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. 

Our pupils have had an amazing last week. They especially loved their visit from Santa!

Our P2 pupils loved getting into the festive spirit during our Christmas lunch today!

Literacy 

Well done to all pupils for completing their Big Talks and for sharing what they would like to be when they grow up! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to them all!

Numeracy 

This week, the pupils explored positional language and used grid references to find different locations on maps. They have also learned to partition numbers which will help them when adding and subtracting.

Across the curriculum

We rounded off our Owl Babies topic with a visit from owl magic. The pupils loved learning about different types of owls and had the chance to hold them!

Our class have also been hard at work making some beautiful Christmas decorations which will be available to buy for £1 on the nights of our Christmas show.

Your child should be getting ready to present their big talk on “When I grow up, I would like to be…”.  Your child should prepare and practise their talk at home and can bring in a picture, drawing or poster to help them.

P2 will present their talks on the week beginning Monday 2nd December. 

Some ideas to include in their talk could be:

What job would they like to do when they are older?

Why would they like the job?

What skills or equipment might they need for the job?

We look forward to hearing about what they would like to be.

Numeracy

Our P2 pupils are learning their 2 times table this week as part of our Multiplication Masters initiative.

They have also explored the use of grid references to find locations.

Other Curricular Areas

Our pupils completed their research topic Exploring the Life of Captain James Cook where they learned about his life, travels and achievements.

The pupils also created some amazing fire work art.

Literacy 

We look forward to having you join us for our Literacy Open Morning on Tuesday. Our P7s have organised some fantastic activities relating to texts that will be given to pupils form Read Write Count. 

Please enjoy some pictures from P2’s spooktacular week!

It’s been an exciting week in P2!

The pupils created some fantastic travel guides for people visiting Catrine and had fun participating in our whole school ‘everybody reading in class’ initiative.

We also started our new joint topic ‘owl babies’ with P1 this week and collected sticks during our walk to construct owl habitats.

The pupils then had an absolute blast at their Halloween disco!

A huge well done to our P2 pupils for working so hard this term!

Each and every pupil has earned a well deserved rest and I hope you all have an amazing October holiday.

Mrs Campbell

It’s been a busy few weeks for our P2 pupils! They have worked so hard in literacy, numeracy and all other areas of the curriculum.

Make sure to ask your child how to say the numbers 1 to 20 in French! If you want to practise this with your child, you can do so using this video link:

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