Week Beginning 25th February

Child Led Exploration 

Gymnastics 

This week in PE we have started exploring the different jumps, rolls and movements we can do using the equipment.

 

Music Session with Mrs Duggie

Thank you to all parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles who came along for the session.

Coffee and Chat 26th Feb

Thank you to all the families who came to the Coffee and Chat this afternoon.

Items discussed:

Homework

Whole school homework:  parents liked the whole school homework and felt pupils were engaging well.

Numeracy e-homework: Sumdog and Education City providing a range of interesting and engaging games at pupils level. A reminder to encourage pupils to log in as guest setting does not target skills for pupils. Mr McKenna emphasised that research has shown that at least 30 minutes of Sumdog per week has a beneficial impact on the development of Numeracy and Mathematics skills.

Literacy

Reading for Enjoyment: In P2 we are working on encouraging pupils to read for enjoyment, through trips to the Foundry, exploring different reading materials and improving use of School Library. Parents noted that pupils enjoyed the trip to the Foundry.

Numeracy 

Currently using Strong Maths every day with this term’s focus on Subtraction strategies using visual aids and concrete materials.

Health and Wellbeing

Mrs Hemphill is working with the pupils to develop their knowledge of Food and Nutrition and applying this knowledge to make healthy meals.

Free Flow Playground 

Parents asked about the free flow playground. Primary 2 are encouraged to stay off the muddy areas. Primary 2 are reminded to tell an adult if something upsets them during playtimes.

Communication 

Parents are enjoying accessing the blogs and finding out about what is happening in school.

 

 

Music and families

For their third and final lesson with Mrs Duggie, the children of Primary 2 would like to invite their families to join in with their lesson.

This lesson with take place in the classroom this Thursday 28th  at the times shown below,

P2a   1.30 – 2.00 pm

P2b  2.00 – 2.30 pm

Everyone is welcome, just bring your singing voice!

Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight begins on Monday 25th February and finishes on March 10th.

All pupils have been provided a homework task for this week.

P1 – P3 have a Fairtrade Passport.

The Fairtrade Committee will be presenting at an assembly the following week.

Finally Primary 2 will be hosting a Fairtrade coffee morning on the 8th March at 10am. Everyone is welcome to attend and would be very grateful for any baking on this date.

Thanks

Miss Mckay, P2 and the Fairtrade Committee

 

 

 

Week beginning 18th February 2019

Parent Partnership Film Afternoon

This week we were treated to a Film afternoon. We watched the Highway Rat and enjoyed juice and popcorn. We are really grateful to all the parents who organised this event. Thank you.

World Thinking Day

The 22nd February marks World Thinking day. Many of our pupils wore their Rainbow and Beavers clothing today. The pupils talked enthusiastically about the activities they take part in.  Rainbows starts at age 5 and Beavers can join from age 6 – perfect for Primary 2.

Reading Challenge

Jakson, Ciaran and Eva have been participating in reading challenge this week. They had to read aloud to 20 people. They have been reading to P2 and P7 pupils and in the wider community. They went to the Foundry on Wednesday and on Thursday to Arthurlie Family Centre where they read to the nursery children.  A super example of three Successful Learners and Confident Individuals.

Music with Mrs Duggie

Mrs Duggie was in teaching us about rhythm this week. We can’t wait to share our new songs and games with families next Thursday.

The P2B family session with Mrs Duggie will be happening in our classroom on Thursday 28th February at 2pm.  As this is a family event we would encourage you to come along as there will be great fun and games for all ages.

Coffee and Chat

Remember the coffee and chat is this coming Tuesday afternoon 26th, this is an informal opportunity to come along and here about plans in P2.  A brief update will be added to the blog after for those interested but unable to attend.

Egg Cartons

Primary 2 are looking for cardboard egg cartoons, if you have any please send them in. Thanks.

 

 

Swimming lesssons

We received an email today offering free swimming lessons at the Foundry.

The lessons are for children from ages 5 to 12. You do not need to be in swimming lessons at the moment.

These free lessons will be taught by probationary teachers, hoping to pass their swimming qualification and become qualified swimming instructors and gain employment with ERCLT.

The dates for the lessons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in any days or times, please contact Barrhead Foundry and add the child’s name to the list.

Week beginning 11th February 2019

Science

We are working on the investigating types of water. We investigate melting and freezing today.  We melted ice and used ice to freeze milk. Click the link below if you would like to try this at home, with an adult.

https://learning-resources.sciencemuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Activity-Pack-Instant-Ice-Cream.pdf

Farmer Visit

On Thursday Sheila visited us to tell us about her life as a farmer. We found out she had 80highland cows and over 1000 sheep. We heard how she had a very busy day looking after the animals, keeping them safe and healthy.

Beat the Street

Beat the Street commences on Friday. Pupils will received their fobs on Thursday.

It’s a fun, free game that will see Barrhead and Newton Mearns transformed into a giant game! See how far you can walk, cycle and run in just 6 weeks.

Play the game from 15 February –  29 March and register to win prizes for yourself or join a team to win team leader board prizes.

For more information click the link below

https://beatthestreet.me/barrheadnewtonmearns

Music

Primary 2 will be working with a music specialist on 14th, 21st and 28th Feb. The specialist is going to come in and do 3 sessions with each class on singing games and rhymes.

On the 28th February parents are invited to come along.

P2a  1:30 – 2:10

P2b 2:10 – 2:40

Please note that these times are estimates but it will be in the afternoon.

A letter will follow after the long weekend. 

Thanks

Miss Mckay

Week beginning 4th February 2019

No Whole School homework 

Atrium: Imagination and Collaboration

There was lots of imaginative ideas from a skyscraper with shops and houses to magic wands and candle shops.

Health and Wellbeing 

Today we continued our health and wellbeing focus of Friendship. The focus was the having more than one friend.  After hearing about Twiggle’s Special Day, we worked with a partner and completed a task which involved working together and sharing.

Foundry Visit

On Tuesday we collected our new library books. Our aim is that these library books will encourage children to read for enjoyment. Every child selected their own book. Pupils were encouraged to choose a book for enjoyment which they could confidently read.

The books will be collected in March to return these to the Foundry.

PE

We are working on stretch and strength in PE. We found press ups tricky but two P6 boys kindly offered to demonstrate.

 

 

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