What an exciting week we have had this week. Mr Grinling, the Lighthouse Keeper, needed our help. His light stopped working and we had to become electrical engineers to help him. We learned all about electricity, building our own circuits and drawing technical maps.

Mrs Grinling also needed our help. She had heard that we have been learning about the Eatwell Plate, so she asked us to design a healthy lunch for Mr Grinling. We hope she loved our delicious, healthy lunch ideas.

We’ve also been continuing to investigate Place Value. We learned how to partition numbers.

We loved having a shared play with P1/2. Lawson was our Responsible Citizen this week as he took time to help some of the new P1s learn how to use the Chromebooks. What a great helper!

This week we have been continuing to learn about Place Value.  We were learning how to build numbers using base 10 material.

Through our Book study, we wanted to learn about the different parts of a lighthouse.  We were able to label the correct parts then self assess our work using Tickled Pink and Green for Growth.

We also explored and experimented  with watercolours to create our own landscape and lighthouse artwork.  What little artists we have in P2/3!  Look at their beautiful paintings…

We have also been learning about healthy eating through discussing the Eatwell Plate.  We discussed the importance of eating lots of different foods to give our bodies what they need to play, grow and be healthy.  We worked in partners to sort food into the correct categories.

We were all very excited to start learning how to play the ukuleles this week.  We have learned how to hold them correctly and how to strum and pluck them to make different sounds.

We also wanted to say a massive well done to Freddie who completed his 26th mile last night at Dumfries house with his cousin Louis and his mum. Well done Freddie! We are all very proud of you! ⭐️

This week we have been busy getting familiar with our classroom and our new routines.

We have also began our Book Study:  The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.  We thoroughly enjoyed the story and have already begun planning a variety of exciting topics to explore further. We are hoping to make our own miniature lighthouses from junk modelling so please bring any materials to school next week, especially 2L plastic bottles.

We have been learning about place value, exploring digits and their values, as well as practicing reading numbers aloud.  We played a fun game with a partner to see if we could give clues to help them match our numbers.

We have also made a whole school display poster for our school values.  Our class was learning about respect.  We worked together to discuss and sort out different ways we can show respect.

We are just beginning to learn how to use technology to share our work. As part of this new routine, the children are practicing using iPads to take photos of their learning.  Here are a few of this week’s pictures…

Our current PE days this term will be Wednesdays and Thursdays.  Children can bring a change of shoes and shorts in a bag which can stay in school.  Please make sure all items are labelled.

Please ensure all jewellery is removed on these days as well.

Thanks again for your continued support,

Mrs Ferguson

What a wonderful start we’ve had to Primary 2/3. We have been busy this week learning our new routines and worked together to create our Class Charter.

Remember to keep checking the Blog regularly for updates, including our Weekly Roundups.

We are all looking forward to a fantastic year ⭐️

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