For Book Week we made a display of the book ‘The Twits’. We made a huge Mr Twit as well as lots of little ones and we made Mrs Twits’ glass eye! We have been writing descriptions of Mr Twit and Mrs Twit as part of our writing lessons. We have also come up with lots of descriptive words to use for these horrible people. Our water tray has wormy spaghetti in it, just like the meal Mr Twit served Mrs Twit.
We are learning o’clock and half past. We have been playing time bingo, using mini clocks and matching up the correct times.
Game used in class – Clocking In (educationcity.com)
Video to help explain time – Telling the time – o’clock and half past (youtube.com)
As part of Book Week we had a fun scavenger hunt in the library. We had to find a variety of things including a king, a frog, an elephant, a recipe and a plane. What a fun we have had!
Emily MacKenzie: Draw-along – Scottish Book Trust
We watched an author’s live session today in class which included drawing the character Granville.
We had a visit from Clare today. She works for childsmile and regularly pops in to see us brush our teeth. Today she came in to talk to us about our teeth and how to look after them. We spoke about acid attacks on the teeth and how these should be kept to a minimum so sugary treats should be eaten after a meal rather than at snack time. We discussed what foods were good for a snack and what foods were not good for a snack. P2a came up with a list of ideas.
Healthy Snack Ideas
Banana, apple, blueberries, grapes, natural yogurt, watermelon, pear, pineapple, carrot, orange, broccoli, cucumber, breadsticks, crackers, cheese, peppers, cherries and strawberries.
Unhealthy snacks or snack that are not good for your teeth
Chewy sweets, ice cream, lollipop, jelly beans, doughnuts, oreos, fruit winders, raisins, biscuits, chocolate and anything with lots of sugar.
The class did really well and answered the questions brilliantly. They were keen to share what they knew. Clare was also very impressed with how good we were at brushing our teeth in p2. We make sure we get every tooth and know the correct order to brush all of them. We use peerie circle movements and know the correct amount of toothpaste to use. And we are getting better at not chewing our brushes!
Today P2 watched Author’s Live which featured authors Tom Nicoll and Ross Collins talking about their picture books There’s Nothing Faster Than A Cheetah and There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy. The class enjoyed listening to the stories and got a lesson on how to draw a cheetah and a Blobfish.Â
What a day!
The class have had a great time preparing for Up Helly Aa. We made shields and helmets. We have set up our own Sound School Galley Shed in the infant wing which includes dressing up, axe designs, helmet making, galley building, torch making, art activities and a workbench with real tools.
We enjoyed the day which included a walk to the Clickimin to see the Junior galley and presentations in the gym hall to both the junior squad and senior squad. We got a very quick chance to hold their shields and try their helmets before the vikings had to leave again.
Thank you to all the parent helpers who came on our trip. It was great to have you. Thank you to the squads who came to visit. It was a very special and exciting day for everyone.
The Curriculum Information document below shows parents what learning is planned for the pupils this term.
The Family Learning Grid is optional tasks for you to do based on what learning we are doing in class. Our topic this term is Lerwick so several tasks are linked to exploring Lerwick. Please email me with any photos you have of your home learning or feel free to share your experiences with us.
gw14andersonclare@glow.shetland.sch.uk
Another snow day! Let’s hope this is the last one.
Here is Friday’s home learning grid. I hope you have enjoyed some of the activities that have been set this week. If you want to share your learning with me then my email is:
gw14andersonclare@glow.shetland.sch.uk
Thank you to those who have sent me pictures. They have made me smile!
Here is another grid. I hope you are all enjoying the snow. My email address is on the bottom of the learning grid for anyone who wants to share any of their home learning with me or let me know how you are getting on.
Here is your grid for Wednesday. I hope you are all enjoying the snow.
Here is your grid for today.
Here are some activities for you to do at home.
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:
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 week we have played lots of numeracy games. Bingo was the favourite. Here is the spinner we used if anyone wants to try it at home. You just need to write 6 numbers down and get spinning. 0-20 spinner – Random wheel (wordwall.net)
We also played whiteboard games, board games, did lessons from Lloyds Bank on money, did our Chaos in the Snow challenge(see post further below with photos on this), loop cards and we loved having the grown ups in to talk to us about their jobs and do our number notion packs together. Our play areas were all set up with tasks that involved number. We had weighing and measuring, a shop to use money in, matching, ordering, connect 4, shapes, building using blocks, calculators, letter formation and stories using numbers.
Here are some of the games we have enjoyed this week.
Place Value Basketball – Dienes Game for 5 to 8 Year Olds (topmarks.co.uk)
