Author: Miss McFlynn

Primary 2b have had a very busy week this. We have introduced some new areas to our classroom which the pupils have loved using. We now have a home corner and a ‘den’ in the class for everyone to use.

 

Primary 2b started learning about healthy and unhealthy foods this week. We sorted food and drink into healthy and unhealthy categories and we even tasted some healthy fruit and vegetables. We then voted for our favourite. Blueberries were the winner!

We also learned some more about forces this week during science. There was lots of independent learning happening during this time. We built ramps and tested what effect different surfaces would have on the motion of the toy cars. We also explored with bubble ain’t to investigate what force we would need to use to create the bubbles.

P2b were very busy on Halloween. We had lots of fun during maths taking part in different Halloween themed activities.

 

We have been working on measuring and practicing our number bonds.

Next Tuesday we are hoping to go outside and take part in some art activities. Could all pupils please bring appropriate clothing and footwear into school e.g. long joggies, t-shirt, jumper and warm jacket, wellies/trainers that are allowed to get muddy. Can this be brought in for Tuesday 5th.

Thanks, Miss McFlynn 🙂

Today we visited the Science Centre with P2a. We had an amazing day out and learned lots of new exciting things whilst also developing our exsiting skills and knowledge. All of P2b showed fantastic listening and talking skills throughout the day and represented St. Mark’s brilliantly.

This term we have been learning about Forces in science. At the science centre we took part in a ‘Fun with Forces’ workshop. We learned about the forces ‘push’ and ‘pull’ and sorted toys into each category. We also discuses magnetism and investigated which materials were magnetic and non magnetic. Lastly during the workshop we spoke about gravity and we even got the chance to launch our own rockets! Check out us in action!

After the workshop we had time to explore the three floors of the Science Mall. We had the opportunity to interact with hundreds of different exhibits based on a different topics in science. We loved exploring the body works floor and learning about our heart rate, DNA, organs and much more!

We also loved letting our imaginations run wild at the big explorer area where we had the opportunity to build, be pirates and explore with water.

We had great fun learning about different types of energy, electricity, gases and materials. It was an amazing day had by all and we can’t wait for the opportunity to visit again!

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Over the past few weeks we have been learning about ‘The Past’. This week for homework as it is a short week the boys and girls have been asked to find out about the history of their family. All pupils should then create a simple family tree to show their findings. All pupils have been given a blank sheet of paper to complete their family tree. Pupils do not need to use this paper, they can be as creative as they wish and create their own format using paper or digital technologies. This could simply be a labelled picture of their family. Some examples can be found below:

There will be no numeracy homework to complete this week, however, pupils can still access sumdog or education city at home if they wish.

REMINDER: 

All Science Centre consent forms need to be handed in by tomorrow.

Primary 2b would like to wish Sienna a massive happy birthday today! We hope you have a fantastic night at gravity. We can’t wait to hear all about it!

Misss McFlynn 🙂

Below is homework guidance for this week:

P2b Homework guidance 2019

Spelling list this week is number 6 ‘ar’. Children should choose 6 words from the list to practice over the course of the week.

Numeracy homework has been assigned on Education City. All children have their log in details in their homework folders.

Thank you to all those who came to our Macmillan Coffee Afternoon today! We have so far raised a total of £171 with more to be added tomorrow.

All pupils have now been issued with a consent form for our P2 trip to the Science Centre on the 25th October. Please fill in the form and return it to school as soon as you can. 

Primary 2b will be celebrating Maths Week Scotland this week through a variety of different areas of the curriculum.

Pupils can get involved at home by exploring how numeracy skills are used every day.

Perhaps they could help by making dinner – weighing ingredients, measuring volume and time, chopping vegetable into appropriate shapes and measurements, applying knowledge of time to know when dinner will be ready.

There is also a national Sumdog competition running this whole week. All pupils have been entered into the competition and will be taking part at different points this week. Pupils can also participate in this at home and so numeracy homework this week should be completed on Sumdog. All pupils have their log ins in the front of their homework jotters.