We have been so awesome! Our achievements range from cooking and crocheting to having the confidence to stand up for ourselves. We have been working hard in class and have been doing lots of cools things outwith school like learning how to do backflips on trampolines.

This month we did lots of work all about fireworks as it was November. We learned how to write acrostic poems about fireworks. Edie said “I had to use lots of wow words in my poem.” Yousaf said “An acrostic poem is when you think of a word and write it down the side and every line starts with a letter from the word.” We also learned how to use colour to make our firework picture eye-catching! Leah said “I used a lot of bright colours to make my picture stand out!” PC McDowall also vistied us to teach us about being safe on Bonfire Night. We decided to write her a thank you letter because we have been learning how to write letters. Katie said “I learned that you have to write your address at the top right corner.” Ella added “You have to write yours sincerely at the end.” Neve said “Or sometimes you write yours faithfully.” We have been so busy this month and we have learned lots!

We have been superstars in P2b again! This month, we have had a football coach visiting us during P.E and this has helped us to learn lots of new football skills like saving goals and controlling the ball with our bodies.
Both inside and outside of school we have been learning lots of gymnastic skills like how to safely do cartwheels, backflips, hand stands and forward rolls.
Our Christmas show is coming up and we have all been working hard to learn our lines, songs and dance moves. We can’t wait to perform it!

We have been doing lots of fantastic things this month to become awesome achievers. Outside school we have been developing our swimming skills by learning how to do backstroke, use a swimming ring and even how to do a mushroom float underwater! At school we have been acting responsibly by picking up litter in the playground. In class we have been working hard to finish our tasks on time and use our new word wall to help with Literacy tasks. We have also been developing our confidence by answering questions during whole class activities. At home we have continued to show kindness by helping our brothers and sisters.

In Social Studies, we have been learning about “The Rainforest”. Primary 2b can now name all four layers of the rainforest! Anna said “I know the layers are called the forest floor, the understory, the canopy and the emergent.”

We researched the layers and learned which plants and animals are found in each. Sarah told us “I know which species lives on the forest floor, jaguars!” Harry said “Tapirs live there too!”

We discussed the climate of each layer and discovered that the plants in the understory had much bigger leaves than the canopy and emergent layers. Fraser said “I know that this is because they need bigger leaves to absorb more sunlight to stay alive!”

In ICT we have been learning to use Microsoft Word and we have typed some sentences about the layers. We have been changing the font, the size and the colour. Finlay said “I liked changing the font because I liked to see all of the cool fonts!”

We thought about the animals from the rainforest in Expressive Arts. Neve said “First we made a patterned snake!” Leah added “We made a frog using pointillism.” Ella said “I made an owl with a fluffy texture.”

We are really enjoying learning lots about the Rainforest!

We have been awesome achievers in Primary 2b this month.
At home we are kind, caring and helpful with our younger family members. Outside of school we have been very active by swimming in deep water and riding our bikes without stabilisers. We have been learning lots of new things like how to tie our shoe laces and ties and even how to bake scones.
We really are awesome!