Welcome to our last blog post for P2/3!
As we head towards the summer holidays it’s good to look back over the learning this term.
Maths & Numeracy
We started the term learning about the symbols used for expressions and equations. We had to apply our prior knowledge of number to compare amounts and start to use the symbols for ‘greater than’, ‘less than’ and ‘equal to’.
We then moved on to a block focusing on data and analysis. The children enjoyed asking their friends questions and collecting tally marks to show the class’s favourite fruits, animals and games. They went on to draw bar graphs to display the information and showed these at their class assembly.
Over the second half of the term, P2/3 have been learning about measure. They have used non-standard and standard units to estimate and measure length, height, mass and capacity.
Literacy
We really enjoyed showing off our ‘Higher Order Reading’ skills during our sharing the learning event. The children have been using strategies such as predicting, visualising, questioning, connecting and determining importance to help with reading comprehension.
In ‘Talk for Writing’, the children have been learning how to plan a story using the five main parts – The opening, the build up, creating a problem, finding a resolution and the ending. It is great to see so many pupils with the confidence to stand up and tell their stories from the maps they have drawn.
Health & Wellbeing
This term, P2/3 have been learning tennis skills. They have demonstrated how to control a tennis ball with a racket and built up their skill to be able to perform a tennis serve and return a ball played to them by their partner.
Over the term, we have also learned new hula hooping skills and the steps to the Jerusalema dance!
Next Steps
All the children have worked so hard this year and we are really proud of the progress they have made. I would like to wish them all the best as they move on to P3/4, and for those that are joining me again – I can’t wait to see you in August! Have a lovely summer 🙂
