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Sleepy heads

In Primary 2 we have been thinking about the importance of sleep to keep us healthy.

A good night’s sleep helps us to feel happy, concentrate well and it can even help us to make good choices when we play with our friends.

  • How many hours does a hairy  armadillo sleep?
  • How does the parrotfish protect itself when it sleeps?
  • What bird can sleep while it flies?
  • Which animal can sleep standing up?

What did we enjoy learning this week?

Primary 2 learned about Science in Art and we had so much fun doing it.

We learned that when something is coloured in with oil pastel and then liquid touches it there is no mixing – the wax in the oil pastel is resistant to the liquid! ( Wax Resistance).

We were amazed to try this out again and again and find that the wash of paint never mixed with our oil pastels.

We are also learning how to join up some letters in handwriting. The challenge is to try to write words with these joins in them now……….

It has also been fun filling in our Weather diaries this week as the weather has changed so much throughout the day and this has given us a lot to talk and think about. It has really made us think about the dangers of weather and how we need to prepare for different types of weather in our everyday lives.

 

Being a good audience

Primary 2 have been learning about what it takes to be a good audience member. We have listened carefully to other people performing their poems and songs. We especially enjoyed listening to children who were learning to play musical instruments.

 

The pipers were very good at playing the whole school into the hall for Scottish Afternoon. It made some of us feel good, excited and proud.

 

Congratulations to all the poetry winners and musical performers. We had a fantastic afternoon !

Scots poems

Primary 2 have been working very hard in class this week and they have been learning 2 Scots poems.

They have tried to work out what the Scots words mean.

Everybody will choose one of the poems to learn and add actions to it.

Creative calendars

Primary 2 would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

 

We have been thinking ahead to 2019 when we designed our night and day calendars. They are all so colourful and each one is different. We have enjoyed looking at each others lovely art work.