Pupils have been issued with a common words grid for homework this week. These are words that your child needs to be able to read and write and is personal to them. It would be great if you could help them practise their words at home. They will also be practising in class and when they can read and write all of the words confidently they will be given a new set.
Thank you for your support.
Mrs McKenna
It’s the end of another week in Primary 2/3.
This week we have been learning the ‘ou’ sound in literacy, practising our common words and writing a set of instructions for making a sandwich.
In numeracy we have been learning about multiplication. We have been using repeated addition and arrays to multiply by 2.
It was a lovely sunny day for our walk to the park on Wednesday afternoon.
We had some snow in the playground this morning and Layla had lots of fun making a snow angel.
Braxton brought in a special treat for everyone today. He drew some fantastic pictures and made a colouring book for each of the boys and girls in the class. What a lovely, kind thing to do! The boys and girls had lots of fun colouring in during activity time this afternoon.
Allan was the winner of the Golden Ticket today and chose Carter to sit with him at the Golden Table for lunch. What a special treat!
Pupils have been given a ‘Telephone numbers’ challenge this week which has been added to their numeracy scrapbook and involves practising addition. Pupils can use their 100 square or concrete materials at home to help them with this task i.e. lego bricks, beads, buttons etc. Please click on the link below to view the activity:
Numeracy scrapbooks should be returned by Monday 13th March.
Thank you for your continued support with numeracy tasks. It has been so lovely to see the work that is being done at home as a family.
It has been a short but busy week in Primary 2/3.
It was really lovely to welcome so many families into our new classroom this week to join in with our play activities. Thank you so much to everyone who made it along, the children really enjoyed welcoming you into our class.
Have a wee look at all the things we were getting up to……
We celebrated World Book Day on Wednesday by starting our whole class book study for this term ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. We also designed a new cover for our favourite book and made some bookmarks.
We have continued to practise the ‘ow’ sound in literacy and made some fantastic owls to display on our art gallery wall in the classroom.
In numeracy we have been continuing to practise counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s and to work out the coins needed to pay for items.
Have a great weekend!
It has been yet another busy week in Primary 2/3.
This week we have been learning the ‘ow’ sound in literacy and have been learning how to write a set of instructions. This week we made a set of instructions for how to wash your hands.
In numeracy we have been continuing to learn about money. We have been practising counting in 2’s and 5’s and have been counting coins to find the total amount.
On Wednesday we had a great morning working in our different Committee Groups. Mrs McKenna’s Modern Languages committee were learning all about Mardi Gras.
We went for a walk around the village on Wednesday afternoon to look for signs of spring. We saw some snowdrops, crocuses and even some daffodils. We were disappointed to see lots of rubbish and dog poo on our walk.
Since it is Shrove Tuesday tomorrow, pupils have been given an ‘Investigating pancakes’ challenge which has been added to their numeracy scrapbook this week.
Pupils can complete this task in any way they wish. You may want to make pancakes at home together, looking at the ingredients needed and measuring them out. How many pancakes can you make with the mixture? How many pancakes would each person in your family get? Pupils could also cut the paper circle given to work out the smallest size they could make for all of their family to have a piece of a pancake. For example, in a family of four each person would get 1/4.
Please click on the link below to view the activity:
Numeracy scrapbooks should be returned by Monday 27th February.
Have fun!
Here’s a wee look at what we have been getting up to in Primary 2/3 over the last two weeks (with the February weekend in between).
We have been learning the ‘ll’ and ‘ff’ sounds in literacy and wrote some lovely Valentine notes to each other. We have been continuing to learn about money and revise place value in numeracy.
We have been learning ceilidh dancing with Mrs McCaig in P.E. We had a wonderful school ceilidh last Tuesday and it was fantastic to see some of our pupils take part in a great night of dancing.
Our Scots Verse Celebration was held last Wednesday and Quinn was the Primary 2 winner. Well done Quinn!
We have a lovely new home corner in our open area which we have been enjoying playing in this week.
We finished off this week with a wee class party to celebrate achieving 2000 Class Dojo points. Well done Primary 2/3!
This week we were very lucky to get a brand new Promethean board fitted in our classroom. The boys and girls have already had fun playing some games on it!
We have also been learning the ‘ss’ sound in literacy, reinforcing addition and subtraction strategies in numeracy, learning how to draw a highland cow as part of our Scotland topic and having lots of fun!
Well done to Callum, Braxton, Quinn, Charlotte, Logan R. and Oscar who were chosen as the finalists in our Scots Verse competition. They worked so hard to learn their poems and did a fantastic job of performing in front of an audience. The judging took place today and the winners will go on to perform at our Scots Verse Celebration on Wednesday afternoon.
Primary 2/3 now have a P.E. slot in the gym hall on a Wednesday afternoon which means that we are able to use the hall if the weather is not good enough for us to go a walk. Some pupils have taken gym bags home over the Christmas holiday and have not brought them back into school. Just a reminder that pupils must have indoor gym shoes and shorts to take part in P.E. lessons.
Have a great weekend!
Numeracy Homework
Pupils have been given a ‘Months of the year’ challenge this week which has been added to their numeracy scrapbook and involves comparing and sequencing intervals of time. Pupils have also been given a calendar home today that they can use to complete this challenge. Please click on the link below to view the activity:
Numeracy scrapbooks should be returned by Monday 6th February.
Scots Poems
Please continue to practise Scots poems at home. On Wednesday we will be choosing our finalists who will go on to perform their poem in front of a panel of judges.
Thanks for your continued support.
Primary 2/3 have had a great first week in their new classroom and are settling well into their new routines.
Here are a few of the children’s thoughts on our new classroom:
“It is so big and it’s nice.” Callum
“I love it!” Logan R.
“I like all the toys.” Ivy
“It’s the best class I’ve ever had.” Charlotte
“I like the detail of it.” Adam
We have a lovely book corner, a technology area, working areas for literacy and numeracy and lots of space for our blocks and loose parts.
This week we have been learning all about Robert Burns. We were lucky to have a visit from the Hopscotch Theatre Co. this afternoon who performed the show ‘Burns Last Supper’ for us. It was a great performance!
We have been working really hard in our amazing new learning space.
We learned how to draw a Scottish thistle. Mrs McKenna was so impressed with our artwork!
Please continue to practise Scots poems at home. On Wednesday we will be choosing the pupils who will go on to perform their poem in front of a panel judges.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs McKenna
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