Month: December 2023

Enjoy the holidays P2!

From

Mrs Anderson

I didn’t get many photos, too busy having fun. Thank you to Mrs Ritchie for organising the games for us.

We also had a visit from the sneaky elf who had tied up some of the infant wing toys and had eaten all the chocs from the advent calendars. The class had fun drawing a picture and writing about his antics.

Our topic this term has been Night and Day.

This has included:

• What happens at day and night
• Nocturnal and Diurnal animals
• Light sources including natural and artificial lighting
• Learning about the moon
• Electrical circuits to switch on a bulb for light
• Being safe in the dark
• Being safe around fireworks and bonfires
• Materials that help us to be seen in the dark
• Shadows
• Hedgehogs including their lifecycle
• Reading ‘The Owl that was Afraid of the Dark’

 

On Friday it was Christmas Jumper Day and we came to school wearing our Christmas jumpers.  We really enjoyed playing the Christmas jumper game on Topmarks. The link is below if you want to have a shot.

Christmas Jumper Designer (topmarks.co.uk)

We liked the Christmas tree game too.

Decorate the Christmas Tree (topmarks.co.uk)

We had a visit from Chloe, she works at the Shetland Library. We did some nursery rhymes with her. We did Incy, Wincy, Spider and Baa Baa Black Sheep and some more. We read two books with her. They were fun. The cat in the book was very cute. We did a few songs including The Big White Bus.

This term we have been continuing to develop our knowledge and understanding of pulse, rhythm and pitch through rhymes, action games and singing games. In the video you can see our performance of a rhyme called ‘Engine, Engine Number 9’. We kept the pulse of the rhyme using our hands and arms to be the train wheels moving along the track and look out for how we show the rhythm of the last line of the rhyme the second time through.

This was our last week of gymnastics.  The class have loved this block, especially the equipment.  Everyone has worked so hard.  We have seen lots and lots of learning taking place including balance and control, co-ordination, gross motor skills, core stability, strength, flexibility, stamina and confidence, as well as less obvious aspects like respect and tolerance, decision making and prioritising.  A great block with so much effort put in.  Well done P2A.

Here we are exploring this weeks equipment.