One of the questions the children asked about Harris’ runaway shoe was “Does it like snow?” As we didn’t have snow we had to use water instead for our experiment.

We worked in teams to take notes on our clipboards. First we tried a welly boot in the tub of water. It went into the water and it stayed dry inside, this meant it liked water. Next we tried a trainer, it went into the water and got soaked right through, it did not like the water!

Then we tried a cosy snow boot, it went into the water and made the water a bit muddy but it stayed really dry and cosy inside. It liked the water. It was time to try a shoe just like Harris’. We put it in the water and it definitely didn’t like it, it got wet right through and was very soggy.

So we looked at our finding and now know that The runaway shoe does not like water, so wherever it is disappearing to, it’s not somewhere wet!

After a very interesting discussion with the children they have decided that they are interested in learning about baby animals, plants and flowers. Therefore we have decided to combine these ideas and make ‘Spring’ our new topic.

You will notice on the planner that we are also looking at money in class. I would greatly appreciate this is you could support this learning at home by encouraging your child to count out small amounts of money or allowing them to get involved with transactions when going to the shops.

For world book day the children were invited to come in dressed up as their favourite character from a book or in the pyjamas with their favourite bedtime story. All the children made a great effort and looked fantastic!

We looked at the books the children brought it and all voted for the one we wanted to read. It was tough competition but Monstersaurus won the vote.

The children really enjoyed the book and at the end shared their thoughts on what the two new friends might get up together.

It was lovely to also see Anna & Allie who will be joing us next year all dressed up and ready for world book too.

The children have noticed that Harris keeps losing his shoe! So we have all worked together to plan what we need to know to help us find out where the runaway show is disappearing too.

This morning we got to work on the first question, How big is his shoe and is it bigger than theirs?

The children with a little help drew round their shoes then measured them with cubes. We found out that Harris’ shoe is 7 bricks long and is the smallest shoe in the class! Could this be a clue as to where his shoe disappears too? We need to do more investigating.

We have had such a fun week in Primary 1. We have got lots of new resources in our class and haveenjoyed having a go at the challenges that Miss Robinson has set.

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We also enjoyed wearing our brightest colours for the Rainbow Raiser today!

This weeks star of the week is Alifie Haggerty. He has had a super week of making good choices and acting responsibly.

Well done Alfie.

Yesterday was pancake day so we took the opportunity to make some pancakes for snack and learn all about measuring the ingredients.

First we had look at the ingredients, this is the list of things we need to make the pancakes, we needed flour, milk, eggs and a little bit of butter.

We learned that to measure how much flour we needed we had to use scales, we had to watch the pointy needle move up to the right number of grams and then we knew it was the correct amount. To measure how much milk we needed we had to use a measuring jug, it was tricky to see the numbers on it but Mrs June helped us. After that we had to count out the eggs, it was good fun breaking them open. Once we had all the ingredients measured and in a big bowl we had to give it a really good mix to make the batter.

We poured the batter into a very hot pan with butter and it made “massive” pancakes that smelled really yummy.

For snack we gobbled them up with some honey 🍯 they were delicious.

I noticed online that the Teach Your Monster to Read app is free until the end of the month, if anyone is interested in downloading it. The app is not needed to play the game so please do not feel that this is something you are being asked to do.

Miss Robinson 🙂

Yesterday we all went to the gym to practice using our bodies in different ways. First we had to warm up and stretch to make sure our muscles were ready for exercise.

It was an exciting gym today because we had an obstacle course set up for us. We had to really concentrate on keeping our bodies steady as we balanced across the benches, some of us needed a hand to help us at first but soon grew in confidence and managed to walk along the benches with no help at all. We then got to jump off and do a trick on the mats. Some did roly polys, others were really brave and tried flips and cartwheels. After that we went through a very long tunnel, then came another bench! This time we had to pull ourselves along on our tummies, a bit like slugs! Then we had to weave in and out of cones.

At the end we were all tired and could feel your hearts “going boom boom” but we could tell each other that the exercise made us feel happy.

Our star of the week is Amelia! She received the award for being so positive and super helpful in the nursery.

Well done Amelia.