P2b 25-26

P2b were extremely excited to share their learning with their families this week, when they visited the class on our open afternoons on Wednesday and Thursday. The children were able to discuss their learning with Mrs Dougall on environmental issues and engage with a variety of activities based on this week’s book study of ‘Jim and the Beanstalk’. We had great fun and love to immerse ourselves in creative tasks.

We loved receiving our ‘Read, Write and Count’ bags this week and has a super time exploring the excellent books and activities included. Everyone always looks forward to this amazing gift that encourages interest and engagement in reading, writing and mathematics.

We have been busy investigating standard and non-standard measurement of length and height and have used a variety of materials to do this with. It has been excellent to learn and apply our knowledge of centimetres and metres by measuring objects and areas of our environment.

As part of our P.E. learning in term 1, we have really enjoyed developing our gymnastics skills and challenging ourselves to sequence a number of movements together. P.E. is a highlight of our learning week and we love our gym time!

We are very grateful for the super response we have had from parents/grandparents who have sent in equipment and objects they used from different decades. The children have loved investigating these and we have had some fascinating discussions about how technology has progressed over the years. Please continue to surprise us with the fantastic array of  these you might have stored in your lofts or cupboards, it is very much appreciated!

Primary 2 are very lucky to have a number of S6 students from Eastwood High Language department teaching them Spanish on Monday afternoons through the month of November. We were delighted to have the opportunity to learn more about Spanish culture and the language in a very active and engaging session and are really looking forward to next weeks lesson already 🙂

We love P.E. and sports in P2b and couldn’t wait to try out our new muga court in our school grounds. It was the perfect size for playing our possession games and we had so much fun testing out the new surface, even though it was a bit wet!

This was P2b’s first ever Crookfur Colour Run experience and we had the best time ever! We were very lucky to have our P7 buddies to help and encourage us to run our best laps around the school. Excitement levels were extremely high before we took our turn, but as you can see below, it didn’t disappoint and we could have kept going until the bell. What a wonderful opportunity to bond as a class and support our friends as they had their turn too 🙂

We really enjoyed taking part in this year’s Maths Week Scotland. The theme was ‘Wild Maths’, and we were able to take our learning of measurement (length), symmetry, shape and repeating patterns outdoors to explore how nature provides us with the best examples of most mathematical concepts. We loved working collaboratively in partnership to complete our Wild Maths scavenger hunt in our Woodlands area and managed to find everything on our list!

We had a brilliant time tasting a variety of Spanish foods including bread, cheese, olives, tortilla, salsa, olive oil and citrus fruits. Everyone demonstrated their adventurous spirit in trying foods they hadn’t tasted before. We discussed the benefits of following a mediterranean diet, including healthy oils and had very definite opinions after our olive oil bread dipping! P2b are proving their excellent ability to engage in new experiences 🙂