P1 were learning about pictograms to present information today. We used the iPad mark-up tool today for a change then we airdropped our finished task to Mrs Dowds’ iPad. 🙂

P1 have started to learn about parts of a castle. Some children made castles using blocks and some decided to draw castles including some of the features they have learned about. Great creativity! 🏰

The children rolled the dice and used their sounds knowledge to blend and read the word they landed on. We worked in partners, supporting each other to spot sounds and push them together to read the whole word. It was lovely to see children encouraging one another and celebrating success together 💛

There are lots of exciting events coming up at Denny Library soon including Pokemon and Lego events 📚

P1 brushing their teeth this afternoon. Thank you to Childsmile for coming in to help us. 🦷🪥

This afternoon we explored kind (cotton wool) words and unkind (sand paper) words. We then gave examples of unkind words and actions and we folded our hearts to represent the impact that they can have on a person inside.

P1 have been learning to read. This group were excited about their new book. 🙂

This learner was practising her adding during her play today. 💕

P1 wanted to introduce you to our class mascot Tryatops. You may have seen Tryatops in some of our class photos before. Tryatops looks out for our learners trying their best. 💕

Today our learners sorted the days of the week during maths. We enjoyed this song to help us remember them. 🙂 youtu.be/8GKmCQOy88Y?...

The children have been making boats using recycled materials this week in their play. Look at this one. 🚤🛶⛵️

“Look Mrs Dowds 6 7” 🙈

🎨P1-3 mixed primary colours to create secondary colours during #DunipaceFun31 Then they created Kandinsky inspired coloured circles, using as many colours as they could mix. 👀Watch this space to see what happens next. @mrsdowds.bsky.social @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrssigurdssondps.bsky.social

Working on addition within 10 using concrete materials. Ask us about this at home. 🙂

These two learners were using playdoh to make pizza and mac and cheese. We recently discovered as a class that we could colour our playdoh using chalk- our learners are amazing in P1!

Our new sandpit in the classroom. The children asked for buckets and spades to make sand castles.

P1 have been enjoying visiting our new message centre.

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This learner created a handbag using craft materials today! 👜

Helping Mrs Dowds make playdoh this morning.

P1 love to be creative through their play. Today they made a castle which later turned into a car! We also had a dinosaur made out of different paper cuttings. 👍

P1 have been learning about number pairs to make 8 today. Here are some pupils working hard on their VIP task 😀

P1 have been loving their new play kitchen. Special thank you to Mr Roche for building it for us! 😀

Today’s listening activity was a bubble pop game. The children had to listen for their name to have a turn to pop the bubbles. Great listening p1 🥰 lots of fun had!

These learners wanted to show you their castle. 🏰

Congratulations to these pupils who received Top Scorer and Captain award certificates. @DunipaceUNCRC #article12

Mark making on tin foil in our winter tuff tray. A great opportunity for the children to experiment with pressure, movement and patterns, supporting fine motor development and early handwriting skills. ❄️ 🎨

P1 have been learning to measure capacity. Today we predicted and measured how much water could fill different containers using cups of water.

Today in p1 we were making our own wee rid motors to go with one of our Scot’s poems using red hand prints. Some children were building a castle wall and measuring it. Some children wanted to learn how to make playdoh “if it’s wet put more flour on it”. Lots of problem solving demonstrated.

P2 & P1 used the Chatterkid app to make objects come to life. First take a photo & then add your voice. Next add accessories & then press play. There were lots of giggles as toys, bottles, whiteboards, rugs, pictures & chalk had voices. 💻#DunipaceICT @mrsdowds.bsky.social @missmckechnie.bsky.social

P1 were sorting numbers to 20 on a number line today. 👍

P1 developing creativity, independence and expressive skills through paint 🌟 Final masterpieces coming soon! 🎨

P1 using talking and listening skills to follow instructions and colour the Loch Ness Monster correctly 🎨👂

This small world has been a hit recently. It has been a fire station and a mansion and today it was a “rainbow house”. Great team work, communication skills and creativity demonstrated through play. 🙂

This learner spotted a pebble shaped like a love heart and wanted to show you all. 💕

We lovely demonstration of team work in p1 👌🏻

A snap shot of play today in p1. We have a new sensory wall in our calm/reading corner and the children have also been enjoying using some loose parts at small world and construction.

This afternoon we began to learn about Scotland and our local area. We made a collage of the Kelpies. 🐴🐴 We discussed as a class what we already know and what we want to find out about Scotland. The children have shown a huge interest in castles recently, so we are looking forward to this. 🙂

We loved working with our p7 buddies this afternoon who help us with our numbers, letters and words. 💕 @mrsadonnelly.bsky.social

This afternoon we made some firework rockets to celebrate the new year. We worked hard to follow instructions to make our rockets using our listening skills. 🎆

P1 have been super busy in maths. We have been revising numbers to 20 and beyond as well as learning to use subitising skills where we need to estimate an amount. Super work P1! 👍

P1 have had a great start to the new term. We have been enjoying our play spaces and spending time with our friends. 🙂

P1&2 had a great time at their Christmas party! We danced, played games & had lots of fun. 🥳🎶🎄 @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

P1 Christmas Party was a hit!! Look at all these happy faces! Merry Christmas everyone, it has been such a fantastic year teaching you all ⭐️⭐️ @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

This afternoon we were practising our cutting skills by building a snowman.

Today, we were making and designing gingerbread men, making Santa cookies with playdoh, building a road using wooden blocks and practising letter shapes in the glitter.

From story to hands-on learning 🌿✨ We gathered twigs outside, twisted pipe cleaners for arms and added googly eyes as we created Stickmen and practised the ‘ck’ sound - developing fine motor control, problem-solving and imagination. @mrsdowds.bsky.social

🎄 Purposeful play in P1 Children built castles, made gingerbread men with playdough, typed Christmas words on a keyboard and played shops - developing early literacy, numeracy, fine motor skills and communication through play. @mrsdowds.bsky.social

Brilliant Christmas Nativity Concerts from P1,2 & 3 🤩🎶👏🏻 Super singing & actions. Brilliant narration & acting from P1 & P3. A huge thank you to all parents/carers who came to watch. We hope you loved it as much as us 🎄🌟😇👑🐑👽🛸 @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social @mrscrerar.bsky.social