Author: Miss Cullen

P2 enjoyed the Spring sunshine in the forest on Friday (16th March). This week we were looking for signs of living things. We used binoculars, magnifying glasses and bug catchers to explore the forest. Of course we had a little bit of time at the end to enjoy some free time.

 

This week we were collecting data and made our own graph with the things from the forest we had collected. We also enjoyed the beautiful Spring weather with some free time to explore.

P2 have been learning directional language and about giving instructions. Today we had the challenge of making a maze for the Beebot. We recorded the directions needed to make the maze and had a go at checking other groups instructions worked.

 

 

P6 helped P2 use the K’nex to build lots of different things. The P6 were showing the P2’s how to use the K’Nex and what works well to create different models. The P6 children were very good at listening to the ideas P2 had and were able to help them work out what would be the best way to do it. Thanks for your help P6!

 

Today we had a go at making our own ‘junk’ models. We have been finding out about different buildings and the shapes that we can see from these buildings and designed our own. We planned our building then decided which would be the best to create using the junk and in groups we worked hard together to try and follow the design plan. What a super job P2.

 

P2, P3, P4 have been busy making lots of nice treats, glittery decorations and fun Christmas Gifts for their Craft fayre this afternoon. All the children helped sell all the wonderful things they had made to lots and lots of Mums, Dads, Grannies and Grandpas. Our Christmas Shoppers even had time to enjoy a wee cuppa and mince pie after their busy afternoon shopping. Well Done Boys and Girls and Thank You to all who came to buy.

 

P2 invited people from home to come in to our classroom to see how we learn in P2. We had lots of things to tell them about our learning and then we let them do some of the activities we do. Some of the things we were showing them were:

draw a picture on 2simple, use magnetic letters to write tricky words, sort the recycling items into the correct bins, make a 2D shape picture, make a mask of a wild animal from the book Mr Tiger Goes Wild and some maths games.

The children had a super time and it was good to see them excited about their work and learning.

As part of our PE we have been having a go at Floorball, this is through Active Schools. Floorball is like Ice Hockey (without the ice) and Coach Joey from the Solway Sharks Ice Hockey Team has been taking the sessions. We have be learning hoe to hold the sick properly and play safely as well as playing as part of a team.

Primary 2 took part in a challenge homework to create a musical instrument. We had some excellent ideas and creations and the children were really proud of their work. We had a great time playing our instruments for other classes and they gave us some really good feedback. We were also able to talk about how sound is made through vibrations and we thank P4 for being our audience for our Sound Video

 

We have been learning about sound and how we can change the pitch of the sound. We have decided to explain pitch as how high or low a sound is. Today we had lots of fun making our own music, we filled glasses with different levels of water and found that the more water in the glass the lower the sound, the less water (or no water) the higher the sound. We added coloured counters to the glasses and had a go at making our own tunes after we had ordered our glasses in lowest to highest pitch.