Weekly Roundup

Our pupils have been very busy over the past few weeks.

Literacy 

The P2 pupils have been exploring the purpose of non-fiction and fiction texts. They were able to discuss the differences between the texts and could use this knowledge to sort the books from our class library into the correct genres. Our pupils have also been learning to spell words with the ‘ow’ sound this week.

A huge well done to all of our pupils who made it through the final stages of the Scots Verse Competition. Leah was our P2 runner up and Emily was our winner!

Numeracy 

The pupils have been learning to skip count in 2s and 5s this week. They have also been learning their 1, 2 and 5 times table as part of our school’s Multiplication Masters initiative.

Across the Curriculum

The pupils in P2 have been learning to serve in badminton this week and created windmills whilst exploring wind energy sources in science. As well as this, the pupils enjoyed playing Pooh Sticks, a game inspired by Katie Morag, during our community walk. Please also take a look at some of the beautiful art displays created by P2, inspired by the artist Henri Rousseau.

   

Weekly roundup

Our walk this week was inspired by our poem ‘A Want Tae be a Dinosaur’.

All pupils went down to the river and enjoyed excavating the sand for dinosaur bones and other types of treasure!

All pupils will be reciting their poems on Wednesday, with 5 being selected to enter our Scots Verse Competition.

 

Homework – Week beginning 13.01.25

As part of our Scotland topic all classes are learning a Scots poem.  The Primary 2 poem is The Dinosaur by L. Griffiths. This homework will be given out on Monday and all pupils will have 2 weeks to practise reciting their poem. Every pupil will have the opportunity to recite their poem to the class with some being selected to enter our Scots Verse competition.

The Dinosaur by L.Griffiths 

A want tae be a Dinosaur, 

An’ roam aroon the toon. 

A want tae be a muckle beast, 

An’ gobble ye richt doon. 

I’d huv tae be a lang neck, 

Wi’ big teeth that can chew, 

Tae eat up aw they Scots weans; 

‘Cause they taste like Irn Bru.