Thank you to David Ironside @braeshighschool.bsky.social for delivering an engaging on Learning Intentions and Success Criteria which challenged thinking and sparked discussion amongst our probationer colleagues. We look forward to session 2 in the new year. 😀

A huge thank you to Yvonne Manning @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social for inspiring us to share a love of reading for enjoyment in our classrooms and for sharing the positive impact that this can have on our learners. 📚📖🫶🏼

This week we explored planning using the Literacy Progression Pathways to meet the needs of all learners. We then took time to share our own weekly plans with our peers and discussed our non negotiables and personal choice when it comes to creating our own plans. 📔

Snack stop on our travels!

We found a shady spot for a story outside this afternoon ☀️ @lauriestonp2-1.bsky.social

Cooling off with rocket lollies! @lauriestonp2-1.bsky.social

Dressed to impress for our fairytale celebration! 👑 🪄 👸 🤴 @lauriestonp2-1.bsky.social

‘The Gingerbread Man’ was our focus fairytale for this week. After sequencing the order of the characters in the story, we explored the setting. We used our imaginations to create dioramas with new settings…. You can’t catch me I’m a gingerbread man…. 🏙️ in the city 🏝️ at the beach 🏫 at the school

The Midnight Fair is becoming a firm library favourite! We love this wordless picture book because we can make up our own words! @lrsfalkirk.bsky.social

In today’s library session we have been learning about non-fiction books. This little learner loved this castle book with secret flaps! 🏰

Summer disco letters in school bags tonight! 🕺

A strange delivery in our D-mail box! The excitement is real! @lauriestonp2-1.bsky.social

We would be extremely grateful if you could support P7 and Miss Orr with this wonderful event 👇 🧁 ☕️

What a wonderful day we had at Five Sisters Zoo on Friday! We loved our workshop and planning a meal for the bears. And then we had a brilliant time in the park in the sun ☀️

A reminder that our picnic is going ahead tomorrow. Please see the below message. 👇🏼

@lauriestonp2-1.bsky.social came for a play in our classroom today!

Working very hard on our core numeracy skills this morning!

These happy faces say it all! What a great day ☀️

Park life!

Maria the zoo’s education officer helped us make a picnic for the bears! We had to select the foods that would be best for their diet🐻

Our first primary school trip! What a great day at Five Sisters Zoo 🦁

What great use of language and detailed conversations at the water tray today! 💦 Full 💦 Half 💦 Empty 💦 Overflowing

Who needs weeks to plan a wedding? These little learners had it planned and organised in 15 minutes! 💒 👰‍♀️ Spontaneous play in action!

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our curriculum event to help foster a reading culture for all. Your involvement is very much appreciated ❤️

Please spread the word & join us in fundraising for @strathcarron.bsky.social 💛 Friday 6th June, 9.30am.

Week 2 of Circus Skills! 🎪 Today we tried out the art of stilt walking! A big thank you to Mrs Smith’s Dad for making us our own class set of stilts 😃 #balance #coordination

On our way to Callendar woods we always try to imagine what this might be…..some of the guesses so far…. a dinosaur? 🦕 a dragon? 🐉 a mythical sea creature 🌊 The possibilities are endless!

We had a fantastic time at outdoor learning, building houses for the Three Little Pigs! Fantastic teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving skills on display. 🏠🐷 #OutdoorLearning #Teamwork

We look forward to seeing you this afternoon! 👇 @lauriestonp2-1.bsky.social

The ultimate prize - winning Janny’s football cup! ⚽️ 🥅

Today we focused on developing our design and technology skills by constructing castles out of cardboard. We worked hard on refining our cutting techniques to bring our creations to life. ✂️ 📏 🏰

Our first week of our Circus Skills group! We made our own ribbon twirlers in the classroom and then headed to the gym hall to create a routine. Wish I could’ve bottled the energy and enthusiasm! 🎪 #skills #creativity

Working hard to tell the time on our clock hunt! ⏰

Very busy sending ‘d mail’ to our friendly dragon! 🐉

This young man set up a fitness course like he uses at football training to improve our speed! Great to see you bringing your ideas from your after school activities to us in P1!

We are immersed in the world of ‘Fairyland’ this week as we try to help the friendly dragon rebuild his home. We started by creating Jack’s beanstalk in our classroom…how amazing does it look!? 🍃

Some super spelling with our vowel digraphs 😁

Thanks so much to L, L and D for having Eddie and spending lots of time with him 😁 Eddie is almost at the end of his sleepovers in P1

We were absolutely thrilled to visit our newly refurbished library. What a fabulous space to explore books of all descriptions! 📕

Ask us all about the ‘ai’ digraph! 👂

An abundance of rich, engaging play in P1!

‘The Very Bad-Tempered Ladybird’ was a great story to get us talking about time! 🐞 These little learners are loving learning about maths through the world of storytelling! #LaurMTS ⏰

We headed outside today to create our own chalk obstacle courses. This young man was desperate to show his creation! 🏃‍♂️

A lovely afternoon in Callendar woods. Great to be back playing with our friends again after the break! 🌲

Today we started learning to tell the time using Maths Through Stories. We listened to the story of the ‘Grandfather Clock’ which helped us to learn about the clock face and the hands. We then used the mini clocks with our partners! ⏰ #LaurMTS

Happy Easter holidays to P1 and all of our Laurieston families 🐣 We hope you all have a lovely break! See you on Tuesday 22nd April for the final term of P1! 🐰

1/2 Today we drew ‘Eggs on Legs’ and then animated them using sketch.metademolab.com Seeing your own black pen drawing come to life is so exciting! Lots of little learners want to try this out at home! @digilearnfalk.bsky.social

What a great afternoon we all had 👇

2/2 So focussed on today’s writing task…..It is not an Easter egg it is a….. Ask your little one what idea they had! 💡

1/2 It is not an Easter egg it is….. -an asteroid ☄️ -a bee 🐝 -planet earth 🌎 -an alien 👾 For today’s writing we wrote a sentence to explain what our eggs could be. Such amazing ideas! #earlywriters 🖊️