Yesterday and today we were set a STEM challenge across Primary 2. Unfortunately, Cinderella’s fairy godmother had made the pumpkin disappear! Primary 2 came to the rescue by building a brand new carriage for Cinderella that moved using wind power. We created a design for the carriage and discussed what resources we could use. In groups across P2 we created our versions of carriages for Cinderella. We worked very hard to make sure our carriages moved and were a comfortable space for Cinderella to sit on her way to the ball. Thankfully, P2 saved the day and she got to the ball in plenty of time. Well done Primary 2!

Today we focussed on what things we need to remember when writing sentences – capital letters at the beginning and full stops at the end. I was a bit naughty and created some sentences with mistakes in them for Primary 2 to fix. They did really well! Others created stars that had spelling rule words in their points, creating at least one of their own. Finally they practised their capital letters by matching them to their lowercase letters.

Remember these rules when doing your homework P2G for some super sentences!

Parent’s night letters were issued today. Please let me know as soon as possible if the time I have given you is unsuitable. I have tried my very best to accommodate everyone.

Miss Grant

Today we were so lucky to work with P6M to create something that stood tall and alone. We showed fantastic teamwork and evaluated and problem-solved our own creations to adapt and change them. Our finished products were fantastic and we really enjoyed working together.

P2F homework-

Spelling – In p2F this week we are looking at words with the ‘ar’ sound. As a class the children came up with some fantastic words using the sound. The words they selected for homework are:

jaguar, barn, jar, shark

The four common words are:

at, be, this, have

Reading- New reading books have been issued.

Maths-  Children have a number worksheet to complete based on activities we are carrying out in class.

Today P2F worked with primary 6 to create a tower for stem week. The children worked really well together and had a fabulous afternoon.

Today we were very lucky to have two visitors to our classroom to talk about their jobs within STEM. First we had Eleanor Rathod who talked to us about her job in IT. She explained the different jobs she had in oil rigs and showed us how she helped to test new mobiles for phone companies.  She showed us some old mobiles that only the adults recognised! We found it strange how they were so small! Next we had Martin Banks who is a mechanical engineer working with shipbuilding. He showed us how he had been part of building and testing a brand new aircraft carrier and talked about why he wanted to be an engineer. We loved seeing his pictures of the cars he made when he was younger! Thanks again to our visitors.

I was so impressed by the effort that all the children had put into their solo talks! Thanks to all the adults who were interviewed by the children about their jobs. They were so confident and enjoyed sharing what they had learned. Here are some pictures.

Hello everyone!

Homework this week is following the same pattern as previous weeks.

As this is STEM week please hand in any ‘junk’ items you have at home to help us build wonderful models.

P2K and Mrs Kane

Maths

New maths sheet issued focusing on missing numbers, numbers before and numbers after.

Reading

New reading book issued to read aloud and discuss at home. Continue to revise word walls also.

Spelling

New rule will be issued on Wednesday.

As this is STEM Week the children have been asked to bring in one piece of junk material for a task tomorrow afternoon (if they can).