Mr Strang from Mains Farm came to visit our class. We were learning how to plant our own potatoes.
Each day we water the tubs to help them to grow.
” We were planting potatoes and we gave them lots of water”. – Erin
” I watered the potatoes with the watering can”. – Ronan
Mr Strang has invited P2 to enjoy a tour of his farm. We are looking forward to learning about the workings of a dairy farm.
Mr Strang (the farmer) brought 3 buckets for us to grow potatoes in.
“Mr Strang put stones in the bottom of the bucket (that had holes in it) so that the water could get out and not get jammed.” Jamie
“There was a big bag of soil and I put it in with my hands.” Grace
“I put a small potato in the bucket and covered it in soil.” Zoe
“When I was watering the watering can was really heavy and some of the water fell out of the tub.” Fern
“I liked it when we put the soil in and watching other people pouring the soil in too.” Isla
“We need to sing to them to help them grow.” Jessica
We will be watering the potatoes everyday, everyone will get a shot. We are learning about how things grow. When you water them every day they will start to grow. We want to make chips, crisps, mashed potato, baked potato and use them for printing in art! – P2.2
“We were learning to do a dance. We did a warm up and cool down at the end”. Murray
“We did dabs in dancing to look cool. It was so much fun!” Sylvie
“At the end , we got to make our own dance moves.” Josh
“You got to try fairtrade food in the dining hall. I tried a top hat and it was yummy.” Albie
“We used pictures of fairtrade food to make a fairtrade sign.” Sylvie
“Farmers get a fair price.” Grace
“The farmers spend the money on sending their children to school.” Andrew
“It was really good fun. I dressed up as the butterfly from Monkey Puzzle. It is my favourite book.” Fern
I have had the opportunity to find out about jobs in my area and am beginning to understand about different types of work and employers.
I can learn about the world of work from visits.
“We have had a visit from a landscape architect.” Alex
“I learned that people like are all different and like different ideas.” Fern
“I learned that there are different shaped schools in the world. One was designed like a circle and had trees growing on the roof.” Isla
“We were visited by a nurse. She taught us about things in our body and bandaged up Albie’s arm.” Zoe
“I didn’t realise there were so many flags used in a football game.” Lauren
“The doctor brought a t-shirt and drew parts of the body on it.” Erin
“The GP bandaged up Charley.” Jessica
Through taking part in a variety of events and activities, I am learning to recognise my own skills and abilities as well as those of others. HWB 1-19a
I know that friendship, caring, sharing, fairness, equality and love are important for building positive relationships. As I develop and value relationships, I care and show respect for myself and others. HWB 1-05a
We were learning about Chinese New Year. We presented at assembly, we sang songs and showed our Chinese dragon.
“We got into pairs and we helped the nursery make dragons and drums.” Ronan
“I was in a group with Calum, Murray and Fern and we had a nursery pupil that was so cute and good at colouring in.” Isla
“We were buddies with the nursery pupils and I liked teaching them.” Zoe
Within and beyond my place of learning I am enjoying daily opportunities to participate activities and sport, making use of available indoor and outdoor space. HWB 1-25a
“We were helping each other push the tray down the hill.” Isla
“We were taking turns and being friends.” Alex
“We were keeping healthy by running up the hill.” Murray
“We were pushing each other down the hill.” Fern
“We had fun going down the hill on our trays.” Jamie
RME 1-06b EXA 1-03a LIT 1-26a
LI – To explain the ways in which another country celebrates special times of the year
LI – To design and create a 3D object
LI – To choose important information and useful words to write a set of instructions and check that it makes sense
“We were learning about Chinese New Year.” Murray
“Red envelopes are sent to children with money inside to give them luck.” Jessica
“Chinese people eat egg rolls that look like gold blocks.” Zoe
“Long ago one big monster came down to China and frightened all the people and animals.” Alex
“You drew a line and then used scissors to cut the line.” Josh
“The teachers stapled the sides to make it 3D.” Lauren
“We folded the paper. We learned about New Year in China and then made the lanterns.” Alex
What a lot of fantastic learning going on in P2.2! The trip to the Science Centre looked very interesting and I can see from the photographs you were learning lots of new things about friction and had lots of fun at the optical illusions!
I loved hearing the class talk about Happy Snappy visiting the class. Well done for using the Easi-Speak and uploading to the blog, a great skill to be learning in P2. It was good to see that you know how to brush your teeth, making sure you brush in circles.
Google Expeditions looked fantastic and I agree with Andrew, the shark looked really real!
Happy New Year!
