Please find curriculum information for Primary 2 for Term 4.
We will be enjoying the sunny outdoor weather in Term 4, please consider sunscreen in your child’s bag and a sun hat if you have one.
Outdoor Learning – Our Local Beach
Our term 4 topic is “Sea and Seashore.” P2’s 3 key questions are:
- What living things do we find at the seashore?
- Where in sea do different creatures live?
- Who keeps us safe at the seashore?
We started by remembering our road safety rules that we learned when we were the JRSO’s for the school in Term 2 as part of pupil leadership. We lead the walk to the beach safely. Today we were learning what we find on the seashore at the stoney beach, we were particularly interested in different shapes, patterns, sizes of shells and stones. We were trying to find Grotti Buckies but we did not have any luck today. Some of us were aware of litter on the beach and began to discuss with our peers and our teachers the impact of litter in the sea.
Pupil Voice:
“This is a nice shell, it has a straight pattern”
“This rock has a smiley face on it”
“Rubbish is not good for the beach, I have picked up plastic, I will put it in the bin”
“This is called a rock pool, my dad and me found a crab in one of these once”.
Meta-skills: When we got back to class we washed our sea treasures and will have them in our play provision. We discussed what meta-skills we were using. Children felt they were using their– Collaborating, Focusing, Leading, Curiosity skills.
Athletics
P2 have started the term in PE doing athletics. On Wednesday we remembered that athletics is split into three areas, running, jumping and throwing. We focused on jumping, performing in 7 different jumping activities.
- standing vertical jump
- 2 footed jumps following a directional pattern
- low hurdles
- standing long jump
- rebound jumps
- higher hurdles
- boxes of differing height to jump onto.
We were reminded that the standing long jump and rebound jumps are 2 of the 6 events we take part in at sports day.
Last week of Term 3!!
What a fantastic and fun-filled week we had in P2a for our last week of term! Our class has been buzzing with creativity, collaboration, and a strong sense of community as we explored learning both inside and outside the classroom.
We ended off the week with an Easter egg hunt that had everyone excited and eager to work together. Not only was it a sweet treat, but it also gave us a great opportunity to practice our sense-making and problem-solving skills as we followed clues and searched high and low!
We also had a super fun dance party with 2b, where we let loose and enjoyed some joyful movement. Dancing together encouraged creative thinking, and we loved expressing ourselves through music and rhythm. We even had a little boogie in our own classroom with our teachers – such a fun way to build confidence and connection!
As part of our health and wellbeing, we spent time outdoors practicing our ball skills, showing determination and working on our coordination and teamwork. While we were outside, we also explored the changing season by looking for signs of spring. We spotted daffodils, budding trees, and fresh green leaves — perfect for sparking curiosity and encouraging observation.
Pupil Voice: “Look, I see yellow” “I have found new leaves on the trees”
In the classroom, we put our critical thinking to the test by diving into subtraction. We worked hard, helping each other understand tricky problems and celebrating our progress along the way.
A highlight of the week was our group work on school values. We had meaningful conversations about respect, determination, and safety, and created colourful posters to share what these values mean to us. It was wonderful to see how everyone contributed their ideas and worked together — such great collaboration!
Pupil Voice: “Its really important to show respect” “Being respectful helps us be kind”
All these activities helped us develop our metaskills — skills that support all learning. Whether it was creative thinking during dance and art, sense-making while searching for signs of spring, or critical thinking during subtraction, we were always learning and growing.
Beat, Rhythm & Pitch
We have been continuing to reinforce our sense of steady beat using body percussion and we have also explored the relationship between beat and rhythm. A song that we have learned called ‘Pussycat Pussycat’ gave us an opportunity to learn about a question and answer style of song in music where we kept the beat by tapping while singing the questions and showing the rhythm of the answers by clapping.
Below are two videos which show us practising ‘Pussycat Pussycat’ where we tap the beat and clap the rhythm to show the difference.
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We have also been learning about pitch – how high or low a sound is, and we’ve been using our singing voices to match the pitch that we’ve heard. We have also been learning how to use our hands to show if the pitch is high, middle or low. The song ‘Rain is Falling Down’ is one we have learned which has three different pitches.
After using our hands to show the pitch of the song, we talked about which words in the song were at a high, middle or low pitch and we put them into three different sets of clouds to show how the pitch changed in the song.
Here is a video of us singing the song and showing the high, middle and low pitches with our hand positions.
Racket Activities
In PE, we have finished the term doing racket activities. We have used short tennis and badminton equipment so far and will finished tomorrow with table tennis bats and balls. We started off by developing our hand eye coordination through using beach balls and catching balls in hoops. We have then spent a week each on the 3 different sports.
Our main focus has been on speed. In racket sports you have to move quickly for a short distances and be able to stop in control and balance. We spent a lot of time working on using different foot patterns which will help us coordinate our way quickly around a court.
P2A Weekly Update: Looking Forward to the Holidays!
As we count down to the holidays, P2A has been busy with lots of fun and engaging learning experiences! This week, we continued exploring symmetry through play, using more shapes and patterns. Our learners have been collaborating to create symmetrical artwork, sharing ideas, and helping one another refine their designs.
Taking our phonics lessons outdoors has been a wonderful way to bring learning to life, and the children have loved practicing their sounds and words in the fresh air. “I like writing my letters outside because it makes it more fun!” one child shared enthusiastically. Our time project has also been a great success as we focused on drawing clock hands and understanding how time is represented. Through this, the children demonstrated great focusing skills, concentrating on positioning the hands correctly.
In our sand tray, we introduced water play, which led to some fantastic sensory exploration. “We made rivers and lakes in the sand!” one child excitedly reported. Meanwhile, our budding mathematicians have been learning about halves and quarters, using real-world examples to make sense of these concepts. Their sense-making skills were evident as they cut shapes and objects into equal parts and explained their thinking.
Writing remains a key focus, and we’ve been sharing the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel, sparking thoughtful discussions and storytelling. We talked about integrity and making good choices, just like the characters in the story. A special highlight of the week was when one of our talented children played Hot Cross Buns on the ukulele—what a lovely treat!
As we approach the holidays, we are excited for the adventures ahead and all the learning yet to come. Well done, P2A!
Little Red Riding Hood
P2A have been learning about the fairy tale -Little Red Riding Hood- the children have learned to use templates, cut shapes and imagined the body shape of the wolf with some examples to inspire them. They have drawn and coloured a basket , drawn little red riding hood’s face- side on- and used colours in this multi media work. They have drawn forests showing some scale and colour – Imagine being in their forest.
Puddle Splashing
With the endless rain today pupils were really interested in where it comes from. We had some impromptu learning about the water cycle and rain this afternoon where pupils asked very insightful questions. After watching the forecast for the next few days then the class asked to get their wet suits and wellies on and I wasn’t going to say no.
Symmetry
We’ve just finished our symmetry learning. We can recognise symmetrical patterns, create our own and we learnt about symmetrical animals such as butterflies.
We can recognise 1 line of symmetry in shapes and know how to test if a shape is symmetrical or not.
Pupil Voice:
‘Symmetry means the same on both sides’
’well… if I fold the shape and it isn’t the same then I know it is not symmetrical’
