As part of our STEAM week, P2B had a great time planning, designing and constructing their own Scottish Castle in teams using Lego and blocks. They had to communicate effectively to ensure their castles were finished in the given time.
They used their engineering, art and design, and technology skills to complete this task.
P2B had a great time making peppermint creams by following their recipe they had created.
We had a great time eating them as well, they were delicious
P2B have been learning all about subtraction with exchange using concrete materials and were all able to carry out a variety of calculations, explaining what they were doing and why.
Numeracy
This term the children will be learning;
Literacy
The children will continue to progress through the active spelling tricky words and phonemes.
They will also be learning about
Social Studies
This term we will be looking Scotland as a whole topic which will include learning about Scotland throughout Scottish fortnight. We will be learning about the geography of Scotland, the cities, famous people and even some famous Scottish food, dances, songs and poems.
Health and Well-being
This term we will explore many areas in health such as
Physical education
P2B have been learning all about people who help us and others. As a homework task, the children created their own vehicle linked to the topic of people who helps us and others. The children put in a lot of effort and absolutely loved taking part and creating their very own vehicle. We really enjoyed sharing our learning with the whole school and the children spoke very confidently about how they designed and built their vehicle using only recyclable materials.
P2B have been learning all about people who help us and others. We have been learning about a Police Officer and a Fire Fighter.
PC Lynch came in to our class to share with us his roles and responsibilities in his job as a Police Officer.
We had a great time trying on all of his equipment and asking him loads of questions.
P2B have been learning all about symmetry in Maths. We have created loads of symmetrical patterns using numicon, mirrors and different shapes.
We also created a class symmetrical pattern in the gym hall which we loved doing.
I thought I would share with you some of the work that P2b has been doing in maths. We have been working really hard on our 2D and 3D shapes and had a great time making 2D and 3D models with the shapes we have been learning about.
Literacy
This term the children in P2b will be continuing to use the Active Literacy programme for spelling. This includes phonemes and tricky words.
The children will continue to receive a new reading book each week that is read in school twice a week and can be read at home. Every week the children will complete a variety of comprehension tasks that relate to their book.
P2b will also be exploring the use of capital letters and full stops in all writing tasks. We will also be looking at nouns, verbs, adjectives and connectives, using these in our writing when we can.
We will be looking at a variety of writing genres across term 1. These will include poetry, instructional writing, characterisation, setting, imaginative and persuasive. We will also be looking at “Have a go writing” which allows the children to explore their imagination and spelling without much teacher input.
Numeracy
This term we will be exploring number talks. This will involve using rekenreks, number lines and subitising.
In numeracy we are looking at numbers to 100, place value and exploring mental strategies to add within 20. We are also looking at 2D and 3D shapes and time. Within place value, we will explore tens and units and partitioning numbers. We will also be focusing on number bonds to increase the children’s speed and accuracy.
Health and Wellbeing
For P.E P2b will be exploring large ball skills, throwing, catching and passing. This will lead to playing mini team games. We are also looking at keep fit and how important it is for us to keep our bodies fit and healthy. Within our keep fit classes, we will be looking at movement skills.
Later in the term the children will enjoy some Christmas dancing in preparation for their party.
P2b will also be exploring friends and friendships and they key attributes that make a good friend. This will lead on to bullying and how the abilities and needs of the children and other young people are all different and that’s what makes them unique. The children will also discuss appropriate targets for themselves and how to encourage each other to do their best.
Through our I.D.L ‘Teeth and Eating’ the children will conduct science experiments and identify how to keep our teeth healthy by brushing them and by providing our bodies with healthy food.
We will also be exploring the topic “people who help us and others ” which will allow the children to learn about different jobs that people have who help us and others. This will also allow the children to interact with the community.
P2b will also learn about the different services that will keep them safe and healthy.
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