We have been learning a new Scottish circle game called ‘Who’ll Come Intae Oor Wee Ring? ‘

We have also been practising our Scottish dancing.

As a treat for being a great class Miss Ferguson gave Primary 2 a special treat of a movie and popcorn.  I think they deserve it for all their hard work and good behaviour!

We have been in the Learning Zone learning all about shapes that are good for tiling in our maths work.  We found out that squares, rectangles and triangles are good for tiling because they do not leave any spaces.  We also found out that circles are not good for tiling because they leave spaces.

Literacy

Poetry

During the month of January we will be learning some Scottish poems as part of our theme on Scotland. Practise the Burns poem ‘To A Mouse’, saying it aloud and using correct pronunciation.

Sounds

This week’s sound is ‘ow’ (snow, glow,window etc). Try these activities;

• draw ‘ow’ pictures and write the word below it.

• Read the list of ‘ow’ words each night to become fluent.

• Try these games; http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/owlongo/interactive/owlongomatchup.htm

  http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/owlongo/interactive/owlongobelt.htm

Spelling

This week’s spelling words are; me, be, was

Try these activities –

• try writing each word on a partner’s back.

• write the words in the air.

  Reading

  Practice your book every night. Ask and answer questions about the story to help understanding.

  Maths

  We will be learning more about money up to 20p. Use real coins and see how many ways can you can make up different amounts eg. 20p – 10p, 10p

  – 10p, 5p, 5p

  – 5p,5p, 5p, 5p etc

  Try this for different amounts up to 20p.

  We will also be learning about shapes that tile.

  Try this game; http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/pattern-shapes/

  Make a picture and print your it out if you can and stick it in your jotter.

  Topic

  Our theme is Scotland and I would like the children to find out about one aspect of Scotland as part of a personal project and then present it to the class. They could research anything of interest to them (Scottish food and drink, the Loch Ness Monster, their family clan and tartan, a famous Scottish person etc). They will be given some paper and a poly pocket to keep their project in (you may wish to put it into a ring binder or folder too). They should design a front cover and have information and drawings using both computer and hand written/drawn work. The project should be returned by Monday 30^th January and the children will get to present it to the class shortly after this.

Today we learned a Scottish Country dance as part of our ‘Scottish’ theme.  We also learned a street game and a new Scottish song.  We might get to perform them in front of the school at one of the assemblies.

We have been using our number fans to work out mental maths sums with double numbers.  We have also been finding out how to make amounts of money using the fewest coins.

We were in the learning zone today having fun.  We worked together to solve problems or make up imaginative adventures.  We got to report back on what we did and how we tackled the problems.

Happy new year and welcome back after the Christmas break.  Here is the homework for this week;

Literacy

This week’s sound is ‘oa’ (boat, soap, road etc). Here are some activities to do as homework.

Sounds

• Write a silly story using as many ‘oa’ words as you can – remember capitals and full stops.

• Try playing these games; http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/oa/interactive/oaspell/oaspellt.htm

  http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/oa/interactive/oamissing.htm

• Practise reading the list of ‘oa’ words every night and time yourself. Stick the sheet in your jotter.

Spelling

The spelling words for this week are;

he, she, we

Use the 5 rules of spelling (Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check) and write each word 3 times in rainbow writing.

Write a sentence using each word.

Maths

We will be learning more about money up to 15p. Use real coins and see how many ways you can make up different amounts eg. 14p – 10p, 1p, 1p, 1p, 1p

            – 10p, 2p, 1p, 1p

            – 10p, 2p, 2p,

            – 5p, 5p, 2p, 2p etc

Try this for different amounts up to 15p.

Set up a pretend shop using items around the house and price the items between 1p and 9p. Use a 10p coin and pretend to ‘buy’ something. How much change would you get back from 10p? Use the ‘counting on’ method to work out the change eg the item costs 8p, so 8p + ?= 10p so the change is 2p. Do this for all prices within 10p.

We were using the dreidels we made to play the game of dreidel which the Jewish people do as part of the celebration of Hanukkah.  Hanukkah starts tomorrow (24th December) and is celebrated for 8 days.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope Santa is good to you all!  Thank you for all the lovely gifts and I will see you all on Monday 9th January 2017!

What a great time we all had at our Christmas party.  We even had a special visit from Santa!

Well done to a proud boy for winning a trophy for his dancing.