Dear Parents and Carers,
Please open the link below for the P2 Class Learning Newsletter which shares with you the intended learning for Term 2 (January- April). The newsletter provides a detailed overview of our learning and if you can help us in any way, please contact me via the school office.
Kindest Regards,
Miss Rodgers.
Please find below the link to a Thinglink virtual classroom for P1 pupils self-isolating at home. Within the Thinglink are a range of festive activities and links.
Christmas fun has started in Primary 2! We have had Ella the Elf delivered from Santa this morning and the children are very excited. We also have our nice list up on the door for everyone to see. Each day one of the children will be chosen to open our advent calendar for a chocolate surprise.
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Our newly elected Captains and Vice Captains met to plan and organise this year’s Harvest collection, and this year they chose the AYRSHIRE (EAST) FOODBANK (seeded by The Trussell Trust)to be the receiving charity.
AYRSHIRE (EAST) FOODBANK
‘We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That’s why we provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.’
Today our Harvest collection was expertly led by the Vic Captains and after collecting the food items they then had the hard job of packing this ready for the foodbank to collect.
The Captains and Vice Captains, extend a huge thank you to our school community for their generosity and kindness.
I would like to extend a huge thank you to the Captains and Vice Captains for their citizenship and raising awareness for food poverty.
Kind regards, Mrs Nouillan
P1-P3 preparations for the infant nativity began today, be forewarned, the songs are catchy and the children already said they can’t get them out their head!
To help us get ready for our performance, please open the Sway presentation for the songs, although this is optional!
https://sway.office.com/UAsmBewu9b4QZpGG?ref=Link
Once the Sway is open, there are 8 songs, to access the songs, press the play button on the top right hand corner.
Kindest regards, Mrs Nouillan
In Primary 2 this week we will be learning the sound ‘ow’
Our words this week are:
If you would like, at home children could practice reading their words this week.
Some active activities you could try at home could be:
This week in Primary 2 we will be focusing on our spelling words.
Our words this week are:
The children have created their own flash cards of the spelling words which they can use to practice at home if they wish.
I have included some activities that you can try at home if you wish.
Activities
Rainbow writing- The children write out their words using a different colour for each letter.
Backwards writing- The children write out their words forwards and then backwards.
Capital writing- The children write out their words in capital letters.
When new pupils arrive at Dunlop Primary, their transition is supported by entry into a caring and supportive environment.
Each new pupil becomes a valued member of a small ‘family unit’ within Dunlop and are allocated a House. Pupils stay within their house until they leave in P7, additionally we place siblings together within a house.
At Dunlop Primary, we have three house: Clerkland, Glazert and Lugton.
Our house are named after local places and each house is represented by a different colour, we encourage pupils to wear their house colours on days throughout the year.
Clerkalnd = Blue
Glazert = Yellow
Lugton = Red
P7 House Captains and P6 Vice Captains
At the beginning of the school year, a P7 is elected House Captain and takes on the responsibility for the leadership and organisation of their house for the forthcoming year and they are supported by a P6 Vice Captain. The House Captains and Vice Captains work tirelessly to ensure their house members are working together to earn House Points through living and demonstrating our School Values of being Happy, Kind, Honest and Respectful.
House points are also awarded at House Events, this will be when we are allowed to mix bubbles!
At the end of the year, house points are added together and the house with the most points wins the overall house competition and they lift the much coveted House Cup. This is a prestigious moment for the Captain and Vice Captain and they are cheered along by a delighted house!
Over the last two weeks, House Captain and Vice Captain election fever hit Dunlop Primary and I want to thank again all our prospective P7 and P6 candidates for showing commitment to their house and delivering wonderful election speeches! Both Mrs Kelly and myself were delighted to see so many children keen to take on leadership roles with in our school.
After voting, I am pleased to announce the following candidates were elected by their peers:
As always, I am looking forward to working alongside the Captains and Vice Captains.
With warmest regards, Mrs Nouillan
Today in Numeracy we have been learning about the Story of 5. Primary 2 have been using cubes to set out the different calculations to show their number bonds to 5.
We have been working very hard today, Primary 2 should be very proud of themselves!
In Primary 2 we have been learning about dyslexia as it is Dyslexia Awareness Week. The children have been watching videos and looking at different examples of how others with dyslexia read, spell and write.
We took part in an activity to allow the children to understand what it is like to write and copy information. To do this we copied information from the board using non dominant hand.
The children found this tricky and noticed that it was very hard and wasn’t as neat as their other hand either. We will be continuing to learn about dyslexia throughout the week through different activities.
