Primary 2/3 have been very busy recently. Here is a wee taster of what we have been up to!
Literacy
Reading
We have been working very hard on our reading skills. We get a chance every day to practise our fluency by reading aloud in small groups or in pairs.
We have been especially focused on developing our comprehension skills and we are becoming very clever ‘reading detectives’. We are able to answer different kinds of questions about a text and show how we found the answer. We can ‘find it, prove it and talk about it’!
Phonics and Spelling
We are making great progress in our phonics. Learning about how letters work together to make sounds helps us with our reading and writing.
A big focus has been ‘magic e’ and how it changes the vowel sound.
Writing
We have been learning how to write a recount of events. We explored and identified the features of a recount text then we had a go at writing our own recounts.
Talking and Listening
We use our talking and listening skills all the time but we have a special focus each week during Check-in/Circle Time. We listen respectfully to each other and we have been able to use our knowledge about recounts to help us to share our news in time order and in greater detail. Excellent!
On Wednesday it was Jamie’s birthday so we sang to her and took turns to ask her some really good questions all about her birthday. Happy birthday Jamie!
Maths and Numeracy
Our learning focus is currently 2D and 3D shapes. We are really enjoying this as we have been outside and all around the school on ‘Shape Hunts’. We were amazed to notice how surrounded we are by a huge variety of shapes. ( No pics- sorry, we were too busy!)
We have been using various resources to sort and identify 2D shapes, exploring their properties.
We are proud of some of the designs we have created.
Health and Wellbeing
Recently we have been learning about healthy lifestyles. We have been talking about nutrition and healthy and less healthy food choices. We had the chance to taste a variety of fruits and talked about our likes and dislikes.
In PE we have begun a block of Athletics, to get us ready for Sports Day later in the month. So far we have worked on relays , sprinting and hurdles.
We have also been recording our active travel to school every day on the ‘Living Streets Travel Tracker’. We are very excited to report that our class is currently winning in the school league table!
Expressive Arts/ IDL
We have been looking at how the world around us changes during Springtime and investigating the processes of nature. We explored our own school grounds and the Knowe Garden next door. We recorded what we saw and heard and wrote a recount of our walk.
Look at our cheerful daffodils!
We also learned about the Brazilian artist Romero Britto, whose sculpture is in the playground at Dumfries House.
We created lovely hearts inspired by his work, using oil pastels.
RE
During the Month of May we will learn about Mary, Mother of Jesus. We have already begun creating a May altar at our sacred table by making some lovely flower bouquets.
Open Afternoon
This week we were delighted to be joined in class by a number of parents and carers. We loved showing off all our fantastic work. Thank you so much to those who could make it!
We hope you have enjoyed our snapshot of life in P2/3!
