Primary 1 develop their vocabulary through Word Aware

As part of our whole school Word Aware approach to create a language-enriched environment that promotes vocabulary development in our learners, the boys and girls of primary 1 explored the word ‘tumbling’ encountered in the story of the Stickman.

The children learned the meaning of the word through a multi-sensory approach, then activated this in their play-based learning sessions. This included playing a ‘tumbling’ dice addition game, building a ‘tumbling’ tower, acting out a ‘tumbling’ role play scenario and drawing a picture of something ‘tumbling’. 

The children are already excited to select their new word of the week next week! 


Molly creates a colourful drawing of 'tumbling' blocks

Tommy and Eva-Rose enjoy a game of Jenga and try to stop it from 'tumbling' over


Oh no it tumbled over!

Bailey and Lily-Rose develop their addition skills through a 'tumbling' dice game

Alfie and Lucymay develop their addition skills through a 'tumbling' dice game
Oh no...Ave has 'tumbled' over and hurt her leg.  Thank goodness Dr Harry is there to help!
The boys try to build a tall tower without it 'tumbling'
Builders busy at work...lets hope their creation doesn't 'tumble'!
The children even enjoyed a Halloween 'tumbling' game

Cherysse is using our word of the week in a sentence at the writing area

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