As part of our Houses and Homes Topic, soon we will be making 3D houses (or even one big large house!) Please bring in a variety of cardboard boxes you may not need. These can be big boxes, small boxes including cereal boxes, packaging boxes and even just plain old cardboard boxes. This would be much appreciated. Thank you!! 🙂
“We love being at school!” – Jessica
This week, the P1s were learning how to add numbers together. We had a new play area for Maths which we used. We also used numicon, logs and pinecones to help us add together.  P2s learned to count on and back in 2s and we also learned about odd and even numbers. We were introduced to Odd Todd and Even Steven. Even numbers end in 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8. Odd numbers end in 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. We played a game called ‘Popcorn’ to help us with this.
In Writing, we wrote letters to someone who we think makes a good friend. We wanted to make that person feel happy about themselves.
In Topic, we were using the laptops to look at houses for sale. We had to record the information we found using tally marks. We found that the most popular type of house online was a detached house.
Our Activity Room has changed a lot and we are very happy about this! We now have a Maths and Numeracy corner, a Role Play corner, Reading Corner, a Reading Den, ICT Corner, Writing Corner and a Construction Corner. In our Role Play area just now, we are pretending to be Estate Agents. We are delighted to have more space in this room.
On Friday morning, our Scots poem finalists recited their poems in the Largs Cronies Competition. Well done to Kara in P1 and Brodie in P2 who won a medal. Everybody did extremely well and Mrs Docherty is SUPER proud of you all!
Our final quote of the day:
“Be happy when you come out of school!” – Simran
“Have fun every day!” – Catalina
Our week in Skelmorlie
This week, Primary 1 learned about the Days of the Week and had to put them in the correct order. Primary 2 learned how to make quarter past on an analogue clock and a digital clock. For example, quarter past 10 would be 10:15. Primary 2 are also learning about the Months of the Year.
In RE, we learned that people have different religions and they believe in different things. In Health and Wellbeing, we learned about foods that are healthy and unhealthy. We did this with Mrs Finlayson.
In Science, we did an experiment using vinegar and baking powder with Ms McGee. We have predicted what we think will happen, but it’s going to be a surprise!
In Phonics, Primary 1 learned the oo sound. Some of Primary 2 learned the e-e (magic e) sound. For example, Eve, athlete, complete, delete. In Handwriting, we also practised writing our sounds.
We are also learning about the importance of telling the truth.
In our topic, we made 2D shape houses using – squares, triangles, rectangles and circles. We also went a walk around Skelmorlie to look at the different types of houses. We saw bungalows, semi-detached, terraced, detached houses and flats. We also saw a post office, shops, a caravan, a field, traffic lights, workmen, the library and the school (of course!). We saw a really big house which we thought looked like a mansion. Have a look at our pictures of our walk below.
Our final quote of the day from Dylan in Primary 2:
“Be happy every day.”
What a positive thought! Have a lovely holiday weekend everyone 🙂
