Hurlford Primary School and Early Childhood Centre

Hello Primary 2B,

I cannot believe we are in December now already! The last couple of months have flown by. Thank you to all of the parents for participating in parents night, it was lovely to speak to you all. If you have any concerns or questions please feel free to contact me.

On Monday we wore tartan to celebrate St Andrews Day and looked absolutely smashing. We learned who St Andrew was, read his story and looked up where St Andrews is on Google Earth too. We had fun using Google Earth to explore Scotland and the United Kingdom and even found Hurlford Primary School. We really enjoyed this and as it is the week that the farms are due and I know you will be very busy so the home learning task this week is to go on Google Earth and look up different places. You could look up Spain, France, America etc or specific towns and cities like Glasgow, Edinburgh, Paris etc. Just type Google Earth into google search and it should come up or use this link – https://earth.google.com/web/

Here are some pictures from St Andrew’s day with our finished cards.

Spelling

As always, please practice spelling words, the phoneme this week is “ai.” Common words are tricky and some cannot by spelled phonologically and just need to be learnt so please practice.

Red – brain  train  stair  chair  paint

like  made  make

Green – rain  sail  hair  chair

went  like  made  make

Blue – pig  gap  dog  got  get

was  went  his

Feel free to use the activities on the grid below for spelling activities.

Thank you to everyone who managed on to Education City. I said in the post last week that I couldn’t give out Education City passwords but I have since found out that we can, it is just Glow that we cannot give out. I’m sure most people know the users and passwords and the class were able to tell me them but I will send them home this week just to be safe. Nothing on Education City this week but last weeks tasks are still up for anyone that did not manage them.

Have a fantastic week,

Miss Baillie 🙂

Hello All!

Happy December!!! It seems like November went so fasst.

Here are a few photos from the past month for you to see some of what the children have been doing.

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We had great fun in our pj’s for Children In Need. The children all looked so cosy. They also looked super for Be Bright! Be seen day. We will be talking more about Road Safety in January.

We do outdoor learning activities every Thursday morning, even if it’s rainy! The children love the range of activities. This term we are doing some weight, symmetry and data handling activities. Make sure to come in warm clothes and a waterproof jacket on a Thursday.

Hope the start of December is going well for everyone!

Mrs Miller and Mrs Muir

Another busy week last week, finishing off with Children In Need on Friday (photos still to follow)

This week we will be looking at the link between subtraction and addition in maths. Keep practising those mental arithmetic strategies.

Our topic is Scotland and we have been looking at the countries that make up the UK and things that Scotland is famous for.

Here is the link to this week’s spelling words and Education City homework.

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Have a good week everyone,

Mrs McMillan 🙂

Hello Primary 2B,

We have had an excellent start to our week today. We all worked very hard on our maths, spelling and reading work. We also revised our knowledge on farms and I was very impressed that we could remember the names of some of the farm equipment farmers use to help them. We were able to name and describe a combine harvester, plough, tractor, seed drill, baler and water sprinkler machines. We are now looking at the different types of farms (arable and livestock) and what they do.

Family learning task – We are going to discuss this week what farms might look like. Do they have different sections for different animals or vegetables. Do they have grass? Mud? A barn? A chicken coop? A pond? As a challenge, over the next couple of weeks I am going to ask, if possible, if families could work together to create their own farm. I’m sure P2B will have lots of ideas on what their farm could look like and able to map it out. This task won’t be due for a few weeks to give you plenty of time. Give your farm a name and use any resources you want to create your farm. If you need any resources please feel free to ask and I’ll see what I can do. This task can be as simple as drawing your farm on paper if you wish. I have attached some examples below. Just for inspiration.

As I said it can be a drawing of the farm. Below I have a attached a document that can be used to create your farm if you wish (just ignore the answer sheet, I couldn’t save it without it).

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This won’t be due until 4th of December (2 weeks on Friday) so take your time and enjoy! I cannot wait to see the different creations. Good luck!

Ask us to tell you some some words with the “oo” phoneme.  Below are the phoneme words for each group and their common words to practice.

RED – broom  mood  shook  stool  spoon

had  see  has

GREEN – mood  fool  look  spoon

had  see  has  my

BLUE – hen  pen  jet  red  get

if  for  on

Choose an activity from the grid to complete at home to practice your words. Feel free to do more than one.

Just a reminder that the parents night phone call times have went into the children’s bags today. Have a lovely week everybody,

Miss Baillie