Here’s a sneak peak at what P2b have been doing this week:

This week we have been exploring all the different ways we can make the numbers 1-50.

They have also been challenging themselves in literacy using Foundations of Writing.

They have also been creating their own paper mache pumpkins for Halloween during art.

Primary 2a enjoyed visiting the school library yesterday to choose books to read over the October holiday. They looked at the covers, titles and blurbs of the books before deciding. We hope you enjoy reading them together! Please return the books to school on Tuesday 19th October.

Hello! Your child will have gone home today with their homework jotter. At the back of their jotter you will find a Maths homework grid stapled/glued. Please read through these homework activities with your child. Every week your child should complete 1 activity. Homework jotters should be returned every Thursday.

After the October week holiday. Your child will receive spelling homework with a spelling grid attached to the front of the homework jotter. A letter will go out with this to explain how spelling homework should be completed.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Miss Rai, Miss Macfadyen and Miss Rodulson

This week we have no homework but please find some activities and games below to do at home to reinforce your learning. This week we are rvising our digraph sounds such as ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘ng’ and ‘qu’. Use the video below to go over the Jolly phonic songs and actions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmMoFbhpFk4

Reading CVC words!

Click on the link below to complete the live worksheet. Read the sentences and drag the correct CVC word into the correct place. When you have finished, scroll down and click the blue Finish button and your work will be marked!

CLICK here Fun reading activity!

MATHS Week Scotland

This week it is Maths Week Scotland and the theme is weather! In class we have been doing lots of Maths activities linked to the weather.

Here are some Maths games for you to play at home!

P2/1 have been drawing their self portrait in class, including as much detail as possible. We followed this up with self evaluations in the Open area, where children identified what feature they liked best about their picture, and what they could improve upon. This was recorded on the ChatterPix kids app (on an iPad), enabling children to animate their picture with their voice. From the pictures below you will see that this video footage has been linked to a QR code on our displays. This will remind children of how fantastic their pictures are and how to improve them in future. We hope you enjoy the following videos, and would love to hear your feedback!

Today P2/1 tried something different at story time. We put on some trap/hip hop music in the background and rapped a story. It was tricky but fun! The children asked if we could do it again and put it on the blog so they could try it at home. Here is our second attempt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCSY23ZWQHE

Here is a reading challenge for you to do at home. Find a book that has a rhyming pattern that you have lying at home e.g. The Gruffalo, Rumble in the Jungle (anything that rhymes!) and read it following the beat to the hip hop track below! Give it a go. Now you are a reading rap star! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qzo8fRwWHc

P2/1 enjoyed learning about African animals. The children used their observational skills, sketching skills and their knowledge of symmetry to complete these animal drawings. Well done P2/1, they’re fantastic!

Spelling

This week we are going to revise some of the tricky words we learned this year.  Group 1 and 2 will have the same words. Choose two activities from the spelling menu to practise your words.

Group 1 & 2

• how
• their
• what
• said
• was
• from

Group 3

• the
• a
• and
• to
• in

Watch these videos to revise and practise! See how many sight words you can read correctly…

Numeracy

Complete the worksheet below. Calculate the area of each shape by counting the boxes.

Click here for the area worksheet

Now for the chilli challenge! Try and calculate the area of these irregular shapes.

Click here for the chilli challenge!

In Primary 2 we are learning to measure using lots of different items. For homework this week I have attached two sheets where you can practise measuring using pencils or one pence coins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_97AO2SkGU