What a busy Tuesday we’ve had in P1 today! This morning we had our final parent visitor to hear all about his job. We practised CPR on our teddies, learnt how to put someone in the recovery position and had lots of good questions to ask.

In maths we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes and today we were looking at symmetry. We had a go at making our own symmetrical Christmas baubles using paint.

This afternoon we watched a video about the story of Hanukkah and learnt about how it is celebrated. We started to make our own Menorahs which we will finish tomorrow (pictures to follow!)

Phew, lots happening in P1!!

Don’t forget our Christmas party is happening on Thursday. Any party food donations should be brought to school tomorrow or Thursday morning. Thank you in advance. 😊

Another week, another star! (Well actually we have 25 of them in P1!) This week Aria received her star award for fantastic teamwork. Great to see evidence of another of our school values in P1 👍😊 Well done Aria keep up the great work!

On Tuesday 17th December we have another parent visitor coming in to speak to us about their job. Please can the children bring a teddy to school this day as they will be learning about CPR. Thank you

A big well done to Isabella who is P1’s Star of the Week for excellent listening throughout our Christmas Show rehearsals this week and great effort with all the practising!

This week we have had lots of visits from parents to tell us all about their jobs. We’ve had a policeman, nurses, a scientist and an engineer! The children have been excellent listeners and asking lots of questions. We’ve had really good fun trying on different outfits and doing some different activities related to the jobs.

A big thank you to all the parents who took the time to come in and speak to us, as well as those who offered to come in. We hope to organise some more visits over the next two terms to continue our learning around developing the young workforce.

We were learning all about St. Andrew’s Day in P1 today. We listened to some bagpipes music and enjoyed a little bit of Scottish dancing! We then coloured in Saltires and designed our own tartan.

The children have really enjoyed their tennis sessions with Lizzy from Bellfield Tennis Club over the last three weeks. Last week we played a game ‘Switch’ to improve our coordination, speed and ball control – it was lots of fun and Lizzy was very impressed with how well we listened to and followed the instructions.

We then practised our bouncing and catching skills – this was quite tricky and required a lot of focus but we did very well.

We also worked on balancing the ball on the racket, remembering to hold the racket correctly.

We have now finished our sessions with Lizzy, for this term anyway. However, there will be some after school tennis coaching, to be held at Inshes Primary School coming soon. More information about this will follow.

So Santa heard we have been talking about kindness in P1 and this morning we were very excited to receive a letter all the way from the North Pole. Our class advent Calendar has been filled with random acts of kindness for us to carry out in the countdown to Christmas Day. 🎅🥰

A black and grey/silver boys jacket was lost last Friday. It has a name on the label. If you have a jacket that matches this description at home can you please check that you have the correct one.

Many thanks 😊

This week’s Star Award goes to April for being kind and caring to others. Kindness is one of our Drakies school values which we have been talking a lot about lately. Well done April, very well deserved. 😊