In P2 we take part in a range of morning activities to practise a variety of literacy and numeracy skills. The boys and girls can choose from individual or partner activities to warm up their brains ready for learning.

One of our speedy skills jobs has been writing different words that start with d and b.

We have been learning about ay, ai and a_e sounds.  The boys and girls have thought up lots of their own examples.

“I made the alphabet using the cubes”.

We have been making 2 digit numbers using tens and units.

Here are some of our number bonds to 10 using numicon.

We have been using cubes to explore number families to 20.

We have been learning all about different houses and homes as part of our IDL. At the start of term we discussed what we would like to find out about. We decided to set up our role play area as an estate agents. The boys and girls have had lots of fun taking customers notes and finding them a house that suits them.

We have learned about lots of different houses around the world and why people would live in them e.g. igloos for warmth.

We have also been looking at maps and directions. Using a map of our local area has helped us identify important landmarks in Newton Mearns.

There have been lots of opportunities for building new skills, such as working as a team and solving problems. We have worked together to make houses for the 3 little pigs, discussing what materials would work the best.

We have had lots of fun using different play provocations to make a variety of houses.

P2B have really enjoyed taking part in our whole school Maths week. We have learned lots of new things and explored our exciting new maths trolley.

We took part in indoor and outdoor activities linked to our numeracy learning. We have explored different ways to make 20 using counters, rek and reks, cubes and numicon.

“I was trying to make 20 in lots of different ways”.

“We were using beads to make calculations to 20”.

Our outdoor area was a great place to investigate concepts, such as capacity, measure and ordering numbers.

“I used measuring sticks to see how long the pipes were”.

“We used pegs to see what side was heavier, one side went down”.

There were lots of opportunties for indoor exploration as well. We used geoboards to make pictures using different shapes, numicon to practise counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s and lots more.

“I made a teepee with a triangle”.

“We were making buildings to 100”.

We are looking forward to using these new resources throughout our numeracy.