There was a special day at school this week!We counted all the days on the computer and on Monday it was our 100th day in Primary 2. To celebrate we had to work as a team to build a paper cup tower with 100 cups. One cup for each day of awesome learning! The best part was ….knocking the tower down.

Literacy

This week we were using magic e with u to build new words. Our narrative writing this week was based upon a different version of the Three Little Pigs where the pigs were mean and the wolf was very kind.  In reading we were set tasks to understand the reading and had to choose which sentences were true or false.  We also collected more words for our word boost wall: slithered, lurked, squealed, villagers, pace and bragged.

Numeracy

This week were using bundles of tens and single straws on our place value mats to find the answers to subtraction within 30. Using bundles of ten or dienes rods made it easier to work out the answer. We found out more about the history of time and learned that Ancient Egyptians used obelisks to tell the time over 4000 years ago. We practised drawing the correct size of hands on clock faces to show o’clock and half past.

Health & Well-being

We discussed the ‘power of yet’ to help us have a growth mindset and to realise that although we may find some tasks challenging that with practise and a positive attitude we will learn these new skills. We made warm fuzzies to help with our resilience. If we are having a bad day we can hold our warm fuzzies or talk to them and we will feel much better.

RERC

This week we enjoyed participating in the online Candlemas Day Mass. We could identify the important items on the altar that we discussed the day before such as the font, the lectern and the tabernacle.

Social Studies – Linlithgow Palace

This week we learned about the first Royals who lived at Linlithgow Palace when it was first built 597 years ago! The Stuart kings seemed to like the name James. We also found out about the famous lady called Mary, Queen of Scots. We learned that the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland and spotted them on a video of the Palace fountain. We learned about the Lion Rampant and spotted them on the crests at the entrance to the Palace. We then made some delicious royal biscuits that were very fancy and fit for a Royal banquet at the Palace.