Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
This week we made lovely Christmas decorations for our homes. We also enjoyed our Christmas parties and the Christmas cinema!
We were trying hard practise our common words in spelling with lots of different games. We all have our own personal lists.
In numeracy we were practising our vertical addition.
Have a wonderful holiday and I can’t wait to hear all about it in 2026!!!
Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
A massive congratulations to all of p2/3 on their wonderful performances of their class assembly on Monday. We received some great feedback from adults and other classes. We all used our organisation, creativity and communication skills well.
We were sad not to go to sing at Servite House to the elderly residents on Tuesday due to the weather but we are going to go at Easter instead.
Miss Drummond is a student teacher who will be joining us after the holidays and she came in to meet us all on Tuesday which was lovely.
We wrote fabulous imaginative stories about magic portals and jewel thieves! We also worked cooperatively using Kapla and small loose parts to build what Newport needs next linked to our topic.
In numeracy p2s we’re adding using mental strategies and number lines within 20 and p3s we’re adding two digit numbers with bridging.
This week there has been no reading homework as we are all learning the words for our class assembly.
We have enjoyed writing and planning it together.
In topic we interviewed James the lollipop man and Mrs Anderson about how they help in the school. We asked open questions. We also continued to help Rory keep the school safe by picking up slippy leaves.
We communicated well with each other when talking about needs and wants and linking these to The Rights of a Child.
Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
This week our focus has been on using our organisation skills to plan our school assembly performance. We have lots of good ideas and we are making sure that everyone has something they want to do.
We are working hard to learn our songs and to use our communication skills when speaking to an audience.
Our topic is about local community. We have been thinking about the needs and wants of ourselves and the community. We are linking these to our rights. We thought about who helps us in our school community and we interviewed Rory the janitor and Sheila the cleaning lady this week. We learned how to write and ask open questions. We also asked how we could make a difference and help them. We are litter picking and collecting leaves in the school playground.
Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
This week we have been sharing lots of stories together for Book Week Scotland. We have enjoyed writing about the different characters too.
In numeracy the P2s are adding within 20 with number lines and the P3s are adding two digits within 100 mentally.
We were all learning about maths in the world with Miss Goode.
We did Loose Parts Play with the P1s and fitness and the daily mile too.
In writing we learnt how to make a cup of tea and wrote a set of instructions.
Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
This week we enjoyed joining p1 for Loose Parts Play and the daily mile.
We wrote instructions and also practised the skills for delivering individual talks.
We used puppets and the puppet theatres in drama to create short improvisations about including others. We filmed them in the iPads and gave each other feedback.
In numeracy the P2s are beginning to add within 20 and the P3s within 100.
Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
It has been so nice to see everyone after the holidays.
We have all had a great time in our Skills Academies- Lego, animation, games and printing.
We went out in the sunshine for Loose Parts Play with the p1 class and showed great cooperation and creativity with our builds.
We tried hard at the daily mile and also in PE with our fitness challenges.
In writing we are learning to write a good set of instructions. We did dooking for apples and wrote about it!
Our new spelling rules are ‘zz’ in p2 and ‘ea’ in p3. The p3s have started to learn the first joins in handwriting.
Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
This week we have been playing lots of spelling games to revise the taught rules from this term. We have also tested our common words again and made individual spelling lists to practise words we find tricky.
We have enjoyed ‘Wild ERIC’ this week, where we are all reading in class, choosing from the class library. We are allowed to read anywhere in the room. On pillows, under desks, on the teacher’s chair!
In numeracy we have been ordering and sequencing numbers to 100 for p2 and 1000 for p3 and working on mental addition strategies.
Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
This week we continued exploring the animation apps on the iPads together. We can now all add characters, backgrounds, text, sounds and movement.
We have been enjoying singing our harvest songs and getting ready for our harvest assembly.
We are practising dictations with our new spelling rules. P2s are learning ‘ss’ and P3s are learning ‘ey’.
In numeracy we have been sequencing and ordering numbers to 100 for p2 and to 1000 for p3.
Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem
This week we had fun exploring the animation app ‘Scratch Junior’. We were able add characters, backgrounds and make our characters move and speak. We gave each other feedback when watching them together. We all really enjoyed this and we plan to do more.
In numeracy we were rounding and estimating.
In literacy we worked with a partner to make a poster about Julia Donaldson. We then did a paired talk to the class, using our poster as an aid. We all put in lots of effort.
We assessed our spelling of common words this week and this will allow us to make personal spelling lists to see which words we still need to work on. Please continue practising at home also.
We had a lovely sunny day for Loose Parts Play with the p1 class. We also liked bench ball this week in PE.
