In class and at home we have been learning two poems and exploring the Scots language.

We are enjoying learning our poems, sharing them with others and taking advice to help us to improve our performance.

We have also been learning how pace, expression and gesture can make a big difference to the success of our recital.

A big thank you to Colin and Alan who kept P2 entertained with a question and answer session about the Sun, Moon and other areas of the Solar System.

We also had the chance to look through a huge telescope.

What do you think we saw?

Here are some questions we asked:

How many stars can we see? Roughly 2 thousand

Do the stars only come out at night? No, they are in the sky all the time. We only see them when the sky is dark.

How cold is the Moon? The Sun heats up the Moon but, it is still too cold for humans to survive there.

How big are stars? Many stars are bigger than the Earth.

What is the Earth made of? The core of the Earth is liquid iron.

How wide is the Sun? About I million Earths could fit inside the Sun.

Fact : The red stars are the coolest and the blue stars are the hottest.

Both classes found out the answer to this question when we formed a bright Sun – wearing our hi-viz vests. Then we had four people in a hoop to represent the Earth and they had to rotate or turn round. On the outside we had one pupil representing the Moon. The Moon circled the Earth and we discovered that it takes a whole month to do this. How long does it take the Earth to rotate around the Sun? It takes a whole year?

After this lesson we made moving picture models to show how the Earth rotates around the Sun and how the Moon rotates around the Earth. We will add labels of facts we know to our pictures then share them with other groups.

We have been making calendars to use in 2018. Our design was a Sun and Moon and we added lots of interesting patterns. Then we used oil pastels in bright colours for the Sun and cool blues for the Moon. We are looking forward to using them in the year ahead.

P2 had a VIP in their classroom today…………..

Santa took some time out from his busy day and personally
delivered presents. We were so excited and we really look forward to playing with the new games he gave us. He even knew what our
Topic was!

A big THANK YOU SANTA for the lovely presents. We really
enjoyed your visit to our classes.

We hope Rudolph was behaving when you returned to the car park.

Primary 2 have been creating these beautiful three kings pictures.

They used black felt pen and oil pastels. They have made a very

impressive display on the classroom windows.

P1, P2 and P3 were stars during their Nativity performance yesterday. Well done to everyone – especially to the P3’s who had the main parts in the Nativity.

Thank you also to Mrs Thomson and Mrs Dundas for all their efforts in putting the play together.

The singing has been amazing and everyone looked like they were having so much fun.

Good luck with your final performance this afternoon !

 Today Primary 2 were hard at work planning  the beginning , middle and ending of our  stories. We will share our picture plans together and act them out before we write the stories. We tried to add lots of detail to our picture plans and this will help us to write longer stories.

In Primary 2 we are thinking about our numbers and how we see them. We have learned to loop or circle numbers so that we can see them much easier. We also have to work very closely with our partner and explain our thinking to them. It is fun and many of us did not know that we were actually doing Maths.

The children in Primary 2 have been working with Miss Finlayson and Mrs Musgrave and they have created these amazing starry night sky pictures. We have been colour mixing our paint and then building up a collage with all of our cut out pieces. Don’t they look stunning?