As part of our Scottish topic, primary 2b make thistle badges. We began by winding wool around a piece of cardboard to make the stem. We then drew around a template of a thistle head and used scrunched up green and purple tissue paper to give it a jagged appearance. We displayed our badges during our Scottish open day. They looked fantastic.
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 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 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.
