Author: Mrs Ferguson

Primary 2 have been busy this term learning about who is in our community and how we can make a positive change to the lives of residents at Whitecraigs Care Home.  We designed and painted plant pots using pattern and colour, as well as designing golf balls as bright insects to make the care home Dementia garden a more calm and brightly coloured place to relax.  We were visited by nurses from Whitecraigs Care Home to sensitively learn about Dementia and how our body and mind can change as we get older.  There were lots of very good questions asked to the nurses which helped us to understand the potential thoughts, feelings, likes and dislikes of someone with Dementia.

Best of all, we walked allllllllllll the way from Crookfur Primary to Whitecraigs Care Home and got to sing songs to the residents, choose where our plant pots were going in the garden and explore the garden area.  It was a very sunny and warm day – we were very lucky!

  

  

  

  

On Monday we had a French assistant called Ben. – James

He taught us how to say happy birthday and our favourite colour in French. – Eleanor

He told us where he lived which was Clermont Ferrand. – Ben

He asked us what our name was in French. – Cara

We could answer the question with Je m’appelle. ________ – Heather

We learned that children wear their own clothes to school in France but we wear a uniform here. – Nathan

Ben told us that children get a longer lunch hour in France and they start school at 8 o’clock and finish at 6 o’clock in the evening. – Jessica

Ben also told us that the school lunches in France are almost the same to the lunches in Scotland because they have a menu to choose from. – Warren

The school lunch menu stays the same every day for the whole week and changes the next week. – Bella

 

This week some of us have been learning to count the corners, faces and edges of 3D shapes. – Harry

Another word for corners is vertices. – Molly

Some 3D shapes are cubes, cylinders, triangular prism, pyramids and spheres. – Bruce

We have been learning about different coins like 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p. – Warren

I know that 5p + 5p = 10p – Kyle

We have been learning to measure in litres to make potions when learning about volume and capacity. – Unnabh

In P.E. we have been doing athletics and learning to throw, jump and run. – Beth

We have been learning to aim to throw beanbags in hoops. – Evan

Our new topic is caring for the community and we are making a colourful garden for the elderly people at the care home. – Lauren

We have been learning Frere Jacques to sing to the elderly. – Lexi

We are going to paint plant pots and plant flowers at the care home. – Sam

In P.E. we have been learning how to play football. – Cara

We have been learning how to dribble the ball. – Bella

One of the other skills we have been practising is the Ronaldo Chop. This is when you have to trick the other players.  – James

In the Ronaldo Chop you have to kick the ball with your heel behind you. – Bruce

We also learned how to drop the ball and kick it with your thigh. – Evan

We have been learning how to shoot. We learned that we have to kick with the side of our foot. – Luca Fr

We played a football match against another team. – Tia

The class have been learning to work in a team. – Jessica

P2 would like to thank Ian our football coach for teaching us how to play football.

We are looking forward to our football tournament in Barrhead very soon.

 

Primary 2 have started a new Healthy and Well-being topic on healthy eating and nutrition. The boys and girls have shared their learning with you below…

We can have some foods that are not healthy but not all the time. – Elle

There are 5 food groups. One of them is called fruit and vegetables. – Ben

You should have lots of vegetables like carrots and you can have just some fatty foods like butter. – Tia

Another food group is oils and spreads. – Bruce

You can have some fish or meat. This is in the protein group. – Evan

We can also have some carbohydrates like bread and cereal. – Leaah

We should have just a little bit of dairy every day. This is milk, cheese and yoghurt. – Warren

It is important to have a balanced diet. – Heather and Evan

 

 

A huge well done to Primary 2a who participated in our Scotland assembly this morning – you were all fabulous!

The children have really engaged with our Social Studies topic on a historic individual and places within Scotland, learning about the life of Robert Burns and using non-fiction texts and videos to learn facts about Scotland.

The children are looking forward to showing you their Scotland leaflets which shows their learning about the Scotland flag, cities within Scotland and demonstrates their note-taking skills.

In Art and Technologies they have also created a Burns collage using different materials and 3D models of bagpipes which the children were keen to take home to show you today.

Primary 2a have learned so much throughout this topic already and I would like to thank all of our visitors who attended our assembly this morning. We very much hope you enjoyed!

 

 

 

 

Here are a  few pictures from this morning’s assembly.

Have a good weekend and I look forward to seeing many of you next Thursday (1st Feb) at our Open Afternoon.

 

Miss Murchie

 

 

 

 

 

In maths we have been doing tens and units. – James

We can count in tens with the tens rods. – Lexi

We were playing the Ben Ten game with the tens and units. – Luca Fr

The Squares group have been learning about money in maths – Bella

We were learning about different coins. – Jessica

We have been learning to add money using different coins. – Harry

This week the circles group were adding to get to 11. – Dylan

We were counting in order using number lines and cubes to get to 11. – Warren

In gym we have been practising balancing, throwing and dribbling. – Molly

We have been learning how to do an over-head throw. – Jessica

We were learning how to do an under-arm throw. – Luca Fr

We were learning how to bounce pass. – Ben

For a bounce pass you have to throw the ball just past the middle between you and your partner. – Harry

For dribbling we had to use the inside of our feet and pass between our feet to get to the other side. – Sam

With Mrs McGregor we have been practising our balancing skills by taking part in different activity stations. – Bruce

In writing we have been using the words First, Next, Then, After that and Finally to help put our sentences in order. – Cara

We have been learning about our senses in our topic work. If you need help and you are blind then you can have a guide dog. – Eleanor

We have now finished our senses topic so we were making our own posters and games about all our learning on senses. – Molly

We have been learning about senses as our class topic. – Leaah

One of the senses is smelling. You can smell something which is sweet, sour or spicy. – James

We have also learned that you use your tongue to taste. – Unnabh

We can use our ears to hear and if the noise is too loud your ear drum can burst. – Evan

You use your eyes to see stuff to see where you are going like going across the road. – Lexi

If you are blind, you cannot see. A guide dog could help you. – Tia

You can touch some things to see if they are hard or soft and sometimes things can be both hard and squishy. – Bella

This week we have been writing stories using our imagination about a boy and his rocket. – Harry

In P.E. this week we had the mats out and we were balancing using different body parts. – Warren

You had to look at something that wasn’t moving to keep your body straight. – Luca Franchi

You had to stay still. – Evan