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 💛

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. 💕

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

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Child led play in P1 ⭐️ Junk modelling and loose parts in the sand supported open-ended exploration, while wooden blocks were used to create a fantastic airport and runway.

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. ❄️ 🎨

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. 🙂

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.

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

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

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. 🙂

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

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! 👍

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. 🎆

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

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

🎄❄️ Merry Christmas and happy holidays, P1! So proud of all the learning, playing and growing you’ve done. Enjoy the break with your families - we can’t wait to see you in the new year 🌟

⛄️ Snowman drive with our P7 buddies! Rolling the virtual dice, counting carefully and working together to build our snowmen ❄️ Building confidence through buddy support💙

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

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.

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

🎄 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

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

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

A little snap shot of p1 play today, the children were enjoying our new play areas. We have a cafe for role play where the children can use communication skills, playdoh for fine motor skills, block play and a small world.

P1 are looking forward to their nativity next week. 🎄@missmckechnie.bsky.social

Next customer please! P1 are loving the new shop for play! 🛍️🛒 @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

Our P1s loved threading beads onto pipe cleaners to create candy canes - a perfect festive way to build fine motor control and hand–eye coordination! 🎄 🌟

A huge THANK YOU to all the pupils who supported Primary 7’s fundraising through our Adopt-a-Cuddly toy event 🧸💛 As well as raising money this promoted children’s rights, especially #UNCRCArticles12&31 having a voice and enjoying play. We’re proud of you all! 💫 #UNCRCdunipace #PupilVoice

These P1-3 superstars have been very busy making headbands & rehearsing for their Nativity Christmas Concert next week. Tickets are still available to watch our concerts on 8th & Tuesday 9th December 🎉🎄🎶👽🚀🤩 @mrscrerar.bsky.social @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

@dunipaceprimary.bsky.social Remember your pennies for Adopt a Teddy tomorrow 🧸 @mrsadonnelly.bsky.social @mrsbartley.bsky.social @missnicoldps.bsky.social @mrmcwilton-dps.bsky.social @mrscrerar.bsky.social @mrssigurdssondps.bsky.social @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

Our book of the week was the hungry caterpillar! As part of our stations this week we had a fine motor and craft table. We enjoyed watching the short film during snack 🐛 @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

A chicken nugget happy meal please! As a part of primary ones choice play we set up a McDonald’s shop in the classroom! Our learners even made their own sign- well done P1!! @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

FYI- We are happy to announce that we will be putting on a performance/ concert for p1-3 on the 8th and 9th of December! Everyone got this slip in their bag- Let us know if we need any extras! ⭐️ @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

🎄🎅🏻A second shop has opened for a limited time until December 1st! This will be your very last chance to order any chards, gifts etc with your child’s artwork this year! If you have lost the QR code, don’t worry- it can be found here: shop.classfundraising.co.uk/pages/lost-codes

Fantastic adding and subtracting in Numeracy today! We used numicons to represent our answers! ⭐️ @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

❄️👽🎄P3's #DunipaceEnterpise company, Snow Aliens, have been busy designing, printing and cutting the tickets for P1-3 Christmas with the Aliens concert. Please check school bags for the ticket info letter. @mrsdowds.bsky.social @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrssigurdssondps.bsky.social

Primary 1 Play 🌟 🧩Brain Flakes - “Look, it’s standing!” 🎨Peg boards - “My pattern’s perfect!” 🚂Train tracks - “This bit goes here!” 🍟McDonald’s - “Order number 3!” So much creativity, language and problem-solving happening through play every single day. 💛

P1 have been working on skills for life by making their breakfast and washing up their own dishes this week ❤️ @missmckechnie.bsky.social

What a fantastic Book and Biscuit afternoon today! Thank you to everyone for coming along ⭐️📚 @missmckechnie.bsky.social

P1-3 are excited for our Book & a Biscuit session tomorrow afternoon. P1-3 families are welcome to join us in classrooms at 2.15pm for a story & then explore the #readwritecount & #bookbug bags 📚 #DunipaceLiteracy @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @mrscrerar.bsky.social @missmckechnie.bsky.social

We’re honestly blown away with everyone’s generosity with donations yesterday- thanks so much! We’re looking forward to the fayre even more now 🤩 Book your tickets in advance here to save queuing for so long at the door www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket... Please can everyone share 🙏 🙌

These learners were using their imagination to build a pizza shop using Lego 🍕 and create a pattern with 39 camels! 🐫 @missmckechnie.bsky.social

Lots of focus and fine-motor fun today during art - P1 used their weaving skills to give their winter bears the cosiest jumpers. 🧵🐻❄️

Art with Mrs Wells! 🌈 @missmckechnie.bsky.social

Our sound of the week is D! Round the dinosaurs bottom, up his tall neck, down to his feet. Action: Pretend to beat a drum with your hands, saying d-d-d. @missmckechnie.bsky.social

🦷✨ Last week our P1s were developing their health and wellbeing skills as they learned how to keep their teeth clean and healthy with Childsmile! They listened carefully, asked great questions, and practised brushing on some furry friends. 😁🪥

Tooth brushing!! So proud of our superstars with their brushing. Back, front and side to side! We were all given our own tooth brushes for home too ⭐️ @missmckechnie.bsky.social