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Primary 2

We had a great week in P2, see what we did below :)

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We were doing some handwriting and later to see if our handwriting has improved, we wrote about our weekends and practised our spelling words. We wrote about our dream holiday and the one we liked best from the past as well as learning how to write info reports – it was really interesting! We also learned an important part of writing – similes and metaphors. We now know their meanings and how to use them (e.g. She is a star (metaphor) He is as tall as a tree (simile)).

We revised our division and taking away, tall things and smaller things. Shorter things and longer things etc.

In RE we were learning about Mary and the Holy Spirit as well as having a class discussion on the importance of prayers.

We were outside a lot since the weather was beautiful! Sports day was amazing too, we danced in class. We also did some posters about moving to P3 and we discovered that it is a great way of finding out how we feel about things.

 

Have a lovely weekend – one more week to go!

Kind regards,

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

Great week in P2!

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In maths, we have been reviewing some of the knowledge gained in P2 e.g. adding using a 100 square, multiplying, dividing, subtracting, positive and negative numbers on the number line and much more…

In literacy, we have been drawing and writing cards for Father’s day, and we know now a new sound ‘e-e’, for example : these, here, eve, Steve, complete, even. Like every week, we were practising our handwriting too! This time we were focusing on the letters Ee and Ff.

In Spanish, we were learning how to say and write the days of the week and months of the year, it was a little tricky but we did great.

During our HWB lesson and our topic ‘Healthy body- healthy mind,’ we were learning about how important it is to regularly exercise. We also had a dance competition – it was good fun!

In PE we had a wonderful time playing dodge ball, also we did our ‘mile a day’ almost every day as the weather was beautiful!

In science we were learning about some small creatures, we know that insects have 6 legs, female mosquitoes bite people as well as other animals, and we know that our world could not exist without bees!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

 

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

Lots of work in P2!

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In maths, we were revising our knowledge about kilograms and grams and taking away whilst using a 100 square to help us. We were also doing number talks where we used 10 frames to help us and we practised the partitioning strategy.

In literacy, we did our spelling test! We were all a little bit nervous but we think that it went well 🙂         We also wrote our weekend news and we presented our stories with Scottish words.

We continued our mini-beast hunt! It was really fun! We also know that a food chain consists of producers, prey, predators and consumers.

In RE we were learning about Corpus Christi as you know, this Sunday is the feast of Corpus Christi.

Lastly, we took part in some races for sports day – we love to exercise!

 

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

 

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

Yet another busy week in P2!

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In maths, we were revising our knowledge about acute, obtuse and right angles. We also learned about greater than >, less than < and equal to =, signs and we used these to help us compare the sizes of different angles. As well as that, we were learning about kilograms and grams. We were using a scale to check how heavy various objects are. We were counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s and to help us with number talks, we used ten frames.

In literacy, we were writing our senses poem about spring and because we were learning about onomatopoeia (words that describe different sounds e.g. woof, bang, ping etc.), we included that in our poem too. Of course, we practised our handwriting too and practised the second hundred’s fry’s words. Some of our pupils presented the stories they wrote at home, those stories were special as they had to contain Scottish words.

In R.E., we were learning about the miracles performed by Jesus and we watched bible stories about that.

There are many living things around us, and not all of them are humans. For science, we went on a minibeast hunt! It was so fun! We used a magnifying glass to get a closer look at the little creatures and marked them off on our worksheets. We’ll continue the work next week. 🙂

For health and wellbeing, we were talking about good friendships, what they are made up of and what skills we need to possess to be a good friend.

We all know how important it is to have lots of exercises. For P.E. Mr Muldoon took us outside and we were throwing bean bags!

 

Kind Regards,

 

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

What a week in P2… have a read.

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We have been learning about capacity, volume and about a litre and half of a litre. We know that 1L is 1000ml so half of a litre is 500mg. The capacity is the total amount of space in the container. Volume is the amount of something in the container.

We were learning about a new sound this week o-e, like home, alone, stone, broke etc. We also were learning about ‘Narrative Writing’. First, we create a narrative planer, then we wrote our narrative writing using: A title, an orientation, a complication and a resolution. We also practised our handwriting, paying special attention to keeping our writing neat.

In RE we were learning about the parable of the Good Samaritan. We were so happy that there was finally one person who helped this poor man.

In our topic, we are going to learn this term about Healthy Body- Healthy Mind. We will be learning more in-depth about SHANARRI. S-safe, H- health, A-active, N-nurtured, A-achievement,  R-respected,  R-responsible, I-included

In science, we planted our Sunflower seeds, and now we look after them, by watering them every day. We started to observe their growth by using our Sunflower Dairy. It was such an interesting experience.

Outdoor learning was fun too, Mr Muldoon showed us some great games and even the weather was not too bad this week.

In Spanish we were learning about Los colores, we were playing the ‘Corner Game’ using Spanish the language.

 

Have a great long weekend everyone!

 

Kind Regards,

 

Mrs Koziel

 

Primary 2

What a week in Primary 2….

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In Maths we were learning about non-standard unit measurements. We checked how many feet our classroom is. We also checked objects in the playground using natural materials e.g. sticks or stones.

We learnt about a new artist called Jackson Pollock, we tried to express ourselves using his method of painting. It was such good fun!

In literacy, we were writing about our holidays and, we’re proud to say, remembered all the SC. We were learning about speech bubbles and speech marks then we made our own comics using all the knowledge we gained. We were learning about a new sound i-e, we know now how to read words bike, like, white etc. It was not very tricky.

Outdoor learning and doing a mile a day were great – especially in this lovely weather we have been having, recently.

In digital learning we were learning how to use the Paint app – we loved it!

Also, Yesterday was national EARTH day so to celebrate this, we wrote acrostic poems about our planet, it was so interesting, later we learned how we can save our planet by learning about Global Goal no. 12, Responsible Consumption and Production, so we made some posters about this and agreed on some next steps. We decided to bring our water bottles as much as we can but if we forget, we are going to use just one plastic cup per day. The cups will have our names written on them so we will know who has which cup. We also decided to not moan when we have to wear clothes after siblings and that it is a good idea to give the clothes that are too small for us to charity. It will help our Earth definitely.

Lastly, as part of R.E., we carried on our discussion about Easter and what happened then.

 

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!!

 

 

 

 

Primary 2

Last blog in 2020!!!

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Hi everyone, this week we had lots of fun. We were learning by doing Christmas Maths and Literacy activities. We were watching Christmas movies and learning about different Christmas traditions from all over the world! It was very interesting! We also had a Christmas Party with snacks – yummy!

I wish you all a lovely Christmas and peaceful, relaxing time with your families!

God bless you all and see you Next Year!!!

 

Kind Regards,

 

Mrs Koziel

 

Primary 2

This week we were learning about:

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  • In literacy we were upskilling our description story, we tried to use different openers for each sentence. We also remembered about our capital letters, fingers spaces, full stops and adjectives. We were also practising our handwriting.
  • We were learning how to write a proper letter, on this occasion we wrote a letter to Santa. We hope he appreciated our letters. We tried our best!
  • We were practising our common words: live, back, give, things, our etc.
  • In Maths we did the maths test and our teacher was very pleased with our scores. Also, we were learning how to figure our missing addends and we were still improving our knowledge about reading the time (quarter past and a quarter to).
  • We had fun whilst doing Christmas Art which was very nice. We loved it!
  • In RE we were learning about Mary as 8.12 is the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
  • We had also lots of fun in outdoor learning. We were practising our common words and we expressed ourselves by making art using the resources which we found outside.
  • We have learnt how to say Merry Christmas everyone in Spanish. Feliz Navidad Adornos!

 

Just one week to go!

 

Have a nice weekend,

 

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

Another week in P2…

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  • We have been learning about St Barbara, St Nicholas, St Andrew and how Advent started in the Catholic Church. We know that the purple candles on the Advent Wreath are for Hope, Love, Peace and the Pink one is for Joy
  • We have been learning about descriptions and question marks, we were practising the formation of the question mark and we know now when we need to use ‘?’ or ‘.’
  • We wrote a description about Goldilocks from the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’.
  • We were learning how to tell the time using half past and o’clock, quarter to and quarter past. We know that a quarter of an hour is 15 minutes. We were practising this using the smartboard, laptops and worksheets.
  • We were practising common words e.g. over, little, know, sound etc. some of us were using bubble writing and some of us were using rainbow writing.
  • On Monday, a special guest appeared in our class! We have chosen the name Chippy for the Elf and he has recently done some very funny thing in our classroom. We love to have him in our class.
  • We also had good fun using the Rekenrek, we were learning about the most effective strategy (which this time was the doubling strategy) and how to use it.

 

 

 

Have a lovely weekend,

 

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

What is going on in P2

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  • We read the Big Book, the story about Anna. We were learning how to write a description
  • We were practising our handwriting with letters ‘Oo’ and ‘Pp’
  • We were learning about symmetry and patterns
  • We were practising counting in 2s, 5s, 10s, also we were making numbers in the most effective way using a Rekenrek
  • We were learning about God and Heaven. We shared our vision of how Heaven could look like. We also were learning about Jesus as the Way, The Truth and The Life
  • We were upskilling our Spanish, and we were learning how to say bread/pan, eggs/huevos etc.
  • In Science we were learning about our fifth sense, the sense of touch, we also were learning about parts of our hands
  • We started to learn Jingle Bells in BSL, as we cannot sing right now. That was good fun
  • We had our outdoor learning and we created clocks
  • In PE we had lots of fun with Mr Muldoon

 

 

Have a lovely weekend,

 

Mrs Koziel

 

 

Primary 2

This week we have been…

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  • Learning about the new sound ‘ea’ e.g. leaf, read, dream etc.
  • Learning about verbs, we know that all action words are verbs e.g. painting, singing, dancing etc.
  • Practising our handwriting with the letter ‘M’ ‘m’ and ‘N’ ’n’, we know how important is to have good handwriting.
  • Learning about giving change from 20p. We were using the smartboard, toy shop and worksheets to familiarise it more.
  • Learning about maths through a story where we were talking about a shopping basket and the items we could buy. We were thinking about how many items we could have all together.
  • We also have been learning about Queen Margaret of Scotland who was a great Saint.
  • Learning about our next sense which was taste.
  • In big writing, we wrote a recount story about the book; ‘Never bite a tiger’.
  • We also have been learning about emotions. We were talking about behaviour, then we analysed why sometimes our body is red, or why we cry sometimes.
  • To learn about anti – bulling, we had the discussion about situations which are not very nice and about what to do if something like that happens around us.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Koziel

 

 

Primary 2

Another lovely week in P2…

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  • We have been learning about nouns. We know that a name of a person, place or thing are nouns. We were writing sentences and we pointed out how many nouns we can see.
  • We were writing about our weekend using extended sentences with connectives (and, so, but, because). We still practised capital letters, finger spaces full stops and adjectives. We were also practising the sound ‘ay’ and ‘ai’, we know that the sound ‘ay’ goes usually at the end of the word ( day, pray, say) and ‘ai’ in the middle (rain, main, paint).
  • In Maths we were learning about money. We were playing in our toy shop, but also we were using ITC games and traditional worksheets. We were adding using the Rekenrek. The most effective way this time was the near double strategy.
  • We prayed for people who died in our families and for the brave soldiers who died for our freedom as well.
  • In science, we still continued to expand our knowledge about our senses. We were learning about the sense of smell. We were talking about the most beautiful and the most disgusting smell for us.
  • We also had lots of fun during PE and outdoor learning. This week we made 3D shapes from outdoor resources (sticks, stones etc.)
  • We were learning about Road Safety. We know how important it is and we know that we need to: Stop – Think – Use our senses to make sure we are safe when we are going to cross the road.
  • We also had some time to learn about emotions. The topic for this week was about behaviour. We were discussing why sometimes our behaviour is not appropriate and what we can do to change it.

 

 

Have a nice weekend,

 

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

Have a look at what we have done.

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  • This week we were practising our sentences and we remembered about capital letters, finger spaces, adjectives, and full stops. Also, we were learning about the sound ‘ee’, ‘oo’ and ‘ck’ as well as reviewing the previous sounds which we have learnt before. In our Big Writing, we wrote a ‘Friendship Recipe’ and that was a very interesting experience. We were learning about past tense (eg. adding ‘ed’ at the end of a word or changing  ‘go to went, see to saw, buy to bought’ etc.)
  • We also were learning about differences between a fact and opinion. We know that a fact must be proven and opinion is only our point of view.
  • At Maths we practised counting in 2s forward and backwards and we were looking for the most effective way to make a number using the Rekenrek.
  • We were working hard to learn how to analyse data using pictures and Bar Graphs and also Tally Charts.
  • In RE we were learning about All Saints and All Souls Day. We were praying for the people who died in our families.
  • In Science, we were learning about senses. The next sense which we were learning about was sight. We know how important all the senses are.
  • In Art, we were making our Remembrance Pebbles. We painted them white and then we drew lovely poppies on them. We also made firework art when we were learning about staying safe during Bonfire Night.

 

I hope you will have an amazing weekend.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Anna Koziel

Primary 2

We had a lovely week!

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  • At literacy, we were learning about recount stories using First, Then, Next, Lastly. We tried to include all our success criteria: capital letters, finger spaces, full stops and wow words. We were practising our handwriting and now we know a new sound: ‘ph’ e.g. pharmacy, elephant, Sophie or photograph.
  • At maths, we have been learning about 3D shapes properties: faces, vertices and edges.
  • For RE, we have been learning about St Ruth and St Jude Thaddeus, we know how good these people were and that they listened to God.
  • In Spanish, we were reviewing our knowledge and we were learning how to say: ‘Can I go to the toilet, please?’ ‘Puedo ir al bano?’
  • In Science we were learning about senses, the first sense which we were learning about was hearing.
  • We also had a chance to do some experiments this week. We know that hand gel with alcohol is flammable so after using it we should not go too close to a fire. Next, we have drawn spiders on a tin foil, poured a little bit of water over it and our spiders became alive. J The most interesting was the experiment where we created a vacuum inside the upside-down glass with the help of a little candle.
  • We also did lots of activities with Mr Muldoon. PE was great!
  • We were learning about emotions. We know that we have lots of different emotions and that our bodies can react differently when we feel in a certain way.
  • Today we came dressed up in Halloween costumes – it was good fun. We decorated pumpkins and talked about how we celebrated Halloween last year as well as how it is going to look like tomorrow.

Have a good weekend everyone.

 

Mrs Koziel

 

Primary 2

Last week of the term…

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  • We have been practising our spelling with the sounds ‘oy’ and ‘oi’ with words like: toy, boy, avoid coin. We know now that the most ‘oy’ sounds are at the end of words and the most ‘oi’ sounds are in the middle of words
  • We were designing our houses as part of our topic, we were writing descriptions about the materials we need to build the house. We know that we need cement, bricks, sand, metal, glass etc.
  • We had outdoor learning where we made houses from natural materials we found or brought to school from parks. It was good fun.
  • In Science, we were learning about sliding and friction, which we found very interesting.
  • In maths, we were practising ‘double’ and ‘near double’ strategies and also ‘double add one’.
  • We were talking about Autumn – the current season – and we were writing Autumn poems.
  • In RE we were praying to Mary on the Rosary.
  • In Art, we were expressing ourselves painting the Monet’s Sunset. Well, we tried to.
  • We also practiced Spanish, we know now basic words such as; asi asi – so so, mal – bad, por favour – please, gracias – thank you, sentaos – sit down, silencio- silence and more.

Have a lovely holiday everyone,

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

We had a lovely week in P2. Here is the overview of our work…

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  • We have been practicing handwriting with proper letter formation.
  • We have been learning about different openers. We know that to make our stories more interesting we should use different openers in every sentence. We were writing about our weekends, remembering about all the success criteria.
  • We had good fun with the new artist. This week we were learning about Claude Monet. We were painting the ‘Bridge over the water’.
  • In RE we were learning about the 3 Archangels – Michael, Raphael and Gabriel as 29.09 is their feast day. Also we were learning about Padre Pio who is a Saint in the Catholic Church.
  • In Maths we have been practicing Rekenrek skills, finding the most effective way to make a number with one or more pushes. We were learning about ‘double’ and ‘near double’ strategies.
  • In Spanish we were learning about how parts of the face are called. We know that ears are ‘las orejas’ or eyes are ‘ojos’, the mouth is ‘boca’ and hair ‘pelo’
  • We had lots of fun in PE with Mr Muldoon who had the lesson out in the fresh air
  • We were praying on the Rosary as October is the month of Mary

 

Have a nice weekend everyone,

 

Mrs Koziel

Primary 2

Busy week in P2..

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Another busy week in P2

  • In literacy we were practicing our handwriting. We want to get really good at letter formation.
  • We were learning about sound ‘ch’ e.g. chop, chip, church etc. We tried to hide those words in the picture.
  • We were developing our reading skills, trying to read our books with expressions.
  • We were also trying to focus on summarising the Gruffalo story. We know that summarising means telling what happened in the story in few sentences only.
  • In Maths we were learning using Rekenrek, trying to focus on how many pushes we need to do to make no 15. We know it can be 5+5+5 or 10+5 or 7+3+5 etc. We know now which way is the most effective.
  • We were also practising ‘Place Value’ using ‘Partitioning Strategy’ e.g. 583 = 500 + 80 + 3
  • In RE we were talking about Triumph of the Cross and also about Mass and Bible. We know that God speaks to us through the Bible. We also know that Bible is divided in two parts: Old and  New Testament.
  • In Spanish we were learning about body parts singing the song: ‘Cabeza y hombros pierna y pies‘ which means: ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes’.
  • We had also fantastic time making faces with shapes as Picasso did in the past.
  • In PE we had lots of fun activities and also we spend time in outdoor learning practicing maths and literacy in the fresh air.
  • We were learning about homes and houses, we now know different types of houses e.g. bungalow, detached, semi-detached etc.
  • In science we continued to learn about forces. This time we were focusing on spinning. That was a good fun.

 

Have a lovely September weekend break and see you all on Wednesday 23.09.20

 

Mrs Koziel

 

Primary 2

P2’s busy week.

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Such a lovely week in P2

  • In Maths, we were learning about Place and Value. We know now about hundreds, tens and ones. We were learning how many ones are in a ten and how many tens are in a hundred. We were recapping counting in 2’s 5’s and 10’s forward and backwards. In our Maths Journals, we had some fun finding many ways to show the number 10 e.g. 5 people have 10 legs all together.
  • In Spanish we were practicing basic greetings such as: Buenos Dias, Buenas Tardes, Buenas Noches, also Como estas ?, Bien – good or Mal – bad.
  • In literacy, we were learning about proper sentences with capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, whilst neatly writing on the line from left to right. We know now that sentences need adjectives so that they are more interesting. We were also learning about predictions, which means that we were guessing what is going to happen in the story.
  • In Art we continued Wassily Kandinsky’s expressions. We made lovely pictures using circles, triangles and squares. During our art expressions, we were listening to classical music.
  • In Health and Wellbeing, as part of our SHANARRI topic we were learning about being Safe, we were talking if we feel safe at home and in school and what to do to feel safer in various situations.

Have a lovely weekend everyone and see you on Monday,

 

Mrs Koziel

 

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Wow! What a week for Primary 2! Take a look at what we have been up to…

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Wow! What a week for Primary 2! Take a look at what we have been up to…

 

We have been talking about our trusted adults and we have chosen 2 from home and 3 from school.

Our teacher read us a book called ‘The Gruffalo’ (which was amazing!). Next, we played ‘Gruffalo Corners’ and ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf’. We revised common words and played fun outdoor word games too!

We have designed our class charter and we now know all our rights, also we have been drawing self-portraits to decorate our classroom doors.

We have been practising math sums with a missing number along with adding and later we had a bit of R.E., where we learned about Noah’s Ark and prayed to God for our families, friends and ourselves!

Our Health and Wellbeing is a very important part of us that is why we spent the time to learn about all the different emotions and SHANARRI. We know all the indicators: S- Safe, H- Healthy, A-Active, N- Nurtured, A-Achieving, R- Respected, R-Responsible, I- Included

Of course, we are still practising our handwashing skills since we all know, how important it is especially at this time.

Have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday, everyone!

Mrs Koziel

 

Primary 2

Short but very busy week for P2…

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We have completed our first week in our school and already working hard to get our classroom set up for the year ahead. We had a lesson about hygiene practice, how to wash our hands properly and how to avoid Coronavirus as best as we can. We know that we need to wash our hands before entering the classroom, after changing shoes, before and after every meal, before and after playtime and of course after using the toilet. It means that we need to wash our hands as many times as we can.

On the first day, we had lovely time learning outside. The weather  was beautiful that day. We were learning some maths and practicing letter formation using chalks whilst having fun.

We had a chance to watch ‘The Story of Moses’ in the Bible for Beginners and we tried to draw a picture to reflect on what we have noticed in the story.

Today we had a wonderful time practising our number bonds up to 10 and we recapped some of the sounds. Later we had some free-choice time where we played outside.

We are excitedly looking forward to the next week of learning. There will be lots of hard work ahead but also lots of fun, we can’t wait!

 

Mrs Koziel

 

 

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P2’s Fitness Fortnight busy week…

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  Fitness fortnight in P2

As you may know, fitness fortnight has started and now we have already gone through half of it! Have a look below and see how P2 got on…

When you think of sport you usually think of physical exercise and nothing more but, with the help of some pens and markers, we included literacy in our week by making incredible sports day banners! As well as that, we made an acrostic poem to the word HEALTHY and created mind-blowing posters about the importance of healthy eating.

Along with literacy comes maths and yes, you guessed it- we did an outstanding job with that too by doing activities like,  throwing bean bag (and other safe, soft objects) and estimating how far we threw them. Next -with a hand from an adult – we measured them exactly and checked how close we were with our estimation! Also, we set a timer and saw how long it takes us to do 20 squats then rounding the seconds from the timer to the nearest whole number (if we could). We made a circuit and timed how long it took us to get through it along with all the members of our family, later trying to beat our time!

What’s fitness fortnight without some plain old sport? With the help of YouTube, we have done a workout with ‘Jumpstart Jonny’ or ‘Joe Wick’s’ and ‘Just Dance’ too! Later we had a lesson to learn some martial arts! As well as spelling out our name by doing different types of exercises and taking a time to step back by taking part in the ‘Cosmic Zen Den’ video.

On top of all this, we did an exciting taste quiz to explore different foods and made activities or games to share with all the other boys and girls.

Phew! What a busy week!

 

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Primary 2 have been working very hard at home. Have a look at our blog to see what we have been learning in this short week…

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In literacy, we have revised our common words to help us consistently spell them correctly.

We used the  Oxford Owl website to explore a variety of books and write a summary about what happened in the book we read.

We have also written about our feelings in our jotters. We wrote about how we feel spending so much time at home.

In maths, we have been learning about estimation. We have had some worksheets where we had to guess what number should fill the blank space on the number line. We also played some math games using the new skill of estimating.

One of the subjects in school is to learn another language. Since we are learning at home, we asked our parents for permission to have an account on Duolingo to help us uphold the knowledge of Spanish and take it to the next level.

Creativity is in everyone. It is also in all the children of P2! To use our talents and imagination, we gathered different materials and created a unique picture of what WE think spring looks like.

As May begins, we are going to try to have a better relationship with Mary the Mother of God and God himself- Our Father, by praying to them every day in our own words.

Making the right choices in our day – to – day eating can sometimes be difficult. Luckily, we know exactly what to do because we have been cutting out food and putting it on a paper plate to make a healthy meal for ourselves. This will help us to know exactly how to eat healthy in the future.

 

 

Thank you for the lovely pictures we have received so far. Remember to keep sending us pictures of your amazing work.

Take care everyone and have a nice and safe weekend

Mrs Alexander and Mrs Koziel

 

Primary 2

Home learning in P2…

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This week we had lots of exciting activities to do… Here are some of them…

In maths, we were learning about symmetry, we had a chance to explore symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes in our houses.

In literacy, we were revising our knowledge about question marks.

We have been reading books and then checked our understanding by completing comprehension worksheets.

We also practiced our handwriting in our jotters, writing our names and surnames.

This week we challenged ourselves by using different openers for our sentences to make our writing more interesting.

To develop our Spanish we used a video from YouTube to remind us how to say the days of the week in Spanish. Later we revised them with an adult.

For science, we were learning about Forces. We were exploring everything that you can push and pull.

Also to help relax and reduce stress, we watched a mindfulness video on YouTube and completed a mindfulness colouring sheet.

Helping our parents is just as important as learning. That is why we helped to prepare a meal with our parents by washing, peeling and cutting the food.

Thank you to all who sent photographs of their fantastic work. We are so proud of you all. Well done!!!

 

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Next busy week in P2…

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In maths we have been learning about movements. We know what is half turn, full turn, quarter turn in clockwise and anticlockwise- Derren

We have been practising our handwriting with letters Ww, Vv, Xx, Yy-Jannat and Ehtan

We have learnt about Litre and mililitre. We know that 1L is 1000 ml. We can estimate if the container holds more then 1L or less then 1L.- Matty

We know now that volume is how much liquid is in the bottle and capacity is how much water the bottle can hold.- Orla

We have been learning about Chinese New Year and we designed our own dragon masks- Thomas , Connor

In art, we learned how to draw a person and make a shadow.-Steffi

On Thursday it was a National Book Day and our P6 buddies came to read books for us and they helped to write a book review with us.- Niall

We made a prayer for Christian Unity Week. We wrote our prayers on a paper flowers and we made a bouquet.- Lauren

We have been doing gymnastics in PE. We have been doing to do pencil rolls, handstands, splits, cartwheels and forward rolls. – Caitlyn

We learned about the importance of a compass. It helps us to work out where North, South, East and West is- Inaaya.

We have been learning about Robert Burns. He was born on the 25th January 1759.- Jack and Zofia

We celebrate Burns night on the 25th January every year. At a Burns Supper they eat haggis, neeps and tatties- Penny

We looked at lots of different tartans and then designed our very own tartan- Murron

We decided that our new topic is going to be about Houses and Homes. We discussed what we would like to learn about Houses and Homes – Caiden and Orla

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P2 busy back at school!

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Primary 2 have had a very busy first week back!

Jacob- We were looking at the sound ‘qu’ and going over all of the sounds we already know.

Jessica-Lily- We wrote a ‘Recount’ of the Easter story. Jesus has now risen from the dead!

Ethan- A recount is when you are retelling a story you already know.

Wiktoria- In literacy, we were text explorers and we did a new activity called ‘Blankety Blank!’

Sophie- We have been giving people directions in maths this week! You tell them which places to go by using lots of different words.

Rory- Like forwards, backwards, left, right, clockwise and anti-clockwise.

Joshua- We did the ‘cha cha slide!’ because it gives you lots of different directions and movements to go in!

Lena- We also learned about symmetry. Asymmetric means the shape is different on both sides and symmetrical means its the same on both sides. We used mirrors on our symmetry hunt.

Leylan- We learned how to wash our hands properly for health and wellbeing. You always have to use soap and water and you don’t rush, you take your  time!

Maisie- Mrs Alexander sprayed us with a water bottle to show us how far germs travel when we don’t cover our mouths. Everyone thought it was really funny because we got soaked!

Logan M- Rory had talcum powder on his hands and we pretended that it was germs. He spread the ‘germs’ to other people and around the classroom and the talc went everywhere!

Jack- This shows us how far germs can go if you don’t wash your hands and cover your mouth when coughing and sneezing.

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P2 have been busy!

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Sadie- We had a craft afternoon yesterday and we made something special which we are keeping a secret until Sunday.

Chloe- We had visitors from a school in Stirling who came to see our Rekenrek lesson. We did really well and the visitors were impressed!

Tinashe- We were using prediction in literacy. The book was called ‘The Storm’ and we had to predict what happened in the story.

Lena P- Our topic is called Forces and this week we did the ‘Car and Ramp’ experiment.

Joshua- We found out that building a big structure for a ramp, making it higher, made the car go faster and further.

Jacob- Friction stopped our car on the big ramp because it bumped into the carpet.

Orla- We have been working on subtraction and addition together.

Daniel- 18+2=20, 2+18=20         Sara 20-2=18, 20-18=2

Ethan- We have been learning all about the Stations of the Cross. There are 14.

 

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P2 Weekly Round up!

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We have had a fantastic week in Primary 2. Here are our highlights:

Rebecca- I liked learning about tally marks! We made a tally chart of P2’s favourite pets.

We also started to use tally marks to record our group points. We are enjoying our ‘information handling’ maths focus.

Daniel- We learnt a new skill in literacy. It’s called note taking! A note is writing something short, we used bullet points. You don’t write a big long sentence.

Jacob- We were learning the sound ‘ph‘. Like elephants, dolphin, phone, phonics and alphabet. This is a quiet, lip sound.

Sophie- We starting singing songs to get ready for our assembly.

Our assembly is on the 1st of March at 11.15am. All P2 parents are very welcome! 

Sadie- Mrs Thompson, our dinner lady, came in to talk to us about what children ate for school dinners before we were born. She has been cooking school dinners for 27 years!

Sara- My dad came in. He spoke to us about when he was little and what it was like in school for him!

Joshua- He liked the team Hearts when he was a boy.

Lena- In Mr Sanderson’s school, f you were very healthy and always took the green tray, you got to win a prize! Like going bowling.

 

 

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Busy week in primary 2!

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‘In Maths we have been learning about duration of time’- Jessica-Lily

‘We have been getting really good at telling the time quarter past the hour’- Leylan

‘There are 60 minutes in an hour.’- Neave

There are 30 minutes in half an hour’- Zuzanna

‘We are learning to take notes during literacy time.’- Sadie

‘Notes is when you write small things rather than big sentences’- Logan M

‘We have been doing lots of independent writing’- Wiktoria

‘We learned how to use Glow.’- Joshua

We learned how to use computers safely.’- Rebecca

‘Don’t click on the pop-ups.’- Jacob

‘Tell an adult if you feel unsafe using tablets, iphones and computers.’- Ethan

‘Don’t talk to strangers online.’- John

‘Mrs Baty told us that some games aren’t for our age group like Fortnite. You are supposed to be 12 to play this and some children are playing it in P2.’- Logan P

‘ In RE we were learning about important festivals and celebrations like Easter Sunday, Epiphany and Christmas.’ – Daniel, Weronika and Max

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P2 Weekly update

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We have had a busy week learning lots of new things in primary 2.

 

‘We have learned all about Rabbie Burns. He was born in Alloway’ – Mara

‘We designed kilts for Robert Burns’ – Chloe

We have learned new Scot word, aye means yes, fitbaw means football and Auld Reekie is Edinburgh’– Joshua

‘I have learned that the long hand on a clock is the minute hand and the short hand is the hour hand.’- Lena S

‘We talked about our emotions and feelings. We have made a calm spot in the classrooms.’ – Jay

‘We were playing hopscotch, clapping games, knots and crosses and kick the can. People have been playing these games for a long time and that is what our topic is’– Olivia and Lena P

‘We have been learning ou/ ow words this week’ – Finn

‘We listen to Address tae a Haggis and To a Mouse. These are poems written by Robert Burns.’- Sophie

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P2 have a new topic!

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P2 are very excited to share their new topic with you. We are going to learn about ‘Schools Past and Present’. We worked on our plan together. We are going to learn about what it was like being a pupil in the past compared to being a pupil today. This includes subjects taught, games played, transport to school, school lunches, tools used in school and pupil voice.

We need help from our mums, dads, grans and grandads! Could you please send in a photograph of when you were in primary school? (Whether or not you were a St. Nicholas pupil!)

We are also looking for any parents who would like to come into school and talk to us about what it was like! The children will have lots of questions for you. If you can, please let us know.

We had lots of fun this week looking at old photographs of our school and of previous teachers and pupils.

 

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Busy week back at school!

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Primary 2 would like to share some of the things they have been doing and learning since Monday.

Olivia- We have been using our Rekenreks to switch numbers! A switch is when you change the order of the numbers in your sum.

Nina- We have made shadow pictures for art.

Daniel- We have been writing Winter Senses poems.

Rory- We read a book and wrote about the main thing that happened. Wilf and dad went to the ice rink.

Elias- We read ‘No Tricks Gran!’ and the main thing that happened was Gran made a ghost outside to scare the children.

We are really looking forward to telling you all about our new topic very soon.

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Visitors in P2.

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As part of primary 2’s topic, ‘Toys, Now and Then’ we have had some visitors who came into our classes to talk to us about the toys that they had when they were a child.

Who has visited ?

Our first visitor was Mrs Macdonald.  She showed the children a doll that she was given when she was just two years old ! The children learnt that the doll is one of her most prized possessions.  She has some memories of playing with it and dressing it and washing it in the bath.  Santa gave her the doll.

We also welcomed Mrs Davies from our school office. She brought in her clockwork toy teddy bear to show us.  She has taken very good care it as we learnt that it is over 50 years old.  She has even kept the box! She thinks that her mum and dad gave her this.

Matthew’s mummy came and showed us the silver cross pram and doll that she played with when she was a little girl.  We were most impressed with how new it looked.  She must have looked after it very well.

Finally, Mrs Hesketh who is one of our Pupil Support Workers, came in with three toys from the past.  She showed us her ‘Dressy Bessie’, a doll named Peter and her mummy’s doll , which we found out is 70 years old and made out of china.

What did we enjoy ?

Isabella – I liked having a shot of Matthews mummy’s doll.

Leo – I liked finding that Matthew’s mummy’s doll had eyes that opened.

Eleanor – I liked holding Peter the doll.

Damian – I liked holding Dressy Bessie because it has lots of things on the dress.

Lucia – I liked Dressy Bessie because you could learn how to do laces and buttons.

Lovisa – I liked Mrs Macdonald’s doll because it was soft.

Patryk – I liked to hear that Mrs Macdonald’s doll had it’s own bath.

Andrew – I liked Mrs Davies’ bear because their was a magnet on it’s paw to open the pages of the book.

Haziq – I liked Mrs Davies’ bear because you could wind it up.

Thank you to our special visitors for helping us with our topic.

 

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Celebrating ‘Roald Dahl Day’ in P2.

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We had lots of fun today as part of ‘Roald Dahl Day’.  This special day falls on the 13th of September each year as that is the date that he was born.  During this day, schools up and down the country celebrate his life and his wonderful books.  So, what did we do ?

As part of the celebrations we heard the excellent story, ‘The Enormous Crocodile’.  We all enjoyed the story so much, (giving it a rating of 5 out of 5) that we wrote book reviews, drew our favourite part of the story and retold the story in our own words.

Keilidh drew and painted the Enormous Crocodile which we used on our frieze, (this is in the main corridor).

As well as looking at this book, we also spoke about some of Roald Dahl’s other famous books including, ‘The Twits’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, and ‘The BFG’.  Thank you to Leo for bringing in his box set of books for us to look at.  In the afternoon we joined the rest of the school to watch a theatre company perform ‘Matilda’.  As Roald Dahl himself used to say, ‘It has been a whoopsy-splunker day’.  This translated means, ‘It has been a fantastic day’.

Some book reviews.

Our frieze so far …

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P2’s Very Hungry Caterpillars

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P2 got some very exciting post at the beginning of the week. We received some Painted Lady caterpillars! We were very surprised and happy.

We are keeping the caterpillars in our cupboard because they can’t be in direct sunlight and they need to be somewhere warm.

We have been checking on our caterpillars everyday and they have been getting bigger and bigger! We are looking forward to seeing how big they are when we come back on Tuesday. Some might even have formed their chrysalis!

Here are some facts that we have learned about caterpillars so far:

Anna- a mother butterfly lays an egg and then a caterpillar hatches out of it.

Freyja- a caterpillar sheds it’s skin.

Michael- Painted Lady caterpillars are black and yellow and a little bit grey.

Liam- the caterpillars form a chrysalis.

Zofia- the caterpillar has 6 true legs at the front of their body.

Alicia- they have hooks on their true legs.

Niamh- they have false legs at the back but they still use them to move around.

Lucia- they breath through spiracles. They are circles and they look like holes all over their body.

Lara- they have spikey hair called setae which protects them from birds and spiders.

Catherine- they eat a lot.

Thomas- they have a big mouth.

Matthew- they form a J shape when they are ready to make a chrysalis.

Here are some pictures of our caterpillars :).

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Special Visitor

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Primary 2 were very excited to have a visitor in their classroom today. Mr Hay (Michael’s Dad) lived in Africa for a while, so came in to share his experiences with us. He took us on an amazing safari where we saw lots of different animals including; hippos, antelopes, elephants and leopards.

Mr Hay told us lots of interesting facts about the animals that he had saw on the safari. He told us that elephants walk on their tip toes, elephants in Africa have big ears to keep them cool and many many more!

P2 all loved going on our safari adventure and thought that Mr Hay was fantastic!

 

 

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Magic Carpet!

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Primary 2 were very excited to receive a letter from The Genie (from Aladdin)! The Genie wrote to us to ask us for our help and  told us that The Magic Carpet is not feeling very well. He asked us to make a new one which Aladdin could use until he gets better. We each got a square of paper and have used patterns and bright colours to decorate our squares. We will post a picture next week of our new Magic Carpets once they are finished!

We used our imaginations to go on an adventure on our own Magic Carpets and landed in some magical places! We then used pencil to create a detailed drawing our of where we had landed and then very carefully coloured them in. They look fantastic! We are excited to see what we are going to do next!

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2a Dojo Superstars!

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Primary 2a have been trying really hard to earn lots of Dojos! We have been working towards our rewards which we came up with as a class and now have lots of points to use. Some of our rewards included: extra Golden Time, choosing a song in class, bringing a toy to school, no homework pass and wearing your slippers for the day. Lots of us have chosen a few rewards as we had so many points 😊. We are also working towards earning 100 class points. For this reward we have chosen to have a party with sweeties and music! We are going to try our very best to work hard and have excellent behaviour so we can reach our target! Take a look at a collage of our rewards 😊. img_2799

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Fantastic Mr Fox!

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We’re all just back from a fantastic afternoon, watching a travelling theatre company perform ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’.  In celebration of one of our children’s favourite authors, Roald Dahl, all our boys and girls from Nursery to P7, watched the production.  At St Nicholas Primary, we love Roald Dahl because there are always morals in his stories and great characterisation, making them suitable for young and old.

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Rudey’s last post of 2015

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 were very excited by Rudey’s message this morning.  He has rewarded us for all of our good behaviour and hard work with a popcorn and movie afternoon.  This will be a lovely way to spend our final day with Rudey!  He has really enjoyed visiting our classrooms this year and will be heading back to The North Pole to make the final preparations for Christmas.  Goodbye Rudey, we will miss you!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

Love from Primary 2 and Primary 2/1

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Let’s take a selfie!

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This morning Primaries 2 and 2/1 were confused when they entered their classrooms as there was no sign of Rudey!  They were worried that he had gone back to The North Pole early.  However, Mrs Leonard came in with some interesting news!  She asked us to come down to the photocopying room to investigate.  On the walls were selfies of the two Rudey’s which they had taken using the photocopier over the weekend.  They also left us a note saying they were bored without us.  Mrs Brown also came to investigate and said that we should keep the photographs as evidence of their naughty behaviour to show Santa.

Arran H – I was very shocked when Rudey wasn’t in our classroom.

Finlay F – I was amazed to see that Rudey had used the photocopier.

Matthew M – I was a bit sad to see that Rudey wasn’t there.

Zach – I think that Rudey should go home with us over the weekend to show him how to behave properly.

We hope that Rudey’s behaviour will be better tomorrow!

 

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Rudey strikes again!

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DSCF0196104_0917Primaries 2 & 2/1 were very excited to see what antics Rudey had been up to during the night.  They were shocked to find Rudey hanging from our ceiling! He had also sneaked onto our teacher’s computer to type us a letter.  This is what he said:

Dear P2 / P2/1,

I am sad to see that there are no sparkly snowflakes in your classroom.  I thought that you would have enjoyed your treat yesterday!  I am feeling a bit sad and missing home so I need you to make your classroom look more like The North Pole.  I am not moving from here until I start to feel more at home!

Love,

Rudey x

So we have decided to have a busy afternoon making glittery snowflakes, snowmen and robins.  We hope that Rudey will start to feel more at home and will come down soon! DSCF0197

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P2 Christmas Crafts

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 are delighted to show you what they have been busy making to sell at the Christmas Fair.  We have made Good Luck Calendars which will be £1 and some Snowmen decorations which will cost £2.50.

We have really enjoyed making these!

If you are a parent in P2 or P2/1 and are unable to attend the Christmas Fair, you may send an envelope with money inside clearly stating what you wish to buy before Thursday 3rd December.

Many thanks!

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P2 are shape detectives

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Primary 2 have been learning all about the features of 2D and 3D shape.  They know how to count the corners (vertices), faces and edges.  The children were shape detectives at home and searched for 3D shapes in their house to make their very own 3D objects.  They used their imagination and created a wonderful selection of objects.  Some of their objects include robots, a house,  a mouse, a church, a skylander, a car  and a doctor’s needle.  The children enjoyed showing their friends their hard work and talking about the shapes that they used.  Here are some photographs to show all of our hard work.

Thank you to all of the mum’s and dad’s for helping the children on their projects!

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P2 Nativity Costumes

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We are very excited to have started our Nativity preparations.  Please send in the following costumes by Monday 30th November, in a bag clearly labelled with your name:

P2 Boys – Sheep:  White top/t-shirt and black leggings/trousers.

P2 Girls – Pigs:  Pink top/t-shirt and black leggings.

Narrators should wear their full school uniform (white shirt and tie) with an element of tinsel, e.g a hairband, round cuffs or waist.

 

Thank you.

 

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Happy Halloween!

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Primary 2 are excited for Halloween!  We have come to school in our costumes and are looking forward to lots of Halloween activities in class.  Here are the things we like to do at Halloween:

Finn – I like going trick or treating.

Lucas – I like dooking for apples.

Charlie – I love trying to eat Halloween donuts from a piece of string, it gets my face all messy!

Zach – I love going to Halloween parties.

Mirin – I like to play Halloween games with my brother.

Aaron – I enjoy dressing up!

Happy Halloween everyone!

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Autumn Adventure in P2 and P2/1

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 went on an autumn walk today.  We used our five senses to look out for the signs of autumn.  We have a new topic called ‘The Hodgeheg’ which will involve learning about the season of autumn.  In Maths we have also been learning about time – looking at the months of the year and sorting these into seasons.  We know that the autumn months are September, October and November. Here are our thoughts on our autumn walk:

I heard a squeaky noise outside and Mrs Gibson thought that it could be a little animal. – Kaylan

I saw some leaves falling from the trees. – Alex

I enjoyed going on the walk as it was nice to get some fresh air. – Justin

I heard a bird tweeting. – Zach

We recorded all of our observations and look forward to writing all about this tomorrow!

 

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P1 and the brilliant habitats.

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Thank you so much to all of the boys and girls in P2  and their teachers for inviting us to see the fantastic habitats that they made.  We already knew what a habitat was but it was fantastic to see lots of different models of these.  Today we seen bee hives, deserts, beaver dens, fish tanks, beaches, oceans, ponds,  a bear cave, jungles, a fox cave, an insect hotel, rabbit holes, hedgehog dens, owl nests, the Antarctic and a kennel.  There were so many different habitats to see !

Well done P2, you are so talented and we learnt lots from you today.

 

 

 

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Butterfly Adventure

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Yesterday Primaries 2 and 2/1 went on their summer outing to Butterfly World in Edinburgh.  We had a great day looking at lots of different butterflies, insects and reptiles.  Some of us were even brave enough to touch and hold a snake, a millipede and a tarantula!  We then went into the nocturnal room and saw scorpions that glow in the dark, and a hedgehog running on a wheel!

Afterwards, we had a picnic outside and ate our lunch, then we played fun games in the park.  Here are some of our best bits…

I liked seeing the caterpillar disguised as bird poo. – Megan S

I thought it was funny to see the hedgehog running on a wheel like a hamster. – Ellie

I enjoyed holding the tarantula, millipede and snake.  The millipede felt tickly. – Marta

I liked seeing the big yellow and white snake.  – Marcel

I enjoyed seeing the glow in the dark scorpions. – Emily

I liked holding the spider on my hand. – Tia

We would also like to thank the kind parents and grandparents who helped us on our trip.

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Home is where the habitat is…

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Our teachers are so proud of us for all of the hard work and effort that we put into making our Living Things habitats.  We were set a homework challenge to choose a habitat, learn about it and create it using material of our choice.  We  have made a huge variety of wonderful habitats.  These include The Arctic, a beaver’s dam, a hedgehog’s nest, a pond full of frogs, a bird’s nest, an ape house and many more.

We have invited Primary 1 to come and have a look at them and we will tell them how we made them, why we chose to make this habitat and what we have learned.

We really enjoyed the homework challenge because it helped make learning fun!

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Emotions

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As part of our Health & Wellbeing, Primaries 2 and 2/1 have been getting in touch with their emotions.  We had a chat about all the different emotions that we may experience throughout our lives and had a Circle Time to discuss what might make us feel a certain way.  We realised that our faces can let others know how we are feeling.  We then looked at Edward Munch’s famous painting ‘The Scream’ and decided to recreate our own interpretation using oil pastels.  Our character’s show different emotions using facial expressions.

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Butterflies make a bid for freedom!

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Today was a mixture of excitement and sadness for Primaries 2 and 2/1.  All 20 of our butterflies successfully emerged from their chrysalis and it was time to set them free.  Miss Toner kindly offered to help us as she didn’t mind holding and touching the butterflies.  Miss Boyd was brave too!  At first, the butterflies were quite timid and needed encouraged to fly away.  Mrs Dymock tried her best to capture them on film as they fluttered into the sky but they were too fast for her to follow them with the camera.

We all agreed that this was an amazing learning experience watching tiny caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies.  We know that it was kind to set them free and allow them to start the life cycle again.

Here are our thoughts:

It was nice to have butterflies in our classroom. – Ethan

I liked learning about the life cycle as it was all new to me. – Lilya

I never knew that caterpillars turned into liquid in their chrysalis and then made a new body. – Milo M

I liked going on the minibeast hunt because we got to find out about other insects and what they looked like.  – Megan S

I enjoyed setting the butterflies free. – Megan H

I learned that a butterfly’s black tongue can curl. – Elijah

I liked being able to look at the caterpillars and butterflies up close. – Ellie

I was surprised to hear that a butterfly’s life only lasts around 2 weeks. – Emily

I learned that butterflies taste with their legs. – Rowen

Bye bye butterflies!

 

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Butterfly news…

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 were very excited to see that more butterflies have emerged from their chrysalis.  P2a now have 7 butterflies and P2/1 have 4 so far.  All of P2b’s caterpillars are still inside their chrysalis transforming.  Miss Toner helped us to put some sugary water in a bowl at the bottom of the butterfly garden for the butterflies to drink.  We are also going to put some apple slices in for them to eat too.  The red liquid that you can see inside the net is not blood.  It is extra liquid that the butterfly uses to stretch its wings out.  It’s not very pretty to look at but it is important for the wing formation.

We hope to release the butterflies on Monday!

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Beautiful Butterfly

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Primary 2 have some very exciting news…one of our butterflies has emerged from its chrysalis!

Archie was heading back to his desk to do some maths work when he spotted the wings hanging on the silk paper.  He quickly came to tell Mrs Dymock who didn’t believe him at first as they had looked at the chrysalis’ in the morning and there was no change to them.  The hard work that Primary 2 were doing must have made the butterfly want to come out and investigate!

The wings were closed tightly, however they have started to open now and the red liquid from their wings are on the paper.  This means that its wings are getting stronger.

Primary 1 came over for a visit to meet our new butterfly and to learn lots of new interesting facts.

We know that we need to care for the butterflies before releasing them.  We need to put some sugary water and flowers into the butterfly garden for the butterfly to drink before it is strong enough to set free.

We can’t wait for the rest of them to join us!

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Minibeast Hunt

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This afternoon Primaries 2 and 2/1 braved the wind and decided to go into the garden to go on a minibeast hunt.  We were very careful not to disturb the insects in their habitat but used a magnifying glass to look very carefully at them.  We found some spiders, slaters, worms and a centipede.  We looked in the soil, grass and under logs and stones.  We recorded our findings on a minibeast checklist.

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5 chrysalis hanging in a row…

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 would like to say a huge thank you to Miss Toner for helping us transfer our caterpillar chrysalis’ into their new environment.  She had to be very careful when moving them as they are extremely delicate and are in the process of turning into a butterfly.  Although they don’t look like they are doing very much right now, a lot of changes are happening inside the chrysalis.  The caterpillar’s body turns into liquid inside the chrysalis and then a new body forms.  We are excited to see the wings emerge from the chrysalis!

Yesterday, Emily and Ethan brought in a photo album containing photographs of the life cycle of a butterfly that their mum had taken in her own back garden.

We then made mobiles to hang in our classroom showing the life cycle.

We will keep you informed of what happens next!

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Deaf Awareness

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As Miss Boyd used to work in Donaldsons School for the Deaf, she learned how to sign in order to communicate with the children that she worked with.  As this is Deaf Awarness Week, Miss Boyd spoke to all the children to tell them about what it is like not have the ability to hear properly.  Miss Boyd and her class taught us how to sign the song ‘I can sing a rainbow’.

Primary 2a and 2/1 would like to say thank you to Miss Boyd & P2b.

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Cool Caterpillars

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Primary 2 and 2/1 are really excited to welcome new guests to their classrooms….caterpillars! As part of our topic ‘Living Things’ we are going to be following the life cycle of a caterpillar as it grows into a beautiful butterfly then we will set it free.  We devised our own questions that we would like to find out about the creatures and hope to be able to answer them by the end of the topic.  We have learned so many facts already!

I learned that caterpillars have holes on their bodies to breathe. – Natalia.

I know that caterpillars have spiky hairs to stop them from being eaten. – Emily

I learned that caterpillars shed their skin. – Megan

I didn’t know that mummy butterflies lay caterpillar eggs. – Nia

I learned that caterpillars go into a J-shaped cocoon. – Archie

I learned that caterpillars have different kinds of legs. – Katie

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Measure

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Primary 2 have been busy learning about Measure.  We have been measuring items in our classroom using our feet, hands, straws and cubes.  We know that normally our mums and dads would use rulers and measuring tapes to measure things in our house but before we start to learn about that we need to be confident measuring using non-standard units.  We realise that our measurements won’t all be the same when we use our hands and feet because they are all different sizes from each other.  Have a look at us in action!

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Our Learning Log

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 have had a busy week!  In Maths we have been measuring and have been investigating to find things that are tall and short.  In P2a we discovered that Kordian was the tallest in our class and Chloe was the shortest.  In P2/1 Alan was the tallest and Tatenda was the shortest.  We used cubes which are a non-standard unit of measure to sort characters from Aladdin and measure them.

In Literacy we read a new book called ‘Who’s our new teacher’ and we worked in pairs to make up questions for the big green dragon.  We used the words why, where, how, when and what and had to remember to use a question mark at the end of our sentence.

We have also been building up an interesting story about our magic carpet adventure.  This week we wrote an interesting middle where we met a character in our story.

I met a giant baby in Egypt. – Archie

I met Prince Charming. – Aisha

I met Santa in the North Pole. – Chloe

I met a dancing Daisy in beautiful Field Land. – Natalia

I met a flying unicorn. – Zuzanna.

I met a shark in Australia. – Stephen

 

We also learned about St Patrick and made brightly coloured rainbow mobiles with a lucky shamrock and pot of gold hanging from them.  We know that St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.

Wow! What a busy week we have had.  We are looking forward to learning lots more next week!

 

 

 

Primary 2, School News

Spring has sprung!

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Primary 2a were looking at the signs of spring and then wrote an acrostic poem together on our laptop on no pen day!
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Spring is the season when baby animals are born.

Prickly hedgehogs come out of their deep sleep.

Rabbit babies are called kittens.

Insects crawl out of their hiding places and butterflies flutter their wings.

Now the weather is starting to get nicer.

Green buds and leaves start to grow on the trees.

By Primary 2a

Primary 2, School News

Famous Scottish Inventors!

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As part of our Scotland Topic, Primary 2 have been learning about famous Scottish inventors. We found out that John Logie Baird invented the television and Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. We decided to make  our own telephone using paper cups and string and we were able to hear and speak to each other through these! We then worked in pairs to make televisions out of cereal boxes and drew our favourite television show on the screen.  After we had finished making our televisions we presented them to the rest of the class.  Take a look at our pictures!DSCF3627 DSCF3628 DSCF3629 DSCF3630 DSCF3631DSCF3638 DSCF3647 DSCF3651 DSCF3648 DSCF3649 DSCF3651

Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

Castles for keeps

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 have been learning about Scotland.  We looked at Edinburgh Castle and learned that it was built on top of a dormant volcano.  There is also a canon called Mons Meg that is fired at 1 o’clock every day from the castle.  There is a Great Hall in the castle which was used for dancing and entertaining.  We saw a photo of the crown jewels too.IMG_4777 IMG_4784 IMG_4785 IMG_4788We then learned about the features of a castle.  We know that the keep is the tallest part of the castle so that the guards can keep watch.  We also know that above the main door there is a murder hole where guards would drop things like boiling water to stop enemies from attacking them.  Some castles have a drawbridge that can be opened and closed to stop enemies from entering.  Some castles have a moat which is water surrounding the castle which makes it difficult for enemies to attack.

We used different construction materials including clay, lego, mega blocks and Knex to create our own castles and tried to recreate some of these features.

Primary 2, School News, Wider Achievement

Dancing Stars

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Congratulations to both Emily Cook and Katie Hay for achieving certificates in their dancing.  Emily received her Certificate of Merit and medal for demonstrating proficiency in Theatre Craft.  Katie received her certificates after performing in her dance show and she was awarded a Certificate of Distinction for dedication and excellence in all dance styles and a Certificate of Merit for most improved dancer!

Well done girls!

Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

Super shortbread!

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As part of our Scotland topic, primaries 2 and 2/1 over 3 consecutive weeks will have had the opportunity to make and taste some shortbread – a delicious Scottish biscuit!

Mrs Thomson in our school kitchen allowed us to help her make some.  We measured and weighed flour, sugar, margarine and cornflour and then it was mixed into a batter.  Mrs Thomson then rolled the batter and used a fork to pierce a hole design in it before putting it in the oven.

Mrs Thomson brought it along to us once it was fresh out of the oven.  It was still warm and smelled delightful!  We all enjoyed having a little taste!

Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

Primary 1 + 2 Winter Ready Activities

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Snow Days


Here are some handy hints of things to do to keep yourself busy in case of snowy conditions.

Maths Ideas

¶    Can you build a snowman and measure its height?

¶    Continue to practise addition and subtraction facts to 10 and 20.

¶    Can you spot any Christmas patterns and continue them?

Literacy Ideas

¶    Can you write an acrostic winter/snow poem? (P2)

¶    Can you write CVC words in the snow?

¶    Can you write a snow themed story?

¶    How many words can you make from ‘Winter Wonderland’?

Science

¶    Can you measure the length of time it takes to freeze a cup of water?  How long does it take to thaw?

Art

¶    Can you create a snowy picture?

Useful Websites:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/index.html

Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

Twit twoo in Primary 1 & 2

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Primaries 1 and 2 have been enjoying reading the story ‘The owl who was afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson.  We have been learning about owls and other nocturnal animals, and have also been looking at day and night.  Yesterday we had a visit from Owl Magic who brought 9 different owls with them for us to look at, learn about and handle.

We learned lots of new things about owls:

I learned that owls eat rats, mice and frogs. – Megan H

We now know that owls have 2 stomachs.  One is for fur and bones and the other is for food to give them energy. – Nia & Milo M.

Owls bring up the fur and bones through their  beak and this is called a pellet. – Lilya & Natan

I learned that some owls have yellow eyes and they are daytime owls, some have orange eyes and they come out at dawn and dusk, and others have black eyes and they come out at night. – Adil

Most of us enjoyed handling the owls and we all had the chance to stroke a Barn Owl called Cuddles.  Mrs Renshaw was so brave as she held an Eagle Owl called Apollo.


Primary 1, Primary 2

Museum of Transport

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 concluded their topic by visiting The Riverside Museum of Transport in Glasgow. It was so interesting getting to see all of the different types of transport from the past in real life. We even got to go in some old trams. We saw older cars, trams, a steam engine, horse and cart and we even saw the oldest bike! There was a cobbled street that had lots of shops that would have been around in the past such as a cobblers, saddlery and pawn shop. Our favourite shop was the photography room as we got to try on lots of old fashioned clothes.

My favourite part was when I saw the fire engine. – Rowen

I really enjoyed going into the subway and hearing the loud noises and seeing the rats. – Chloe

We counted 32 cars! – Natan

Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

Homework Challenge!

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Dear Parent/Carer

HOMEWORK CHALLENGE

This term your child has been learning about Transport, particularly comparing modern day modes of transport and transport from the past.  They have been learning about penny farthings, horse and carriages, steam trains and the first air travel.

Their challenge is to create their own model of one of these modes of transport using everyday materials.  Please return the completed model no later than Friday 10th October.

It would be lovely to display their masterpieces for all the other children and parents to see at our showcase event on Friday 17th October at 11am.

Many thanks for your continued support.

P2 & P2/1 Class Teachers

Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

L’enorme crocodile

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 are enjoying listening to and studying the book ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl. They have enjoyed meeting some character’s including ‘Notsobig one’ and ‘Humpy Rumpy the hippopotamus’. Lilya brought the story in French and Mrs Dymock and Mrs Renshaw had a go at reading a page, however the children agreed that they should stick to reading the English version.

Primary 2, School News

P2/1 and P2 Carryout a Traffic Survey

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Today we looked at the traffic that passed at the top of the school road.

Beth – -‘The traffic was busy and when the cars were not coming it was quiet.’

Harry – ‘Huge trucks and little cars went by.’

Ewan – ‘Double decker buses passed by.’

Kieron –  ‘I saw a zebra crossing.’

Stella – ‘I saw some lamp posts – so in the dark people who are driving can see other traffic going by.’

Josephine –  ‘I saw vans,’

Thomas – ‘ I saw cars.’

Aimee –  ‘I saw buses.’

Kenzie – ‘ I saw 96 cars!’

Sophia – I saw vans driving.’

Clara – ‘… and cars were zooming.’

Rhys – ‘Lorries and vans were going by.’