Our current numeracy topic is directions. We have been looking at prepositional language such as up, down, beside, behind and in front of. We have also been playing at the tuff tray where we created a road map for our toy cars to practise moving forwards, backwards and turning.

Primary 2 have been loving this song to help learn their lefts and rights! Here is the link if you want to have a listen and practise at home!

Last week we did many different maths problem solving challenges during our numeracy lessons to celebrate Maths Scotland Week! On Friday, we did the STEM challenge in groups to see which group could build the tallest structure.

A big well done to Minha and Aysha for completing the summer reading competition!

This afternoon we had a surprise visitor from our primary one teacher, Miss McAlpine! We worked on our talking and listening skills through a helicopter story activity. We really enjoyed acting out some of the stories.

This week we are looking at how the Earth impacts the Earth and investigating what causes shadows.

Our new numeracy topic is measurement. We have explored measuring in non-standard and standard units. We have been comparing and ordering objects to see what is longer, taller or shorter. We have been learning how to measure in centimetres and used a ruler to measure classroom objects. We even tried to put ourselves into height order!

The diamonds and the triangles enjoyed working with the numicons as concrete material to support our learning of number bonds to 10.

Today, we looked at the importance of hand washing. We learned all about germs, discussing how small they are and how we cannot see them. We painted our hands to practise washing our hands!

Here are some of our creations during play this afternoon!