This week in P2/3 we have been continuing to work on fractions in maths and have been working on the reading strategy ‘visualisation’ in literacy. We have been learning to mix primary colours to make secondary colours in art and have also been learning about parts of our bodies.

It has been digital learning week and we have been learning about online safety. We made posters to encourage people to stay safe when using the internet.

We took a walk to the park on Wednesday afternoon and found that there was lots of rubbish. Mrs McKenna and Mrs Watt did some litter picking and left it looking so much better.

We put up some of the persuasive posters we made last week and we hope that they will encourage people to put their rubbish in the bin.

Harley was the winner of a Ruby Reward ticket this week and chose Quinn to sit with him at the Ruby Reward table. Well done Harley!

Just a wee reminder that pupils should be ready to present their class talks on Monday. Please see the previous post for details on which particular day your child will present their talk.

Have a great weekend!

Just a reminder that P2/3 will be presenting their Class Talk to the rest of the class next week. Please see previous blog posts for all the details.

Below are the details of when your child will present their talk. Remember they may bring in any props (photographs, items from home etc) on their specific day. I am really looking forward to hearing them all!

Monday 20th May: Tyler, Ellie, Rhys, Quinn and Poppy

Tuesday 21st May: Allan, Logan, Charlotte, Ava G. and Lyle

Wednesday 22nd May: Layla, Matthew, Carson, Shaun and Hunter

Thursday  23rd May: Harry, Cole, Harley, Harper and Nadia

Friday 24th May: Alfie, Demi and Ava D.

If you have any questions, please email me at: laura.mckenna@eastayrshire.org.uk

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs McKenna

This week in Primary 2/3 we have been learning about halves and quarters in maths. We have been consolidating some of our sounds and making persuasive posters in writing. We have also learned about the organs of the body in Science and enjoyed a lovely walk to the river.

Hunter was the winner of a Ruby Reward ticket this week and chose Rhys to sit with him at the Ruby Reward table. Well done Hunter!

P2/3 Class Talk Homework Project

Title: When I grow up, I would like to be……

Pupils have been given a project to prepare and give a short talk about what they would like to be when they grow up. Some ideas to include in their talk might be:

• What job would they like to do when they are older?
• Why they would like this job?
• What skills or equipment they might need for the job?
• A picture/drawing/poster about their chosen job

The talk should be ready to be presented the week beginning Monday 20^th May. More details will be given shortly (please check Blog) about which day that week your child will be giving their talk.

Children should practise their talk at home in order to be able to fluently talk to the class, they might want to use notes on paper to help them remember their talk.

I look forward to hearing what you would like to be.

Mrs McKenna

Well done to Poppy who was the winner of a Ruby Reward ticket and chose Layla to sit with her at the Ruby Reward table today.

This week we had a very special visit from PC Aitken who is the campus police officer at Robert Burns Academy.

PC Aitken came  to tell us all about her job and the different ways in which the police help us.

We got to ask her lots of questions about her job and even got to try on her uniform!

Here’s what the pupils had to say about the visit:

PC Aitken is a very nice person – Charlotte

I liked trying on her equipment – Matthew

I liked when Matthew got handcuffed – Alfie

I liked when PC Aitken got the spray out – Ava D.

I liked when we got to ask the questions – Allan

I liked it when she tied my legs up – Lyle

I am really sad because I didn’t get to see her – Poppy

I liked when she showed us what she wears – Quinn

I liked the colours of her uniform – Harper

I liked her putting me in straps – Shaun

I liked getting to see her – Rhys

I liked when she put on the PowerPoint – Ellie

I liked it when she put straps on Lyle – Harry

It was fun! – Ava G.

We really appreciated PC Aitken taking time out of her busy day to come and speak to us.

Here’s a round-up of what we have been getting up to in Primary 2/3 this week.

In literacy this week P2 have been learning the ‘a-e’ sound as in ‘make’ and P3 have been learning the ‘ey’ sound as in ‘they’. We have also been learning how to write the middle of a story.

In numeracy we have been learning to recognise a half and have been developing our understanding on symmetry.

We have been continuing to practise our gymnastics skills on all of the apparatus in the gym hall. We are getting much better at teddy bear rolls!

We have started to learn about the skeleton as part of our ‘My Body’ topic.

We had lots of fun at our John Muir Outdoor Learning day on Wednesday. It was lovely to see so many family members join our children and take part in all the different activities.

Well done to Ava D. who was the winner of a Ruby Reward ticket and chose Layla to sit with her at the Ruby Reward table today.

P2/3 have had a great start to term 4 after a lovely Easter break.

In literacy this week P2 have been learning the ‘o-e’ sound as in ‘home’ and P3 have been learning the ‘ea’ sound as in ‘break’. We have also been learning how to write the beginning of a story.

In numeracy we have been learning about tally marks, pictograms and bar graphs. We have been carrying out class surveys and recording our results in different ways.

We were so excited to get to practise our gymnastics skills on all of the apparatus in the gym hall this week. We even got to use the climbing bars and the ropes!

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

Before the holidays we entered the ‘If you were an engineer’ Leaders Award Competition organised by the STEM committee group. This week we found out that Shaun has won the competition for his stage and will be heading to a ceremony at Prestwick Airport next month.

Congratulations Shaun, what a fantastic achievement!

Well done to Lyle who was the winner of a Ruby Reward ticket and chose Allan to sit with him at the Ruby Reward table.

It’s hard to believe that today is the last day of term 3!

The boys and girls came up with some great imaginative ideas when decorating their eggs for the Easter egg competition this afternoon.

Well done to Matthew who was chosen as the P2 winner for his super egg which he decorated as the Gruffalo.

Charlotte was the winner of a Ruby Reward ticket today and chose Ava G. to sit with her at the Ruby Reward table. Well done Charlotte!

We had an Easter egg hunt in the playground this afternoon and also said goodbye to Miss Love who finished her placement with us today. We are going to miss her after the holidays!

Have a lovely Easter holiday!

In maths this week we have been learning about the link between multiplication and division.

In literacy, the P3’s have been consolidating the soft c sound and the P2’s have been learning the ‘i_e’ sound as in time.

In gymnastic this week we have been learning how to do a log, egg and teddy bear roll. We need lots of practise at teddy bear rolls as they are really tricky!

We have been learning about how important it is to wash our hands properly. Miss Love did a fun experiment with us to show us how soap breaks down germs.

We have all been engineers and have entered the ‘If you were and engineer’ Leaders Award Competition organised by the STEM committee group. We had to come up with a problem and then design an invention to help with this problem. We also had to write a letter to engineers to persuade them to build our invention. We worked so hard on our entries!

We have been learning some new French vocabulary with Miss Love. We have been learning to say how old we are and to say where we live in French.

Lyle was chosen by Blair in Primary 1 to sit at the Ruby Reward table today.

Have a great weekend everyone!