This week we have been very busy (as usual). The phonic sound was ‘ow’ as in ‘blow the snow’. Maths was all about the number between, before and after. We enjoyed singing along to the Big Number Song and we were playing a harvest game, adding numbers to 12. In Language, we were writing sentences using adjectives and we made puppets. It was great fun using the puppets ( characters from The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch) to act out our own imaginative stories. Thank you for all the junk. Just wait to see all the super model we will make next week!

Great  excitement  today. Lots of boys and girls decided to try out for the Pupil Council. Miss  Fuller was very impressed. Many of the children had designed and made flags, posters and banners. The pupils projected their voices in a confident manner  and gave super reason why they would make a good rep. After the secret ballot,  a clear winner was chosen. Results to be announced at a later date but I am sure the children will spill the beans! After all that excitement, the pupils wanted me to tell you that they are exhausted and need a wee treat for all their hard work!

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you find the following information useful.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

General Information:

I hope you all had a lovely summer holidays. Children in P2F have made a great start to the year, and are working hard.

Brand new Red Communication poly pockets have been distributed to every child.  We ask you look out for these in your child’s school bag as it will have information about homework be used for other school communication.

You will be able to follow what we have been doing in class each week by looking at our class blog.

Homework will be issued on a Monday and should be completed by Thursday.  There will a selection of Numeracy and Literacy (spelling and reading) activities and occasionally topic related tasks.

Please ensure your child has an appropriate snack kept separately from their lunch.   Your child should also have a clearly labelled water bottle everyday which is filled prior to arriving at school.  Please ensure your child has a labelled weather appropriate jacket as there will be outdoor learning opportunities.

Class Dojo

To promote positive behaviour Primary 2 are using Class Dojo.  Please note we cannot access the messaging aspect of Class Dojo. Should you need to contact us please do so by telephone or in writing.

PE days

P2F have PE on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure that your child has a full gym kit, to include a t-shirt, shorts and gym shoes, which will be left in school. Where appropriate, please remove or tape over earrings.

Learning focus this term:

Through our topic ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ we will be learning about:

• Describing characters and settings in the story
• Floating and sinking
• Healthy eating
• The purpose of a lighthouse
• How to react in unsafe situations and emergencies

If you have any experience in this area, please let us know. We would love to have some ‘experts’ come in to share in our learning journey.

Core Literacy:

• We are continuing with our Read, Write Inc literacy programme for phonics. ‘Fred’ will help us to sound and blend words to help us read and write.
• P2F pupils will be bringing home two books each week for the rest of this term. One will be a book of their choice from our class/wing library. Please enjoy these books together and encourage your child to bring them back to school so they can be swapped for another story.
• Children will also bring home a reading book, although this may not be issued on the same day each week. They may also have a tricky words list to practice. Please read these with your child every night wherever possible, and ensure that the reading book is kept in your child’s red folder and brought to school every day.
• Our writing lessons will focus on different genres to include letters, lists and imaginative stories. We are developing the use of connectives within our sentences, such as ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘because’ to extend our writing. We will also be developing our handwriting skills.
• We are working on our listening and talking skills through Show and Tell, Book Blessings and sharing our news at circle time.

Core Numeracy:

This term will be focusing on

• Ordering and sequencing numbers to 100 and beyond
• Properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects

We will also be learning about Christianity in RME.

Health and Wellbeing:

As a Health Promoting school we actively encourage and teach our children to make healthy choices, to enable then to become healthy, active and emotionally resilient young people of the future.

We are delighted to be able to continue to deliver 2 hours of PE a week as well as opportunities for children to be active in our fabulous new grounds.

We would appreciate your support in promoting a healthy and balanced diet, both in your child’s morning snack and in their packed lunch.  We would discourage any type of fizzy juice in school or energy drinks.  Children are encouraged to bring in a water bottle, which they can use during class time.  There are water fountains situated throughout the school for daily use.

Please encourage your child to participate in the Active Sports Clubs that are on offer at lunchtimes and after school, as well as any school based clubs that take place throughout the year.  Keep looking in school bags for further information.

A reminder that all children who cycle or scooter to school must wear a safety helmet and ‘walk’ their bikes whilst in the playground. There are bike racks available.

Class Birthdays

We always celebrate if a member of the class has a birthday however we would request that birthday cakes are not brought into school to share with the class. In school, we have children with allergies who may be at risk from some ingredients. The cutting up and distributing of birthday cake also cuts into valuable learning time.

Playground toys:

We have a playground equipment for children to play with during lunchtime.  Please do not bring in your own toys – except for Golden Time on a Friday – so that we can be sure that all toys in the playground belong to the school.  Many thanks for your support.

Golden Time toys:

Children can bring a ‘toy’ to school on a Friday to play with during Golden Time. Please remember that the school cannot take responsibility for the safety of these toys and therefore we request that your child does not bring in expensive/ electronic items without your consent.  We appreciate your support with this matter.

Yellow Wing Cuddle on the Couch:

Please help us to promote reading by joining us for Cuddle on the Couch.  Come along to the Yellow Wing and spend some time reading with your child.  Dates have been issued. If you require further information, please ask a member of staff.

I look forward to working in partnership with you this session.

Kind regards,

Miss Fuller

This week we have been doing lots of sounding and blending which helps us to read and spell words. We have been singing the tricky words and we are making sure that they don’t trick us! Maths has been fun. We were adding, learning to use the number line correctly and playing games in groups of three.  Learning to work with others is difficult but Miss Fuller said we were very good at it! She also said we were very kind to each other and helpful so well done to us! We have lots more to tell but it is Golden Time now and we all deserve our wee treat. Talk to you next week. Bye for now.