Primary One
Rhyme Time
We begin Primary 1 by looking at lots of familiar nursery rhymes. Through the rhymes we explore areas such as rhythm, rhyme, shape, colour and counting. Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill and Incy Wincy Spider and other well-known characters all pop by to help make our start to school fun and exciting.
Our Big World
We begin this topic by thinking about the types of homes we live in and where they are located. The children will share their favourite places to visit in Bangor and look at where it is on a map. We move on to look at the UK and Ireland and discuss how we would travel to various countries. With Chinese New Year celebrations taking place at this time, we taste Chinese food and have a go at our own dragon dance. Our journey takes us to the Cold Lands of Planet Earth. We look at the Arctic and Antarctic, think like a polar explorer and investigate all the wonderful creatures that live in these frozen lands.
Beside the Seaside
We spend the summer term thinking about the wonderful life around our seashore. Through the story of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch we take a closer look at lighthouses and why they are so important. We explore life inside a rockpool and investigate some of the ways we can be safe at the beach and in the sun. We also take a trip to our local RNLI lifeboat station where we hear about rescues they have to make. We even step onboard the lifeboat! Of course no trip to the seaside would be complete without an ice-cream. As summer is just around the corner we think about holidays and step back in time to discover what kind of holidays people had 100 years ago.
