It has been great to see the sun this week and has linked in perfectly with our Weather topic. We learned about what the sun is and why we need it here on Earth. We discussed ways of keeping safe in the sun and we all know why this is very important. We made posters to tell others what they can do to stay safe in the sun.

Lucas told us that the sometimes the sun is shining in his front garden and then it moves to his back garden. We know that this is because the Earth is moving and is at different angles to the sun at different times of the day. This led to us discussing why our shadows are not the same size and in the same place for the whole day. We learned that shadows are made when light cannot travel through an object. We measured shadows at different times of the day. We found out that our shadows are shortest during the hottest part of the day, between 11am and 3pm.

We have enjoyed learning about the sun and we hope the sunny weather continues for the next 2 weeks of term. We can wear sun cream and bring a hat to school to help protect us in the playground on sunny days.

Article 28 The Right to an Education

This week we have been experimenting. We were testing materials which would be good to use to make an umbrella. We enjoyed putting water onto different materials and finding out what would happen. We learned that paper and cotton would not be very good materials to use but plastic would be very good. We discussed the fact that although some materials like metal and glass are waterproof they would not be suitable to use to make an umbrella but they are good for using at other times when you need something to be waterproof, for example when you are cooking using water or drinking water.

We have also been learning how rainbows happen. Campbell gave us a super explanation of how rainbows are formed and was awarded our pupil of the week certificate for doing so. We know that rainbows are not a type of weather but they happen when you have rain and sun at the same time. We made some tissue paper rainbows which have brightened up our classroom. 🙂

In writing this week we were learning about onomatopoeia. Although this is a BIG word, we know that it has a simple meaning – a word that describes a sound. We enjoyed listening to a Dr Seuss story with lots of sound words in it and then we listened to some weather sounds and thought of good words to use to describe them. We then created posters showing onomatopoeia weather words.

We look forward to sharing our learning in school with our parents and carers on Wednesday 27th May @ 8.55am.

Have a lovely weekend!

Article 28 – The Right to an Education

This week in P2bg we have had lots of celebrations for achievements and successes in our class. We enjoyed performing Zip Ah Dee Doo Dah at Celebrating Success. We are proud of Alfie, Hannah, James and Ranna who were all awarded certificates.

We are also proud of Amy who received an award for outstanding achievement in P.E this session.

Our pupil of the week this week is William who has been trying hard to write independently and our RRS award went to Teighan for being respectful and fair.

Well done to all our successful pupils, keep up the hard work!

This week we have been learning about clouds. We learned about the water cycle and did some small experiments to demonstrate this. Our challenge is to try an experiment at home putting a small amount of water into a dish and keeping it in a warm place. We are hoping to see that over time this water will evaporate and that will prove to us that the water cycle really happens! Our discussions about water reminded us that we have the right to clean and safe drinking water. We knew that not all children across the world have access to clean and safe drinking water and that in some countries it does not rain very much which stops plants from growing. Mrs Gallagher was very impressed with our knowledge!

We listened to the story Little Cloud by Eric Carle and then wrote our own stories about the adventures of a cloud. We also made some cloud shape pictures which will be displayed in the classroom beside our stories.

Article 24 – The right to safe drinking water.
Article 29 – Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.

This week we have been learning how magic e changes the vowel sound in words. Mrs Gallagher introduced us to Walter the Wizard who is going to help us to read and spell words with magic e.

We have been working hard on rehearsals for our p2 show and had our first whole run through yesterday. Our homework task is to design a backdrop to be displayed during the show. Mrs Innes will be picking the winning designs next week.

For our Castles topic we have been learning about The Stirling Heads in Stirling Castle. These are wooden carvings of kings, queens and historical people which have been restored and are displayed on a ceiling in Stirling Castle. We used these as a stimulus to create our own portraits. We learned how to draw eyes, nose and mouth correctly and Mrs Gallagher is very pleased with our finished work. They will be displayed outside our classroom, please come and take a look.

Well done to Kiara who achieved our rights respecting award for last month for always being kind and respectful and to Gemma for achieving the award for p2 pupil of the month in drama. Gemma has worked really hard on her solo performance for the p2 show and has shown great confidence in singing on stage.