Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 2hThis pupil used the cupcake tin to share out items for her cakes. 🧁 She carefully made sure that every section had the same number of items, exploring fair sharing and early mathematical thinking through play. 💛➗ 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 2hThank you FW for the macaroni and bread for E and I. 💛 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 2hI noticed O carefully placing buttons onto log slices. “I’m making cupcakes but I don’t know how to do it.” We talked about how people often follow a recipe, which gives us steps to follow when cooking. O then asked me to write down the steps he told me. 🧁✏️ A real purpose for writing 💛 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 3hE invited me for cake today! 🍰 He carefully set the table and made sure everything was ready for our little tea party. 💛 Such lovely imaginative play and thoughtful attention to detail! 🥰 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 3hThese pupils spent time working their way through different jigsaws today! 🧩💛 They showed fantastic concentration, perseverance and problem-solving skills as they pieced them together. 🌟 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 3hToday, we mapped out our community! 🗺️🏘️ We shared what we know about the places, people and spaces that are important to us, building our understanding of the community around us. 💛 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To finish off our day, we played tig and explored the trim trail! 🏃♀️🍂 Mrs Smith definitely enjoyed a game of tig… and she certainly got her steps in today! 😂👟 130
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We took our shape learning outdoors! 🔺🔵 Large shapes were drawn on the ground and we used natural loose parts to create our own shapes, or used the outlines to make them even bigger. We then played a shape game to help us recognise and name the shapes we had been exploring. 🌿 040
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We are learning about shape. Today, we worked in pairs to create a picture made of 2d shapes. 040
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Today we applied our blending and segmenting skills to 2- and 3-letter words. We listened carefully to the sounds, blended them together and then stretched the words out to hear each sound. 🌟🔤 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Please check your email regarding our upcoming Literacy Workshop. Unfortunately, the letter included the wrong date - apologies for the confusion! The correct date for the workshop is Wednesday 28th October at 2pm. We look forward to seeing you there! 📚😊 160
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Do you want to go to the campfire?” “Yes!” 🔥 These pupilscommunicated their ideas and worked together to bring their play to life. It was lovely to hear their conversation and see them use our autumnal finds alongside hot-coloured paper to create their campfire. 🍂🔥 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This star has been practising his number formation! I caught him 👀 🌟 040
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026K used the blocks to create the letter ‘I’ and explored the sound it makes. 🔤 We made the learning visible by adding a wee post-it note to capture K’s thinking. 💭📝 120
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We are working hard on hearing the initial sound in words! 🔤👂 Today, we sorted objects into groups by the sound we could hear at the beginning. We listened carefully, said the words aloud and had lots of fun being sound detectives! 🔎 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Mrs Smith decided to get us outdoors as soon as the rain stopped - we had been cooped up inside for a wee while! 🍂🌧️ We continued exploring Autumn, noticing the changes around us while moving, playing and regulating our emotions. 🍁💛 Here are some photos of us exploring our environment. 📸🍁 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Consolidating the sounds we’ve covered! 🔤 The children are applying what they’ve learned by saying, making, breaking, blending, covering and writing words using their sounds. 🌟 We are working towards making this learning more automatic as the children apply their phonics skills independently. 👏 050
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The children have been using the Aquadoodle to practise their sounds and words. A playful way to develop early writing skills, build confidence and make those marks meaningful. 🌟 💦 010
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🏆 Certificate Winners 🏆 These pupils have worked so hard this week, showing determination, kindness and a real commitment to their learning. So proud of each and every one of them! 🌟 #ProudTeacher 💛 040
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A huge thank you to all my parents and carers for taking the time to come along to Parents’ Evening tonight. ❤️ It was lovely to share your children’s learning, celebrate their progress and chat about all the little glimmers we are seeing in our classroom. 🌟 Thank you for your continued support! 🥰 050
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Look at my model!” “These are ladders & these are doors. These people are eating before they go in there.” “The doors have numbers. This is door 4. One, two, three, four! See 4!” Children are bringing their ideas to life while developing their understanding of numerals & quantity. 141
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We received a new sound today! 🔤 The letter m makes the sound /m/. The children had a great go at blending 2-letter words and some 3-letter words too. 🌟 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This pupil began counting the blue bands. “I wonder how many there are of each colour?” “I could count them…” “Could we keep track of the numbers?” “Yeah, write one down next to their colour.” An example of purposeful counting, recording and using maths within play. 🔢 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026E gathered grass and corks. “Mrs Smith, I’m building a house.” 🏠 She used the corks to create the outline of her house, adding doors, windows and a pathway. E showed creativity as she used natural and recycled materials to bring her ideas to life. 🌿 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We love a cardboard box! 📦🎨 Pupils used paint to transform their boxes, mixing primary colours to create secondary colours and experimenting with different tools and techniques. “We’re artists!” 🎨 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A humble K asked me to come & observe his castle.🏰He proudly talked me through his creation. This gave us an opportunity to explore the symmetry he had included & introduce the idea of a line of symmetry. Some children then went off to spot & create their own examples of symmetry in the environment. 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“I’m trying to make a sunflower.”O “Shall I help?” I O showed leadership during this play experience. He shared his ideas, listened to his peer and encouraged I to join in. It was lovely to see O positively influencing and motivating his friend as they worked together. 🌻 050
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A huge thank you to my parents and carers who came along to Parents’ Evening tonight! ❤️ It was lovely to chat about our children, celebrate their achievements and share their learning 🥰 Thank you for your continued support! 🌟 050
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🔥 “I’m making a campfire. Would you like to camp beside me?” “These are my flames. They’re the hot colours we’ve been learning about.” An example of applying learning through play, while developing creativity ❤️ 040
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🌿🏠 The pupils used sticks and leaves to work together to create a house. They shared ideas, solved problems and used the natural materials around them to bring their creation to life. 🌟 050
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This little star created a town by joining lots of paper together! 🏘️ He wanted to find out if his town was taller than him, so used himself to compare and investigate. 📏 He created it at home and proudly brought it in to show us! 🥰 130
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026⭐ Certificate Winners! ⭐ These pupils have worked so hard to recognise their sounds. They have shown great effort and should be very proud of themselves! 💙👏 040
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🐛📚 Bug School! Our Book of the Week, Bug School, inspired these pupils to recreate their own bug school using loose parts as the bugs. An example of imagination, creativity, storytelling and learning through play! 🐞💙 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026💇♀️💅 A great time at the salon! S did my hair while E and E worked their magic on my nails and make-up. I was very well looked after and received such great service! Lots of lovely imaginative play, communication, creativity and teamwork. 050
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🏥💙 Hospital role play! H became a patient, while E took patient details and issued medication. O made sure H was comfortable. E then used our recipe book to create a special soup with leaves to help H feel better. 🍂🥣 A lovely example of imaginative play, communication, caring and teamwork! 050
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🏠🔢 Subitising Houses! Today, the children matched numbers to quantities in our houses. They looked carefully and identified how many there were without counting. This helps develop quick number recognition, strong number sense and confidence with quantities. 💙 010
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🍂🥣 H used our autumn leaves to create her very own autumn soup! Through imaginative play, H explored seasonal changes, developed language and used her creativity to bring her idea to life. 💛 040
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026These pupils used our school model to bring their ideas to life with puppets. They created teachers, inc Elmer as me & the other as Mrs Traynor, & acted out different scenarios. Through play, they explored relationships, roles, communication & what it means to be part of our school community. 💙 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🔤 Lid Flip! The children played with a partner to see what sound each picture started with. They then placed the lid into the correct sound cup. 🥤 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🏠🔢 Subitising Houses! We have been learning to recognise amounts without counting each object. This is called subitising. Subitising is an important early number skill as it helps children develop strong number sense and confidence with numbers. 💙 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026First sign of Autumn 🍂 We went for an Autumn walk around our school garden. The children gathered natural items and have decided to use them in our environment for printing, painting, collage, loose parts, leaf and stick people, and construction. 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026These pupils researched the type of house they wanted to build. 🏠 They listened to each other, shared ideas and took on different roles. Together, they designed and built their house. 🧱 Great research, teamwork, problem-solving and collaboration through play. 💙 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I popped to the salon to get my hair done before heading to the restaurant for pizza, chips and a salad. 🍕🥗💇♀️ We chatted about healthy lunch options, and decided it was okay to have a little treat too! 😋 I couldn’t fault the service at either place - both were fantastic. I’ll definitely be back! 💕 030
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I observed this pupil creating towers of cubes of different sizes. “This is NumberBlocks.” 🔢 I wondered aloud, “I wonder how many there are in each block?” He extended his learning by writing the numbers on each tower to match the quantity. ✏️ 120
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of our classroom family members was unwell today, so E decided to draw a picture for her. “She can still be with us!” 💙 Such a kind and thoughtful gesture, showing how much our children care for and look out for one another. 🥰 #WeBelong 160
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026H joined pieces of paper together to create a person. “It’s a person. It’s the same size as me.” M then held the paper person against H to investigate whether they were the same size. 📏 An example of children exploring size, comparison and measurement through their play. 💙 020
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today, Catherine, our school cook, kindly joined us for an interview. “How do you help?” “Who do you help?” We found out about all the important jobs Catherine does to support our school community. 💙 050
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We have been working hard to recognise our sounds! 🔤 Today, we were introduced to a new sound - P makes the sound /p/. We practised recognising the letter, saying the sound and spotting it in words. 👏 031
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We have been developing our subitising skills!🔢 Children looked at dot patterns & worked out how many there were without counting each dot. They then pegged the answer they thought was correct. This helps children recognise amounts quickly & develop strong number sense & confidence with numbers.🌟 040
Mrs Smith and Primary 1 @mrssmithhom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🏫Our learning about school communities has extended into exploring the different roles that help our school. Today, Mr King kindly joined us for an interview. “How do you help?” “Who do you help?” We found out about all the important jobs Mr King does to support our school community. 💙 #WeBelong 090
