The children in P2a have been experimenting with magnets. They have noticed that they attract and repel, have two different poles and can be used in lots of different ways. Can you find any magnets in your house?
P2a Magnets
P2/1 topic
Today P2/1 started their new topic, ‘Hot and Cold’. We discussed what we know:
”Fire is hot.” Nico
”Dubai is hot.” Ruaraidh
”Ice cubes are cold.” Alexander
“Scotland is cold.” Cody
The children were asked what they wanted to find out:
”how is fire made?”
”Why is Africa hot?”
”Can deserts have snow?”
”What animals live in cold places and what animals live in hot places?”
”How is Earth hot in some places but cold in other places?”
We can’t wait to find out!
P2a – New Topic Homework
Our topic this term will be the farm. To help the children think about what a farm looks like, if possible please provide your child with a picture of a farm of their choice to bring into school by Thursday 20th January. This can be from anywhere e.g. the internet, a book, a cut-out from a newspaper or magazine.
P2a Team Building Games
The children in P2a have been using some excellent teamwork skills in PE. They passed a hoop around the circle without letting go of each other’s hands and had to cross the gym using only paper to step on. Through practice, listening and supporting each other they became more and more successful.
Homework for week beginning 10/2/22
. 
Happy New Year! We do hope all children and families had an enjoyable break. The P2 team were so pleased to see the children return to school. To begin 2022 we are learning the digraph (two letters, one sound) ‘ss’, and how say and write words which contain this sound. Please support your child to revise this sound by clicking on the following links:
We are also revising our understanding of data handling this week. Click on the following links to practice:
https://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/pictograph/games/
https://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/tally_chart/
P2/1 Nativity Scenes
The class drew their own Nativity scene and used the ChatterPix app to bring their pictures to life!
Elf on the Shelf Literacy and Maths
Our P2/1 class elf, William, left us a note along with some lovely, new books for Miss Rai to read to us. William said he had seen us learn about tally marks and left us 4 four Christmas stories to read and listen to. We were then to ask everyone which story we preferred and record our results using tally marks!
The most popular book was The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas by Tom Fletcher and Dougherty Poynter.
Tally Marks
P2/1 are learning how to use and record tally marks! Try this live worksheet!
https://www.liveworksheets.com/uz2537298te
Spelling Sound of the Week: ll
Last week we looked at double ff and this week we are looking at double ll at the end of words.
Being Creative in P2a
In P2a we love to be creative, some of our favourite things to do are dancing and playing in the Open Area, especially since Mrs Mackey brought in some materials for us to make outfits out of!
