Literacy

This week P2 have been learning the ‘igh’ phoneme, as in night, light and high.  Their new common words are right, can’t and don’t.

In writing they continued to work on their stories.  They wrote the middle of their story, introducing a problem for their character.

P2 also enjoyed a visit to the school library on Wednesday.  They will keep their book for three weeks and I’ll send out a reminder when they are due back in.

Numeracy

We continued to focus on multiplication, with pupils making their own arrays to show different calculations.  In Multiplication Masters P2 have been working really hard practising their times tables.  P2 finished off the week with an assessment on all the work they have been doing on shape.

Learning Across the Curriculum

As part of their Scotland topic pupils designed a new kilt for Katie Morag.  They had some fantastic designs, I’m sure Katie Morag would love to wear them!

P2 also had a trip to Dumfries House on Tuesday.  They practised making fires and den building in the morning and then got to visit the farm in the afternoon.

Literacy

This week P2 have been revising the phonemes ‘oi’, ‘ow’ and ‘ou’.

In writing we have started to create a book about our characters.  This week we focussed on describing the characters and where they lived.

Numeracy

This week we have been using arrays to help us multiply.  P2 used arrays to write repeated addition and multiplication calculations.  There was also lots of times table practise.

We continued to work on identifying 3D shapes too.

Learning across the Curriculum

Camembear visited us in class and told us about some different French foods. P2 didn’t think they would like the taste of snails! P2 also told Camembear about some Scottish foods they thought he might like.

P2 have been reading Katie Morag stories. They worked together this week to create a map of  the Isle of Struay and included places they had read about in the story ‘Katie Morag Delivers the Mail.’  We will add other places we discover as we read more Katie Morag.

Literacy

This week P2 have been learning the ‘oi’ phoneme as in oil, boil and toilet.  We have also been practising our common words.  Our new common words this week were walk and want.

In writing we have been using the Mr Men books as inspiration to create our own characters which we will using in the coming weeks to write a story about.  They created some fantastic characters including Mrs Hug, Mr Smart, Mrs Chocolate and Miss Princess.

Katie Morag’s cousin Rona has also been helping P2 to compare things and join sentences using the word ‘but’.

Numeracy

P2 have been playing lots of multiplication games this week, writing multiplication calculations and finding equal groups.

We have also been learning about 3D shapes including spheres, cylinders, cubes, cuboids and cones.  They enjoyed sorting 3D shapes, building a castle with some of the 3D shapes and then writing down how many of each shape they had used.

Learning Across the Curriculum

In PE the pupils have been learning to play hockey.  This week they learned how to do a push pass and practised this using lots of different games.

For our Katie Morag topic P2 have been  learning about the Isle of Coll.  After exploring Coll using Google Maps last week, this week we compared the features they had found with Catrine, to find which things were the same and which were different.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) pupils will be saying their Scots poem ‘The Dinosaur’ in class.  We have been practising in class but please could they have a wee practise tonight.  There is a link to the poem below.

Mrs Ferguson and I will choose 5 pupils to take part in the Scots Verse competition on Thursday.

Literacy

This week P2 have been learning the ‘ou’ phoneme as in mouse and house.  They also practised their new common words your and going.

We have been reading and watching Katie Morag stories and P2 drew and labelled a picture of Katie Morag.  They also wrote a description of her during their writing lesson.

P2 also explored fiction and non-fiction texts and worked as teams to sort different text into these categories.

Maths

We have continued to focus on multiplication this week.  We have been learning about repeated addition and have  been finding equal groups and adding them together.

We have also been learning about  2D shapes, exploring how many sides and corners a shape has to help identify what shape it is.  The pupils really enjoyed playing a game of shape bingo to finish off the lesson.

Learning Across the Curriculum

As part of our Katie Morag topic we have been learning about its author Mairi Hedderwick.  She used to live on the Isle of Coll and used this as inspiration for the Isle of Struay in the Katie Morag stories.  P2 explored the Isle of Coll using Google Map Street View and found that Coll had a primary school, Post Office, shop, doctors, airport, ferry terminal, hotel and a war memorial.

We also used the Katie Morag story ‘Katie Morag Delivers the Mail’ to identify  different feelings and how other people might feel in different situations.  We talked about what happens when we are embarrassed and talked about times when we felt embarrassed.

In French, Camembear helped us to learn about the French and Scottish flags. We learned how to say the colours red, white and blue in French.

Literacy

This week P2 have been learning the ‘ow’ phoneme as in cow, owl and tower.  They practised their spelling words with a partner using magnetic letters and boards.

Our Scottish poem this year is The Dinosaur by L.Giffiths. After reading the poem, P2 wrote a description of a dinosaur.

We have also been revising using ‘and’ to join sentences.

Numeracy

In Maths this term our focus will be multiplication and division.  This week they have been practising recognising and making equal groups.

P2 have also been learning about shape.  As our Scots poem is about a dinosaur, they used different shapes to create a picture of a dinosaur .

Learning Across the Curriculum

We have started reading Katie Morag and this will be used as a stimulus for our Scotland topic.

We also created some Saltires and thistles in art as they are symbols of Scotland.

Below is a copy of our Scots poem ‘The Dinosaur.  A copy was sent home with each pupil but if you need another just let me know.

I’ve also included a link to a video that the pupils have been using in class to help them learn it (it says bairns instead of weans but the pupils know that they’ve to say weans).

The Dinosaur

What a busy week we have had!

Christmas Party

On Monday P2 had a fab time at their Christmas Party with P1.  We played Corners, Musical Arms, Pass the Parcel and even did the Canadian Barn Dance!

Nativity

I am so proud of P2! They were all absolutely fantastic in their Nativity.  We hope you enjoyed it too.

Pantomime

Yesterday we all really enjoyed out trip to the Galleon to see Sleeping Beauty.

Literacy

This week P2 have been learning the ‘ff’ phoneme as in off, puffin and stuff.  They also wrote instructions on how to play a dice roll game they have been using to help them practise their addition.

Numeracy

P2 have been finishing off their learning on addition and subtraction and practising some missing number calculations.

Learning Across the Curriculum

P1 and P2 have been working hard practising for their Nativity and are all looking forward to parents and carers coming to watch them next week.

P2 also enjoyed Christmas lunch on Wednesday, especially the chocolate cake!

Literacy

This week P2 have been learning to read and write words using the ‘ll’ phoneme as in bell, tell, spill and still.

For writing, they wrote instructions on how to make a Marshmallow Snowman like they did for the Christmas Fayre.

P2 have also been consolidating writing and spelling their common words in class.

Numeracy

This week we have been practising our addition and subtraction using number squares to help us.

P2 have also been learning about measure and were using cubes to measure items of stationery. They also used their hands to measure how long items of furniture in the class were.

We are continuing to practise our 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

Learning Across the Curriculum

In PE P2 have finished off their block on fitness. They have learned lots of different activities over the past few weeks and this week we put them all together to create a circuit around the gym hall.  They carried out each exercise for one minute before moving on to the next.

In science P2 were learning about germs and the importance of washing your hands.  They created posters which have been put up in the toilets to remind everyone to stop the spread of germs by washing their hands.

P2 also did a fantastic job with their Christmas crafts for the Christmas Fayre.  Thank you to everyone who was able to attend.

Literacy

This week P2 have been learning the ‘ss’ phoneme as in mess, chess and class.  For their writing they wrote instructions on how to weave as they have been doing this in class when learning about textiles.

Numeracy

We have continued to work on adding and subtracting this week using counting on and counting back as a strategy to find the answer to our calculations.

Learning Across the Curriculum

Today we had a visit from PC Shirkie who talked to us about people who can help us and road safety.