We have just completed our first full week back at school and it has been lovely to get to know all of you! Our P2 classes have been busy getting to know each other, making new friends and discussing and deciding what will make our classrooms GREAT this year.
As more information becomes available to us, we will be sure to update you here and share our learning from in class.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gym days are: TUESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY
– Please ensure you send in soft shoes/shorts for when indoor P.E. commences. It is also handy to include a pair of socks for any wet days and wet feet outwith gym days.
Library day will be: MONDAY
– All library books should be returned on FRIDAY each week to allow a quarantine period.
DATA FORMS (Pink and White)
– Please return all data forms completed and signed ASAP and before FRIDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2021.
As Primary Two draws to a close after what has been a challenging year, the teachers would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of our pupils and Homework Buddies who have tried out something new by engaging almost exclusively online!
We have worked hard together to provide lessons, homework and feedback in a way we just haven’t had to before. So thank you for your patience and well done for sending in lots of great work; the improvements in confidence and skill have been wonderful to see!
Homework for Primary 2 is NOW COMPLETE, however, after speaking with some parents/carers at Parent’s Night we have collated a list of suggestions to help support our pupils and to give you an idea of the core skills required for Primary 3. Please be reassured that these are just suggestions and we would fully encourage you to enjoy your time off!
A pack of support resources for your child will be sent home in preparation for Primary 3 and can be referred to at any time to help maintain or build further confidence prior to returning in August 2021. Aside from these suggestions, we would always advocate providing a good model of reading so that your child can enjoy a story and talk about what they have read/noticed within a book. We will also signpost you to the USEFUL WEBSITES tab on the menu at the top of the P2 page for appropriate Literacy and Numeracy games.
All P2 pupils have worked on and should continue to develop: –
Reading and writing initial sounds (all alphabet single sounds)
Reading and writing stage 1 common words
Handwriting all lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet
Writing and counting out items to show the value of numbers to 10
How to add groups of items together to make a larger total within 10
How to take away groups of items to make a smaller total within 10
If a number is ODD (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) or EVEN (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8)
How to identify the number BEFORE/AFTER/BETWEEN given numbers
How to count up and down in 1s, 2s and 10s.
If your child has been working within FIRST LEVEL, they should know:-
All of the above
All joined phonemes within Active Literacy Stage 1, (sh, th, ch, ng, wh, ph, ee, oo, ck, ai, oy, oa & qu) and use these to spell words
Some joined phonemes within Active Literacy Stage 2, (ay, ea {leaf}, ow {snow}, ue, aw, oi, au, ew, ow {owl}, ou & igh) and use these to spell words
Reading and writing Active Literacy Stage 2 words up to and including the word “right” on the grid
The place value of numbers to 100 – use the language tens and ones and explain, for example, that 18 is 1 ten and 8 ones which equals 10 + 8, or 25 is 2 tens and 5 ones which equals 20 + 5 etc
How to add groups of items together to make a larger total within 20
How to take away groups of items to make a smaller total within 20
How to count up and down in 5s.
To all our Primary 2 pupils, we will miss you, work hard in P3 and if in doubt, sound it out!
Sending our best wishes for the future,
Miss Baillie, Mrs Banks, Mrs Easter, Mrs Kidd, Mrs Saxelby and Miss Telford.
This is Mrs Kidd from Primary 2 writing you a little welcome message from all of the teachers you’ll be seeing after the holidays.
We made you some videos because we’ve not managed to see everyone like we normally would for Bump-Up Day.
Mrs Saxelby and I made a video to show you all of the places you need to know about for coming up into Primary 2. Have a look for a special colour we keep seeing.
Did you notice the special colour that we could see as we moved though the infant department? The Primary 2 colour is going to be ORANGE. If you see an ORANGE heart on a door, it means you’re allowed to use that door. You’ll see RED doors too but those are for the new Primary 1 classes and we’re not allowed to use those so, let’s keep our eyes peeled once we come back to school.
We’ve been very busy trying to get everything organised for you coming back to school to see us in August. Mrs Saxelby and I really wondered who was going to help us to look after you and we are delighted to say that Miss Telford is moving from Primary 5 to be with Mrs McKie’s class and a new teacher called Miss Baillie will be taking Mrs Cree’s class! We’re already making a good team and have lots of lovely ideas to get you busy learning in P2.
Who is who in P2?
Have a look at your own class video but you might also like to watch the other ones too so that you can see all the teachers who will help to look after you in P2.
P1A – Miss Adam going to Mrs Kidd
P1F -Mrs Findlay going to Mrs Saxelby
P1M – Mrs McKie going to Miss Telford
P1C Mrs Cree going to Miss Baillie
We hope you enjoyed the virtual tour of your classrooms and seeing your new teacher. If you or your parents/carers have any questions, add a comment to this post because everyone might be wondering the same as you and we’ll try to answer it as best as we can.
The Primary 2 teachers are all really looking forward to meeting you after the summer holidays. The videos will stay here on the Primary 1 page until we come back to school, so if you feel like you need to see our faces or listen to our voices again then you can come back and watch them here at any time.
Have a great holiday everyone and we’ll see you in August!
