P2 had a fantastic time at their whole-school trip this week. Here are some pictures of the things they got up to at the Heads of Ayr Farm Park.
It has been a pleasure teaching your wee one this year. I wish them all the best for Primary 3!
Literacy
This week P2 were learning the ‘aw’ phoneme, as in jaw, paw and draw.
They have also been practising their sentence writing, making sure they have capital letters, finger spaces and full stops,
Numeracy
P2 finished off their work on time this week. They focussed on telling o’clock and half past times on both analogue and digital clocks and converting from analogue to digital and vice versa.
Learning across the Curriculum:
In Social Studies they have been learning about Scottish produce and where in Scotland different things are farmed. They created a meal using Scottish foods and things grown in Scotland.
For art they have been creating their own landscapes making sure objects in the foreground are larger and those in the background are smaller.
Health Week 2025
What an amazing week Primary 2 have had, with so many fantastic activities to take part in.
We started off the week with a talk about oral health and a visit from Kilmarnock Football club.
On Tuesday the P6s organised games for everyone to play demonstrating their leadership skills and we had a visit from the Cotton Trail where we learned about different vegetables and got to try some very tasty soup and wraps.
There was a talk from the RLNI on Wednesday and pupils learned how to keep safe around water. They also got to try some line dancing with Miss Brown.
It was another busy day on Thursday with a fire safety talk followed by den building and a picnic outside. In the afternoon the pupils took part in Busy Hands Calm minds, where they got to try different activities organised by the staff including rugby, watercolour painting, yoga, dancing, mindful colouring, watching a movie and knitting.
They finished it all off on Friday with laser tag and a silent disco!
A huge thanks to Mrs Ferguson, Miss Kay, Miss McLean and Miss Higgins who organised this wonderful week!
Literacy
This week P2 were learning the ‘mb’ phoneme, where b is a silent letter, as in lamb, bomb and thumb.
In talking and listening they expressed their opinion on what their favourite sport is. They all gave reasons why that sport is their favourite and they used this in their writing on Thursday.
Numeracy
This week P2 started a block of work about time and were learning to tell o’clock and half past times on both analogue and digital clocks. They made their own clocks to help them.
Here are our fractions sandwiches from last week:
Learning across the Curriculum:
P2 had a fantastic time at sports day. They were all great sports people, cheering each other on and showing lots of determination to finish their races. Well done to you all!
Girls flat race:
1st: Lillie-Rose, 2nd: Ella, 3rd: Savannah.
Girls running with hoop:
1st: Madelijn, 2nd: Ella, 3rd: Lillie-Rose
Boys flat race:
1st: Daniel, 2nd: Jaxon, 3rd: Blair.
Boys running with hoop:
1st: Jaxon, 2nd: Freddy, 3rd:Ethan.
Literacy
This week P2 were learning the ow phoneme as in grow, crow and bowl. They practised spelling different words with ‘ow’ and found ow words in a phoneme story.
In talking and listening this week they were expressing their opinion about the best character in the ‘Wizard of OZ’ after watching M&M productions perform it for them at school. They all gave reasons why the character they picked was their favourite and they used this in their writing on Thursday.
Numeracy
This week they finished off their fractions unit in Maths. They all had different sandwich orders to make using what they had learned about halves and quarters. I’ll post some pictures of the finished sandwiches next week.
Learning across the Curriculum:
In Health and Wellbeing P2 continued to learn about friendships and that it is important to think about how other people are feeling too. They created a poster about the different ways you can be kind to people.
In social subjects the learned about all the different ways land is used in and around Catrine. They generated a whole class list with their ideas before drawing and labelling some of them in their IDL jotter.
P2 have also really enjoyed using the Bionicles Lego during choosing time and have been busy creating lots of different characters.
The class were also very excited to have a special visitor to the class and meet Mrs Campbell’s baby.
Literacy
This week P2 were learning the ‘ue’ phoneme as in blue, true and glue. They practised spelling different words with ‘ue’ in them using their rainbow boards and magnetic letters. Pupils also started learning a new set of common words and used a game to practise them.
In talking and listening and writing this week they were expressing their opinion about which was best – ice cream or cake? They had lots of great reasons about why the one they preferred was best, here are some examples.
“I think cake is the best because it doesn’t give you brain freeze!”
“In my opinion cake is best because it doesn’t melt.”
“I think cake is best because it doesn’t fall off your cone and land on the floor.”
“I like ice cream because it cools you down on a hot day.”
Numeracy
This week P2 have been doing some revision of their adding skills. They have also been sharing groups of objects into quarters.
Learning across the Curriculum:
P2 have been learning about features of their local environment. They talked about the River Ayr and where it starts and finishes. On Thursday they went for a walk along the river to look at all the things around about the river. They found lots of different plants and insects, crops growing in the field and even found some tadpoles in the river.
In health and wellbeing they created a friendship tree. They each wrote what they thought makes a good friend on a leaf.
In PE they practised for sports day.
Primary 2 pupils have a spelling homework sheet home in their bags.
They have been learning the ‘ue’ phoneme this week and there is a wordsearch to help them practise spelling ‘ue’ words e.g. glue and blue. They also have a new list of common words to practise reading and writing.
Please can this be completed and returned on Monday.
Thanks
Literacy
This week P2 were learning the ‘ew’ phoneme as in chew, stew and few. They practised spelling different words with ‘ew’ in them using their rainbow boards and magnetic letters. They also challenged their partner to spell the common words that they have been learning.
This was big talk week and I really enjoyed hearing about everyone’s favourite toy!
In writing P2 were giving their opinion on what animal would make the best pet and reasons why they thought this.
Numeracy
We have been doing more work on quarters this week, finding quarters on shapes and cutting shapes into quarters to make a classroom display.
Learning across the Curriculum:
In Health and Wellbeing this week P2 have been learning about friendships and what makes a good friend. They came up with all the ideas below.
P2 have a spelling homework sheet in their bags.
Their spelling words this week all contain the ‘ew’ sound
The boxes at the bottom of the sheet are elkonin boxes, only one sound can go in each box .
I’ve included an example to show you:
e and w are in one box because both letters are needed to make the one sound ‘ew’.
Literacy
This week P2 were consolidsating their learning on all their ‘magic e’ sounds. They practised their common words and found missing capital letters and full stops in sentences
In persuasive writing they tried to persuade Mrs Mair to take them to the park!
Just a reminder that it is Big Talk next week. Please send your child ready with their talk to present on the following days:
Monday – Madelijn, Gracie, Emily, Leah
Tuesday – Dalton, Lillie-Rose, Freddy, Harris
Wednesday – Rex, Savannah, Leo, Ashton
Thursday – Daniel, Ella, Jaxon, Meah
Friday – Dawson, Elleana, Ethan, Blair
We can’t wait to hear about all their favourite toy!
Numeracy
In numeracy they continued to learn about halves and practised counting in halves. They also practised some missing number calculations to help them with ‘Expressions and Equations’ that they have been working on with Miss Kay.
Learning across the Curriculum:
It was another beautiful afternoon on Thursday and because P2 had done so well with their persuasive writing they managed to convince Mrs Mair to take them to the park.
They also watched a special Newsround all about VE day.
Just a reminder that it is Big Talk next week. Please send your child ready with their talk to present on the following days:
Monday – Madelijn, Gracie, Emily, Leah
Tuesday – Dalton, Lillie-Rose, Freddy, Harris
Wednesday – Rex, Savannah, Leo, Ashton
Thursday – Daniel, Ella, Jaxon, Meah
Friday – Dawson, Elleana, Ethan, Blair
We can’t wait to hear about all their favourite toy!
