We regularly take time for reading for enjoyment in P1. The children have an opportunity to choose a book and read independently or to share a book with a friend to develop literacy and social skills. They all look so engaged and relaxed during these sessions.
Our topic work was focussed around Chinese New Year this week. We learnt the story of why the years are named after animals and had a go at acting out the story ourselves.
We had a go at writing our names in Chinese writing as well as some craft activities making Chinese lanterns and dragons. The children were very focussed and impressed me with their independence and creativity.
On Wednesday for gym we continued with gymnastics and focussed on our balancing skills as well as jumping and landing and rolling. 
In Literacy we are working on a text call ‘Cecil is a Spider’. We have been learning the text and retelling it using actions and puppets. We have started to make a ‘tool box’ to help us make the text more interesting. This week we came up with lots of describing words for Cecil – we came up with lots of different words including big, furry, friendly, black and big-eyed! 
Here we are retelling and acting out the story. Why not see if we can tell you the story at home?
On Friday we got very creative and had a go at creating our own Chinese dragons! We displayed excellent teamwork and had lots of fun! 
In the afternoon we enjoyed a Chinese banquet and tried some different foods including noodles, spring rolls and prawn crackers. A great end to another super week! 😊👍
Drakies Primary 1 - Miss Graham 