{"id":1325,"date":"2025-03-23T14:19:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2025-03-23T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:10:33","slug":"a-week-in-the-life-of-p2a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/2025\/03\/23\/a-week-in-the-life-of-p2a\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in the life of P2A!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a week in Primary 2A! We\u2019ve been busy with symmetry, subtraction, storytelling, and even some outdoor learning!<\/p>\n<h3>Maths &amp; Magic<\/h3>\n<p>The children have been creating beautiful symmetrical patterns during play using loose parts.<\/p>\n<p>Pupil Voice:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am making a teddy bear rainbow&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They also became number line ninjas, jumping backwards to master subtraction. \u201cJump back like a frog!\u201d said one pupil.<\/p>\n<h3>Storytelling with a Twist<\/h3>\n<p>Our fairytales took a creative spin this week. We have been creating our own characters and changing the ending of old-fashioned fairytales! We have had fairytales involving the Northlink, Pokemon and Vikings!<\/p>\n<h3>Learning Beyond the Classroom<\/h3>\n<p>We took phonics outside, writing words with chalk and hunting for sounds in nature. \u201cI like being outside when the sun is out!\u201d said a pupil. We also had a virtual tour of Lerwick using Google Maps, spotting different types of houses and discussing what makes each one special. \u201cI saw a house just like mine!\u201d someone excitedly shared.<\/p>\n<h3>Shooting Hoops &amp; Daily Mile<\/h3>\n<p>We kept active with our Daily Mile and had fun attempting to score hoops. I think we all need some practice though. Only Mrs Henry got one in the net!<\/p>\n<h3>Metaskills in Action<\/h3>\n<p>From <strong>creativity<\/strong> in stories, <strong>collaboration<\/strong> in games, <strong>sense-making<\/strong> in maps, to <strong>critical thinking<\/strong> in phonics, we\u2019ve been learning in so many ways!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1329\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160953\/20250321_133716-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160953\/20250321_133716-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160953\/20250321_133716-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160953\/20250321_133716-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160953\/20250321_133716.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1328\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160855\/20250319_122100-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160855\/20250319_122100-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160855\/20250319_122100-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160855\/20250319_122100-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160855\/20250319_122100.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1327\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160721\/20250319_121748-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160721\/20250319_121748-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160721\/20250319_121748-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160721\/20250319_121748-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/soundp1a2324\/uploads\/sites\/3527\/2025\/03\/23160721\/20250319_121748.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a week in Primary 2A! We\u2019ve been busy with symmetry, subtraction, storytelling, and even some outdoor learning! Maths &amp; Magic The children have been creating beautiful symmetrical patterns during play using loose parts. Pupil Voice: &#8220;I am making a teddy bear rainbow&#8221; They also became number line ninjas, jumping backwards to master subtraction. \u201cJump &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/2025\/03\/23\/a-week-in-the-life-of-p2a\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A week in the life of P2A!&#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":[105,14,115,122,138],"class_list":["post-1325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-collaboration","tag-creativity","tag-critical-thinking","tag-metaskills","tag-sensemaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325","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=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundp1a2324\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}