P2a had a very successful and busy week.

The class completed our primary 2 spelling sounds with the very difficult mb. They really focused and showed they’d practiced really hard with their excellent results on their last P2 spelling test.

They also done very well with symmetry. The class were able to identify symmetrical and non-symmetrical shapes and they made very good attempts to draw their own symmetrical shapes.

The class were excited all week for the summer disco. The disco was lots of fun and some of the class won prizes for their brilliant dancing.

This week in P2a we have been looking at the world of work.

In class we watched some videos on jobs and learned about a lot of jobs we didn’t know about. We had some good discussions about what we’d like to be when we’re older then we done some writing on it.

In the playroom we had lots of stations with different jobs, the class showed they would be amazing construction workers, author/illustrators, florists, teachers and cafe workers.

Primary 2a have been learning about things in the past and this week we focussed on silent movies.

The class loved watching old movies and learned some important skills to transfer into their own movie.

The class then made their own pigs and wolves to use in a silent movie about The Three Little Pigs story. They then split into groups and assigned roles then rehearsed their routine before acting in front of the class.

The kids had a lot of fun and showed amazing enthusiasm for every part of the tasks.

Primary 2a made good use of the brilliant weather this week.

We done our bit for the environment by working as a team to litter pick the full playground. The class had a lot of fun and worked brilliantly together.

We also took our paired reading with the primary 6’s outside again. The class were impressing their buddies with their amazing reading skills.

This week primary 2a continued learning about the past. In the playroom the class were drawing video game characters, watching old cartoons, exploring the museum and watching old music videos then creating their own dances.

In maths they were learning about sequences, they completed and created their own creative sequences.

We celebrated Glasgow day by first creating excellent instructions on how to make a jeely piece. The children later got to make their own to enjoy. The class also looked at famous Glasgow landmarks and drew their own.

This week P2a were learning about fractions, the class had a lot of fun using the cubes to figure out half’s and quarters and even challenged themselves further with 3 quarters and thirds.

We began learning about procedural writing by practising sequencing a set of instructions, highlighting why it’s important instructions are clear and in the correct order.

The class also had a fun with their P6 paired reading buddies as we took it outside this week, thanks to their amazing reading the two classes got a chance to have a play together.

In the playroom we are being history detectives learning about people, things and life in the past. So far we have learned about Victorian schools and the history of the telephone. Some of the class were building their own Victorian schools and tables and chairs.

First week back after the Easter break and it was a busy one for P2a.

The class continued working through their spelling programme learning the ‘ss’ sound, they were excellent when using the alphabet boards making and breaking words.

There was lots of teamwork and creativity on show in the playroom this week.

We also went outside for some outdoor learning to complete science experiments. The class had to look around the playground for items they thought would sink or float and test it in buckets of water. They had lots of fun, engaged amazingly and made some brilliant predictions.

Term 3 completed for P2a. It was a very long and busy term but the class worked extremely hard throughout.

The class learned all about money, they were working on their coin recognition, adding coins together and calculating change. They also done amazingly well during their data handling lessons, they used graphs and tally marks to help collate information. Most recently they learned about grid references which they done with great confidence.

P2a were incredible with their spelling this term, there was some excellent results in their spelling tests and it has helped improve their reading and writing. The class really enjoyed learning all the magic e sounds.

The pieces of writing produced this term were exceptional. After their hard work on setting writing the class completed a series of lessons on character writing. In these lessons the class planned and created their own monsters using amazing adjectives to describe them.

In the playroom the children loved learning about living things through the changes topic. They showed lots of great teamwork to create different art pieces and build magnificent structures.

This final week was full of Easter fun. The class created their own Easter bunnies and 3D Easter art.

P2a have worked extremely hard and had loads of fun during term 3.

The children have loved learning about money and using the concrete materials to improve their coin recognition. They have been learning how to add up coins to make different values using different combinations. We will be moving on to calculating change next.

We are all very proud of the incredible work the class have done in writing. We have described many different settings including Andy’s Room and Pizza Planet from Toy Story, the fish tank from Nemo and a Gingerbread house. The class have been using loads of adjectives and connectives to improve their sentences and we have been working on using our senses to describe the settings.

In the playroom we were learning about the NHS which has been a huge favourite among the class with many showing great interests in the roles of doctors and nurses and other emergency services. We have now moved onto changes in the playroom.

P2a were also very lucky recently to have a golf lesson where they learned about golf clubs and practised their putting. We also finished our rugby block which the kids loved and they really impressed the coach with how much they improved and worked as a team.

One month back to school and primary 2a have been extremely busy.

in maths and numeracy we learned a little more about time working with digital and analog clocks. We moved on to some tricky 2 digit addition and subtracting which the class were absolutely amazing at. Yesterday we started learning about money, something we are all very excited about.

We have continued to work through our spelling programme using magnetic boards to help us make and manipulate different sounds and words. Last week we even learned about our first difficult trigraph ‘igh’.

In writing we have started ‘Setting’ writing. So far the class has described their school, created their own dream school and dream park, using loads of amazing adjectives and challenging ourselves to extend our sentences with connectives.

In the playroom we have been learning about space and robots which the kids absolutely loved. They pretended to be astronauts in the role play area, built spaceships and robots in the construction area and made their own jet packs with junk modelling. We are now learning about the NHS.

Last week we also had our first Rugby session, we played loads of team races and learned about passing in Rugby.

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