To help celebrate Halloween, primary 2b carved out a pumpkin. To make our pumpkin extra special we all drew a spooky picture on its skin. We then used our experiences in pumpkin carving to help us with our functional writing by creating a set of instructions to show how we made our pumpkin. 
Primary 2b Trip to Broughty Ferry Beach
Primary 2b went on a trip to Broughty Ferry Beach to help them learn about life by the sea. Whilst at the beach the children got busy learning about the different animals and plants which can be found there. They were also extremely responsible citizens by taking part in a beach litter pick to help keep our beaches clean and protect the things that live there. We had lots of fun playing games and collecting many interesting things during our beach comb. We brought the items we collected back to our classroom to extend our learning further.
Primary 2b – 3D Junk Sharks
Primary 2b have been learning about 2D and 3D shape. We used our topic “Under the Sea” to help us learn about these shapes by making model sharks out of junk. First we drew a plan of our shark and used the correct 3D shapes to make a shark matching our drawings. We really impressed Miss Menzies by working together and sharing any junk that we were not using with the other boys and girls in our class. We then used our experiences in junk modelling to help us with our functional writing by creating a set of instructions to show how we made our junk sharks. We had a great time and learned lots.
3d shape
P2c have been learning about 3D shape. They used cubes, shperes, cuboids and prisms to make model robots and rockets. They discussed the properties of these shapes and why certain shapes were better to use in their models.
P2 Numbers to 20
Primary 2c have been learning to recognise, write and order numbers to 20. They had great fun organising themselves into a human numberline. They worked well together as a team arranging themselves into the correct order. They then played lots of games where we looked at the numbers before, the numbers after and the number between.
3D shape in P2a
Primary 2 visit Broughty Ferry Beach
On a sunny Wednesday morning in September (after two days of storms!) all three Primary 2 classes visited Broughty Ferry Beach.
Our topic in Term 1 had been about the seashore so this was a great opportunity to learn more from the Countryside Rangers who met us there. We took park in some activities including a game to identify local seashore wildlife and we helped clear up and sort out the litter we found on the beach. Between the two groups we found lots of bits of plastic which we learned will not disappear over time and is very dangerous to the sea birds.
Some of us also had the chance to take part in a scavenger hunt where we had to find some items on the beach and put them in a bag. We took these back to school and had a closer look at the shells and the feathers. We had to throw away some of the items we collected because they were so smelly!
Welcome
Welcome to the Ballumbie Primary 2 Blog. We plan to use the Blog as a way of sharing what we are learning and what we have been doing. We want to encourage positive comments to the blog celebrating the achievements of our hard working pupils.
