Author: Miss Borsbey

We have had such a busy week in P2/1!

Spelling

This week, the P1s have been learning all about the ‘m’ sound. We have had lots of practise forming the letter m and identifying words that we hear the letter in.

The P2s have been consolidating their knowledge of the ‘oa’ and ‘ai’ sounds. They were challenged to think of different words containing these sounds, and to try and use them in a sentence.

Writing

We have continued to focus on the genre of Recount. This week, we were challenged to recount our bedroom! We had to draw and label our bedroom, before trying to write some sentences about what we like to do in it.

Numeracy

Primary 1 have learned two numbers this week! We have learned all about the numbers 3 and 4. We have been focusing on what the numbers mean, how they can be made and how to form the numbers correctly.

Primary 2 have been looking at forward and backward number sequences to 100. We have been playing some fun games to help us learn, including snakes and ladders!

Maths

As a whole school this week, we have focused on the topic of shape. The class were outside with Mrs Dobbie trying to find 2D shapes in the local environment. On Thursday, we had the chance to work with our buddies to create our very own monsters using 2D shapes!

P.E.

In P.E. this term, we are focusing on spatial awareness. We had to move around the hall in different ways and using different pieces of equipment such as bean bags.

What a busy week we have had!

This week, we began ELF. During ELF, we work in group rotations around different stations completing tasks that help our literacy learning. This week, some of our tasks included making our names from playdough, working on our fine motor control and learning how to make a prediction. The Primary 2s were working so hard with Mrs Morrison on their spelling that we didn’t have a chance to take some pictures!

During Numeracy, we have been working on forwards and backwards number sequences. All of the children are loving practising this and we have a super catchy song to help us learn! Here is the link if you would like to listen at home.

Let’s Get Fit | Count to 100 by 1’s | 100 Days of School Song | Counting to 100 | Jack Hartmann – YouTube

The Primary 1s have also been learning all about the number 1 and number 2. We have been working on our formation of the numbers, as well as understanding how the numbers are made. Here are some photos of us finding things around the classroom that have 2 parts.

We also had the chance to work with our buddies to create an Elmer who is proud to be different. We had a discussion about what makes us special and how being unique is great!

We can’t wait for another fabulous week of learning next week in Primary 2/1! 

Hello and welcome to our blog! We have had such a busy and fun first week in Primary 2/1!

Our primary 2s and some of our primary 1s have been showing off what they already know about numbers and dot patterns through playing different games.

Some of our primary 2s have been revising their knowledge of basic CVC words through board games!

Whilst the primary 2s were doing some jobs with Mrs Morrison, the primary 1s began learning about the start, middle and end. We had to circle which animal was in each position in the feeding queue, and which person was in each position in the bus queue. This will help us when we start reading and writing words.

The primary 1s have also had a chance to spend lots of time with their buddies this week! The P7 buddies have been so helpful when getting ready for break, having our lunch and also spending time out in the playground.

We cannot wait to get stuck in to more learning next week!

Where possible, please ensure ALL of your child’s belongings are labelled. We have a pile of jumpers, shoes and jackets beginning to form and it can be very difficult to match these back with the children without name labels. Thank you!

It has been a brilliant year in P2 this year. Despite all of the restrictions COVID has imposed, we have had such fun and rich learning experiences throughout the year. I would like to thank each and every one of the children, parents, carers and staff who have all contributed to making this year so fantastic. I would also like to say a huge thank you for all of your kind and generous gifts.

I hope everyone has a safe and restful holiday, and I hope to see you all around in the new school year!

Miss Borsbey x

Have a read to see what we have been up to this week!

Maths

Charli – “We practised chimney sums for adding and subtracting”

Vrishti – “You always start at the right side and go to the left”

Writing

Louie – “We worked with Mrs Stewart to make our own characters after watching a video about a girl that likes bubbles”

Connor – “My character had brown hair, a red hat and a blue suit”

Archie M – “My character was yellow with black ears, a thunder tail and brown stripes on his back”

Spelling

Jayden – “We used bean bags to help us practise our spelling words”

Field

Euan – “We went out to the field and some of us were racing, some of us were climbing trees and some of us were practising gymnastics”

Charli – “I was trying to do a cartwheel and a handstand”

Oliver – “We were trying to do rolly pollies”

Alfie – “I was doing forward rolls and backwards rolls”

If you have any reading books at home, we would really appreciate it if you could return these as soon as possible. Thank you! 

It has been a super busy week in P2!

ELF

Jordon – “We have been practising using punctuation like full stops, question mars and exclamation marks”

Elizabeth – “We use a full stop at the end of a normal sentence”

Vrishti – “We use a question mark when we read or write a question”

Sophie – “We use an exclamation mark when someone is shouting”

Maths

Andrew – “We finished learning about telling the time”

Alfie – “On a clock you get o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past”

Jacob – “I enjoy telling the time”

Outdoor Learning

Mark – “We planted soil and seeds in a plant pot”

Charli-Mae – “We had to get a pot, put compost in, make a wee hole and then put a seed in it then cover it up and water it”

Louie – “We took the plants home to take care of them and grow them”

HWB

Emily – “We were drawing older people that we love”

Oliver – “We were learning about growing old and how it happens to everyone”

Art

Euan – “We went out to the field because we were making a Summer landscape and we had to collect some grass to put on it”

Connor – “My landscape was sunny and I stuck real grass on it”

Writing

We began a new genre of writing this week – Narrative.

Vrishti – “We start with a title, then an orientation, then a complication, then a resolution”

Andrew – “We planned with a story mountain”

Charli – “We wrote a narrative story about minions losing their banana”

HWB

Elizabeth – “We were learning about life cycles”

Jayden – “A butterfly starts caterpillar, then a cocoon, then a butterfly”

Connor – “A human starts in a tummy, then a baby, then  toddler, then a teenager, then an adult”

Maths

Euan – “We had to estimate how many exercises we could do in the time”

Louie – “It was easy to estimate – I was close to some”

P.E.

Alfie – “We did some yoga with Mrs Anderson”

Oliver – “We did different poses like downward dog”

Emily – “We went outside to do football”

Maddison – “We were practising different passes”

It has been a busy week in P2!

Spelling

We have been trying out some new spelling games to learn our words. Some of these include spelling tennis, dice spelling and squat and spell.

Maths

We are continuing to learn about telling the time. We played a game of matching pairs to help warm us up with both digital and analogue clocks.

HWB

We spoke about people we trust and people we don’t trust. We had to collaborate as a team to decide who was in our inner circle of trust and who was in our outer circle of trust.

Writing

This week, we were learning about the role of a firefighter. We had to take notes from a video to help us write our Explanation piece.

P.E.

Because the weather wasn’t great today, we did P.E. in the classroom. We were practising our football skills using bean bags, and even had the chance to turn the carpet into a football pitch for a few matches. Ethan was the class champion out of all 20 games!

 

 

Have a read to see what we have been up to this week.

Maths

Archie M – “We were playing time games like snakes and ladders and matching pairs to help us learn how to tell the time”

Louie – “We have been using analogue clocks to help us learn o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to”

HWB

Andrew – “We learned about good and bad secrets. If someone touches your private parts you tell them no”

Jayden – “A good secret is like a birthday surprise”

Lacey – “You should never keep a bad secret and you should tell an adult if you have one”

Writing

Kayden – “We were explaining the role of a teacher”

Alfie – “A teacher has fun with you”

Sophie – “A teacher helps you do maths if you are struggling”

Art

Vrishti – “We were learning about Spring and blossom trees”

Elizabeth – “We used different paints and brushes and our fingers to paint blossom trees”

This week has been short but packed with lots of learning!

Writing

Jayden – “We wrote an explanation about the role of a nurse”

Max – “A nurse gives you medicine”

Mark – “A nurse gives you injections”

Emily – “A nurse helps you with wounds”

Maths

Archie P – “We kept learning o’clock”

Ethan – “We were trying to find half past on an analogue clock”

Lacey – “It is half past when the minute hand is at the 6 and it is o’clock when the minute hand is at the 12”

Outdoor Learning

Jordon – “We have been collecting sticks for a bug hotel”

Kayden – “We are making bug hotels to help keep the bugs alive”

Alfie – “My bug hotel will have stick, rocks and some other things in it”

Come back next week for some more updates!