In P1 we have had a fantastic Term 1, though it flew by very quickly. We have been really engaged by our persuasive writing in English, coming up with some very good reasons for our favourite parts of books, or which is the best choice arising from situations in books. Some examples are from the book There is a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake, one student wrote that chocolate cake is the best to eat because it is delicious and has chocolate cream. While another student argued that cheesecake is the better choice because it is the best party cake and his mum’s favourite. Yes, we are learning to argue very effectively, sorry not sorry!

Shape exploration in Maths has been very popular and we are getting very good at listing the names of shapes and their properties. We have also found these shapes represented in art works, around the school and in our classroom. Addition and subtraction activities have also caught our attention and the different activities to explore these operations have strengthened student understanding.

In Science, magnets are still very popular and on several occasions the class has explored our environment with large magnets checking what things around the school attract to them. We were excited to discover some rocks in a garden that have a high iron contact and stuck to the magnets.

Students have been very engaged with earning Ardy Tickets and some of them have met their savings goals to purchase the bigger reward items, so expect some enthusiastic discussions when these prizes arrive home. Easter arts and crafts have also been very popular for our class of artists, we have had some awesome success with window clings that are very colourful and worked super well after a bit of experimentation on Jo’s part. A new favourite activity in the playground is chalk art on the concrete, they are fun and colourful.

We are looking forward to continuing our learning across these areas in next term.

Jo, Bree and Declan