Literacy

The pupils have been discussing the purpose of fiction and non-fiction texts in literacy this week. Additionally, the pupils have been continuing to learn how to sequence the main events in their reading books.

Numeracy

P2 have explored area in numeracy this week. The pupils can now confidently explain that the space covered by a flat shape is its area. They then used counters and squares to cover shapes in order to develop their understanding of area and enjoyed comparing areas using loose parts. 

Across the Curriculum 

This week, the pupils were learning to recognise the names of the 5 main food groups and their importance in our diet.  The pupils enjoyed tasting different foods from various food groups and could describe their flavours. 

The pupils were also eager to find out about the most famous person in Catrine as part of our Catrine topic. As a result, the pupils learned about David Dale who helped build the Cotton Mill in Catrine. The pupils then learned that water from the River Ayr was guided along the Voes to turn the big wheels in the mill to make cloth.

Thank You 

We would also like to thank Miss Campbell, our amazing student teacher, who has worked so hard to deliver excellent teaching and learning in P2. We wish Miss Campbell the best of luck for her next placement!

Well Done! 

A special well done to Miller in our class for reciting his Scottish poem at the Barony Burns Festival!

Literacy 

Our P2 pupils have been learning the o_e sound this week. They have also been exploring the main events in texts using What, Where, Why, How and When and can now use this knowledge to sequence the main events of texts in chronological order.

Numeracy

In numeracy, the pupils have been investigating lines of symmetry in shapes and everyday objects as well as having the opportunity to create their own symmetrical patterns using different materials. The pupils were also able to use their knowledge of symmetry to create a symmetrical Mother’s Day card.  Additionally, the pupils explored how to represent numbers in concrete and pictorial form during our Number Talks. 

Across the Curriculum 

As part of P2’s food and health topic, the pupils explored the origin and journey of food. Our pupils also had the opportunity to showcase the model cars they have been developing as part of their technologies project. All pupils were able to lead their own learning and engage in problem-solving strategies to construct model cars which could safely transport our Safety Officer, Chester. The pupils were able to evaluate their work and listen to peer feedback in order to  adapt and improve their model.

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.

Our week has been filled with wonderful World Book Day themed activities. In class, the pupils have enjoyed listening, reading and writing stories.

Additionally, our P2 pupils were able to showcase their own Mr Men themed story books they wrote and illustrated themselves and enjoyed reading them to our P1s.

A special well done to Allie too for winning the bookmark competition set by P7 pupils.

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.