{"id":22,"date":"2018-11-05T16:27:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T16:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/?p=22"},"modified":"2019-01-16T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:53:03","slug":"primary-2-curricular-overview-term-1b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/2018\/11\/05\/primary-2-curricular-overview-term-1b\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary 2 Curricular Overview Term 1B"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back\u00a0to 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.<\/h4>\n

Literacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Reading \u2013\u00a0The\u00a0children\u00a0will be focusing on\u00a0developing their prediction skills as well as consolidating their understanding\u00a0of sequencing\u00a0this term.\u00a0They will be using a variety of resources including\u00a0their Bug Club books as well as utilising a range of familiar fairytale stories as\u00a0they develop this skill.<\/h6>\n
Writing \u2013 This term\u00a0the\u00a0children\u00a0will be continuing to\u00a0develop their personal writing skills. The context for this learning will stem from Show and Tell opportunities within the class. The children will have\u00a0 regular opportunities to bring personal items to school\u00a0 to use as a stimulus for writing.<\/h6>\n
Spelling \u2013\u00a0The children\u00a0will be continuing to develop their\u00a0knowledge of initial sounds and joined phonemes as they progress through the active literacy planners.\u00a0\u00a0They will continue to\u00a0enhance this knowledge through the development of sentence structure. They will extend their learning this term by up-levelling their sentences using connectives \u201cand\u201d & \u201cbecause\u201d.<\/h6>\n
Grammar \u2013 This term\u00a0P2\u00a0will\u00a0continue\u00a0to\u00a0focus on developing\u00a0their understanding and use of punctuation such as full stops and capital letters.\u00a0 They will also be working on using connectives such as \u201cand\u201d\u00a0& \u201cbecause\u201d to make their sentences more interesting. They\u00a0will develop these skills through sentence building.<\/h6>\n

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Numeracy and Mathematics<\/h2>\n

Numeracy \u2013 This term\u00a0the children\u00a0will be continuing to develop their number processes. They will be focusing on\u00a0developing their understanding of addition strategies.\u00a0They will use a variety of active resources to promote independent learning and ensure that all key skills are successfully achieved.<\/h6>\n
Mathematics \u2013\u00a0A beyond number focus this term for primary 2 will be 2D and 3D shape.\u00a0They will be using a range of natural resources as well as seeking out opportunities to take\u00a0their 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.<\/h6>\n

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Interdisciplinary Learning<\/h2>\n

Topic \u2013 Primary 2 will\u00a0be continuing with their topic\u00a0Energy Around Us. They have been learning about energy as a source of fuel, e.g. investigating a cars need for petrol and the body\u2019s need for food and drink.\u00a0This\u00a0topic has provoked a lot of in-depth learning and allows for\u00a0a range of cross-curricular links, including Technology and Health and Wellbeing.<\/h6>\n

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Physical Education<\/h2>\n

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.<\/h6>\n

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Expressive Arts<\/h2>\n

Art and Design \u2013 This term primary 2 will continue researching the artist Lucy Arnold.\u00a0They\u00a0will continue to develop\u00a0their drawing skills as well as their symmetry and pattern skills through investigating this artists butterfly based artwork.<\/h6>\n
With preparations for the infant school show well underway, the children will be developing their musical, dramatic\u00a0and creativity skills throughout this time. Primary 2 will work together with Primary 1 and Primary 3 to put on a show stopping performance!<\/h6>\n

Religious Education<\/h2>\n

As Christmas is fast approaching, the children will\u00a0 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.<\/h6>\n

Health and Wellbeing<\/h2>\n

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.<\/h6>\n
Primary 2 will continue\u00a0 to develop their understanding of what it means to live a healthy lifestyle and more specifically, how they need food and drink to fuel\u00a0their bodies. Primary 2 will access this learning through their Energy Around Us topic.<\/h6>\n

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Primary\u00a02\u00a0will continue to\u00a0share their learning and successes with you throughout the term! Primary 2; growing together!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome back\u00a0to 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 \u2013\u00a0The\u00a0children\u00a0will be focusing on\u00a0developing their prediction skills as well as … Continue reading Primary 2 Curricular Overview Term 1B<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/eamountcarmelp2blogsite2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}