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:
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:
Good afternoon boys and girls. Here are a few activities for this afternoon.
TOPIC
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
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.
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.
MATHS
Here are a few number activities!
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
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!
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:
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!
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.
This year in Science you have learned about your five senses. Watch this song to remind you.
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!