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Homework 01.06.21

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We are having a week of lovely weather so the teachers would like you to stay sun safe and get out for fresh air if you can.

Ensure that you read your online Bug Club books this week and your library book if you have one.

Positive Choices Week

Mrs Findlay issued some jobs this week as part of Positive Choices Week and you could try some of these, if you like, instead of the weekly homework that you have been used to on our P2 page.

Check out the list below.

 

June Article 29:  Your right to become the best you can be.

Please choose some activities you would like to try this week.

  • Create a Positive Thinking Poster with your friends or family.

  • Catch up with friends and chat about what makes you happy.

  • Read our Be the Nice Kid Poster – discuss this with your family.

  • Take it in turns to mime and act out an occupation. Try to guess the jobs.

  • Think of a different job for every letter of the alphabet.

  • What job would you like to do in Onthank Primary? Tell us why?

On Friday you can come dressed up as what job you would like to have when you are older or who you would like to be.

 

 

 

 

HOMEWORK WB 17.5.21

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***** Please continue to use the homework jotter that was provided and if you need another, then ensure you email your teacher. *****

Homework tasks have been categorised using a Chilli Challenge format. You should pick ONE of the three challenges in Literacy and Numeracy to complete in your jotter. If pupils would like to complete more than this, that is their choice.

LITERACY HOMEWORK TASKS

– Bug Club book allocation.

– Library book. Remember to RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS on FRIDAY and new books will be PROVIDED ON MONDAY to be enjoyed throughout the week.

– This week we will be learning the joined phoneme “ow” for “owl”.

– Read the following spelling words. 

cow

how

now

brown

clown

crown

crowd

down

growl

town

owl

Use the activity RAINBOW WRITING to write the “ow” words above into your jotter three times.

– You  need to know the following common words:-

how

where

now

too

– Use the activity RAINBOW WRITING to write the “common” words above into your jotter three times too.

MILD CHALLENGE
Make cards and write each of the spelling and common words on them. Can you say each of the words when your Homework Buddy shows them to you?

SPICY CHALLENGE
Write a sentence for three of your common words and any of the “ow” for “owl” words above. (Remember a capital letter, finger spaces, sensible spelling and a full stop or other punctuation to complete good sentences please.)

HOT CHALLENGE

Ask your Homework Buddy to challenge you to spell out each of the “ow” and common words out loud without writing them down. How many did you get correct?

 

NUMERACY HOMEWORK TASKS

– Revise counting in 1s and 2s to 20.

– Revise counting in 5s and 10s to 100.

 

MILD CHALLENGE

– Get 10 small toys, crayons or stones to help you.

– Complete the following take-away calculations.

9 – 3 =                    7 – 1 =

8 – 5 =                    4 – 2 =

6 – 4 =                    8 – 8 =

SPICY CHALLENGE

– Copy and complete these subtraction calculations. Which strategy did you use to work them out?

14 – 3 =                    12 – 0 =

28 – 4 =                    25 – 1 =

36 – 5 =                    37 – 4 =

47 – 5 =                    44 – 4 =

HOT CHALLENGE

– Ask your Homework Buddy to ask you these calculations. Can you calculate the answers in your head without writing them down? Think carefully about what you HEAR and THINK what to do. How many did you get correct?

19 – 2 =                    16 – 4 =

15 + 3 =                    18 + 7 =

27 – 4 =                     29 – 7 =

32 – 2 =                    36 + 1 =

37 + 2 =                   31 + 3 =

40 – 1 =                    49 – 3 =

42 + 6 =                   47 – 6 =

66 + 3 =                   72 + 4 =

87 – 5 =                    99 – 6 =

 

OTHER CURRICULAR AREAS HOMEWORK TASKS

– It’ll be Sports Week soon – do you remember which House you’re in? Your teacher will remind you this week. Try in your garden or by going to the park to run a flat race from one marker or tree to the next. Time yourself doing it a few times. What was your best time?

– The last activity was about time and speed as well as fitness and health. This next activity is fun maths too. Try it out.

– Go on a hunt around your house and find the following (remember where you found them because you’ll need to put them back after you’re done.) :-

  • shoe

  • spoon

  • remote control

  • toy

  • pillow

  • book

– Now collect small objects to measure with, you could try:-

  • stones

  • seeds

  • blocks

  • pasta

– Using the small objects above to measure with or your feet/hands/fingers, measure each of the items you found around your house. Which one is longest? Which one is shortest? Record your findings in your jotter.

 

Send photos of the good work you have completed in an email to your class teacher please. Remember to lay your work out neatly and try really hard with your handwriting and presentation.

Team P2 

HOMEWORK WB: 26.04.21

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***** Please continue to use the homework jotter that was provided and if you need another, then ensure you email your teacher. *****


Homework tasks have been categorised using a Chilli Challenge format. You should pick ONE of the three challenges in Literacy and Numeracy to complete in your jotter. If pupils would like to complete more than this, that is their choice.

LITERACY HOMEWORK TASKS

– Bug Club book allocation.

– Library book. Remember to RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS on FRIDAY and new books will be PROVIDED ON MONDAY to be enjoyed throughout the week.

– New weekly joined phoneme. This week’s joined phoneme is “au”.
Use the activity RAINBOW WRITING to write the following spelling and common words into your jotter three times.

August

Paul

Autumn

launch

Laura

fault

author

because

week

keep

when

 

MILD CHALLENGE
Make cards and write each of the spelling and common words on them. Can you say each of the words when your Homework Buddy shows them to you.

SPICY CHALLENGE
Write a sentence for three of your “au” words – try to include any common words you know from previous homework tasks too. (Remember a capital letter, finger spaces, sensible spelling and a full stop or other punctuation to complete good sentences please.)

HOT CHALLENGE

You can order words in the same order as the alphabet, this is called Alphabetical Order. You can do it in Ascending order which means starting from the beginning of the alphabet and writing each word in the same order as the alphabet. You can do it in Descending order which means starting from the word closest to the end of the alphabet then writing each word in the order of the alphabet returning down to A.

Write the spelling and common words in Ascending alphabetical order.

NUMERACY HOMEWORK TASKS

We know a lot about Place Value now and we can use this knowledge to put numbers that don’t normally sit next to each other into an order. Ascending order means starting with small numbers then ordering them to a higher number. Descending order means starting with the highest number and writing the other numbers counting down to the smallest number. Try some of these activities out.

MILD CHALLENGE

Write these numbers in ascending order in your jotter.

  •     4    1    7    3    8   

  •     6    3    9    7    2

  •     17    2    13    5    3 

  •     11    6    18    4    16

Write the same numbers in descending order in your jotter.

SPICY CHALLENGE

Write these numbers in ascending order in your jotter.

  •     14    11    17    13    18   

  •     16    13    19    17    12

  •     17    12    13    15    19 

  •     11    16    18    14    16

Write the same numbers in descending order in your jotter.

HOT CHALLENGE

Write these numbers in ascending order in your jotter.

  •     44    51    72    36    18   

  •     63    36    90    76    22

  •     17    23    39    52    37 

  •     11    64    18    48    76

Write the same numbers in descending order in your jotter.

OTHER CURRICULAR AREAS HOMEWORK TASKS

Make a poster to help children keep safe with medicines and dangerous bottles in the home. Remember to make your poster BOLD and eye-catching, make important information STAND OUT!

 

Is the weather nice outside? If you are allowed, go outside and try to make a piece of art using natural items like leaves, stones, twigs etc.

Get creative, can you think of other arty ideas? Share them in school and perhaps your friends might try them out too.

Well done for completing your homework this week!
Class teachers want to see photos of the work you have completed so send an email with your good work attached please. Remember to lay your work out well and try really hard with your handwriting and presentation.
Team P2 

Highland Games Highlights

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What’s the weather to be like on Friday?

Terrible…

Wet…

Torrential rain….

Was that hail outside?

Dreich…

Did someone say snow? But it’s March!…

Should we just postpone?

No one was more surprised with our Scottish weather than all of the Primary 2 teachers on Friday morning last week! It was a close call but we were delighted that the weather stayed dry enough for us to go ahead with our much anticipated Highland Games. The pupils had a fabulous time and they competed amazingly well.

Click the video link below to see the highlights of our surprisingly dry day.

 

Congratulations to everyone involved and well done to our winning clan!

The P2 Chieftains

Homework WB 15.03.21

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***** Please continue to use the homework jotter that was provided and if you need another, then ensure you email your teacher. *****

Homework tasks have been categorised using a Chilli Challenge format. You should pick ONE of the three challenges in Literacy and Numeracy to complete in your jotter. If pupils would like to complete more than this, that is their choice.

LITERACY HOMEWORK TASKS

– Bug Club book allocation. 

– Library book. Remember to RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS on FRIDAY and new books will be PROVIDED ON MONDAY to be enjoyed throughout the week. 

– New weekly joined phoneme. This week’s joined phoneme is “aw“.
Use the activity LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE, CHECK to write the following spelling and common words into your jotter.

crawl

draw

jaw

paw

straw

very

took

fast

there

 

MILD CHALLENGE

  • Make cards and write each of the spelling and common words on them. Can you say each of the words when your Homework Buddy shows them to you. 

SPICY CHALLENGE

  • Write a sentence for three of your “aw” words – try to include any common words you know from previous homework tasks too. (Remember a capital letter, finger spaces, sensible spelling and a full stop or other punctuation to complete good sentences please.)

HOT CHALLENGE

  • Write the meanings for two of your words and illustrate with a picture if you can.

NUMERACY HOMEWORK TASKS

MILD CHALLENGE (within 20)

Task 1: Place Value Scavenger Hunt

Find a number which includes the place value clue. You can do this by cutting numbers out of a magazine, newspaper, taking a photo or any other imaginative way!

Place Value Clue

Number

3 in the ones place

1 in the tens place

9 in the ones place

0 in the ones place

Task 2: Underline the digit with the value… 

  1. 10 in 18

  2. 1 in 11

  3. 6 in 16

  4. 20 in 21

Task 3: Write the value of the underlined digit

  1. 13 =

  2. 07 =

  3. 20 =

  4. 17 =

Task 4: Daily 10

Click on the link to try out the Daily 10 challenge to write down the values of the highlighted digits. Choose level 2 and click partitioning. If you would like to put a time limit on each question, select your time, otherwise click manual. Good luck!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

 

SPICY CHALLENGE (within 100)

Task 1: Place Value Scavenger Hunt

Find a number which includes the place value clue. You can do this by cutting numbers out of a magazine, newspaper, taking a photo or any other imaginative way!

Place Value Clue

Number

7 in the ones place

4 in the tens place

6 in the ones place

8 in the tens place

Task 2: Underline the digit with the value…

  1. 40 in 44

  2. 7 in 57

  3. 9 in 99

  4. 70 in 79

Task 3: Write the value of the underlined digit

  1. 82 =

  2. 66 =

  3. 35 =

  4. 93 =

Task 4: Daily 10

Click on the link to try out the Daily 10 challenge to write down the values of the highlighted digits. Choose the level you wish to try (2 or 3) and click partitioning. If you would like to put a time limit on each question, select your time, otherwise click manual. Good luck!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

 

HOT CHALLENGE (within 999)

Task 1: Place Value Scavenger Hunt

Find a number which includes the place value clue. You can do this by cutting numbers out of a magazine, newspaper, taking a photo or any other imaginative way!

Place Value Clue

Number

3 in the tens place

6 in the hundreds place

2 in the ones place

1 in the hundreds and ones places

Task 2: Underline the digit with the value…

  1. 800 in 808

  2. 70 in 375

  3. 2 in 122

  4. 500 in 550

Task 3: Write the value of the underlined digit

  1. 184 =

  2. 406 =

  3. 215 =

  4. 393 =

Task 4: Daily 10

Click on the link to try out the Daily 10 challenge to write down the values of the highlighted digits. Choose level 3 and click partitioning. If you would like to put a time limit on each question, select your time, otherwise click manual. Good luck!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

OTHER CURRICULAR AREAS HOMEWORK TASKS

Task 1:

Click on the Sway below to watch the video of Miss Baillie demonstrating the ‘Highland Fling’ and practise this in preparation for our upcoming Onthank Highland Games.

https://sway.office.com/x7Isf9T0ES69Gtlf?ref=Link

Task 2:

Learn and practise tying your shoelaces. We would like you to try this every day. Watch the video below to help you.

https://video.link/w/VkyKb

That’s your homework complete this week!

Class teachers want to see photos of the work you have completed please so send an email with your good work attached. Remember to lay your work out well and try really hard with your handwriting and presentation.

Team P2 

HOME LEARNING WEEK BEGINNING: 15.02.21

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We hope you have all had a good few days off with your families. Due to the February holiday we only have two days of school this week. There will be no VScene calls or Pupil of the Day this week but our First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has decided that we should return to school on Monday.

We’re delighted to welcome you all back and in the meantime, Homework Buddies, could you please help us to prepare the children for their return.

The Management Team have requested the following:-

How can I help?

As a final helpful list to parents, can you please support us by:

· Reinforcing hygiene measures and social distancing with your child(ren).

· Having your child(ren) bring tissues to school to capture any coughs or sneezes.

· Ensuring your child does not bring unnecessary items to school.

· Reinforcing positive, safe relationships between all children and our staff.

· Dropping your child off at school gates and allowing them to enter the playground area independently.

· Understanding that we are not permitted to allow visitors in school buildings, other than in emergency or other exceptional circumstances.

Until then kids, we want you to have some fun activities and tasks to do which will remind you about how to keep safe on our return. You can have a look through the Learning Grid to see what activities you could complete and then send them on to your class teacher.

 

HOMEWORK GRID WEEK BEGINNING 15.02.21

CLICK LINK BELOW FOR PDF FORMAT – Opens on any system.

Learning Grid WB15.02.21

 

CLICK LINK BELOW FOR POWERPOINT FORMAT.

Learning Grid WB15.02.21

 

GRID LINKS

LINK 1 LITERACY – Sway Presentation Mrs Easter

Go to this Sway

 

LINK 2 LITERACY – Sway Presentation Miss Baillie

 

Go to this Sway


LINK 3 NUMERACY – Sway Presentation Mrs Kidd

Go to this Sway

 

LINK 4 TOPIC/IDL – Video Link

https://video.link/w/qgGPb

 

LINK 5 TOPIC/IDL – Sway Presentation Miss Telford

Go to this Sway

LINK 6 – TOPIC/IDL Template

Tam O’ Shanter Hat Template – PDF

 

LINK 7 HEALTH AND WELLBEING – Sway Presentation Mrs Kidd

Go to this Sway

Looking forward to seeing you all again!

See you on Monday.

Primary 2 Team

Miss Baillie, Mrs Banks, Mrs Easter, Mrs Kidd, Mrs Saxelby, Miss Telford & Mrs Wright.

 

HOME LEARNING – WEEK BEGINNING: 08.02.21

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Well done, Primary 2! Your teachers are loving all the fantastic work you have been sharing and we want to encourage you to keep it up.

Thank you to all Homework Buddies who completed the survey on remote learning. We appreciate your feedback and in response to this have made some changes which you will be able to see over the coming weeks.

We’ve seen so many great pieces of work this week and wanted to ask, if you had made a poster about a Scottish animal, could you please keep your poster safe and bring it into school when we’re allowed to be back together again. Your teachers would love to put them up on the wall to show off all your great research skills!

 

Each week your class teacher emails out names for Pupil of the Day.

Could we remind you to fill in the form contained in the email link and return it before the Sunday of that week so a personalised certificate can be created for each Pupil of the Day from their friends.

These really cheered the pupils up last week.

 

Random Act of Kindness Day 

Usually we give you a task to help out at home or to help learn a life skill but this week we have something a little different. We have been doing lots of work on kindness throughout this year but there is a day where we celebrate this nationally and this week sees the Random Act of Kindness Day for 2021. It would be lovely to see you all carry out a random act of kindness for someone with the hope of putting a big smile on their faces, especially during these challenging times. 

 

Click on the links below to access the LIVE learning sessions provided by East Ayrshire council. On School Hub days we’ve logged in to the dance session on a Tuesday and it has been great fun trying to keep up!

Please check out the sessions if you need a break from the Learning Grid.

Live family sessions starting the 8th Feb 2021

Live sessions Parent -carer Guidance Document

 

HOMEWORK GRID WEEK BEGINNING 08.02.21

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Learning Grid WB 08.02.21 (2)

 

CLICK LINK BELOW FOR POWERPOINT FORMAT.

Learning Grid WB 08.02.21

GRID LINKS

LINK 1 LITERACY – Sway Presentation Mrs Easter

Go to this Sway

LINK 2 LITERACY – Sway Presentation Miss Baillie

Go to this Sway

 

LINK 3 NUMERACY – Sway Presentation Mrs Kidd

Go to this Sway

LINK 4 NUMERACY – Sway Presentation Mrs Easter

Go to this Sway

LINK 5 TOPIC/IDL – Sway Presentation Miss Telford

Go to this Sway

LINK 6 HEALTH AND WELLBEING – Sway Presentation Miss Telford

Go to this Sway

Well done Primary 2! We have made it to the February holidays and we hope you all have a lovely, well earned break. We can’t wait to see you all back online on Thursday 18th February. Stay safe and have fun! 

Primary 2 Team

Miss Baillie, Mrs Banks, Mrs Easter, Mrs Kidd, Mrs Saxelby, Miss Telford & Mrs Wright.

 

HOME LEARNING WEEK BEGINNING 01.02.21

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It is now February and to begin this week’s blog we would like to say a massive THANK YOU and WELL DONE to everyone who submitted a Scottish Poem in honour of Burn’s Day 2021.

It wasn’t our usual celebration but we want to say CONGRATULATIONS to Macie from Mrs Saxelby’s class for being our overall Primary 2 WINNER!

It was a delight to watch you recite and perform your poem to the audience who attended the Scottish Quiz on Friday evening. It truly was an enjoyable night and if you enjoy a quiz we would most definitely recommend joining the Zoom call the next time one is organised by Mr Swan!

 

East Ayrshire Council have again organised VScene activities that you can opt to join throughout the week. Check the following Links for further information.

 

Live family sessions wk 2

Live sessions Parent -carer Guidance Document

 

For those of you that have laced up shoes at school, we would like you to begin learning to tie your laces. The teachers are always very grateful if they have helpers who can help with tying shoes. We’re very proud of every one of you who are able to tie your own shoes. Let’s use Lockdown 2021 to learn this vital skill! Practise every day and before you know it, you’ll be able to tie your own laces!

 

HOMEWORK GRID WEEK BEGINNING 01.02.21

CLICK LINK BELOW FOR PDF FORMAT – Opens on any system.

Learning Grid WB01.02.21 pdf

CLICK LINK BELOW FOR POWERPOINT FORMAT.

Learning Grid WB01.02.21 pp

 

 

GRID LINKS

LINK 1 LITERACY – Sway Presentation Mrs Easter

Go to this Sway


LINK 2 LITERACY – Sway Presentation Miss Baillie

Go to this Sway

 

LINK 3 NUMERACY – REVISION Sway Presentation Mrs Kidd

Go to this Sway

 

LINK 4 MATHS – Sway Presentation Mrs Easter

Go to this Sway

LINK 5 TOPIC/IDL – Learning to tie our laces video Mrs Saxelby

https://video.link/w/VkyKb

LINK 6 TOPIC/IDL – Sway Presentation Mrs Saxelby/Miss Baillie

Go to this Sway

LINK 7 Health & Wellbeing – Sway Presentation Miss Telford

Go to this Sway

 

We know there is a lot of hard work going on in all the P2 households and your teachers THANK YOU for all your fantastic efforts!

We always love to hear from you, so whether it is work from the learning grid, worksheets you have, colouring books, photos of games you’re playing at home or walks in the park then please email them to your teacher.

There is a wealth of learning happening in your home that you won’t even appreciate is having an impact on you! Remember, all work and no play is not the plan for the week. Take time out to spend time with your loved ones!

Primary 2 Team

Miss Baillie, Mrs Banks, Mrs Easter, Mrs Kidd, Mrs Saxelby, Miss Telford & Mrs Wright.