Good Afternoon P2!
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Category: Primary 2
Good Morning Primary 1/2
Good Morning Everybody!
Have a go at teaching an adult our welcome song, don’t forget the actions too.
I hope everybody is working through the week 1 activities and consolidating all of our learning and having some fun too!
Yesterday I made a cake with my little boy and if you have the ingredients available I would thoroughly recommend doing some home baking. It’s a great way to practise all the measuring you have been working on with Mrs Lockhart and of course you get a tasty treat at the end of it all!!
This is the recipe I used…
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/classic-victoria-sandwich-recipe
This is the finished cake! It’s a bit wonky but we tried our best. Have a go yourself and take some pictures of the finished masterpiece, you could even write out some of your own instructions on how you made it!
Lets have a go a learning a new sound…..
The sound for this week is ‘oa’ . If you remember, this sound can be found in Inky’s vowel house. It is a black tunnel sound and our lips stay round when making this sound. See below for the story which goes with this sound. A good little reminder to help you with the sound is ‘when two vowels go walking the first one does the talking’.. you say the first sounds alphabet name and the second sound is not pronounced.
Below is the Jolly Jingle for this sound…just for fun!
Once you have got to grips with making and saying this sound, here are a few activities you can have a go at to help you consolidate. If you have a printer, you can print them out or simply just display them on your screen and use your jotters to complete the task.
I hope everybody has a good day.
Mrs Stevenson
Primary 2 – Wednesday 25th March
Good Morning Primary 2!
I hope you are all doing well!
P.E.
During the day today, it would be great if you could try Joe Wicks daily P.E. lessons on youtube! You can find the link below. Joe hosts a live P.E. lesson every morning at 9am that you can join in with, or alternatively, you can join in later on as they are all saved on his YouTube channel. Give today’s P.E. lesson a go with the people in your family – Miss Borsbey is joining in too! Remember to drink plenty of water to stay hydrated!
https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Science
Work with someone at home to learn the meaning of the terms ‘waterproof’ and ‘not waterproof’. In your blue jotter, write a definition of each term. Once you understand what each of these things means, create 2 lists in your jotter, one titled ‘waterproof’ and one titled ‘not waterproof’. Investigate different objects in your home and write each object under the correct heading. Which list has the most amount of items on it?
Reading
Listen to today’s free reading from David Walliams at the link below. Answer the following questions in your jotters:
- What is your favourite part of the story? Why?
- If you were one of the characters in this story, who would you choose to be and why?
- If you were to change one thing in this story, what would it be?
- Would you recommend this story to a friend? What would you tell them about it?
Have a great day P2!
Miss Borsbey
Primary 2 – Tuesday 24th March
Hello Primary 2!
Here are a few extra activities that you could try today as well as the work in your packs!
Writing
Have a look at this picture below. Can you use this picture as a setting for an imaginative story? Your story can be about anything you wish but remember it must have capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and adjectives in it. Use your blue jotters to write your imaginative story!
Numeracy
Use the following link that will take you to a random number generator. In the boxes, enter “between 1 and 20.” Click the “Generate number” button twice and add together the two numbers that have been generated. What is the biggest number you can make?
http://www.randomnumbergenerator.com/
Art
Research different flowers that bloom during Spring. Can you use what we know about different kinds of lines to choose a flower, draw a picture of it and then label the different parts of it? Remember to write down what kind of flower you have chosen!
Have a wonderful day!
Miss Borsbey
Good Morning Primary 1/2
Good Morning Everybody!
I hope everybody is safe, well and enjoying some precious time at home with your families. You should hopefully have got your work pack at home and can start working your way through some of the week 1 activities. Remember you can also use your purple jotters for any writing, drawing or numeracy that you would like to practise and your education city passwords/usernames are stuck into the inside cover.
I will start putting some extra little activities up and will be saying hello most days so be sure to keep checking our blog. Here’s one to get you started.
We have recently been learning all about time… can you practise reciting the days of the week in order? You could have a go at writing them out, cutting them up and putting back in order using your jotters for this. Here is a link to the song we use in class to help you.
If you fancy a little challenge, have a go in French!
Have a good day everybody and stay safe!
Mrs Stevenson
David Walliams Stories
Good Morning Primary 2!
I just wanted to let you all know that every day, David Walliams will be posting an extract from one of his books which is free to listen to! This is a great opportunity to listen to some fantastic stories and you could even use it in place of our class novel as he is the author we have been focusing on. Follow the link below each day for a new story! Happy reading!
Primary 2 Update
Hello Primary 2, I hope you are all safe and well!
You should now all have your packs home which have 3 weeks of learning inside. If you haven’t yet collected your pack, it is available from the office until 3pm today. Please work through the ‘Week 1’ grid this week and tick off each activity as you go.
Remember to read your personal reading books every day and there are lots of games on Education City for you to play under the ‘Classwork’ section.
Please keep your eye on the blog as I will provide you with any updates to learning through this platform.
Stay safe and happy learning!
Miss Borsbey
P2 Trip to Stirling Castle
We had a fantastic time at Stirling Castle on Wednesday!
We got to see statues of lots of different people! We had the chance to try on pieces of armour – they were very heavy! We also had the chance to wear costumes and be different characters!
We saw different people dressed up who were telling us about their jobs in a castle and what it was like to live hundreds of years ago. We were very lucky as one of the actors showed us a real unicorn horn! She taught us that unicorn horns can cure people from poison!We also got to see the King and Queen’s bedroom!
We started our tour in the Great Hall. The Great Hall is where the King and Queen went to eat. The more important you were, the closer to the King and Queen you got to sit! The Great Hall is also where the Castle staff slept at night time – there would sometimes be over 300 people in the hall sleeping!
We had a brilliant time and learned so much! Ask us about our favourite and least favourite part of our day when you see us!
Primary 2/1 Sharing the Learning
We have had yet another busy week in Primary 2/1 with one of our main highlights being our sharing the learning afternoon on Tuesday.
Prior to Tuesday we had a surprise in the story corner on Monday…. 3 bowls of porridge and 3 little bears! We think the dragon was telling us that he wanted us to read the fairytale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, which we did! We then tried our hand at making our own story map, this is where you retell the story but instead of using words you draw pictures. They were really successful and helped us improve our retelling and sequencing skills at the same time.
Elkie really liked this activity because it helped her to improve her drawings.
On Tuesday afternoon we welcomed parents and carers into our classroom to share some of the fantastic learning which has been taking place. We had a ‘Goldilocks’ theme for the afternoon with a main focus on literacy based activities. These are some of the activities we had in place.
Word building using the magnetic boards and CVC cards, a Goldilocks story sequencing, Goldilocks free writing with story mats, Story telling with our puppet theatre and props, word splat and the chance to share a fairytale with your adult using our word pointers to find some tricky words.
Euan enjoyed using the puppets to put on a show for his mum and gran, he even acted out the story of Jack and the Beanstalk too.
Nathan enjoyed making a bear face with his mum and sharing with her.
Andrew loved adding all the details onto his bears face.
Ashley enjoyed making the porridge bowls using patterns with her mum and gran.
It was a successful afternoon and we loved showing everyone around our classroom and having the opportunity to talk about our learning and even help create our Goldilocks display. A huge big thank you to everyone who attended, we very much value your support and encouragement and thoroughly enjoyed having you all in our class.
Here is our finished Goldilocks display…. we think it is super and love the fact that our parents and carers helped us create it.
On Wednesday we had a go at writing letters to the three bears from Goldilocks to say sorry for all of the chaos she caused in their cottage. We are getting very good at reflecting on our learning at the moment. We are using green for growth (for something we could improve on) and tickled pink (for something we did well). This is helping us to identify our own next steps in our learning.
In numeracy, we are still focusing on Subtraction and applying the tools to help us answer calculations. This week saw us focus on word problems, where Mrs Stevenson would read out a problem and our task was to write down the calculation to find the solution. We are getting very confident at this and have enjoyed leading our learning by making up our own word problems for our friends to solve.
In PE we are still working on developing our football skills. This week we played body ball where we took our ball for a walk by passing it carefully from one foot to the other and when a body part was called our we had to place that part on the ball, it was tricky getting into some of the positions especially for ‘back’ ball! We have been improving our ability to dribble and pass the ball with control and co-ordination, so this week we put this to the test with a simple game. We got into groups of 3 and made a triangle shape and passed the ball to our partners. We had to pay attention and make sure we could stop the ball with our feet only..no hands allowed and then pass the ball to our other partner with control and accuracy.
Primary 2 this week
We have had another busy week in P2!
World Book Day
Thursday was World Book Day! We had the chance to come to school in our pyjamas and bring our favourite book and teddy. Even Iron Man came to visit us! We really enjoyed sharing our books with our friends throughout the day.
At the end of the day, we had the chance to pair up with Primary 4 and share our stories with them. We loved reading each others book and spending time with new people. We even made some new friends!
Maths
We have been learning about money.
Lexie: “Money helps people to pay for things, you need to know how much money to use.”
Mia: “We have a shop in class with food that’s labelled with different prices and we need to get some money to pay for the food.”
Topic
We made a Coat of Arms this week.
Levente: “We drew our favourite things to show we are all different.”
Sarah-Louise: “People used a Coat of Arms to protect themselves so they knew who their enemies were.”
We also had a reply from Stirling Castle about our letters that we sent. We cannot wait to go on our trip next week!
Science
We have been learning about materials.
Ethan: “We had 4 pieces of paper each and used a crayon to do rubbings against different materials.”
Brendan: “Each piece of paper was different because we rubbed it on different materials.”
Particiaption Friday
Today was Participation Friday. During this session, we each designed a coaster to be produced and then sold at the Spring Fayre. Our coasters all feature a message of kindness, and we have been learning how this relates to our school value of nurture. Keep an eye out at the fayre for our fantastic work!
