Category: Primary 2

Good morning Primary 2! I hope you are all having a great week so far! Here are some activities for today.

Special Activity

Today, Blair Drummond Safari Park are hosting a live Facebook video to give you a chance to meet their Sea Lions! You will have the chance to find out fun facts about the Sea Lions and they might even perform a few tricks! The live video starts on their Facebook page at 12pm. Have fun meeting the Sea Lions!

Numeracy

Think back to the strategies you were using yesterday. Did you find the most efficient strategy to work out the answers? The most efficient strategy you could have used yesterday would be to double the numbers. Keeping that in mind, use your knowledge of doubles to answer these questions:

• 9 + 8
• 6 + 5
• 2 + 1
• 8 + 7
• 12 + 11

Discuss the strategies you have used with someone at home and see if they used the same strategy as you!

Art

This week, we have learned a bit about people who may help us in different emergency situations. We have also been learning about what situations may be an emergency and what we should do if we find this is the case. Your job is to create a poster which shows all the information you have learned about emergency situations. Remember to make your poster eye-catching and make sure you can read all the information you have written.

Writing

Mrs Anderson has set a writing task for you. Have a go and see how you get on!

Retell a story that you have read at home with your family.

Learning Intention – We are learning to retell a story that we know.

Success Criteria – I can write or draw the events in the correct order.

– I can use capital letters.

– I can use finger spaces in between words.

– I can use full stops at the end of my sentence.

-I can draw a picture to go with my story.

Reading

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.

When you open the site, click the pink button at the top which says “My class login”. The class login details are as follows: username – deansprimary2      password – missborsbey       Once logged in, click the button that says “My Bookshelf”.  This will take you to lots of ebooks. Please have a look below to find out which book to read. Once you have read the book, discuss what you have read. What is your favourite part of the story? Why?

Green group – Leek Hotpot

Purple group – By the stream

Pink group – Dad, can you do this?

Yellow group – Clothes for Rain

Blue group – Can you see me?

 

I’ll be back tomorrow with some more fun learning to finish off the week!

Good Morning Boys and Girls!

 

Happy Wednesday everyone, I hope you are ready for another day of home learning fun!

Let’s jump right in with some……

Reading/writing

Have another go at reading ‘Mix, Mix, Mix’ on the Oxford Owls ebooks page. I want you to have a think today about what you would put in your potion to mix, mix, mix! Share this with an adult and you could even make it! I have attached below a template for writing out your very own magic potion. Use page 1 if you have a printer or you can make up your own in your purple jotters.

Magic Potion template

If you are having a go at this activity remember to use those ordering words that we used for writing instructions previously.

Success criteria

I can first, next and last to order my ideas.

I can use a capital letter, full stop and finger spaces.

I can sound out words I am unsure of.

Phonics/handwriting

This week we have been working on learning all about the ‘w’ sound. (a big thanks to those who sent me some ‘w’ pictures yesterday – great work!)

Today I would like you to have a go at practising writing the letter. In your packs is a picture of 3 witches. The idea is to follow the pattern of the 3 witches hats to make the shape of the letter. There are a few worksheets within the pack to help you practise. In case you haven’t got your pack yet I have attached a practise sheet below.

w handwriting sheet

Don’t forget to tinkle pink and green for growth your work, use a sharp pencil and ensure your letters sit on the line.

This is a great website to explore if you are having some difficulty remember the correct formation of each letter.

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy/

Numeracy and Maths 

I thought we could have a go at subitising again today. Get your shouty voices (or pencils) ready to say how many dots are in the ten frame, remember you only have 3 seconds and the aim is to recognise how many without counting!

Daily 10.

Instead of me giving you your daily 10 today, visit this website…

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Choose level one, addition, numbers up to 10.

Look at the example below. The starting number is 3, so how many more do you add on to make 5?

Using a number line is an easy way to find the solution, put your finger on 3 and count on until you reach 5, how many jumps did you make with your finger? Or you could use counters (or anything around your house) start with 3 then make 5, how many did you have to add? Have a go, there are 10 questions, I suggest putting the timer on manual until you have got the hang of it. Then you can challenge yourself.

 

Money

How did everyone get on with making their own shops yesterday. I’d love to see some pictures if you have them?

Today why not practise making totals in your shop? Invite someone to visit your shop and you can add up what they spend.

Below is a link to a great game to help you add up coins.

Start by choosing ‘one coin’  and begin to practise using 1p’s to add up totals.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

 

Health and Wellbeing

Did you manage to figure out the 3 key messages from the road safety clip yesterday. STOP, LOOK and LISTEN. Well done if you got them right.

Why not design a poster displaying those key messages. Here are some pictures for inspiration.

   

Good luck with all of your learning tasks for today. I look forward to seeing all of your super work.  I will be back tomorrow with some more ideas for  home learning. Enjoy the rest of your day and if you are out for a walk don’t forget to stop, look and listen!

Mrs Stevenson

 

 

Good morning everyone! I hope you are all ready for another day of fun learning activities!

Writing

I began writing a story yesterday and got stuck with the ending – I am hoping you can all help me finish it off! The last part I wrote was:

“The spaceship crashed. When the doors opened…”

Can you help me finish the story? I am looking for 3 or more sentences with lots of adjectives to describe the setting and characters. I would also like capital letters, full stops, and finger spaces as all these things help to make a fantastic story. I can’t wait to see how you finish off my story!

If you would like some help with adjectives, follow this link which gives you some more information: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd372sg

Spelling 

Follow the link for your group to find spelling games for your words this week. There is also a link for the tricky words.

Green group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=146d7

Purple group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=146e7

Pink group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=146e9

Yellow group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=146f1

Blue group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=146fc

Tricky words – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=14702

Numeracy

We are going to practise doubles and near doubles for the rest of this week. First, it would be great if you could watch the doubles song to refresh your memory.

Once you have watched the doubles song, answer these questions in your jotter:

• 9 + 9
• 6 + 6
• 2 + 2
• 8 + 8
• 12 + 12

What strategies are you using to work out the answers to the questions? Can you find the most efficient strategy?

Yoga

As times are manic just now it can be good to stop and take part in some exercise and mindfulness. Below I have attached the link for a yoga session to help stretch out your body and give you a brain break. I’m sure Mrs Anderson would love to know that you have been doing some yoga! Try this out to see if it helps:

First Bus Competition

First Bus have created a competition in which you need to design your very own bus! Remember to make your designs bright, colourful and unique! Once you have designed your bus, send it to the social media accounts in the picture and you might win a prize! Happy designing and good luck!

Reading 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.

When you open the site, click the pink button at the top which says “My class login”. The class login details are as follows: username – deansprimary2      password – missborsbey       Once logged in, click the button that says “My Bookshelf”.  This will take you to lots of ebooks. Please have a look below to find out which book to read. Once you have read the book, discuss what you have read. Can you add a new character into the story?

Green group – Leek Hotpot

Purple group – By the stream

Pink group – Dad, can you do this?

Yellow group – Clothes for Rain

Blue group – Can you see me?

I’ll be back tomorrow with some more fun learning activities!

Happy Tuesday!

Good morning boys and girls, I hope everybody is ready for a terrific Tuesday.

Reading

Choose one of the activities from the guided reading grid supplied in your home learning pack. Remember to access the book of the week you can do so by visiting the website below or you can apply any of the tasks to a book of your choice from home.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

User name deans12

Password mrsstevenson

Our focus book for this week is ‘Mix, Mix, Mix’. Re- read the book with the help of an adult.

Can you retell the story in your own words to an adult? You could even draw a story map of the order of the story to help you sequence what happens in the story. Below is an example of a story map for Little Red Riding Hood. This is a great visual way to help you recall the order of events in a story and a fun activity if you like drawing.

If you don’t have access to the reading grid, I have attached a copy below.

Guided Reading homelearning grid

Phonics

The new sound focus this week is ‘w’ which is a red sound (made using our lips) and it is stretchy like our snake. Yesterday I sent you on a word hunt for the sound and asked you to make the letter shape using any materials you found around your home. Today lets have a go at using the sound to make some words. Use your purple jotters. Have an adult sound out the letters and can you listen and slide them together to make a word.

w – e – b              w – ee – d          w – i – n – d             w- i – n

w – e – t               w – e – n – t        w- a – g                w – a – g – o – n

Then have a go at writing the word on your own and draw a picture to go with the word.  Remember to listen carefully to each of the sounds in the word and make sure you form each letter carefully and rest it on the line.

Here is our favourite friend Geraldine again to remind us all about the letter ‘w’.

Numeracy and Maths

Daily 9!!

Here are 9 questions to help you use all the strategies we have been working on in numeracy this year so far.

Today – Can you fill in the missing number to make ten?

2 + ____ =10                5 + ______=10              0 + _____=10

7 + _____=10               1 + _______=10          10 + ______=10

3 + _____=10               6 +________=10            9 + _______=10

Follow the link below to play a game online to help you brush up on your number bonds for 10.

https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Ten-Frame/

Maths –  Money

I hope some of you managed to catch the money lesson from Natwest yesterday over on Facebook live.

One of my little boys favourite game is to play shops. To help you get used to using different amounts of money why not set up your own shop role play area at home or in your garden.

You could decide what your shop is going to sell and collect lots of items and think about how much you would like to sell them for (pretend of course!) You can make price tags for your items and then invite members of your family to come shopping. You could even design signs for your shop.

Here are some images to give you some ideas.

  

Have an adult help you with writing out the prices. Don’t forget to use £ and p!

I would love to see some pictures of your shops if you decide to give it a go. Get an adult to take a picture and email it to our school office.

wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk

 

Health and Wellbeing

Road safety.

Do you know the green cross code?

It is very important that we know how to keep safe when crossing the road. Below is a very short clip outlining a few key messages for you to learn to help you stay safe when crossing the road with an adult.

Once you have watched the clip can you share with an adult 3 of the most important actions you can take when crossing the road.

 

Good luck with all of your learning tasks for today. I hope you find then fun and interesting. I will be back tomorrow with some more ideas for your learning. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Mrs Stevenson

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a great sleep and are feeling refreshed and ready for the day! Remember you can collect your new packs of work from the front of the school.  Here are some activities for you to work through.

 

Spelling

Follow the link for your group which will take you to a spelling game for your sound this week. Can you practise saying your sound out loud? Maybe you could try and make a song with all of your spelling words and perform it for someone in your family!

Green, Purple & Pink – https://go.educationcity.com/content/index/33485/3/1/1

Yellow – https://go.educationcity.com/content/index/34683/2/1/1

Blue – https://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/games/r_blends.jsp

 

Numeracy

Here are some questions all about telling the time. Use this clock face to help you.

Can you write down the time 1 hour before:

• 8 o’clock
• 12:00
• Half past 3
• 4:30

Can you write down the time 2 hours before:

• 6 o’clock
• 11:00
• Half past 5
• 9:30

Can you write down the time 5 hours before:

• 12 o’clock
• 2:00
• Half past 7
• 10:00

Science

Here is a super fun science experiment for you to try at home! Please complete this experiment with the help of an adult and be sure to be safe when carrying it out! Take some pictures of you doing the experiment and send them to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk so I can see all the fun you are having!

 

Reading 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.

When you open the site, click the pink button at the top which says “My class login”. The class login details are as follows: username – deansprimary2      password – missborsbey       Once logged in, click the button that says “My Bookshelf”.  This will take you to lots of ebooks. Please have a look below to find out which book to read. Once you have read the book, discuss what you have read. Can you write a new ending for the story?

Green group – Leek Hotpot

Purple group – By the stream

Pink group – Dad, can you do this?

Yellow group – Clothes for Rain

Blue group – Can you see me?

 

Have a great day and I will be back tomorrow with some more fun activities!

Good Morning Primary 2! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! You should now be moving on to your week 4 pack of learning which you can collect from school from 10am – 3pm today. If there are any issues with this, please let us know at wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk.

 

Reading 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.

When you open the site, click the pink button at the top which says “My class login”. The class login details are as follows: username – deansprimary2      password – missborsbey       Once logged in, click the button that says “My Bookshelf”.  This will take you to lots of ebooks. Please have a look below to find out which book to read. Once you have read the book, discuss what you have read. Can you identify the blurb?

Green group – Leek Hotpot

Purple group – By the stream

Pink group – Dad, can you do this?

Yellow group – Clothes for Rain

Blue group – Can you see me?

 

Numeracy

Here are some questions all about telling the time. Use this clock face to help you.

Can you write down the time 1 hour after:

• 8 o’clock
• 12:00
• Half past 3
• 4:30

Can you write down the time 2 hours after:

• 6 o’clock
• 11:00
• Half past 5
• 9:30

Can you write down the time 5 hours after:

• 12 o’clock
• 2:00
• Half past 7
• 10:00

Have a go at answering these multiplication questions. How did you work out the answer? Can you discuss your strategy with someone at home?

Spelling

Each group has a new spelling sound this week – please see the weekly grid for your spelling and tricky words. Can you write your words in a list? Can you write a silly story all about your day using your spelling and tricky words in the story? I can’t wait to read some of them!

 

Special Activity

Recently, I have been doing a lot of baking (maybe a bit too much!). One of my favourite things to bake just now is scones! I love to eat them with clotted cream and jam whilst drinking a lovely cup of coffee. If you would like to try out making scones for yourself, follow this link for a super yummy recipe!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/scones_1285

 

I hope you all have a great day and I will be back tomorrow with some more fun activities!

Happy Monday Everybody!

Good Morning everybody, I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed some of the fantastic weather that we experienced in Scotland. Today new packs are being issued and will be ready to collect from the school front office from 10 am until 3 pm. If anyone is running low on stationary there will also be an opportunity to grab some essentials to keep you going with your learning and creating.

To get you started for the day, why not join in with Joe Wicks for 30 minutes of movement. Here is the link for you to follow. He will be live from 9.00 to 9.30am.

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos

Not forgetting Mrs Anderson’s 30 day yoga  and mindfulness challenge. How are you all doing? Don’t forget to visit her blog and website for new yoga poses to practise.

https://www.sonshineyoga.co.uk/blog

I recently discovered that our most favourite musicians, the Fischy Music team are holding weekly Monday morning assemblies. Here is the link to week 6, you could have a listen and see what songs you recognise or maybe even learn a few new ones!

Reading

This week lets focus on another book from the Oxford Owls ebooks collection.

Here is the website and log in details for our class.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

Click on the pink tab, ‘My class login’

user name – deans12

password mrsstevenson

Find the story, ‘Mix Mix Mix’

Read the story with the help of an adult. Can you answer the following questions..

Why do you think Rob rubs his tum?

Can you name some of the things Rob puts in his pan?

Would you like to taste his mixture and why?

Phonics

Our new sound to focus on this week is ‘w’

These are some of our learning targets for this sound that we will be working on for the rest of the week.

Success Criteria

I can say the sound to match the letter shape.

I know that w is a red, stretchy, lip sound.

I can blend this sound with other sounds to say a word I recognise.

I can write this letter to spell words with the sound.

How many words beginning with w can you think of? Go on a search around your house for inspiration.

Here is the jolly jingle just for fun.

https://youtu.be/PlDPegyV6XI

Can you make the letter? In class we would use play doh or loose parts. What materials can you find in your house the make the shape of the letter? Remember you can take pictures and email them to me using the school email address.

wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk\

  

Numeracy and Maths

Daily 10

Let’s challenge ourselves with 10 questions this week instead of 5. I will include a mixture of calculations which we have been working on since the start of the year.

4 + 4 =         6 – 6 =        5 + 6=       3 – 2 =      5 – 0 =

5 + 5 =         10 – 3 =      3 – 1 =       6 + 6 =      10 – 2 =

Good luck! Remember to talk about the strategies or tools which you used to help you solve the calculation.

Money

Our new maths focus for the start of this term is money. Included in your pack are lots of worksheets which will help you get to grips with coin values, ordering money, adding money and a few other fun activities.

As a starter for this topic Natwest are holding a MoneySense Monday lesson on Facebook live. You will have to ask an adult to help you find the page. This goes live from 10.00 to 10.30am and the focus is on notes and coins.

If you want to explore their website there are a number of fun interactive games for you to play.

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/home/

Hopefully by now, you all have access to your sumdog passwords and user names, I have set a skills practise game called ‘Money 1’ in our class section for you to challenge yourself with.

I have also set a very simple game on EducationCity called Money Box Sorting which will help you recognise and identify different coins by looking at their colour. There is a also a fun colouring activity in your pack which will also help you work on this skill. Below is a link in case you haven’t got your pack yet.

coin detective  

Topic

Our brand new topic for this term will be centred around ‘The Woodland’.

As a starter activity for this afternoon, have a think about what you know already about the woodland or forest. Think about trees, plants and animals. What would you like to learn? I would love to hear your suggestions.. why not have an adult take a picture of your ideas and email it into the school email address. Your work could include questions, statements, pictures… be as creative as you like!

Good luck with all your learning activities for today. I will be back tomorrow with more tasks for you.

Mrs Stevenson

 

 

 

Good Morning Primary 2! Here are some fun activities for today.

Spelling

Watch the Alphablocks video for your group. Can you spot any of your spelling words?

Green, Purple & Pink 

Yellow 

Blue

Numeracy

Let’s practise counting back by 1s! Here is the song:

Can you choose a random number to start at and count all the way back to zero?

Reflections

Every week, we are going to reflect on our learning. Please use the template below to reflect on what you have learned this week.

Life Skills 

It is very important to learn different life skills as you grow up. There are so many different skills and some of you are already experts at them! Have a look at the document attached to see if you can work on developing any of these life skills when you are at home!

Life Skills Grid

Reading 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.

When you open the site, click the pink button at the top which says “My class login”. The class login details are as follows: username – deansprimary2      password – missborsbey       Once logged in, click the button that says “My Bookshelf”.  This will take you to lots of ebooks. Please have a look below to find out which book to read. Once you have read the book, discuss what you have read. Can you design a new front cover for your book?

Green group – Chicken Licken

Purple group – The Toys’ Party

Pink group – Ant and the Baby

Yellow group – Can you see me?

Blue group – Big Feet

 

Have a great weekend Primary 2 and I’ll speak to you on Monday!

Miss Borsbey

Good Morning Everybody!

Happy Thursday everyone, I hope you are all well and ready for another sunny day.

Reading

For our last task featuring the story ‘The Big Carrot’ I would like you to create a sentence for the ending of the story seeing the last page is only a picture.

Use our class log in details to access the Oxford Owls ebooks

Username  – deans12

Password  – mrsstevenson

Re- read the story and think about what the last sentence in the book might be. You could even make the very last page by drawing the picture and writing the sentence beneath. You might even like to add on some speech bubbles and think about what the characters might say or think.

Phonics

Yesterday we had a focus on the ee and oo sounds from previous terms. For today’s phonics revision, let’s look at b and d. These are two tricky sounds which can catch a few of us out quite easily. Here’s a fun clip to help us remember what they look like.

One way to help us remember which way round each letter goes is to make a thumbs up in each hand and put them together. Imagine it is a bed with bedposts, sound out the word bed  b-e-d.

I have attached an activity for you all to try.

b and d confusion colouring   

Now have a go at thinking of some b and d words. Can you write them out with the correct initial sound and making sure it is the right way round? Here are some to have a go with if you can’t think of any.

b – a – t           b- u – n           b – a- p               b – e – t

d – o – g         d – i – d             d- i – p                d – e – n

 

Numeracy

Subitising ten frames.

Below is an activity to help you with your subitising skills.  You only have 3 seconds per flash card so be ready, you can either shout them out at the computer or write them down, making sure you get the numbers round the correct way.

(Subitising is the ability to instantly recognise the number of objects in a small group without having to count them out.)

Have a go at completing this ten frame worksheet.

puppy ten frame activity

Ten frames are easy to make, if you have some chalk you could draw some outside and even join two ten frames together to practise numbers up to 20 or if you like a challenge beyond 20!

Daily 5 – Near Doubles.

Remember the rule and see if you can solve the calculation without any tools. If you can that’s brilliant, but it’s ok to have a little help too!

4 + 5 =                       5 + 6 =                  3 + 4 =

6 + 7 =                        2 + 3 =

Transient Spring Art

My challenge for you today in art is as follows.

Go into your gardens/ or on your daily exercise have a look for some natural materials, such as different leaves, twigs, interesting stones etc. Bring them home and lay them out to create a picture. If you are lacking materials you can always use different objects you find around the home which you think might be interesting.  You can be as creative as you like, the great thing about this is you don’t need to glue the materials down. If you wish you can take a picture and send it to the school email address. Here are a few to give you some inspiration.

Good luck with all your learning activities for today, but remember it is just as important to relax and have time for play. Mrs Lockhart will be posting some more activities for you tomorrow and I will be back here on Monday. Have a great weekend and stay safe everyone.

Mrs Stevenson

 

 

 

Good Morning Primary 2! Here are some fun activities for today.

Numeracy

Let’s practise what we know about telling the time. I have attached the link to the time song.

Have a go at the following questions:

• Where should the minute hand be when it is o’clock?
• Where should the minute hand be when it is half past?
• Where should the minute hand be when it is quarter past?
• Where should the minute hand be when it is quarter to?

Art

Let’s have a go at drawing Spring animals. First, you need to choose your favourite Spring animal. Here are some suggestions:

• Bunny
• Lamb
• Chick
• Pony
• Duck
• Swan
• Calf

Once you have drawn your Spring animal, can you colour it in using only primary colours? Remember the primary colours are blue, yellow and red. After using primary colours to colour your animal, can you use secondary colours to colour the background? Remember the secondary colours are green, orange and purple.

Send a picture of your animal to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk so we can see your fantastic work!

Writing 

Please see the following writing challenge from Mrs Anderson:

Write 2 or 3 sentences about what you have been doing since school closed.

Learning Intention – We are learning to write sentences that tell the reader information.

Success Criteria             – I can write facts about what I have been doing at home.

– I can use capital letters.

– I can use finger spaces in between words.

– I can use full stops at the end of my sentence.

– I can draw a picture to go with my sentences.

Extra Challenge – Can you write a whole story about what you have been doing? Try to include your spelling and tricky words in your story.

Reading 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.

When you open the site, click the pink button at the top which says “My class login”. The class login details are as follows: username – deansprimary2      password – missborsbey       Once logged in, click the button that says “My Bookshelf”.  This will take you to lots of ebooks. Please have a look below to find out which book to read. Once you have read the book, discuss what you have read. Can you find any words with your spelling sound?

Green group – Chicken Licken

Purple group – The Toys’ Party

Pink group – Ant and the Baby

Yellow group – Can you see me?

Blue group – Big Feet

 

Have fun Primary 2 and I’ll speak to you tomorrow again!

Miss Borsbey