Last month we made Christmas cards for elderly people in care homes. P2/1 received a lovely phone call to say one our cards was received by a lovely lady called Mrs Keenan. She loved her card so much that she sent the class a box of chocolates. The children were shocked and surprised! The children had some special messages for Mr and Mrs Keenan:
“That was nice!” – Alex

“It was very good.” – Sophie

”That was very nice of her!” – Chloe

”Thank you for the chocolates, I hope you have a lovely Christmas!” Ryan

“Thank you and I wish you have a merry Christmas with your family.” – Noah

“Merry Christmas to you!” H

”Thanks for the chocolates, I can’t wait to eat them!” Robert

Session 8: Included

Today was our final outdoor learning and play session, and we focused on the indicator ‘Included’.

We brainstormed the meaning of this word, which included;

Letting friends play with us.

Nina suggested listening to our friends ideas and not laughing.

Ryan said when we are talking we should include others in our conversation.

Amelia suggested we could share our ideas with our friends.

We thought we could share our ideas and learning about the outdoors with Ms Cochrane and Mrs Vandal to include them too. The children did so, and they were so impressed, P2 children were presented with their own WOLPA (Williamsburgh Outdoor Learning and Play Award).

P2 children then all wrote their names on a bird house, to hopefully attract more birds to our garden and give them a home.

Session 7:  Respected

Today we focused on our seventh wellbeing indicator, ‘Respected’.

We brainstormed how we can be respectful to each other.

When outdoors, Rhyann observed the birdhouses Mr Wilson our Janitor put up in the trees. She said she thought the bottom treehouse was too low, and not safe for the birds as a fox could eat them. This was agreed by the rest of P2, so we problem solved and Mrs Mackey said she will bring her screwdriver out to our last session, and we can decide where to relocate this.

Tom had a great idea to make a home for hedgehogs using leaves and slate pieces he found last outdoor learning session. Tom, Ryan and Sophie demonstrated excellent collaborative work making this!

We reflected on last sessions story, the ‘Secrets of Winter’, and carefully investigated our garden to see if we could find any hibernating wildlife, and were careful not to disturb them. Ryan discovered a snail, and we learned from our story that in Winter, snails retreat into their shells and seal them shut until Spring, and this prevents them from drying out.

P2/1 designed their Christmas jumpers for Christmas jumper day!

This week P2 have been learning about information handling in maths. We had a class vote on different names for our class elf. The majority voted for the name Archie!

Good morning Primary 2! We hope you had a good weekend. Not long until Christmas now! Here are your homework tasks below:

Spelling

Group 1                      Group 2

• out                                hot
• found                          mop
• sound                         bog
• shout                          on
• cloud
• on
• are

Remember to Look at the word, say it, cover it, write it and then check it. Do this two or three times.

Challenge: Can you choose 2 of your spelling words to write 2 sentences? Remember to use a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end of your sentence.

Reading:  Read along and answer the questions

1. What was stuck in the tree?
2. What did the princess have for dinner?
3. What was the princess trying to reach in the fridge?
4. Why did the princess ask for lots of scoops of mash?
5. Would you like to be tall? why?
6. Draw and write a list of things you would do if you were tall!

Christmas Maths! Click on the image to plays some Christmas number games.

Count in 10s and workout with Jack Hartman and complete the worksheet below!

As you are aware, P2 have been focusing on a wellbeing indicator each outdoor learning and play session. This week children made an impressive animation featuring their previous comments, which we can now share with you. Enjoy!

This week P2 learned all about the dangers of plastic for sea creatures. As a class we discussed how to create an eye-catching poster to encourage people to be eco-friendly. We came up with different slogans to catch people’s attention. We did a great job!

Session 6: Responsible

Our focus today from the SHANARRI Wellbeing wheel was ‘Responsible’.

When Mrs Mackey came into school this morning before the boys and girls arrived, she saw a flock of sparrows feeding on our fat balls we made! She videoed this and shared this with the boys and girls, and congratulated them on how successful they have been in attracting and helping local wildlife, especially during Winter! We think we have made the best bird food in Paisley!

We risk assessed our garden area and saw that it was very icy and not safe for us to learn and play in, and thought we should conduct our learning in another way, which was very responsible! We were responsible by making our own wellbeing animation, where we discussed the indicators of the SHANARRI wellbeing wheel. It is very impressive and we shall share it with families and the school tomorrow once we put in a few more finishing touches! So watch this space!

We were also very responsible by learning more about the habitats of animals and insects through the magical shine a light book titled “Secrets of Winter”. In this story we shined a torch light behind the pages to reveal where animals choose to live in the Winter.