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Primary 2 – Afternoon

How did you get on? Let us know by emailing us on

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary2@westlothian.org.uk

Some fun art to do. Remember, the honey comb cells where the bees deposit the honey are made in the shape of a hexagon. Can you make your own honey comb? You can use paper, cardboard, twigs of draw it. Here are some examples:

Try this fun exercise with someone! Carry out the instructions by spelling your name. Want a challenge? Keep going with you surname:

Primary 2 – Morning

Good morning Primary 2! I hope you are all well. Please let us know how you are getting on and you can post pictures as well to :

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary2@westlothian.org.uk

For Literacy, watch the following video about how bees make honey and then answer the questions below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECtOFpbgVs

Questions:

  • Why do bees make honey?
  • What is the main ingredient bees need to make honey?
  • Where can they find this ingredient?
  • Are worker bees male or female?
  • Where does the worker bee store this ingredient once it extracts it with its really long tongue?
  • How many times will a bee might have to visit a flower to fill itself up?
  • How does the ingredient gathered by a worker bee get thickened up into honey?
  • What does the last bee in the process do?
  • What shape is the wax honey comb in the bee hive? How many sides does this shape have?
  • Why do the bees create a wax lid over the honey comb cells?

Can you create a picture story board about how bees make honey? This is a series of pictures which goes through the process of how bees make honey step by step. Here is an animated video which may help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uES_6CIgle0

Maths – Count backwards from 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS60rraBhz4

Count backwards from 100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iwgJmW1uvg&list=PL8OcbSHKSLNuVcxp-225OAbaQS_b0Wjmz

Counting in 2’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTcpfSnOMQ&list=PL8OcbSHKSLNuVcxp-225OAbaQS_b0Wjmz&index=2

Counting in 10’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftati8iGQcs&list=PL8OcbSHKSLNuVcxp-225OAbaQS_b0Wjmz&index=4

Primary 2 – Tuesday afternoon

Good afternoon boys and girls. Here are a few activities for this afternoon.

TOPIC

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We have been looking at different houses around Whitburn. Remind yourself of what different houses in Whitburn look like when you are out your walk. This afternoon, can you create a picture of your dream home. Think about all the cool things your dream home might have. Your dream home might have a swimming pool, chutes instead of stairs, a theme park in your garden, a home cinema room or a room made of chocolate etc. Draw your dream home with lots of detail and colour it in. Send your dream home pictures to me at

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary2@westlothian.org.uk

I can’t wait to see them. Have fun,  Mrs Reid!

Polkemmet Primary School PEF  Speech and Language Therapy

The Speech and Language , PEF team are releasing 4 posts on Facebook week beginning 18th May to help parents and families.

These posts aim to make parents aware of some of the activities that help develop their child’s speech, language and communication skills in the classroom and how parents can still support these skills at home.

Posts will focus activities to support learning new words, improving listening skills and ways to develop team building and problem solving skills.

Information  can be accessed can be found at:

www.facebook.com/NHSLothianSLT

 

Primary 2 – Tuesday

Good morning boys and girls. Hope you are all safe and well. Here are a few tasks for you to complete this morning.

LITERACY

Have a look at the pictures below. Can you write 2-3 sentences to describe each picture using good descriptive vocabulary. Here is an example for the beach –

There are fluffy white clouds in the bright blue sky. The sand is soft and golden. The sea is warm and the waves are soft and gentle.

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MATHS

Here are a few number activities!

  1. Pick two numbers between 0 and 10

Add your two numbers together to find the total. What is the answer?

Double it! Now what is your answer?

Take away/Add 10, now what is your answer?

*Repeat with another two numbers between 0-10. (Pick two numbers between 0-20, 0-50, 0-100 or 0-1000 if you want a challenge)

 

2. Practice counting forwards and backwards in 2s. Watch this video to help you

 

Remember to send photos of your work to

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary2@westlothian.org.uk

I can’t wait to see them. Good Luck! Mrs Reid

Primary 2

Good afternoon everyone. Here is a workout video for you to complete this afternoon to keep fit!

 

ART

This afternoon try and see if you can make an eco  picture using recycled materials or materials from your garden. Be creative as you like. You might want to make a house, an animal, a robot, a rainbow… You can use leaves, sticks, mud, wrappers, foil, bottles etc. Send me a photo of your picture to

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary2@westlothian.org.uk

I can’t wait to see your photos. Have fun!

 

Remember to practice your tricky words on your word wall as much as possible too. Mrs Reid!

Primary 2 -11th May

Good morning boys and girls. I hope you enjoyed your weekend. It’s Monday again. Here are a few tasks for this morning from Mrs Grenfell.

 

RME

Last week you were asked to design a Jewish meal for Shabbat. This week Mrs Grenfel has asked you to learn about how Jewish people celebrate Shabbat in a Synagogue

A synagogue is a place Jewish people go to pray and spend time with friends (like a church). Watch the clip below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zcfgkqt

Draw pictures in your jotter to show you understand how Jewish people celebrate Shabbat in the Synagogue

 

FRENCH

Mrs Grenfell has asked you to revise numbers 0-20 in French,

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Use the link below to help you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEz58BblMY

Primary 2 email address

Hi everyone. Here is the email address for P2. Please note it has slightly changed

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary2@westlothian.org.uk

 

Please send any comments, questions, photos of work to this email address and Mrs Bashir and I will get back to you. We have had some lovely emails of photos of work so far. Thank you. Keep sending them to the above email address. Thanks, Mrs Reid!

Primary 2

Good morning boys and girls, it’s Friday again. Yesterday you were asked to write a boys and girls name for each letter of the alphabet. Today, can you find something from each letter of the alphabet from A-Z that you can eat or drink? Make a list in your jotter.

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This year in Science you have learned about your five senses. Watch this song to remind you.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=5+senses+song+

On your walk today or around your house can you complete a 5 senses scavenger hunt? See if you can find things to complete this task below

5 senses hunt

Have a good weekend everyone. It was lovely to hear from some of you yesterday. We will be phoning others this week and next so we will hopefully speak to you soon. Mrs Reid!