Welcome back to the Primary 2 blog! Term 1 has been fabulous and Primary 2 have been working extremely hard to develop their skills across the curriculum. Here you will find out what Primary 2 will be learning about and working towards until Christmas.

Literacy

Reading – The children will be focusing on developing their prediction skills as well as consolidating their understanding of sequencing this term. They will be using a variety of resources including their Bug Club books as well as utilising a range of familiar fairytale stories as they develop this skill.

Writing – This term the children will be continuing to develop their personal writing skills. The context for this learning will stem from Show and Tell opportunities within the class. The children will have  regular opportunities to bring personal items to school  to use as a stimulus for writing.

Spelling – The children will be continuing to develop their knowledge of initial sounds and joined phonemes as they progress through the active literacy planners.  They will continue to enhance this knowledge through the development of sentence structure. They will extend their learning this term by up-levelling their sentences using connectives “and” & “because”.

Grammar – This term P2 will continue to focus on developing their understanding and use of punctuation such as full stops and capital letters.  They will also be working on using connectives such as “and” & “because” to make their sentences more interesting. They will develop these skills through sentence building.

 

Numeracy and Mathematics

Numeracy – This term the children will be continuing to develop their number processes. They will be focusing on developing their understanding of addition strategies. They will use a variety of active resources to promote independent learning and ensure that all key skills are successfully achieved.

Mathematics – A beyond number focus this term for primary 2 will be 2D and 3D shape. They will be using a range of natural resources as well as seeking out opportunities to take their learning outdoors to support their learning experiences. In addition to this, primary 2 will also work on developing their symmetry and pattern skills, this learning will form a cross curricular link with expressive arts and their 2D and 3D shape knowledge.

 

Interdisciplinary Learning

Topic – Primary 2 will be continuing with their topic Energy Around Us. They have been learning about energy as a source of fuel, e.g. investigating a cars need for petrol and the body’s need for food and drink. This topic has provoked a lot of in-depth learning and allows for a range of cross-curricular links, including Technology and Health and Wellbeing.

 

Physical Education

This term Primary 2 will be continuing to develop their ball skills. They will be completing large ball skills before moving on to small ball skills. Primary 2 will then focus on their social dancing skills in preparation for their Christmas parties. In addition to this, primary 2 will work on their gymnastics skills with Mr Bertoncini during their Wednesday P.E. slot. P.E. days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

Expressive Arts

Art and Design – This term primary 2 will continue researching the artist Lucy Arnold. They will continue to develop their drawing skills as well as their symmetry and pattern skills through investigating this artists butterfly based artwork.

With preparations for the infant school show well underway, the children will be developing their musical, dramatic and creativity skills throughout this time. Primary 2 will work together with Primary 1 and Primary 3 to put on a show stopping performance!

Religious Education

As Christmas is fast approaching, the children will  be developing their understanding of the nativity story and the birth of Jesus. They will be coming together with primary 1 and primary 3 to celebrate advent on a weekly basis.

Health and Wellbeing

Primary 2 will be developing their understanding of SHANARRI while taking a more in-depth look at each of the indicators. They will consider what each indicator means to them, for example, who makes them feel safe and how do they know they are safe.

Primary 2 will continue  to develop their understanding of what it means to live a healthy lifestyle and more specifically, how they need food and drink to fuel their bodies. Primary 2 will access this learning through their Energy Around Us topic.

 

Primary 2 will continue to share their learning and successes with you throughout the term! Primary 2; growing together!