Week beginning 28th January 2019

 

Whole School Homework

This week’s whole school homework has a Health and Wellbeing focus.  Many of the activities below are self explanatory.

Click the links below for more information about SHANARRI and Rights of the Child.

SHANARRI

Rights of the Child

St. Luke’s Sport Leaders

This week is our last session with the St. Luke’s Sports Leaders. We have really enjoyed the activities they have been planning for us.  Miss Mckay has also learned some new games!

Scottish Assembly

Well done to all our volunteers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday Activities

Burn’s Day

The lunch hall will be serving a Burn’s Day menu in the 24th January. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scottish themed Friday Afternoon

Activities including –

Making our own tartans using a paper weaving technique

Creating a thistle using collage technique

Steven Brown inspired highland cows focusing on colour and line techniques

Scottish Assembly  – 30th January 2019

Following a request by pupils, on Wednesday some pupils will be sharing some Scottish dance, poetry and music at assembly.  If you would like to attend this assembly it will begin at 2pm.

Many pupils in Primary 2B have volunteered to sing a song. They will be singing Katie Bairdie

See the link below should they wish to practise at home  https://soundcloud.com/scottishbooktrust/4-katie-bairdie

This week, pupils have also written their own versions of Katie Bairdie.

 

 

Week Beginning 21st January 2019

Whole School Homework – First Minister’s Reading Challenge

This week the whole school homework focuses on the First Minister’s Reading Challenge. The blue booklets were handed out in Aug/Sept and should be updated regularly. This week they will go home to be updated with any recent books completed.  These books should be returned to school by Friday.

There is also some suggestions of way to engage your child in reading out side of school. 

 

 

 

 

Read, Write, Count Primary 2 bags

In November Primary 2 visited the Foundry, where they received yellow bags with 3 reading books, numeracy games and a note pad.

Please let us know what you thought by filling out the Parent survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PXCWGJ2

The prize draw for parents is a personal Read Write Count GOODIE BAG filled with books, games and activities for all the family to enjoy.

The deadline to complete this is Monday 4 March 2019.

Atrium  

In the atrium this week we provided opportunities to explore natural resources as well as using sand, water and construction materials. Over the next few weeks we hope to rebuild our loose part materials collection. We will be looking for all sorts so look out for a letter for Mrs Carwood.

Physical Education 

As we progress through our gymnastics focus in PE we have been working on rolls.  This week we have been working on different rolls including forward rolls.

Early Bird Club

Have you heard about St. Mark’s awesome Early Bird club?

The FREE Early Bird Club runs every morning from 8.00 am until the start of school, 8.45 am.

The Early Bird Club is a great way to start the school day, where the children have the opportunity to do a range of activities such as

  • musical instruments
  • board games
  • art materials
  • chromebooks
  • homework support (good chance to use free school Wifi)
  • physical activities, etc.

The club is completely free and open to everyone and you can even have some breakfast.

It super easy to come along, enter through the gym hall door, sign in and then join in the fun. If you would like more information contact the school office.

Week beginning 14th January 2019

This week we started our block with St. Luke’s Sports Leaders.

Whole School Homework

This week’s optional whole school homework is a creative competition. If you are interested in taking part see the link below.

Creative Competition Flyer 2019

The competition is part of the Show Racism the Red Card campaign and encourages all participants to demonstrate an anti-racism message.  If you would like to take part and require any art materials please let Miss McKay know. The school will submit the entries together and therefore they should be returned by Friday.

Living Things

Pupils have been identifying living things and sprting these into catergories of their own choice. We used our ABC of talk to discuss our ideas. Animals we find in school provided a particularly interesting debate, thankfully we were all in agreement we don’t see sharks in the playground!

John the Baptist

We were delighted to be visited by Margaret Mary on Monday. She shared the bible story of Jesus’s baptism and talked with us about John the Baptist.

Week Beginning 7th January 2019

Welcome back  to Term 2! I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break.  Check out what we will be doing this term on the P2B information page.

This week we are working on getting back into routine at school.  A new homework jotter was handed out with a new homework overview and pupils logins for Education City and Sumdog.

Pupils also have a planning sheet to talk to their families about our topics this term: Weather, Farming and Fairtrade!  When planning a topic, pupils share their knowledge and ideas to ensure we provide learning opportunities which target their interests. By discussing these at home first we will be able to have a really engaging discussion in class.

Pupils Leading Learning planning sheet

We will continue to have PE on a Wednesday and Friday and I would encourage pupils to bring their kits back in as soon as possible. Remember we love PE and don’t like to miss it, so even if it’s wet or cold we try to get outside. Therefore it’s important to have suitable outdoor clothing for PE in the MUGA on a Friday.

St. Luke’s Sports Leaders will be working with Primary 2B on Monday 14th, 21st and the 28th January. 

This week we also started working on Fractions and Money.

For Golden time this week, pupils could

  • play Science Games about living and non living things on Education City
  • make and decorate crowns to mark Epiphany (6th January 2019)

Term 2 Homework

P2b Homework – January to March

Pupils should complete their homework each night and hand it in the following morning. It should be signed by an adult.

Homework should take around 20 minutes each night. If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Monday

  • Spelling – write words out three times then write 2 sentences.
  • Reading – Practise word wall

Tuesday

Wednesday

  • Spelling – write words out three times then write 2 sentences.
  • Reading – Practise word wall

Thursday

 

Whole School Homework

In addition to Literacy and Numeracy Homework there will be opportunities throughout the term to take part in the Whole School Homework.  This homework will relate to National, Local and School events such as First Ministers Reading Challenge and Fairtrade Fortnight.

 

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