February 2026
This term we are learning about multiplying and dividing. So far we have learned about making equal groups, adding equal groups and now we are learning the X sign. Last week we all were enjoying learning about multiplying using the X sign and connecting all our learning so far. We have learned about ‘lots of’, multiplied by and now X. We have been using pictorial representations to help us learn and concrete materials. Here are some photographs of our learning.
January 2026
6.2.26
Today P2/3 performed their Scot’s poem; The Sair Finger. Everyone has worked so hard to learn our poem in class and at home. We are looking forward to performing it at the Scots Assembly. Today we picked three finalists from our class. This was very difficult as so many of our kids had learned the full poem and were confident. Well done, everyone! We all did really well at being a quality audience too while our friends performed. See below some photos and clips from the poem recitals.
5.2.26
Today for music, we listened to a range of different classical pieces. We drew a picture for each and explored how the music made us feel. We talked about the features of the music that made us feel this way. This helped us with our poetry writing as this week we focused on writing a short poem focusing on emotions and what we hear when we feel them. P2/3 had some fantastic ideas and were excited to share them on our blog.
29.1.26
Over the next few weeks we are focusing on poems for our writing. Today we were learning about acrostic poems. We worked together to create a word bank of words that begin with each letter. We also wrote a acrostic poem as a class for an example. P2/3 all did really well at writing their own acrostic poem about winter. We all managed to start each line with the letter and use winter as our topic for each sentence. Well done, P2/3. Here are some examples of our fantastic winter poems.
29.1.26
Today we took part in a range of activities including listening to a story, playing a game, designing our own hat, gloves and scarf set and creating our own winter hat using wax painting techniques in the context of winter. We also looked at thermostats and looked at the scale and drew on a variety of temperatures. Below are some of our children who wanted to share their art work on our class blog.
22.1.26 World of Work Week
Here is a photo of us dressed as our dream job!
We have been so lucky to have lots of our families support our class during World of Work week. Please find some of our photos from this week and some examples of our writing about what we want to be when we grow up. Click on the link below to see photos from this week with our visitors. Thanks again to all of our families the kids have absolutely loved this week and have been so excited about getting to meet each others families. We have also learned so much about lots of different jobs and the different skills needed for each.
P2/3 World of Work Week Photos
World of Work Week Writing
21.1.26
Today we were learning about Scotland with particular focus on tartan. We took part in weaving activities to make our own tartan. We also created our own kilt using the skill of weaving. P2/3 enjoyed creating our own kilt biscuits. We added horizontal and vertical lines using icing to make our kilts. They looked lovely and were very yummy. Here are some photos of our biscuit kilts.
Here is a photo of our finished kilts with our weaving.
15.1.26
As part of our maths we are looking at capacity and measuring volume. Today we had lots of fun exploring measuring using teaspoons (non-standard units of measure). We discussed our need for standard units of measure and explored litres. We looked at how many cups of water we could fill using one litre. We also focused on language associated with capacity including full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty and empty to describe different volumes. Here are some photos from today and us working in groups to explore capacity.
Merry Christmas from Mrs McLachlan, Miss Stobbs and P2/3
December
Christmas Jumper Day 11.12.25
We all looked very festive in our Christmas Jumpers. We also enjoyed designed our own Christmas Jumper for a class competition.
To finish off our Polar Lands topic we took part in a science experiment to explore melting. We had lots of fun and completed our own science report.
On Monday we wrote a very special letter to Santa. We also posted it in our special Christmas school post box.
On Friday we enjoyed our Christmas Party with P3E and P3B. Here are some photos of us having fun. Please also click the link below to see all of our photos from the day.
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In Primary 2/3 we have been working on measure. We have explored non-standard and standard units of measure. We have taken part in a range of practical activities including lining up in height order, ordering items by size and describing items using comparative language including taller or shorter. We particularly enjoyed measuring objects using our shoes, measuring our peers using cubes and exploring measure using cheerio’s. We have also explored measuring using a rule including using the cm when describing items we have measured.
November
24/11/25 Dress as a Word Day
Look at some of our impressive outfits for Dress for a Word Day. We also enjoyed taking part in Drop Everything and Read each day for fifteen minutes this week.
In P2/3 our Interdisciplinary Learning topic for November and December is Polar Lands. Please click on the link below to see some of our learning.
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October
In primary 2/3 we have been exploring different feelings in our health and wellbeing. We listened to a story about anxiety and talked about times we may feel anxious. We linked this to our art and design and looked at the painting, “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. We enjoyed creating our own background focusing on the lines and waves of the artist technique. We also enjoyed taking a photo of our own anxious face to complete our artwork. We are very proud of our artwork and decided to display it outside our class.
September
In P2/3 we enjoyed exploring 2D shapes. We took part in a range of activities including shape hunts outside, Glow worm shapes using torches exploring the properties of 2D shapes and colouring activities. We also explored tessellation and designed our own tiles.
In P2/3 our Interdisciplinary Learning Topic is Recycling
Click on the link below to see some of the activities we got up to.
