In our literacy lesson today, we enjoyed reading ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Donaldson. We then had an interesting circle time time, talking about what type of spell we would cast if we had a magic wand. We also had fun decorating our Halloween masks and making spooky spiders.
After our observational drawing of apples on Friday we had the opportunity to taste some cooking apples to see how they are different from the apples we eat at snack time. The children also helped to stew the apple and some of us were even brave enough to try some of the stewed apple on a biscuit.
Today we were able to sequence the pictures in the correct order to recall how we made our apple treat. The children also labelled their pictures by following along with the sounds as they were written on the board.
A beautiful crisp Autumnal day meant that we were able to get out for a lovely Autumn walk. We discussed the signs of Autumn and what to watch out for before we set off. We took clipboards and alongside a partner ticked off what we could see.
When we were back in the classroom we discussed the items we did not tick off on our checklist. While we did not see any squirrels it does not mean they don’t come out more during Autumn.
Over the last few weeks we have enjoyed lots of practical literacy and numeracy activities to help us develop our knowledge of sounds and our concept of numbers, shapes, size and sorting.
Have a look at our amazing autumn trees. We used rollers to paint our background, then following our numeracy lesson on ‘thick and thin’, we explored using varying thicknesses of paintbrush to paint our tree trunk, branches and twigs. To finish, we used autumn colours to print our autumn leaves with spools and corks.
Today was ‘World Porridge Day’. This ties in very nicely with ‘p’ being our sound of the week. As part of our Global learning lessons, we were looking at world hunger. So, as well as celebrating World porridge day, we wanted to do something to help other children in the world who are going hungry. We decided to raise money through our porridge party to donate to a charity called Mary’s meals, with the aim of feeding a child in Malawi or Zambia one meal per school day for a year.
It is hard to believe that the new academic year is just around the corner! I hope that everyone has had a super, restful break, and is ready to begin a new school year.
In preparation for coming back, please be reminded of some arrangements for the new school year.
Back to School
Pupils from P2-7 return to school on Wednesday 28th August; they will finish on this day at 12noon. This will be the case for Thursday 29th August and Friday 30th August. Pupils should have a healthy snack with them on these days. There will be no school dinners on these days.
Full school days, with school dinners, will begin on Monday 2nd September. Arrangements for Nursery and Primary 1 children are different and have been shared separately – please contact the class teacher if you are unsure of anything.
Meet the Teacher
This year, we are changing the format of our ‘meet the teacher event.’ On Thursday 29th August, parents are invited into school from 12:30pm to 2:30pm to go and meet their child/ren’s new teacher. Teachers will be in their rooms, with a handout regarding key information about their class, and parents are welcome to visit and collect this/meet with the teacher. This will be an informal, drop-in event and parents are welcome to arrive at any time.
Uniform
Please ensure that your child is in the correct school uniform for their first day.
Our school uniform can be purchased from local suppliers including, C&G Embroidery, Jameson’s and Davidson’s. Please ensure that all items of clothing have the pupil’s name.
The uniform is the same for both boys and girls:
Round-neck/V-neck school jumper with the logo
Black tracksuit bottoms (sweatshirt material with cuffed legs)
Please note, bottoms must be plain black and should not have any branding or lines, except the school logo, if desired.
Bottoms with the school logo can be purchased from C&G Embroidery.
Yellow polo t-shirt with logo
Plain Black trainers
