We have had a very busy month in primary 2! Here is a summary of some of our fantastic learning and achievements in October.
In Maths we have worked very hard on numbers to 100. This has been a big challenge, but we have tried so hard and achieved great learning. We have been working on numbers before, numbers after, numbers in between. We have used partitioning and learned about odd and even numbers with the help of Mr Odd and Mrs Even. During Maths Week we participated in the NLC Sumdog competition. Mrs Simpson was so proud of how hard we worked. We also learned about symmetry and made some symmetrical pictures using materials we found outdoors. During Maths Week we enjoyed learning new number games. Our favourite game of the week was Hopscotch! We will soon move on to addition and subtraction.
Within Literacy we have been consolidating previously taught sounds and common words, as well as learning lots of new ones. We have enjoyed using our magnetic boards to build words which contain our sounds. Within reading we have been working on a variety of Read to Write tasks which allow us to work on important reading comprehension skills. We should try hard to read our reading books every night with an adult as this will develop our fluency and accuracy. In writing we have used our topic as a stimulus to create imaginative stories. We love our brainstorming sessions where we create our own who, when, where, what and why. Our favourite story was based on our class book ‘Aliens Love Underpants’. We wrote hilarious stories which made our teacher giggle.
October is the month of the Holy Rosary and we spent time learning about the rosary and how to say this beautiful prayer. We were excited to learn about when Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette in Lourdes. We also finished our mini topic on ‘Jesus’ Family and Ours’. We enjoyed thinking about our own families, and learning about the holy family.
We are just about to finish our topic on Space. We have enjoyed learning about the solar system and impressed our teachers with lots of super knowledge. We also learned lots about Neil Armstrong. We have created our own rockets using 2D shapes and made some fantastic spacemen for our class display.
Without a doubt, our favourite time of October is Halloween! We had a ball at our disco and enjoyed seeing our friends dress up. In class, we explored lots of different Halloween stories and we enjoyed our purposeful play sessions where we made haunted houses, made Halloween posters, repaired jumbled skeletons and completed some playdough challenges.
Mrs Simpson gives us homework on a Monday and we should submit it on a Thursday. We should also read our reading books every night. This will help us to develop essential reading skills. We should try hard to bring our reading book to school every day so we can use it in class.
We are looking forward to November and all the super learning we will do. We will be shortly beginning our Nativity rehearsals and preparing for Christmas. Please check Twitter for regular updates and photos.
