January 25, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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This week’s Grammar lesson was on alphabetical order, so we decided to create our own alphabet to display on our Literacy and English wall. Everyone was given a piece of card with a letter on it and through the use … Continue reading
January 25, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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Over the last few weeks, we have been celebrating the Baptism of Jesus by his cousin John the Baptism in the River Jordan. This has lead into a discussion about our own baptisms when we are welcomed into Jesus’ family … Continue reading
January 22, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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Please note the following instructions regarding Adverse Weather: Adverse Weather In the past, we have had severe disruption as a result of bad weather around this time last year. In the event of a similar situation arising this winter we … Continue reading
January 22, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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This week the whole school homework will be focusing on the First Minister’s Reading Challenge. The blue booklets were handed out in Aug/Sept and Primary 2 should find their booklets in their orange homework folders. This week’s whole school homework … Continue reading
January 22, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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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 of these bags by filling out the Parental survey at the following … Continue reading
January 16, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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Following on from our Living/Non-living lesson, we decided to sort animals into categories. We had to decide on the best categories to represent our animal. First, we sorted them into the categories Water, Flying and Land but then we decided … Continue reading
January 15, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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Just a little reminder that St Mark’s Primary runs a FREE Early Bird Club 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 … Continue reading
January 14, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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This week’s whole school homework focuses on the Show Racism the Red Card campaign. In Primary 2, we have had a general discussing in class about ‘everyone being different and everyone being special’ but if you would like to discuss this more … Continue reading
January 11, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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In Numeracy and Mathematics this week, some of the children have been learning about Fraction. We have learning about the relationship between wholes and halves, and that two halves make a whole. We have then applied this knowledge to quarters … Continue reading
January 11, 2019
by Mr McKenna
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Ahead of our topic (Farming, Weather and Fairtrade) we have been doing some science work. We have been discussing what it means to be living and what characteristics do living things have in common.
