Achieving, Respect and Kindness
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.
Session 5: Achieving
This session, our focus for outdoor learning was ‘Achieving’, from the SHANARRI Wellbeing wheel.
We learned that the indicator ‘Achieving’ is also our first school value. The meaning of this word is when we work hard at something to achieve something good for ourselves, other people or other things. We reflected on the meaning of this word to us, and how this made us feel, which was very good!
We also reflected on our achievements in improving our garden, as a result of children’s ideas and hard work. P2 children remembered the branches they cut and sawed in preparation for making a den. They were very impressed to observe that P3 have continued this work and placed a cover over the branches which were left standing to begin this den. We brainstormed how we could achieve further improvements to our garden.
We heard from Mrs McDonald and Mrs Mackey that P3 children have observed black birds, robins and sparrows feeding at the bird feeders we made. These can be seen from our new bird hide in the school corridor! All the children were very busy conducting garden and pond maintenance today and were confident doing so. While exploring Amelia and Olivia discovered an interesting collection of slate pieces. Tom and Chloe sequenced these by size at our mud kitchen. Adam made a very popular suggestion that we could use these pieces and leaves to make a house for hedge hogs, next to the pond on Thursday.
Welcome back P2! We hope you had a good long weekend. This week’s homework tasks are noted below.
Group 1
Group 2
Choose one of the activities below to practise your spelling words this week:
Listen carefully to this video all about turtles. Recall three different facts about turtles to an adult at home. Choose two of your favourite facts and write them in your homework jotter!
Have a go at reading some of your tricky words in this video.
Practise counting out loud in 2s and 10s.
Sing along to the rocket dog to practise counting in 2s…
Use this caterpillar to help you count in 10s…
What numbers are missing?
There are 12 bottles on the shelf but eh shelf can hold 20, how many more bottles do I need? Well you could draw a picture of 12 bottles to help you and keep drawing more until you get to 20. Or you could put 12 in your head and use your fingers to count on to 20 (12 + __=20). Also, you could work backwards and do 20-12. The answer is 8.
I have 20 ice cubes and I used 6 so how many are left. Again you could draw a picture and cross out the 6 ice cubes or you could do 20-6 and put 20 in your head and count back 6. The answer is 14.
P2/1 have been learning about rangoli patterns and made their own patterns using potatoes and paint. They used blocks and 2D shapes to make patterns and coloured in patterns!
Good morning Primary 2 and welcome back to a new week at school, we hope you had a safe and relaxing weekend. Your homework tasks are noted below. Remember if you need a new homework jotter, just ask your teacher.
Copy your words in your jotter on the left hand side. Remember to look at the word, say it, cover it, write it and then check it. Do it again for the same word and then for all the other words.
Here are some more spelling ideas:
Remember to sign up for a free account to access free reading books if you haven’t done so already. Each book has comprehension activities and games too! To sign up or log in, click on the picture below. Happy reading!
Tricky Words
How many of these tricky words can you read? A tricky word list and a spelling strategies bookmark will be issued to you soon!
Count with Phonics Man!
Primary 2 and Primary 2/1 were gifted their Read, Write and Count bags for Book Week Scotland. We enjoyed listening to stories such as ‘How Many Trees’ and ‘Rocketmole’ by Matt Carr. We enjoyed learning about trees and space. We made our own tree pictures and wrote about why trees are important.
After we read Rocketmole, we learned about NeilArmstrong and his missionto the moon. We imagined what it would like to go into space and packed our own suitcase to space! For more information about the books and activities in your child’s pack, visit https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-resources/read-write-count-for-p2
P2/1 have been learning about Diwali and wanted to celebrate it. We learned about what happens during Diwali and listened to the story of Ram and Sita. This afternoon, we had a small food tasting session in class. We tried naan bread, vegetable pakora and sauce. We listened to some Bhangra music. We all enjoyed ourselves!
“I liked it, eating the naan bread.” – Robert
“The dancing was amazing,” – Noah
“I loved all the Indian food. I’m glad I tried it, it’s good to try new things.” H
“I haven’t tasted food like that before, it was nice.” – Kate
“Diwali is fun, I like the dancing.” – Sophie
“It was super good to have Diwali with my friends.” – Karam
“It’s about bad versus good, light versus darkness.” – Amelia
“Diwali means row of lamps. Just like when Ram and Sita followed them back to their home.” – Ryan
Here is a link to the Diwali story of Ram and Sita:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/lets-celebrate-diwaliperformance
Session 4: Nurtured
In our fourth outdoor learning and play session, we focused on the wellbeing indicator ‘nurtured’.
We learned that the meaning of the word nurtured is when we care for and look after someone or something. We brainstormed how we can be nurturing to each other and in our garden, and shared some excellent comments.
Next we checked on the fat ball bird feeders we made on Tuesday and saw that they were hard. In response to Ryan and Rhyann’s comment above, fat balls were randomly selected, and we took these out to our garden where the children who made them chose branches to hang them on. Ryan said he thought these should be “…high up branches so the birds don’t get scared”, so Mrs Mackey helped to put them on. We cant wait to see if the birds eat these (we shall try to get some pictures of them if they do!).
Next we turned our attention to our garden. Again, there were many Autumn leaves to sweep up with our big brush, and we safely used our loppers and a saw (supervised by Mrs Mackey) to cut down more branches for our den. Next week P3 will continue with this activity, and Mrs MacDonald has kindly donated a tarpaulin sheet and ropes which will help to weatherproof our den! We can’t wait to see the results!
