Today P2 observed a two minute silence in remembrance of those who died in wars. They were very respectful and dignified, and shared stories about people they know who have been affected by war. Well done, P2. They made poppy pictures this week to display in windows at home. Firstly, they painted a grass field in the style of Monet, an Impressionist, using green, white and yellow paints. Then they cut a small, medium and large red tissue paper circle and circled them around a finger to create a 3D effect when glueing them on the grass. Lastly, they glued a black circle in the middle of the poppy petals.

Our story this week was about something that was caught. We have been reading about The Mungle Flap which is a hen that was caught.

We are continuing to think about filling each other’s buckets by being kind, and about how this helps us to feel good too.

We were inspired by P5’s Kindness Boomerang video and came up with our own ‘chain of kindness’. When someone is kind or helpful we add a link to our paperchain. We’re hoping it will soon reach across the classroom!

We’ve had lots of fun with fireworks this week. We designed rockets and fireworks with 2D shapes. We then painted these onto our black fabric with acrylic paints. We were so excited to see all of the brilliant banners in the field! We learned about why we celebrate Bonfire Night, who Guy Fawkes was and why put him on the bonfire! We also had a chat about bonfire, firework and sparkler safety.

In numeracy this week we’ve been doing lots of addition, looking at the different ways to make 11, 12 and 13. We’ve been doing this inside and out, using cubes, stones, conkers and imaginary sheep! We’re also still practising our numbers and making sure they’re all facing the correct way.

We’ve been concentrating on –et rhymes this week, for example, vet, met, wet etc. We wrote a list of real and nonsense words and a silly story with lots of –et words.

In our writing we’re concentrating on imaginative writing. This week we wrote three part stories with an introduction, a problem and a solution. Our title was ‘The Broken Toy’. We’re trying really hard with our capital letters and full stops.

This week we marked Bonfire Night by creating a fireworks sky using oil pastels on black paper. Then we put our ideas onto a large black sheet for the nursery display. We talked about how to keep safe on Bonfire Night.

We read a rhyming story The Mungle Flap and learned how to read and spell words that rhyme with hen and cap.

In numeracy we are learning number bonds to 20 and have been solving problems around these facts.
We made more 3D shapes using mini marshmallows and cocktail sticks following last weeks’ witches hats.

Have a great weekend!

We’ve had lots of fun celebrating Halloween in P2/1. Yesterday we started planning our Halloween crafts. We painted our wands with acrylic paints and added the finishing touches this morning. We had to promise not to turn Mrs McGilp into a frog! We also painted and then decorated our Halloween masks and did some fantastic cutting and sticking. We also drew some scary pictures on our whiteboards and in our class floor book.

Earlier in the week we wrote some fantastic spooky stories, using a picture plan to help us. All of the stories were very different but equally creepy! We talked about how important it is to spell the common words correctly and to use our word wall to help us.

On Wednesday we did some problem solving, working together in a small team to put some flowers in order from smallest to tallest. We talked about how to work together, listen and be polite when we all have different ideas!

In outdoor learning this week we talked more about the different seasons and how this affects some animals, in particular hedgehogs. We made hedgehogs out of plasticine and then collected lots of leaves and twigs to make them more comfortable. We talked about how the hedgehogs are eating lots of food before they hibernate for winter.

P2 are continuing to learn to read and write rhyming words. We listened to a rhyming story and identified words with the same sound at the end. Our story writing this week was on the theme of kindness and we thought about who was kind in the story Dogger. We wrote stories about a time when someone shared or swopped something. We consolidate our learning through playing literacy games.

We read Ayla’s book Be Kind which showed us that there are many different ways to show kindness.

We painted pumpkins. Instead of using orange paint we used red, yellow and white and made beautiful shades of orange by mixing them together.

We did various Halloween crafts today; witches hats, straw skeletons and dancing ghosts,

Have a great weekend!

As part of Walk to School Week it was happy shoesday today and the children wore shoes that make them happy.

There were many different styles and colours, and even some odd shoes with matching hair bobbles!

Hello, it was great to see everyone back this week, to play and learn and hear all about the holidays.

In science we are learning about forces and we discussed what makes a paper aeroplane go. Many great ideas were explored including gravity, air pressure and aerodynamics. Then we made our own paper helicopter and had great fun dropping them and watching them spin outside.

We wrote an imaginative story about something that was made. The details and ideas are developing really well, as is spelling and handwriting.

In numeracy we consolidated  the number stories for 11 and 12 using materials and near doubles.

We painted Autumn leaves using a two colour brush stroke. Look very closely, can you see the two tone leaves?

In assembly we learned that we fill our own and others’ buckets through being kind. We are noticing and recording times we are kind. It’s very heartwarming!

We’ve had a lovely week back after the October holidays.

We’ve been doing some great reading and writing. We’re starting to focus on rhyming words and this week looked at words ending in -an. We wrote a silly story and have been writing real and nonsense rhyming words.

In numeracy we’ve been finishing our work on patterns – making tricky patterns with cubes and Cuisenaire rods and also with numbers. We’ve also started addition to twenty, using the base tens and cubes to help us.

On Tuesday we had a virtual Skipper assembly. Mrs Wilson spoke about the importance of being kind and Mrs Ward read us a story about ‘filling our buckets’. When we are kind to someone, or someone is kind to us, it fills our bucket. When we are sad or mean, or someone is unkind to us, this lessens our bucket. For the rest of the week we’ve looked for lots of opportunities to fill our own and others’ buckets.

This included voting for our favourite picturebook for the UKLA awards. We re-read the remaining books and did various activities. We read The Visitor about a lonely lady who lives on her own, who is cheered up when a little boy accidentally threw a paper aeroplane into her house. Like the lady whose bucket was filled, we filled our own buckets by making paper aeroplanes and flying them around the playground. We read If all the World Were about a little girls whose grandfather makes her a notebook. We then made our own notebooks and started drawing pictures of our own families. This morning we looked at Julian is a Mermaid and in circle time talked about how we are all unique. We then voted (in secret) and the winner was Aree Chung’s Mixed!

To finish our week our very own Mrs Ward shared her illustrations in an alpabet book that is being published.  We asked some interesting questions about how Mrs Ward drew the pictures and how the book was made before giving Mrs Ward a big clap!

We had a great end to a busy week making our leafy lions! In the virtual assembly this week Mrs Wilson spoke about courage, one of Kingsland’s four values, and read us a story about a lion and a mouse. We spoke about how there are some things we feel brave about and some things we feel nervous about and need to have courage.

To make our lions we went for a walk around the school grounds and collected leaves in autumnal colours. Sycamore leaves were our favourite lion shade. We mixed orange and yellow paint to find the right shade, painted paper plates and then glued on the leaves, eyes and nose.

In literacy this week we’ve been reading and practising our key words. We also read the picturebook The Suitcase, did a black pen picture of a Suitcase and wrote about what we would keep in our own suitcase. We also wrote some silly sentences with the Who, What and Where. In numeracy we’ve been adding and subtracting and have been using the Base Tens, numicon and Cuisenaire rods to look at the different ways to make numbers.

Have a great October break and see you on the 19th!

We had another busy week at the end of what has been a great term for P2. Everyone has worked very hard, learning and playing with such enthusiasm. Our sound this week was ie/igh, and many enjoyed writing and drawing lighthouses again. We wrote a three part imaginative story about something that was ‘found’, and they were indeed very imaginative! We worked on ‘number of the day’, writing addition and subtractions for the number, numbers before/after and spelling the number word. There were some ambitious sums, such as, 100-86=14. In science we collected different leaves and sorted them into groups using our own chosen characteristics.

Miss Muir taught us signs for big, small, what, where, soap and towel.

We continue to learn through play, using our imagination to consolidate our learning and solving our own challenges.

We play literacy and numeracy games to practise key words and number concepts.

Well done, boys and girls! Have a great October holiday and I look forward to seeing you all on 19th October.