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!
Tomorrow is the day for our ONTHANK HIGHLAND GAMES!
We have been monitoring the weather closely and will continue to do so. If the weather is set to be particularly bad then our event may be postponed to next week at the last minute. However, if the weather is clear or light spells of rain, the event will go ahead.
Parents and Carers
Please send your child in comfortable clothing and shoes fit for outdoor physical activity.
Please send your child with a jacket.
Please send your child with a water bottle.
You are welcome to send your child with an optional hat, scarf and gloves or any waterproofs as it is set to be cold and we will be outdoors for the most part of the day.
If your child wishes to wear something tartan, they can. *Please do not go out and buy tartan for this event as we have made props for the day.
***** 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 “oi“.
Use the activity LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE, CHECK to write the following spelling and common words into your jotter.
boil
soil
coil
toil
foil
spoil
their
some
then
last
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 “oi” 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
Analogue and Digital Time: O’Clock
The answers are all mixed up!
Correctly match the different ways of representing the same time.
Five O’Clock 12.00 Ten O’clock 4:00 One O’clock 6.00 Eleven O’clock 7:00 Four O’Clock 5:00 Twelve O’Clock 10:00 Seven O’Clock 1:00 Six O’clock 11:00
Correctly match the different ways of representing the same time.
Half past one 4.30 Half past ten 2:30 Half past nine 8:30 Half past two 9:30 Half past four 1.30 Half past eight 10:30
CAN YOU MAKE ANOTHER FOUR TIMES OF YOUR OWN? MIX and MATCH UP O’CLOCK and HALF PAST times.
Your Homework Buddy could solve your mix and match and you can be the teacher and mark their work!
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.
Click on the Sway below to watch Miss Telford reminding us how to warm up our bodies in preparation for taking part in our Highland games activities. Spend some time practising our warm ups.
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.
Our topic this term is Scotland and we have been working hard in preparation for our finale that is ONTHANK HIGHLAND GAMES!
Our Highland Games will take place on Friday 26th March 2021, all day.
Parents and Carers
Please send your child in comfortable clothing and shoes fit for outdoor physical activity.
Please send your child with a water bottle.
Please send your child with sun cream if needed (with the hope of a sunny day!)
If your child wishes to wear something tartan, they are more than welcome. *Please do not go out and buy tartan for this event as we have been/will be making props for the day.
Plan of the Day
Clan parade led by bagpiper
Highland Games Events
*All events have been adapted and are child-friendly
Caber Toss
Sheaf toss
Farmer’s dash
Haggis hurl
Welly throw
Stone throw
Hammer throw
Weight over bar
Long jump
Highland steps
Ceilidh – Highland Fling, Canadian Barn Dance and Military Two Step
Scottish Treat – Heather’s famous shortbread!
Final Rounds
Presentation
Not to worry, we will be sharing pictures and videos of our fun-filled day afterwards to showcase our learning in a true Scottish way.
It has been lovely having everyone back in class these past two weeks! We’ve been busy getting everyone settled back into our P2 routine and revising the work that had been produced during the January Lockdown to ensure that everyone has had some experience of the main concepts taught. Elements of these will continue to be revised/taught in the next few weeks.
Once again, thank you for your support whilst we were away from school. Several pupils really have made leaps forward in their learning and self confidence which has been delightful to see back in class. We wish to capitalise on the progress made and would ask that you continue to help support your child by completing the weekly homework activities.
***** 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.
This week, please complete the following:
LITERACY HOMEWORK TASKS
– Bug Club book allocation. (This is vital to ensure your child is practising sounding out and identifying the phonemes being taught in class. This should help improve reading confidence in class too as we have noticed this week that some pupils are unsure on how to decode the texts.)
– Library book. Regularly choose books for enjoyment to read and have read to you by an adult. (These can be your own books or a library book will be provided on a MONDAY to be enjoyed throughout the week. Please ensure it is returned each FRIDAY so it can be quarantined over the weekend before being returned to the school library.)
– New weekly joined phoneme. This week’s joined phoneme is “ue“. Use the activity LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE, CHECK to write the following spellingandcommon words into your jotter.
clue
due
glue
Sue
true
blue
best
number
other
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 “ue” 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
– Heinemann Active Maths on Bug Club (Complete the maths games assigned by your teacher. For games to be complete, enough points have to be achieved or games completed within the time limit.)
MILD CHALLENGE
Write the following numbers indicating the tens number and ones number like this.
15 is 1 ten and 5 ones = 10 + 5
18 13 19 16
10 17 11 12
SPICY CHALLENGE
Write the following numbers indicating the tens number and ones number like MILD CHALLENGE.
26 28 31 37
44 45 51 59
HOT CHALLENGE
Write the following numbers using the tens and ones like this
1 ten and 4 ones = 14
1 ten and 8 ones 1 ten and 3 ones 1 ten and 5 ones
2 tens and 2 ones 3 tens and 7 ones 4 tens and 3 ones
OTHER CURRICULAR AREAS HOMEWORK TASKS
– Research and write one interesting fact about a CHAMELEON into your jotter.
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.
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
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This week Primary 2 we are going to look back again, at one of the new joined phonemes we have been learning, lets work hard and have a little more practise. There will be a variety of prac…
It’s been so long since we last saw each other! There are a lot of different emotions and if you’ve felt different things since being away from school then it’s ok.
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.
This week Primary 2 we are going to look back at one of the new joined phonemes we have been learning, lets work hard and have a little more practise. There will be a variety of practical a…
Below are the suggested activities for Health and Wellbeing this week. Once you have completed any of the activities below, please share them with your teacher via email. Have fun!
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.
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.
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
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This week’s literacy reading comprehension and writing activities are based around the story “Enemy Pie” by Derek Munson. This is a story about friendship and kindness.
There are two hands on a clock, one is longer than the other. They both have very important jobs when it comes to telling the time. The short hand is called the hour hand and it points to …
Below are the suggested activities for Health and Wellbeing this week. Once you have completed any of the activities below, please share them with your teacher via email. Have fun!
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.
We’ve all had another busy week so well done for getting online and getting the activities done. Your teachers are delighted with all of the school work you are sending to us by email. It has been really special reading emails that you have sent to us yourselves! Keep that up as it really does bring a smile to our faces! 😍
The change in format from week one home learning has been dramatic! Mrs Wright has send a survey out to ask for your views and feedback about remote learning. Please take the time to fill it out.
It’s important to note that we have provided a range of activities to suit as many learner’s needs and styles as we would in class. It is therefore important that you try and complete some of the suggested Learning Grid tasks to keep up to date with the new learning even if you only have time to focus on some of the literacy and numeracy suggestions. Some parents have asked about what and when to send completed work. We would say it is entirely up to you. If you want to pick favourite pieces of work to email once they are done or once the week’s activities are complete we will provide feedback when we can. The choice is up to you and whatever suits your family circumstances. We’re just delighted that you’re sending us work and notes to keep us up to date with how you’re getting on.
One of the newest things we were trying out was how to do a Live chat with everyone. For those of you trying to log in with Mrs Kidd we had an extra tricky job as VScene had updated their system the night before to improve problems they were having with the volume of calls being experienced and this led to some confusion with the links. We’ll try again next week! Well done to all the other classes who managed to get logged on and speak with their teacher. Sessions will be booked for this week and sent to you. (Hopefully no updates this week to upset the apple cart!)
Today is Burns Day and we would be delighted if you were able to send us a video of the poem you selected for the competition Mr Swan has organised. We need to find a class winner so send any entries to your class teacher in an email by itself so we can forward it straight to Mr Swan.
Family Fun with East Ayrshire Live.
The following links have been sent to us with an offer of Live activities organised by East Ayrshire Council. You can log into these via VScene. These activities are optional and should offer something a little different so you can enjoy time with your family as you have a break from your Learning Grid tasks.
Primary 2 staff would like to remind you that we are providing new teaching and learning content through Glow and where possible you should try to access this regularly to complete the assigned tasks. We can appreciate that the technology can be frustrating particularly when the video links struggle to open for you. The following advice has been given to us:
Plug your laptop directly into your internet router with a cable so it is not relying solely on the wifi connection.
When looking up the internet to search for Glow or complete Bug Club books – use Google Chrome as your search engine as it supports all the functions required.
Before needing to use a video, click on it, to allow it to download. We are having issues in school with this too, however, clicking on it three times and allowing it to buffer slightly then restarting has solved the problem for us more often than not.
If using VScene on a phone or tablet you will need to download the app.
Please hang on in there, we’re trying very hard to help to stay connected effectively!
HOMEWORK GRID WEEK BEGINNING 25.01.21
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Below are the suggested activities for Health and Wellbeing this week. Once you have completed any of the activities below, please share them with your teacher via email. Have fun!
The Primary Two teachers have been busy bees and working very hard all last week to try and get everyone logged into their Bug Club from home and finding all the home learning activities on Glow. It has been a huge task but you’ll be pleased to know that we’ve also been extra busy creating some personalised videos for you because we’ve got lots of ideas to show you and we missed talking with you.
🐝🐝 Now it’s your turn to show off your hard work! 🐝🐝
This week you’ll need:
Determination & Growth Mindset – when you’re asked to sit and do a job, get going and get it done. When it’s a little bit hard, take a short break then get stuck back in, ask for help if you need to.
You’ve got this, we do it in class! 🏆
The internet 💻
Paper and something to write with 📝
Coloured pencils or pens 🖍️🖊️
Clothes/trainers for exercising in 👟👟
A big smile on your face 😄
If you need anything to write on or write with, then remember that there are supplies that you can collect in the school foyer during school hours. Take what you need from the Primary Two tray.
This week there are 12 activities to complete and you’ll learn about/revise:
The new joined phoneme sound “ay”
Writing about a famous Disney character
Place Value
Scottish story and language
Scottish poetry
Keeping healthy with exercise
Kindness and sharing
Have a think about all the work we have been doing in Primary 2. We’ve already learned and remembered a lot!
This week there will be a Learning Grid again. Links to the relevant work will be below the Learning Grid and are presented in an exciting new format!
The teachers have been working very hard to learn new skills so that we can help you to learn from home. If we can we’d like to get the chance to actually speak to you. More details to follow.
CHILLI CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES
You’ll also notice that for some activities there’s a bit of a spicy challenge! In school it’s called theChilli Challenge. Just like real chilli peppers, some taste fine because they’reMILDto eat, some are a little bit hotter because they’reSPICYto eat so you need to take your time and think about what you’re doing and finally when you’re good at eatingMILDandSPICYchillies and you think you can take aHOTchilli then that means you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You may need a bit of help but this is the trickiest chilli pepper to eat. Try each of the chilli activity suggestions if you think you can manage them. You don’t need to do theHOTchilli activities but if you think you might like a challenge then give it a go! 💪😃
Links that will take you to files and pages on the internet you need will be written BELOW THE LEARNING GRID on the MAIN PAGE so just keep scrolling down and click on the ones you need.
Please do your activities at any point of the week, in any order and be sure to send your teacher an email with photographs of your efforts.
We loved reading your emails kids! Keep them coming!
Click on the video of Miss Telford for a quick message and outline of the suggested activities for Health and Wellbeing this week. More information on these can be found by scrolling down. …
