P2b 25-26

We love to explore the world of books and storytelling in P2b and today was full of sharing our imaginations and creativity. The ‘Story in a box/jar’ competition entries were fantastic and the children had a very sociable and fun time together looking at these together in class and taking part in the school book swap.

Our ‘Snap a story’ scene was the popular book, ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’ and we re-created our own tea with a tiger to celebrate this.

Thank you to the lovely people who sent in fantastic resources from home to use in our ‘Under the Sea’ topic, it has been much appreciated!

We loved finding out more about what seashells are made of and distinguishing different types using our magnifying glasses and matching these to our description charts.

This inspired us to paint our own vibrant seashells to add to our wall display.

We have been working hard to research our chosen sea creature and write our individual fact files using this information. This has been a brilliant opportunity to practise using a variety of books and digital media to source key information to use in our writing.

The children are growing in confidence and in their understanding that using technology carefully can enhance their knowledge of what they are learning.

We were so lucky to have P7c visit our class to share their fantastic interactive storybooks. The children in P2b were very impressed and inspired by the creativity and detail in all of the stories and loved the opportunity to spend time with senior pupils in the school.

Take a look at these excellent handmade books and their performances.

World Thinking Day is celebrating its centenary this year! The theme for 2026 is friendship and this follows on from last years spotlight on ‘Our story’. As part of a 4 year plan, 2027 will focus on ‘ Our people’ and finally ‘Our future’ in 2028.

This day at Crookfur is always a joyful one, where pupils can share their commitment to improving the environment and making a difference to others through friendship and sharing their talents and skills. Here are some of P2’s proud Rainbows and Beavers!

Over the past few months, we have been familiarising ourselves with using the school ipads as a tool for learning. The children are steadily building their confidence in identifying and using a variety of literacy and numeracy apps and exploring search engines. We are currently focused on developing our creativity and skills in building code through programmes such as Scratch Jr. They loved making their own ‘Under the Sea’ project on Scratch, where they could programme sound and movement to their Scratch sprites.

We have been learning about good dental hygiene and how to protect our teeth from decay in our health lessons. The children have been very enthusiastic when practising their toothbrushing technique in class every day. We have shared our knowledge and routines from home and have shown so much engagement in creating a class culture of taking care of our teeth, long may it continue!

We have decided to explore life under the sea as apart of our I.D.L learning this term, and have generated wonderful questions to guide our curiosity and expand our knowledge of the natural world. To begin with, we learned about the different zones; their depth, access to light and the sea creatures and plant life that thrive there. Then, we worked brilliantly in collaboration with each other to paint our wall display background. Take a look at our efforts!

We have been busy practising ordering our alphabet and using this to spell new vocabulary with it. Working with a partner enables us to have important discussions about identifying sounds, placing letters correctly and thinking about how words are made.