Both classes have been having fun watching a variety of  birds feeding from our bird feeders.

When we are brushing our teeth and very quiet we spot the most birds!

In Primary 2 we have been thinking about problems birds face to survive. Then we work out a solution to the problem. We have then written our stories based on this.

We have also been peer assessing and self-assessing our stories. We give good, honest feedback which helps everyone to make improvements in their writing next time.

We really enjoy sharing our stories with others and hearing their stories too.

P2A bird questions no names

Click on the green link above to see the things we want to find out about birds.

P2B questions to follow. Watch this space…………

One of our questions was answered today – birds are evolved from dinosaurs!

Primary 2 are keen bird spotters. They have been learning that you have to be still and very quiet to be a successful bird spotter.

They have been recording birds they have seen and used tally marks to show this.

From the information they have gathered they are trying to work out where the most birds are found around our school grounds.

How could we attract more birds to our school ?

Congratulations to P2A for winning the cloakroom cup this month !

The challenge is to win it again in Primary 2…………

Happy Easter from all the boys and girls in Primary 2 !

Thank you to Amy MacLinton for speaking to P2A about her job in the Bank of Scotland.

We enjoyed hearing the story about Billy trying hard to save up his money and all the pitfalls he had along the way. In the end he persevered and saved up enough money for his crocodile. This made us think about money in our own lives and how difficult it can be to save for things we want to buy- we have to have a lot of patience.

It was great fun weighing the money on the scales and we surprised ourselves when  we completed  a worksheet about counting up Billy’s coins. We managed to get most of them correct! Our next step is to work out change and do take away sums with money and set up a little shop/bank in our classroom next term.

How will this help us with our money skills?

Thank you also for our Bank of Scotland goody bags with treats inside. This was another lovely surprise.

Thank you so much to Mr. Cunningham for his explanation of his job as a heating engineer to P2A this morning.

He really made the boys and girls think about the fact that the jobs we have today may be very different tomorrow when they are ready to choose a career.

We especially liked cracking the metal in the packet and watching the clear gel turn white. Then it heated up our hands. When it began to cool down again it became rock solid. The heat pack could work over 40,000 times. This is a type of battery and is more energy efficient than many batteries we use in our gadgets. It is more sustainable.

We thought that it was amazing that the ingredients pumped into the heat pack batteries were salt and vinegar!

What will we be using when we grow up to create Sustainable Energy?

In P2 we have all been trying very hard to join up our letters in Handwriting. We are finding it very challenging but, we are persevering and enjoying it.

Many of us feel very proud when we learn how to join up new letters.

In P2 we have been thinking about how important sleep is to keep us healthy.

We have started to make dream catchers to help us to sleep well.

Many of us enjoyed making the web part of the dream catcher and drawing the pictures.