Hello everyone!

This week in numeracy we were learning a range of skills. Some groups were learning place value and really enjoyed applying their knowledge to create numbers in different ways! The pupils had to roll a dice to create the number by placing one in the tens column and the other in the units. They then applied their knowledge to create the number in four different ways!

Some of us were also investigating counting beads for the first time to aid with subtraction. This is now a helpful resource children can choose to use during numeracy!

We also were learning about the importance of clans in Scotland. The children were able to say ‘Yes Success!’ when displaying their knowledge of clans during drama. Children created a short story of presenting their clan name, the name of their chief and what the clans values were.

We then moved onto creating our very own clan tag! Children discussed the importance of a clans tartan (one way to identify a clan) and created their very own! They also worked very hard on designing their own clan tag, where they had to create a name and draw a picture of what they value the most. We had lots of creative ideas for names ranging from Scottish cities, P2A and surnames!

We are all very excited to make our completed clan tags with the tartan backdrop!

Thank you for a great week P2A. Enjoy the weekend and see you all on Monday 🙂

Welcome back!

It was so lovely to see everyone after the holidays. I am very impressed with how quickly we have jumped back into school mode! It has been lovely hearing about all the adventures and different activities we were up to during the holidays. It sounds like a lovely time for everyone.

This week, we focussed on what our favourite memories of 2023 were. The children were excellent at reflecting back on the year they had and choosing their favourite parts! A couple even had too much to choose from!

In P.E we decided to play a team building game and learnt how to play rounders. We had lots of fun running around keeping ourselves warm in the winter cold.

In science, we were learning about atoms, solids and liquids. The children discovered that everything is made up of atoms, therefore, they challenged themselves to make a whole class Scotland flag as it is related to our topic! I was very impressed.

The children were very good at sorting different objects into the categories of either liquid or solid. To finish off the lesson, we created different pictures made up of atoms. The task was to draw a picture and use atoms (small circles/dots) to colour it in. I loved the creativity of pupils using their hand for their drawing as they were amazed that they were also made up of atoms.

Thank you for a great week Primary 2A, have a lovely weekend 🙂