Primary 2/2 have been learning all about water in science.
Today we were learning that water turns from a liquid to a solid when it freezes below 0°C and we call this ice!
We explored the different things that we can do with ice and we used ice painting to create fantastic pictures. 
Primary 2/2 had a great day learning all about children in need. They did fantastic Pudsey Bear imaginative writing and made Pudsey Bear headbands.
Some of us used cubes and counters to measure the lengths of different lines. We also measured how tall we each were and stood in a line in order of height! 
Today, we had lots of fun following a map to find stars hidden round the outdoor area. When we found a star we labelled that section of our map. We have been learning that a good map is a map that is labelled clearly. When we got back to class we added any finishing touches to our map.
We listened carefully to the story “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” and took notes on our whiteboard about the places the characters passed on their bear hunt. We used our notes to create a map. Check out our fantastic maps below.
Today we used our 5 senses to write firework poems. We then used printing to create wonderful pictures. Have a look at our amazing work. 
Literacy-
We have been learning about the alphabet. We have been playing matching games to help us learn what each capital and lowercase letter looks like. We will continue to explore letters and will practice our letter formation.
As we are now in Primary 2 we get spelling homework. In class we do lots of Active Spelling to help us learn how to spell words. Some boys and girls were using magnetic letters to spell words.
‘ch’ was one of our spelling rules so the children were challenged to write ‘ch’ words and our tricky words with chalk.
Muddy movers has been one of our favourite activities since returning to school. It is lots of fun, plus it helps us develop our gross motor skills which in turn improves our fine motor skills such as our pencil grip. We have been learning to work together to build obstacle courses and risk assess to ensure we can all cross the obstacle course safely.
Check out some of the pictures below. We were learning to keep our balance so it is important to….
Oran- “stand up tall”
Mollie- “hold our arms out”
Georgia- “face forwards”
Primary 2 have had a busy few weeks learning lots of new skills and having fun!
Our Local Area-
We have been learning about Our Local Area using different types of maps. We used Google Maps to find our house and discussed the different types of houses we live in including detached, semi-detached, terraced, flats, cottage flats and bungalows.
The boys and girls worked in small groups to explore a paper map of Barrhead where they identified their street and were able to find the train station, primary schools and community buildings.
Primary two have had so much fun learning about houses and homes we created an Estate Agents. The children used their literacy skills and their prior learning to make For Sale posters.
We have all enjoyed our first few weeks back in Primary 2/2. We have loved seeing each other again and getting back into our classroom routine.
We have been busy exploring our new classroom! We have lots of fantastic resources in our room and enjoy using them to build, create and learn.
We read a book called the Colour Monster and explored all the different emotions we were all feeling. We made fantastic monsters using collage.
We created our class charter and learned about our rights. We used our handprints and joined them together to make large flowers.
Have a look at some of the work we have created so far!
