We have been learning about the Zones of Regulation. 🌱 Today we explored the Green Zone- when we feel calm, happy & ready to learn. We shared ideas that help us stay there & started making our own Zones of Regulation charts to track our feelings. 💚

What an exciting day with our buddies! 🚒 The fire brigade came to visit, we held the hose, sat in the fire engine, and asked loads of questions 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️ @missmeiklebps.bsky.social @misspenn-bps.bsky.social

We have created our Class Charter, underpinned by the UNCRC 🌍✨ We talked about what respect looks like in our classroom and how we can treat each other kindly #RightsRespectingSchools @rightsbeancross.bsky.social

This week some of the children have been fascinated with caring for babies 👶🏼 They carried out check-ups to listen to heartbeats ❤️, gave “immunisations” 🩺, and checked weights to make sure the babies were growing strong 🧑‍⚕️✨

Once we finished we wanted to spend some time playing with our buddies 💜

We celebrated Roald Dahl day one day early today 📚 We created our own chocolate bars and golden tickets inspired by ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ 🍫 There were lots of creative ideas! @misspenn-bps.bsky.social @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social

We’ve been exploring rhyming words 🎶🐭 With The Gruffalo book as our guide, we spotted rhyming pairs and matched them up🦉🦊🐍

We’ve been exploring 2D shapes 🔴🔷 We used lots of different shapes to create pictures and they looked wonderful 🤩

Last week, the Helicopter Fairy visited our class and left us Helicopter Story jotters as a present 🚁🧚 We wrote our own stories and then acted them out, it was so exciting, and we came up with lots of creative and interesting ideas 📚

⚽️🥎Change of PE Days🥎⚽️ Due to a change in timetabling, P1G’s PE days will now be on Monday and Tuesday. Please ensure your child either wears their PE kit under their uniform or brings a change of clothes in their bag👟🤸‍♀️

📸 Permission slips have been sent home to allow us to share class photos on Bluesky. Please return them by Friday so we can start posting! 💜

We are very much enjoying the warm weather! We would encourage that during the warm weather, that pupils: 🧴Have sun cream applied before school. 🚰bring a full water bottle with them. 🧢bring a sun hat to wear when outdoors. Your support is always appreciated.

We’ve had a fantastic first week in Primary 1G! 🥳 Wishing everyone a sunny weekend ☀️ From Monday: line up at the 9am bell & pick-up at 3pm ⌚️

Our first week of Primary 1 and our last week of Primary 1💜 I am super proud of how far they have all come this year, it has been an absolute pleasure to teach you this year👩🏼‍🏫📚✏️

Today in numeracy, we had fun adding 10s together! We threw a ball at the dartboard to hit two numbers, then wrote a number sentence to match. Using our super counting-in-10s skills, we figured out the answers🎯➕🔟

We had a wonderful day at the science centre for our end-of-school trip. We enjoyed exploring all the different exhibits, and we also got to watch Animal Kingdom in the IMAX theatre🧫🔭🔬🧬

This week we have been learning to round to the nearest 10, and we had to round the number up or down and put it in the correct cup🔟

We had so much fun today during Sports Day! Well done to everyone for taking part and trying your hardest ⚽️🏉🏅

As of the week beginning 2nd June, P1G’s PE days will be on Monday and Friday. Please ensure that your child has a full change of PE kit and a change of shoes👟🩳👕

⚽️ SPONSORED SPORTATHON 🏊🏼‍♀️ I’m not sure where to start with our sponsored Sportathon event, which we held tonight @grangemouthhs.bsky.social A massive thank you to the kids and parents for going above and beyond with their support. And our staff team, you won’t find anyone else like them!

“I wonder what the white lines in the sky are after a plane has flown past”🤔💭 After spotting a plane in the sky during playtime, we became curious about the lines it left behind. We were amazed to find out they’re called contrails — and we wanted to create our own! ✈️☁️

This week in PE we enjoyed taking part in different fitness exercises, we spoke about how our heart beats faster when we exercise🫀🏃🏼‍♀️

⚽️ BEANIE CUP ⚽️ We are looking for donations for the Beanie Cup. Anything from Shampoo to Champagne welcome.

This afternoon, we learned how to plant sunflowers🪴 We talked about how to care for them and help them grow. We can’t wait to see how tall they’ll get🌻

We’ve developed a keen interest in airplanes! We recycled plastic bottles to create the bodies of our planes and used cardboard for the wings. Now, we’re paper-mâchéing them to make them stronger, so we can paint and decorate our creations✈️

This week, we had fun exploring how to tell the time! We created our own clocks outside and used our arms to represent the different o’clock hours⏰🕙

This week, we were learning how to play badminton. We have been practising our serves, and we had so much fun🏸☀️

Thank you to our Science STEM reps who shared their science learning at our parent showcase this afternoon. Thank you to our parents who came along to see what we have been learning. 🧪🧑🏼‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬🧫🧲🔍 #BPSScience #BPSSTEM

P1-7 Sports Day Information🎽🏅 @beancross.bsky.social

For Science Week, we made our own slime🧑‍🔬 Before we started, we talked about how to stay safe, like washing our hands and being careful with the ingredients🧪We used glue and contact lens solution to make the slime. The contact lens solution helped turn the glue into stretchy, squishy slime🧫🧬 #BPSSTEM

This week, we have been exploring two-digit numbers. We counted out the correct number of cubes to build a tower, developing our one-to-one correspondence and number recognition🔢

While learning about the Easter story, 🐣 we worked together to sequence it in the correct order🥚

Uniform Drop-In Shop Tomorrow 9:30am-2:30pm We have donations some new and lots of used uniform items and jackets. 🧥👚👔👕 We also have lots of unclaimed lost property. Bring and fill a bag. 👍🛍️ @beancrossprimaryschool

Over the past 10 weeks, P1 and P7 have been participating in ‘Buddy Time,’ where they have been engaging in a range of activities to develop life skills. 📝 The children have been learning to sew; they designed and created their own bags. 🎒