Miss Louise Wilson
P1b had a great time celebrating World Book Week 2019. We had a visit from a local artist and published illustrator, Ritchie Collins (otherwise known as Ria’s dad), who shared with us how he created characters for books before helping us develop our own story characters. We shared stories with our P7 buddies, had Finn’s mum coming in to read us a cool story we hadn’t read before and had a story session with Fitch the therapet.
P1b really enjoyed participating in Global School Play Day 2019. They had great fun playing with the Loose Parts with their P7 buddies, having more free play in the classroom and sharing with their friends games and toys they had brought in from home.
As part of our Five Senses topic, we were lucky enough to have a visit from two specialists in the Deaf Team. We got to try on goggles that showed us what it was like to experience different types of visual impairment and handle Braille books. Gail showed us a model of the inside of our ear and we got to try out different hearing aids, and Carol taught us some British Sign Language. It was a very interesting morning and we all really enjoyed this hands on experience. A big thank you to Gail and Carol!
P1 and P7 had great fun taking part in our Burns Buddy Ceilidh. They danced the Gay Gordons, Two Step, Canadian Barn Dance and Orcadian Strip the Willow.
P1b are learning all about ‘The Five Senses’, and had lots of fun exploring their sense of touch on their sensory walk. They had to walk through trays of dry lentils, sand, cold water, water beads, shaving foam and warm water.
We’re already halfway through P1, and we already know 16 initial sounds, 4 tricky words and some lovely cursive handwriting!
After lots of fun turning our role play area into a ‘Pizza Café’, P1b got to be real pizza chefs for the afternoon and make their own pitta pizzas. There was a variety of healthy toppings to choose from, including spinach, rocket, olives, tomatoes, peppers, sweetcorn and pineapple, and some children liked trying something new. The best bit was definitely getting to eat the pizza afterwards!
