This week we have enjoyed working together to create a Christmas display for the hall. We chose to make Christmas trees and snowflakes.

For outdoor learning we used our knowledge of symmetry and patterns to create natural pictures. we cut interestingly shaped leaves in half, and using a mirror to help, we drew the other side and copied the patterns. they turned out very cool.

We have been learning about the months of the year. WE are all very good at ordering the months of the year and some of us were using calendars to record information.

We have been learning about being resilient. we made graphs to plot how we felt in different situations. everyone’s graphs were different showing as we all feel things differently. we also made rivers of life to illustrate our up days and down days. Finally we made resilience capes to record different coping strategies for down days.

 

This week we wrote a set of instructions about how to wash your hands properly. We all acted it out to make sure we had the right steps. We are able to identify verbs and number our steps.
In numeracy we have spent time adding 10 to any number within 100 and within 1000 at our own level. We discussed the different language for addition and made up a list of ‘stuck stop’ strategies to help us solve addition problems.

We finished researching for our weather talks and performed them in front of the class. We tried hard to speak in a clear voice and to look at the audience. Well done to everyone for super posters and interesting talks!
In PE we made up gymnastics sequences in a group of 4. We had to perform a repeated pattern. Other groups had to guess what would come next.

Another busy couple of days in Primary 2/3. In literacy we have been learning about exclamation marks. we played fun games to practice when to use them and looked at funny pictures to help us create our own exclamation sentences.

For outdoor learning we created Rangoli patterns with chalk and filled them in with natural resources. we thought about the different shapes we could use, how to make repeated patterns and the types of colours. We all really enjoyed this activity.

We have also been scientists this week. we have been exploring the different states of water (liquid, solid and gas). we took some time to explore the different states and used observation journals to describe their form.

Thank you to all who attended the Newport Christmas Lights Switch on. The children were fabulous and they all had a wonderful time.

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

A very big well done to everyone for their super performance 🎭 at our class assembly! You were all amazing!
We had fun making Paddington Marmalade Sandwiches 🥪 and writing a set of instructions.

It was very cold but we braved the weather and made buildings to withstand tornadoes in Loose Parts Play.
For topic we started to research things we are interested in about our weather topic. We are going to make posters and present individual talks to the class about our chosen topic.
In PE we used rolls, jumps, different types of balances and ways of travelling to make gymnastics  sequences.
For Book Week we were involved in a shared read with a famous author and got to draw the characters.
We were excited for our special grown ups to meet with our teachers to hear about all of our hard work this week.

Today was a very busy day! We loved welcoming so many parents and carers into our shared learning this morning to help us make some Mondrian-inspired Windsocks. We have been learning about the use of vertical and horizontal lines and primary colours which we put to use in our creations. In maths, we continued with capacity and had lots of fun measuring sand and water to make different weights and experimenting with how much different containers could hold. In Literacy we were working on our comprehension skills and read some interesting texts about dragons. We took some time to practice our assembly which we are looking forward to sharing with you on Monday.

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

We have been working hard to practise our class assembly this week. We are using loud clear voices and gaining confidence when being part of a performance. We have helped to plan the props, costumes and what to say.
We made our own weather instruments this week and also learned about tornadoes. We have been exploring our non-fiction topic books. We enjoyed working with P1/2 at Loose Parts.

This week we continued our learning around question marks. We played lots of games which helped us to learn how to ask questions and about different question words. WE also had opportunities to write questions for some very strange pictures. We created bonfire natural art in outdoor learning where we used creativity, problem solving and communication skills. We started looking at capacity of water in math’s. In science we were learning about different states of matter, solids, liquids and gasses and we played some games to help us visualise what atoms might look like in these different states. Art was tricky this week! We made optical illusions, we created waves but only used diagonal ang vertical lines. we used rulers to create the lines, cutting skills and lots of careful following of instructions to create or beautiful art.

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

This week we have started to prepare for our assembly which is all about our new topic- ‘The Weather’. We have been singing, making music, painting, writing poems and acting!
On Tuesday Miss Allan was in class and we did RME and ICT.

 

We have been very busy in Primary 2/3! For outdoor learning we used sticks to make skeletons. We used a picture to help us and tried to get the scale correct. We used lots of skills as well as our maths skills, such as, creativity, problem solving and teamwork.

In literacy we have been continuing to learn about question marks. We played lots of Halloween themed games where you had to ask questions and we wrote down some of the questions we generated.

 

For art we created spooky pictures using shape and colour mixing to create a colour gradient. We are very please with the outcome!

 

For Science we were learning about atoms and how they make up everything. We played a fun game where we pretended to be atoms. We had to join up with others’ and make different objects.

 

We started learning about Yoga in PE. it was very relaxing after a busy week. We followed a Halloween story and tried lots of new poses.

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

This week we enjoyed making Halloween crafts and writing a potion recipe. We read the ‘Funnybones’ stories and then were inspired to build the ghost train during Loose Parts Play.
We all enjoyed taking part in the Skills Academy sessions again this week.
We started our new topic which is all about weather. We discussed what we already know and what we’d like to find out. We also started to plan our class assembly.
In PE we worked on rolls and jumps and performed short individual gymnastics sequences.