We set up a shop in our role play area and are becoming more confident at recognising and ordering coins.

Phew, a busy week in P1! 😊👍