As part of our Mark you Mark passport, we’ve been preparing and trying a simple recipe. We’ve been learning all about Oats. We’ve had a virtual visit to a farm in Stirling and seen the journey from seed to store. So we used Scottish Oats to make flapjacks.
We took turns to pour, weigh, stir, flatten and decorate.
Everyone had a taste and it was a thumbs up all round!
We’ve been working on place value this week. One game involved partners making number using Dienes materials and their partner checking.
P2 were over the moon to be back to school and back in the Forest this week. Together they explored the environment, visited Grandfather tree and set off for an adventure. They were straight to work climbing trees, making ‘concrete’, playing on the rope swing and of course looking for worms.
They work in teams to create, explore and climb, all topped off with a lovely singsong around the camp.
It was great to see how much everyone enjoyed the day and we are looking forward to next week.
Last week we were invited parents in to class to Come Learn with us. We thoroughly enjoyed having our parents in and it’s was great to see pupils talking about their number knowledge with familiar adults.
Maths Week Scotland was a busy week for Primary 2. Each day we’ve had a different challenge to complete and we’ve been thinking about money, shapes and direction.
As part of our homework we found out how our families use mathematics in the everyday.
We wrote stories using number sequence knowledge which prompted interesting conversations about our number knowledge.
The biggest event of the week was the Whole School challenge. Pupils had to work as a group of 4 to build a tower. We worked in random groups using our tally cards to choose groups. We sketched the designs first and then commenced the build.
During the challenge, we had to contribute our ideas and listen to our team, share materials and make compromises.
As part of our friendship topic, we’ve been working with different partners in the class. We’ve learned a clapping rhyme Apples on a Stick.
We have also been learning how to play noughts and crosses. As we play we practise being good winners and losers, turn taking and logical thinking.
On Monday 12th September, we had a visit from Mr McKenna and he taught us how to use our numeracy blueprints. We looked at different numeracy strategies and how we can use these strategies in our everyday.
During the next few weeks we’ll be developing our problem solving strategies. Our first focus is Act out the situation.
For the first lesson, pupils used concrete materials to count and calculate the answer. Through this lesson they demonstrated skills in resilience, independence and creativity.
The boys and girls have loved getting to know their classroom and all its resources over the past few weeks.
We have also been working hard learning new sounds and numbers. This week we have been learning the sounds s, a and t.
