Literacy

This week P2 were learning the o_e phoneme as in home, stone and phone.  They explored how magic e changes the sound of ‘o’ in different words.

In our writing we wrote the beginning of our stories using the three Billy Goats Gruff as inspiration.  The children had lots of fantastic ideas writing about three unicorns, three squirrels and three crocodiles, to name a few.

Numeracy

We finished off our work on rounding and estimating this week by estimating the position of numbers on a number line. For chance and uncertainty we gave examples of things that are likely to happen, not likely to happen and impossible to happen.  We also continued practising our times tables using Numicon to help us.

Learning across the Curriculum:

In art we took inspiration from Monet’s waterlilies painting and created our own bridges using tape, painting around them and leaving the print of our bridge when the tape was removed.

For PE we were outside this week and created our own obstacle course!

Literacy

This week we have been consolidating our spelling of ‘i_e’, ‘igh’ and ‘y’ words. We practised writing our common words, working with a partner and asking each other to spell different words.  We also created lollipop characters to retell the story of  the Billy Goats Gruff.

Numeracy

Following on from estimating we have been finding out about rounding numbers and have been practising rounding numbers to the nearest 10 with the help of a number line. P2 have also been learning about probability and discussing how likely something is to happen and being able to justifying their choices.

Learning across the Curriculum

Technologies (Craft Design and Engineering): P2 have been learning about bridges, the materials they are made from and how engineers design them to be strong.  They designed and built their own bridges then tested them to see how strong they were by finding out how many wooden blocks they could hold before they collapsed.

French: We have been learning different greetings and practising them with other pupils and in the morning during the class register.

As it was such lovely weather on Thursday we enjoyed a play at the park while we were out our walk.

Hi Everyone,

I have given the pupils a copy of a maths homework sheet and there is a copy below.  Please could it be returned by Friday 21st March?

This homework will give them a chance to practise their addition skills. We chose the tooth fairy as we have had so many wobbly teeth in class!

If your child would like an extra challenge you can change the amounts to include 50p and £1.

Thanks, Mrs Mair

Literacy

This week we continued to focus on the phoneme i_e  and practised  some diacritical marking to identify all the sounds in our spelling words.  P2 have also been focussing on reading and spelling their common words.

We have been reading and learning the Three Billy Goats Gruff story.  Please ask your child if they can retell you the story.  We will use this story as inspiration to help us in our writing next week by innovating and changing parts of the story to create our own new stories.

Numeracy

We have continued to develop our estimation skills and practise the 5 times table. P2 have also been consolidating what they have learned about addition and have been learning to complete missing number calculations.

Learning across the Curriculum

For technologies P2 have been learning about objects and materials. They went on a material hunt around the class to find objects that where made of different materials like wood, metal, fabric and cardboard.  They have also been finding out how to ask and tell people what their names are in French.

Literacy

In spelling, our new phoneme this week is i_e.   We have been learning about ‘magic e’  at the end of words and how it changes the sound that ‘i’ makes in words like five, fire and bike.

For our writing, we have been creating a new character for our narrative writing and we will develop our stories about them over the rest of the term.

Numeracy

We have been learning about estimating and using this to estimate the number of items without counting them and also to estimate where numbers would go on a blank number line.  P2 continue to practise multiplication with a focus on the 5 times table.

Learning across the Curriculum

On Thursday it was World Book Day.  We all took time to read books in class and visited the library with P7.  We read the book ‘The Cupcake Fairy’ in class and then designed our own cupcakes.

Hi Everyone,

I’m really looking forward to teaching P2 and getting to meet you all.

Over the next few weeks P2 will have a weekly numeracy homework sheet to complete. I have given the pupils a copy of the sheet and there is a copy below.  Please could it be returned by Friday 7th March.

This homework will give them a chance to practise their addition skills.

Thanks

Mrs Mair