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Hart Memorial Primary School, Portadown, Craigavon Co Armagh

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18th Oct 2023
Within World Around Us lessons we have been looking at our bodies. This week we have focused on ‘Our 5 Senses’ and how we use these to understand the world around us. Today we enjoyed a carousel of senses stations. We explored our sense of taste by sampling sweet flavours (jam/honey sandwiches) and sour/bitter flavours such as lemon/lime. At our hearing station we had the opportunity to play musical instruments loud/soft and fast/slow. At our smelling station we explored a variety of scents such as perfume, vinegar, peppermint, lemon juice, cinnamon and mixed herbs. At our touch station we felt a variety of materials that varied in texture and at our sight station the children wore blindfolds and played ‘find the snowball’. This gave children a realisation of how we might have to rely on our other senses at certain times and gave an appreciation of how valuable our sight is. 
 
 
 
 
11th Oct 2023
We have been looking at signs of Autumn in Primary 1. Today we painted beautiful autumn trees. We began by studying pictures of trees and how they change in autumn. We used thick paint brushes for the tree trunk and thin paint brushes for the branches. Then we used corks and sponges to stamp on our autumn leaves using autumn colours. 
 
 
 
 
5th Oct 2023

We had a visit this morning from Michelle who came from Portadown town library.
Michelle told the children all about the library facilities. She emphasised that there is a lot more going on in the library apart from borrowing books.

Michelle shared a book with the children and encouraged them to visit the library & to join for free to make full use of the activities on offer. e.g. Lego & craft club

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4th Oct 2023

We have enjoyed collecting autumn leaves this week. We used a magnifying glass to study the leaves and then completed an observational drawing.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13th Sep 2023

Our P1 boys and girls are settling in well and are enjoying the variety of indoor and outdoor play activities on offer.

 
 
 
 
20th Jun 2023
 
 
 
 
19th Jun 2023

We have enjoyed making clay rainbow fish. We moulded our clay into a rainbow fish shape before smoothing out and adding sparkly sequin scales. We also used clay tools to add stripes to the fins and tail before adding an eye and mouth. Finally, we painted our rainbow fish.

 
 
 
 
19th Jun 2023

During our World Around Us lesson today in P1 we were testing our boats in the water tray to see if they would float or sink. Thankfully ALL of our boats stayed afloat! 😀

 
 
 
 
14th Jun 2023

Today we enjoyed participating in lots of fun activities with our P1 friends from Presentation Primary School. We got tattoos and face paints, took part in a Zumba session and Healthy Kidz exercise session. Then we played on the bouncy castles before cooling down with an ice lolly. A fantastic way to end our Shared Education lessons for this year!