This week we learned the sound qu in spelling and practised words at school and home. Our rhymes were ack and ong and we found many words in the story ‘Gran, Gran’.

We listened to another story about a dog, ‘Arlo needs glasses’ and we made pictures of him. Everyone was very creative with his glasses!

For writing we wrote about ‘looking after a dog’ and described what  a dog needs.
In maths we are learning about numbers to 100. We can use our knowledge of place value to add and subtract 10 and we can sequence a set of numbers.

Our Skipper topic is ‘expect the unexpected’ and we are talking about changes and how they can sometimes be good but sometimes be hard. We thought about having our own treasure chest of things that help us when change is hard.

Here are our reading book questions, we love telling the class about the adventures!

Early this morning Emma, our cleaner, spotted a little visitor in our playground! We hope it comes back again soon.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hello P2, we are now sending a list of ten spelling words home each week. The list will consist of some common words and some words containing a sound. We will work on spelling in class but would ask you to help your child to practise spelling the words at home if you can.

Here are this weeks’ words.

qu

1. on
2. but
3.  plum
4.  quick
5.  quiz
6.  queen
7.  squid
8.  to
9.  do
10. squirrel

Here are some ideas to make learning spelling fun! Active learning will improve spelling success!

Spelling Activities

Make your own wordsearch here- https://thewordsearch.com/maker/

Mrs Lloyd and Mrs McGilp

P2 were  scientists this week as they wrote an information report about the skeleton. They shared lots of interesting facts and learned some new ones and put them into a helpful report.

Our rhymes were ang and ick and we wrote words and sentences and drew pictures. Our handwriting and spelling improves each week, and this week we focussed on writing only one awesome sentence rather than 4 shorter ones.

In maths we are counting tens and units and this helps us to add money collections.

We enjoyed assembly and made pictures for Mrs Ward about Skipper’s helpful advice.

We are reading a book each week and love talking about the adventures!

Our science topic is the human body and we have set up a doctor’s surgery to play in. We are learning about the major organs inside the body, what they do and how to keep healthy. These are some of the questions p2 had about what that they want to find out.

How can your skin feel hot and cold?

Are bones like teeth?

Where does food go?

Here are some of the things we already know-

I know what happens when you choke.

The smallest bone is in your ear.

A baby has more bones than an adult.

We learned the rhymes uff and oss while listening to the story ‘How to kickstart a dragon’. We wrote sentences about Ross!

In art we painted sea turtles that we drew using black oil pastels. It was good to experiment with colours.

In music we are learning about rhythm and musical notation. We worked in groups to create a short rhythm and played it on wooden sticks.

It was very exciting to welcome everyone back this week and play together in the sunshine!

We revised the sounds sh, ch and th at the beginning and end of words. The children found many words throughout the week and also spotted them in their reading books.

We wrote stories about a little bike. Our writing pieces are getting longer and more descriptive as we plan and think about structuring sentences.

In maths we looked at the 20p and 50p coins and how to use the fewest number of coins to make any amount. We looked at 10s and units in two digit numbers and at how grouping in tens makes collections easier to count.

We enjoyed a Skipper assembly and thought about how change is important in life and, if something is difficult today it may be good tomorrow. We watched how the seasons change and this keeps the world turning. Over the next few weeks we will learn strategies for coping with changes.

In art we used sponges to paint a sky background then used templates to cut out birds to make birds in cherry trees pictures.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter! We hope you have a great holiday with your family.

We have been busy this week rounding up the term. Here is our door to say ‘Happy Retirement’ to Mrs Wilson. We know how special the Kingsland daffodils are to her.

We reviewed our goal set in January and it was great to hear that some goals have been achieved, some are ongoing and others have switched to a new goal. We also thought about our highlight of the term.

One of our activities was to work together to design a home for the Easter Bunny using mini marshmallows and cocktail sticks. Tents with campfires was the favourite design!

Today we watched the assembly celebrating Mrs Wilson’s career and wishing her a happy retirement. Thank you Mrs Wilson for looking after us and being a great head teacher! We had a class activity time which included surprise ice cream! Thank you!

This  week p2 listened to the story ‘The Spell Shell’ and learned the rhymes im and ab. We explored the dictionary and learned that it is in alphabetical order and can show us the spelling and meaning of words. We loved looking for words with a partner!
In maths we are counting coins and looking at numbers two more or less than numbers to 100. This can be challenging crossing a 10! We wrote a recount of a visit to the big tree at Grandpas’s farm, and a description of an Easter animal, a rabbit or a chick. We shared a great deal of knowledge about pets too. Our handwriting practice is capital letters. We made some Spring art. First, we mixed shades and tones of green paint to create a stained glass effect background, then we stuck on a 3D daffodil flower. Final photos will follow next week.

Firstly, here are the answers to last weeks’ riddles.

What goes up and down but never moves? Stairs

I am tall when I am young but short when I am old. What am I? A pencil

You can only put this type of coat on when it is wet. A coat of paint

The beautiful sunshine this week got us talking about shadows. Drew explained why shadows were long so we drew around him and wondered if his shadow would change over time. We spoke about how the Earth moves around the Sun as the day goes on. When he stood in the same place later on we noticed that his shadow was in a different place.
Here are our unique fingerprints made into a wish. These are the things we wished for.

We had a busy week writing about how we made paintbrushes in the playground, counting coins to make different amounts and describing the properties of materials that make them suitable for different items, such as, brittle, flexible and absorbent.

P2 combined science and outdoor learning this afternoon. We are learning about different types of materials and how their properties make them suitable for different things, for example, glass is good for windows because it is see through and plastic makes good bath toys because it is waterproof.

Today we looked outside for natural materials that we thought would make a good paintbrush. We tied things we collected around a stick and tried out our paintbrushes! We remembered what to do if things went wrong, and sometimes we had to change our design and start again. After we had painted a picture we reflected on why our brush was successful. We used words like ‘fuzzy’ and ‘moves easily’.

This week ended with a riddle challenge from Mrs Wilkinson. Many children solved these riddles, can you try them at home?

What goes up and down but never moves?

I am tall when I am young but short when I am old. What am I?

You can only put this type of coat on when it is wet.

Answers will be posted next week!

Everyone planted some flower seeds this week and decorated the pot. Keep them watered and in sunlight! We talked about what the seeds looked like and what they need to grow.

A group challenge was set – arrange the flowers in height order while working as a team. We discussed team work, good listening and talking and keeping everyone involved. It was an opportunity to think of different strategies for solving problems and how to change strategy if it doesn’t work.