I visited P2 and Miss Thorpe this morning to join in their learning and teaching of numeracy.

They were learning to count forwards in 2s.  This is a building block to counting forwards and backwards in 2s to 100 and then understanding that multiplication is repeated addition.

P2 were able to calculate totals by counting groups of 2s using a wide range of manipulatives.

This is how we learn mathematical concepts – we move from using concrete materials through to pictorial representations and then onto abstract thinking.

Concrete materials or manipulatives are used throughout the school to deepen understanding.

Well done P2 – I really enjoyed being in your class.  I’m really proud of how well you are engaged in learning.

Mrs Bradley

What a wonderful afternoon we all had at the Primary 1 & 2 Christmas party!

Primary 2 have been working really hard on their songs for the Christmas Show.  On Wednesday they got to perform and show just how amazing they are, well done everyone.

Primary 2 enjoying Fun 31.

The pupils spent the afternoon engaging in St. Andrew’s day themed activities. They really enjoyed opening up their classroom to all of our visitors.

On Wednesday Miss Kay had Primary 2 for gymnastics. They had great fun exploring different ways to use the equipment.

On Tuesday we were consolidating place value with the support of Miss Kay while Miss Thorpe introduced Addition and Subtraction.  We used interactive videos/songs  and manipulatives to gain understanding of fact families.

Today we were exploring the technique pointillism. We looked at the artist Georges Seurat and the work he created. We used his technique to create our own pine trees,  linking to the story ‘The Little Pine Tree’ from giglets.