Literacy

In writing P2 have been learning about persuasive writing and wrote some reasons to try and persuade an adult to take them to the park after school.  They had some great ideas, here are a few!

• “The first reason is because I can play football and football is healthy.”
• “I could make new friends.”
• “I will tidy my room if you take me to the park.”

Numeracy

We have started our new maths block all about time.  P2 used songs and games to help them revise the days of the week and months of the year. The pupils have also learned to solve Number Talks problems using different strategies.

Across the Curriculum

In PE we have started to learn to play badminton.  P2 learned the name of the different parts of the racket and how to grip the racket correctly.  They also practised hitting balloons before moving on to hitting and aiming shuttlecocks.

Twice a year, the children take part in our whole school ‘Big Talk Homework Challenge’.  This is where your child gets the opportunity to prepare and present a talk to the class.  The topic will change depending on the focus for that term.  This term the class has chosen to talk about ‘My Favourite Toy.’

Some ideas to include in their talk might be:

• What is your favourite toy?
• Who gave you it or where did you get it?
• How do you play with it?
• What do you like about it?
• How does it make you feel when you play with it?
• Any interesting facts about your favourite toy.

Please practise saying the talk out loud at home. Posters or slides to help the pupils with their talks are encouraged but pupils should not read from these – they should only act as prompts to aid the pupils’ talk.

The talk should be ready to be presented the week beginning Monday 11th May. More details will be given shortly (please check Blog) about which day that week your child will be giving their talk.

We look forward to hearing about their toy!

P2 were given a Maths homework sheet today.  I’ve attached a link to a  copy below.

Directions

The activity will allow pupils to practise giving directions using left, right, forward, backwards, full and half turns.

Please return homework by  Monday 16th March.

Please could pupils’ library books be returned tomorrow as we will visit the library in the afternoon to pick a new book.

Thanks

P2 were given a Maths homework sheet today.  I’ve attached a link to a  copy below.

Monkey Addition

The activity will allow pupils to practise their adding skills and to think about the repeated adding we use when we multiply.

Please return homework by  Monday 9th March.

Literacy

This week P2 have been learning about ‘magic e’ and how it changes the sound ‘i’ makes in words like hide, ride and bike.

They have also been learning about nouns with Miss Campbell and finding examples of common and proper nouns in books.

For writing P2 have been using ‘The Three Little Pigs‘ as inspiration to start writing their own stories.

Numeracy

In Numeracy P2 have been learning about division and using the division symbol in calculations. They used counters to help them by sharing them out into equal groups. They also used Pokémon cards to  consolidate their learning on addition.

They have  been doing more work on directions and Miss Campbell has been introducing simple co-ordinates  and compass directions to them.

Learning Across the Curriculum

In Art P2 made some fantastic McCoos.

Yesterday P2 were given a Maths homework sheet.  I’ve attached a link to a  copy below.

Shape Homework.

The activity involves a shape hunt around the house, the pupils can then draw or write the shapes they have found on the sheet.

Thanks to those who have already returned it.

If you need another copy just let me know.

Literacy

This week P2 have been learning the ‘y’ phoneme as in try, fly and cry.  They have been learning that a noun is a person, place or thing with Miss Campbell and they also wrote a blurb for the back cover of their story books.

Numeracy

P2 have been learning about division this week and sharing objects into equal groups.  They have also been practising their times tables.

The pupils started learning about Position, Shape and Movement and have been giving and following directions.

Learning Across the Curriculum

In Technologies they have been learning about different materials. Miss Campbell has set them a challenge to design and build a car for her teddy Chester. P2 enjoyed creating and labelling their designs with the materials they will need to build their car.

P2 also put all their hockey skills to the test this week playing some games of hockey.

On Wednesday we went out for a walk, looking for shapes in our environment and enjoyed a visit to the park too.

P2 are really excited to welcome Miss Campbell to our class for the next six weeks.

Literacy

This week we continued to focus on the ‘igh’ phoneme and our new common words were try, fly and why.

In writing we finished our stories.  P2 are really excited to read them to P1 over the next few weeks.

Numeracy

We have been sharing out objects in preparation to learn about division.

Today we also learned about tessellation and made some Valentines hearts by tessellating triangles.

Learning Across the Curriculum

In French,  Camembear has been helping us to learn the days of the week.  We learned how to say Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week.

We have also been learning about family trees as a way to organise information.  We have started to make Katie Morag’s family tree with all the characters we have learned about in the books.

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.