Primary 2/3 have been working really hard with Mrs Smith this week while Mrs McKenna has been setting up our new classroom. We have been learning the ‘ea’ sound in literacy, reading the story ‘Harris the Hero’, doing lots of revision in numeracy and learning all about Scotland.

We were very lucky to visit the ECC on Tuesday afternoon to see their amazing new space. It looks absolutely fantastic!

We are looking forward to moving into our new classroom on Tuesday!

Have a great weekend.

Numeracy Homework

Pupils have been given a ‘Train driver’s challenge’ this week which has been added to their numeracy scrapbook and involves problem solving. Please click on the link below to view the activity:

Train driver’s challenge

Numeracy scrapbooks should be returned by Tuesday 24th January.

Thanks for your continued support.

Scots Poems

As part of our Scotland topic all classes are learning a Scots poem. Paper copies of the poems have been given to all pupils to learn at home and are also shown below. The Primary 2 poem is Twa-Leggit Mice by J K Annand.

Twa-Leggit Mice by J K Annand

My mither says that we hae mice

That open air-ticht tins

And eat her chocolate biscuits

And cakes and siclike things.

 

Nae doubt it is an awfu shame

That mice should get the blame.

It’s really me that rypes the tins

When left alane at hame.

 

But jings! I get fair hungert

And biscuits taste sae nice.

But dinna tell my mither for

She thinks it is the mice

The Primary 3 poem is The Sair Finger by Walter Wingate.

The Sair Finger by Walter Wingate

You’ve hurt your finger? Puir wee man!

Your pinkie? Deary me!

Noo, juist you haud it that wey till

I get my specs and see!

 

My, so it is – and there’s the skelf!

Noo, dinna greet nae mair.

See there – my needle’s gotten’t out!

I’m sure that wasna sair?

 

And noo, to make it hale the morn.

Put on a wee bit saw.

And tie a bonnie hankie roun’t –

Noo, there na – rin awa’!

 

Your finger sair ana’? Ye rogue.

Ye’re only letting on!

Weel, weel, then – see noo, there ye are.

Row’d up the same as John.

Pupils will be chosen to perform their poem in front of judges and the winners from each stage will then perform at our Scots Verse Celebration on the 1st February.

Happy New Year from Primary 2/3!

We have had a great first week back and school! We have been learning the ‘ay’ sound in literacy, all about estimation and rounding in numeracy and have started to learn about ‘Scotland’ which is our new topic for this term.

 

Primary 2/3 have had a fun filled week of Christmas activities to finish term 2!

We had great fun at our Christmas parties with lots of dancing and party games.

The Primary 2’s were very lucky to get a special visit from Santa!!!

Yesterday the whole school went on a trip to the cinema in Ayr to see the film ‘Lyle, Lyle Crocodile’. The film was great and we had lots of fun singing along. It was a lovely morning and a great end of term treat!

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and Happy New Year!

What an extremely busy week we have had in Primary 2/3!

The boys and girls have been working so hard and did an absolutely amazing job of performing their ‘Christmas Cracker’ at the school show this week. You should all be very proud of yourselves!

This week we have also been learning to double numbers in numeracy.

We have been learning the ‘oa’ sound and finishing our stories in literacy. We have also been learning about ‘The Christmas Story’, the sense of touch and lots more!

We finished the week off with Christmas jumper day and a lovely Christmas lunch.

Next week we will be having a fun filled week of Christmas activities. Only 5 more school days to go!

The children in P2/3 will be performing their “Christmas Cracker” at the break of the school show ‘Panto Pandemonium’ on Wednesday and Thursday night this week.

Pupils should come to school on both evenings at 6.10pm wearing a Christmas jumper, hairband or hat if they have one. If they do not have something Christmassy to wear pupils should just come dressed in casual clothes.

Thanks for your support.

Mrs McKenna

Pupils have been given a ‘Christmas elves’ challenge this week which has been added to their numeracy scrapbook and involves problem solving. Please click on the link below to view the activity:

Christmas elves

Pupils can complete the activity in any way they want. They may find it easiest to draw the suits to find out how many different combinations there are.

Numeracy scrapbooks should be returned by Friday 23rd December.

Thanks for your continued support.

Have fun!

Christmas is fast approaching but we are still busy learning in Primary 2/3.

This week we have been learning the ‘oy’ sound in literacy and have been reading our whole class book study ‘Monkey Puzzle’ by Julia Donaldson.

In numeracy we have been problem solving and learning to partition 2 and 3 digit numbers.

We have been learning all about sight and the parts of the eye as part of our ‘Senses’ topic this term.

We have also been busy doing some junk modelling and painting props for our school show.

       

Mrs McKenna brought in some cakes for us to enjoy on Wednesday as it was her birthday!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Here’s a wee look at what Primary 2/3 have been getting up to this week……….

We have been learning the ‘ai‘ sound in literacy this week and painted some colourful rainbows.

In numeracy we have been learning about addition and subtraction and have been using strategies to find one more and one less.

We had lots of fun at the park on Wednesday afternoon.

It’s beginning to feel very festive in Primary 2/3 as we decorated the classroom for Christmas. We have also been working really hard to learn Christmas songs for the school show.

Some pupils made lanterns for ‘Make Catrine Sparkle’ on Sunday.

Have a lovely weekend!

Pupils have been given a ‘Symmetrical letters’ challenge this week which has been added to their numeracy scrapbook and involves identifying and describing symmetry. Please click on the link below to view the activity:

Symmetrical letters

Pupils can complete the activity in any way they want. I have also attached a lines of symmetry in capital letters sheet to help with this task. Any pictures can be sent to my e-mail address: laura.mckenna@eastayrshire.org.uk

Numeracy scrapbooks should be returned by Monday 5th December.

Thanks for your continued support.

Have fun!