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Another busy learning week in Primary 1! To start the week we read the story Pumpkin Soup, this inspired us to make our own pumpkin soup in our tuff tray. We had lost of fun scooping out the pumpkins and mixing them with lentils and water. Lots of skills used and plenty of imagination ... Continue reading Last week of term in Primary 1 →

In class we have been working on motor skills, we used a hammer to hammer in nails to decorate a pumpkin. We all found this lots of fun, we had to talk about how to stay safe with tools, how to be good at turn taking and how to be creative. With our autumn ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

We started the week off in Primary one learning about Autumn and talking about the signs of autumn. To create autumn leaves we used sponges to paint and create texture, after waiting on them drying we turned them into leaf self portraits. After collecting materials outside we used them to make our names ... Continue reading Primary 1 News →

Primary 1 have been learning that the season has now changed to Autumn . We talked about the changes we can see hear and smell as the weather gets colder. For outdoor learning we had a lovely walk up to a local woodland area where we explored the trees and shrubs. ... Continue reading Autumn start in Primary 1 →

Primary have been thinking about what is in our circle of control. We worked together to put things into our circle of control and what we can't control, there were lots discussions about this and lots of thinking points. We have also been using our Building Thinking Classrooms time to increase our meta skills and ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

This week as we are a Eco school it was our first turn at litter picking to keep our playground clean. At outdoor learning we went on a bird scavenger hunt. We are learning to identify different birds and we had lots of fun doing this. We are all enjoying writing ✍️ and have been ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

Wow another busy week in Primary 1. in outdoor learning this week we worked with Miss Nelson to create clay snails. We talk about if we had saw them before, where we could find them and what they looked like before making our very own snails. In number work we are focusing on forming our ... Continue reading Primary 1 in week 4 →

Another amazing week completed in Primary 1 Miss Stenhouse is very proud of all the children and their amazing work! Primary 1 have been learning about how to be a good leader through Leader in Me. This week we discussed how to be proactive and how this connects to our school values. We will be ... Continue reading Week Three in Primary 1 →

We have a fantastic week in Primary 1! Everyone has done fantastic work during our phonics lessons. In Primary 1 we will be learning a new sound every day which it lots of work but all the boys and girls have been fantastic. We use Read Write in to help us learn our sounds. We ... Continue reading Week two in Primary 1 →

Wow what an amazing first week in Primary 1! All the boys and girls have settled in well to school and are gaining confidence when going for break and lunch with the other boys and girls. We have been learning our school values and that we all have rights. We all used our finger ... Continue reading Welcome to Primary 1 →

Well what an amazing year we had together and we are all looking forward to being Primary 2's in August This week we have enjoyed a whole school water fight, a chance to celebrate mass in the church, Primary 7 leavers assembly, class party and so much more! I think it's safe to ... Continue reading Last week in Primary 1 →

What a busy week we have had in Primary 1. On Monday we made cakes , we had to use lots of skills, measuring, mixing as well as working as part of a group. On Tuesday we planned, prepared and had a class party we decided what games to play, music and talked about ... Continue reading Primary 1 →