{"id":1219,"date":"2025-03-09T08:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T08:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2025-03-09T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T08:37:41","slug":"primary-2a-blog-a-week-of-magic-vikings-and-pancakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/2025\/03\/09\/primary-2a-blog-a-week-of-magic-vikings-and-pancakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary 2A Blog \u2013 A Week of Magic, Vikings, and Pancakes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Wow! What a week we&#8217;ve had in <strong>Primary 2A<\/strong> \u2013 we\u2019ve been busy learning, creating, and having so much fun! Here\u2019s what we got up to in our action-packed week:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd5e <strong>Flipping Fantastic Pancakes!<\/strong> \ud83e\udd5e<br \/>\nWe started the week by making <strong>pancakes<\/strong>, and let&#8217;s just say, some of us have a real talent for flipping (and some of us need a little more practice!).<\/p>\n<p>Pupil Voice: &#8220;I was really proud of my pancake because I flipped it without dropping it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was a great way to practise our <strong>hand-eye coordination<\/strong> and <strong>patience<\/strong> \u2013 important skills for life!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcda <strong>Book Week Bonanza!<\/strong> \ud83d\udcda<br \/>\nIt was <strong>Book Week<\/strong>, so we spent lots of time <strong>reading in the classroom<\/strong> and sharing our favourite stories.<\/p>\n<p>Pupil Voice: &#8220;I loved reading with my friend because we helped each other with tricky words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Thursday, we dressed up<\/strong> as our favourite characters, and the classroom was full of wizards, superheroes, and fairytale creatures. Even the teachers got involved !<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udeaa <strong>A Magical Door to Fairyland!<\/strong> \ud83d\udeaa<br \/>\nWe designed and created a <strong>magical door into Fairyland<\/strong> using our creativity and teamwork. This activity helped us develop our <strong>imagination<\/strong> and <strong>problem-solving skills<\/strong>, as we worked together to decide what Fairyland might look like. The children did a great job and P2A even won the door display competition!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0e <strong>Character Hunt &amp; Classroom Play!<\/strong> \ud83d\udd0e<br \/>\nWe had a <strong>character hunt around the school<\/strong>, spotting famous storybook characters hidden in different places. This was a great way to practise our <strong>observation skills<\/strong> and <strong>teamwork with our families. <\/strong>After, we came back to the class and had a play with our friends.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f <strong>A Viking Invasion!<\/strong> \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f<br \/>\nTo top it all off, we had a <strong>visit from the Bressay UP HELLY AA squad!<\/strong> The whole school joined in, singing Viking songs with real energy.<\/p>\n<p>What a week, <strong>Primary 2A!<\/strong> We used so many <strong>metaskills<\/strong> \u2013 from <strong>creativity and collaboration<\/strong> to <strong>resilience and confidence<\/strong>. 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What a week we&#8217;ve had in Primary 2A \u2013 we\u2019ve been busy learning, creating, and having so much fun! Here\u2019s what we got up to in our action-packed week: \ud83e\udd5e Flipping Fantastic Pancakes! \ud83e\udd5e We started the week by making pancakes, and let&#8217;s just say, some of us have a real talent for flipping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/2025\/03\/09\/primary-2a-blog-a-week-of-magic-vikings-and-pancakes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Primary 2A Blog \u2013 A Week of Magic, Vikings, and Pancakes!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[105,14,115,134],"class_list":["post-1219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-collaboration","tag-creativity","tag-critical-thinking","tag-sense-making"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219\/revisions\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}