WRITING:

Children will continue to work on sentence structure and developing their awareness of punctuation. They will also be learning to identify adjectives and add them into their writing. The children will be looking at making their own Mythical Creatures Fact Files and be able to label some simple drawings.

SPELLING & PHONICS:

Children will continue to recap their initial phonics sounds and diagraphs. They will begin to work on initial consonant blends. Children will be encouraged to use these sounds for writing and reading.

READING:

Children will continue to learn our tricky words by practising their word walls. By reading stories aloud in their reading groups, they will practise using punctuation to make their reading sound natural. They will be encouraged to add expression to bring their stories to life. We will have regular visits to the school library so that pupils can learn to recognise books that they can enjoy reading.

LISTENING & TALKING:

Children will continue to develop their listening skills when listening for information to add to their fact files. They will present their fact files to each other and discuss what they have written about.

NUMERACY:

COUNTING

The children will be looking at splitting numbers into tens and ones within 100 and possibly beyond, focusing on the place value of each number.

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

They will be looking at numbers that come before, after and between other numbers. The will also be working on their addition and subtraction strategies.

MATHEMATICS:

SHAPE

The children will continue to work on their knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes. They will use them to make patterns and look for lines of symmetry within formal and informal shapes.

TIME

The children will also be looking at telling the time. This starts as looking at seasons and months before moving on to looking at clocks and telling the time using digital and analogue clocks.

OUTDOOR PE

Mrs Chalmers will be taking the class for fortnightly PE sessions, working initially on fitness through a variety of games and challenges. Children will learn about the importance of maintaining physical fitness as part of a healthy lifestyle.

INDOOR PE

The children will learn to move around the hall in different ways and directions. They will link movements together to create a sequence to perform to their peers. They will also take part in team games to work on participation as a team.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

In P2 we will be focusing on supporting each other to develop a growth mindset as we settle into our learning.  We will also discuss what feelings are and how we can help each other deal with big emotions. Miss Service will take the class for fortnightly sessions learning about children’s rights as part of our Rights Respecting School accreditation.

MYTHICAL CREATURES

We will be learning all about mythical creatures from Scotland and beyond. This will challenge pupils to evaluate different types of evidence and decide for themselves to what extent it can be trusted. Children will be encouraged to share their views with the class and learn how to listen respectfully to the opinions of their classmates.  We will learn new vocabulary from a variety of different sources and will use it to describe mythical creatures and their features in fact file format. This learning will be supported with short stories and videos of unicorns, mermaids and giants, as well as our class novel The Water Horse.

FORCES

As Christmas approaches we will turn our attention to the work on forces through the topic Santa’s Workshop. With our scientist hats on, we will investigate forces and carry out experiments to learn how toys work.