Achieving, Respect and Kindness
We have enjoyed participating in Maths Week Scotland this week and have been exploring patterns. Some of the children have been using loose parts to create their own patterns. Today P2 and P2/1 were given a challenge to decorate a blank seaside bucket by creating their own patterns! They turned out to be brilliant, well done!
Hello and welcome back to the blog. We hope you all had a lovely long weekend.
It is Maths Week Scotland and we are very busy in the classroom! This week we are exploring patterns! We know that a pattern is sets of shapes, numbers, letters, objects or actions that are repeated over and over again. Follow the pattern exercise video:
Click here to play some pattern games:
https://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/simple_patterns/eng/Introduction/MainSession.htm
We have been revising addition to 10. What number pairs do you know that make 10? Do you know any more? Watch this video to help you remember:
Good morning and welcome back to our blog. We hope you are having a fantastic Monday! Here are some of the learning covered in class this week:
Since starting back at school, we have been going over our Jolly Phonic sounds, especially 2 letter sounds. This week we are recapping ‘ng‘. Watch the video and read along.
Task: Use the words in the video above to spell out 2 times each:
Remember to look at the word, say it, cover it, write it and then check it. Repeat again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiH0V9oAFiM
Watch the clip below. Retell the story in your own words to a grown up at home.
We are practicing our number bonds to 10.
What comes after:
What comes before:
Maths Number Bonds Answers:
Days of the week answers:
This week a homework jotter was given to your child. Please use this jotter to complete any homework tasks on the blog. This jotter should stay at home. Please do not return the jotter to school.
This week our sounds are ‘ee’ and ‘or’. Sing along and do the action.
This week week we are learning to use 2 new reading strategies: Sound Talk It and Don’t Forget Elephant.
When we are unsure of a word, as well as looking at pictures for clues and looking at the first letter or the word, we should also be sounding out each sound in the word. Also, we should be looking out for words we may have seen before. Keep revising tricky words at home:
Read the following and draw. Use your reading strategies.
This week we are going over More than and less than. When we talk about 1 more than, it means we add 1/ go to the next number. If we talk about 1 less than, we take away 1 or go back to the number before. Watch the video and then answer the questions below:
What is 1 more than:
What is 1 less than:
Hello and welcome to our new P2 online homework page. Due to Covid 19, no formal homework is being issued that would require it to be returned to school on a weekly basis. Therefore, each week, homework tasks, videos and games will be published on this blog for your child in order to continue to reinforce their learning at home. Update: Homework does not need to be submitted electronically, as long as your child is doing the tasks and practising reading and writing their numbers and letters.
This week we are revising ‘ie’. Watch the videos below and choose at least 1 task to do at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzDimrhVZhA
Revise your tricky words by playing the dino egg game:
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/dinosaurEggsHF/index.html
In class we are learning to use reading strategies to decode unknown words. This week we are focusing on ‘Sharp Eyes’ and ‘Mouse the Mouth’. This is where we look at the first letter of the word and use the pictures to look for clues. When reading stories at home, encourage your child to use these strategies to develop their reading skills.
Counting practice
We want to thank you and your families for all your hard work and support. It has been a strange year so far but you have all coped so well. We are very proud of you. Your Summer holidays will now start and we wish you a very happy Summer filled with lots of fun. Here are some activities below to keep you busy. Take care and all the best for the future! Crunchy Rainbow Pasta Salad Recipe
Fairtrade Fortnight Lemonade Recipe 
Good morning Primary 2, we are nearly at the end of term, not long to go! Let’s start our day with this:
the were said because They was
Last week we looked at multiplication. Remember ‘multiply’ and ‘times’ mean adding the same number again and again or ‘groups of’ a certain number. For example, 3 x 2 or 3 twos means that we add 2 three times, 2 + 2 +2 or we add 3 groups of 2 like this, ** + ** + **
Did you know that when you count in 2s, 5s and 10s you are reciting the 2, 5 and 10 times tables!
Here is the two times table. The answers are even and are going up in twos
Use the 100 splat square to count in 2s and 5s.
https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html
Twiggle wants you to know that he misses you all very much! He said he did the Turtle when he was upset last week because he wanted to see his friends but he couldn’t. Remember when you are feeling upset, worried or angry to
I know it has been a long time since you have all been at school and you are missing your friends so much! Why don’t you write a letter to your friend or teacher? Or you could leave a comment. When you come back you will be big boys and girls in P3! Why don’t you write down or draw some of your favourite things you like to do at school or write down 3 things you want to learn about in P3 and keep it safe. When you come back to school in August you can show it to your friends and teacher!
At the weekend it was Queen Elizabeth ii’s royal birthday. She turned 94. Write and draw what would you give her as a present.
Remember the Queen’s great-great-grandmother was Queen Victoria. What facts can you remember learning about her and the British Empire?
So far we have been looking at materials. Have a look at the images below and complete:
Good morning Primary 2 and welcome to a new week of home learning. We are going to start the day with some Joe Wicks:
Tricky words practice
Use some of the words below to do fun spelling activities like pasta spelling, shaving foam spelling, twister spelling etc. Use the pictures to give you ideas.
Spelling list
Use the 100 splat square to revise counting in 2s, 5s, 10s. Now try counting in 3s.
https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html
a) 1+1+1+1+1= b) 2+2+2+2=
c) 4+4+4= d) 5+5+5+5+5
e) 3+3= f) 6+6+6=
g) 10+10+10+10+10+10
i) 0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0=
World Oceans Day is held every year on 8th June to raise awareness of the vital importance of our oceans and the role they play in sustaining a healthy planet. A global celebration, it looks to bring people and organisations together across the globe in a series of events highlighting how we can all help protect and converse the oceans.
We learnt about sea pollution at the start of Primary 2 during our seaside and sea creature topic. Thinking about plastic, what things can you do at home to help? Can you design a poster to show the importance of looking after our oceans? You can use any materials you want. Remember to make it clear and bold to get your message across to others.
Today in Paths we are going to go over kindness and respect. What does being kind mean? What does it look like, can you give examples? What do you think respect means?
Respect is when you treat someone fairly and make them feel cared for and important. Remember it doesn’t matter what someone looks like, how they talk or where they are from, every person is important and should be respected. You are important too and also should be respected! If more people respect each other then the world will be a kinder place. Think of and name all the people you show respect to.
