Weather watch

Last term our topic was about Weather and climate.

During these snowy days you could measure how much snow falls each day  and night. Did more fall during the day or during the night?

Then you could measure it each day and record it like we did in class. Can you remember how we did this?

What will you use to measure the snow ? ( e.g. 1p pieces, same sized buttons as the cubes we used are in school). Remember we used the same size of container to measure the snow each day. Can you remember why we did that? Can you explain?

Could you make your own wind fish to see the strength and direction of the wind each day?

Can you keep a little diary of the fun things you did on the snowy days? Were there any dangers and what did you do to keep yourself safe?

Did you need to wear special clothes to keep you safe and warm?

 

WORLD BOOK DAY

It’s World Book Day today- 1st March.

Have you read any books today that you would like to bring into class to share together? Why did you enjoy the book?

Do you prefer fiction books or non-fiction books? Can you explain why?

  • If you choose a book to read today remember you do not have to be able to read all of the words. Ask a grown up to help you and you can also talk about the pictures and setting  together.
  • Have you read any snowy story books or poems?
  • Can you make your own story book and we can share them in class together? ( Remember you need a beginning, a middle and an end and some colourful pictures to make your story more interesting to the reader).
  • Story books do not need to have words in them. You can make a story book with only pictures that tell a story. Your pictures need to be very neat and clear so that the person reading it can tell what is happening. Can you make a picture story book that we could share together in groups or a whole class?
  • Have you ever heard the story of,” The lion, the witch and the wardrobe” by CS Lewis ? This is still one of my favourite books and  my teacher shared it with us when  I was at school. How do you think Peebles today is like Narnia in the story? Would you like to live in Narnia ? Why?

Writing stimulus

We went outside to investigate the snow and thought about all of our senses and how it made us feel. We then drew a picture plan, built up a class word bank and we are now writing notes under headings. This was a fun activity and it has helped us to be more creative with our writing.

Scottish Afternoon

On Tuesday we had the most amazing afternoon where we celebrated Scottish poems, songs, music and dancing.

Our P2A poetry winner felt scared but proud when she was performing to the whole school. Our P2 teachers are both very proud of the winners and the efforts that all of the other boys and girls put in when they were reciting their Scots poems. Well done! Many of us really enjoyed the sword dancing and Highland dancing.

It was exciting being piped in by our pipers.

Do you want to build a snowman?

Our topic is weather and what an exciting week we had last week. This helped us to think about some of the questions we were asked at the beginning of the topic.

How can we predict the weather?

What can we do to prepare for different types of weather?

Do we have to wear special clothes in different types of weather?

What happened to our school week when it snowed heavily?

Was it all fun in the snow or could it be dangerous? How did you stay safe?

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