Category: Primary 2

Today in PE with Mrs Moyes we tried out some yoga moves. The gym hall was being used by the nurses giving the flu vaccinations so we went along to The Den.

We stretched our bodies to start off with then did some yoga using Cosmic Yoga on the SmartBoard. We listened to a story called Squish the Fish and did yoga moves along to it.

Joseph – We had fun together

Calvin – Yoga was really, really good

Lewis – I liked the surf board pose

Daniel – The shark pose was my favourite

We would all like to try yoga again soon!

Primary 2 and Primary 3 had a very busy afternoon at our Read, Write, Count event! There were lots of activities to try out, such as, writing a book review, playing lots of fun numeracy games, playing on Education City on the laptops, giant snakes and ladders, enjoying reading on the bean bags, completing a word-search and playing Boggle.

All pupils also got a free bag of literacy and numeracy activities to take home to play with their parents/carers and other family members.

Thank you very much to all the parents and carers who made it along to this event, we were delighted you could join us!

We have been enjoying exploring rhyming words this week. We read lots of stories with rhyme and had fun predicting what word would come next using our awesome rhyming skills.

Kullyn confidently made a set of ‘at’ rhyming words during busy start and was able to explain why they rhymed – they all had the same end sound.

Charlie kindly brought a rhyming book to share with the class. It was called ‘A Commotion in the Ocean’. He was able to explain it was a Julia Donaldson book and that she was also an author we had read before. Next week the children have requested that we read more Julia Donaldson books. We made a floor book to display all our ideas. We are even going to try to write to Julia and see if we get a reply. We are SO excited.

As Sunday was Remembrance Day we researched why we wear poppies on this day. We couldn’t believe that they used to be made by just 2 people and all by hand!! We had a go at making our own poppies. We are glad we don’t have to make millions by hand, it would take a VERY long time!

 

We have been having a go at being Authors. We are learning what makes a sentence and we are trying to use the target stamps to help us when we write. This week we wrote about things which we have lost and our feelings.

We have been using formative assessment techniques to help us improve our writing. This week we learned all about ‘Tickled Pink’ and ‘Green For Growth’.  Finlay and Lucy were able to look at their Green For Growths and correct them to turn them into Tickled Pinks. Well done to both of you!

During purposeful play, Aaron spent a lot of time practising his letter t formation.  He didn’t give up and look at this amazing work… We are so proud, Aaron.

As part of our new data handling and analysis topic we have introduced different ways of gathering and displaying information. We have started to answer a ‘Question of the Week’ and look forward to learning more next week.

 

 

 

Today Primary 1/2 have been learning about materials in science with Mrs Moyes. We learned about 5 different materials – wood, glass, metal, plastic and paper. We looked around the classroom to find these different materials, then we went on an investigation round the school. Mrs Mrs pointed to different objects and we had to identify which material they were made of. We were really good at this! Next week in science we are going to do a material grouping activity with real-life items.

We have been learning a totally tremendous new sound. We made ‘t’ tigers using our cutting and gluing skills.  Skye really enjoyed making the tigers and felt she did a good job! Well done Skye!!

We practised forming ‘t’ using the rhyme ‘Down the tower, out the tower and across the tower’ we even did some ‘t’ graffiti                                                      Roman – It was fun to lie on our tummies and write as many as we could.

As part of our ‘People Who Help Us in our Community’ topic we were learning about emergency vehicles.  We used our collage skills to make Police cars and Fire engines.

Daniel- It was fun making my fire engine.

Lennon – I made a pattern with yellow and blue squares. I think I made a great police car.

This week has been all about lucky number 7. We read the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.                                                                                                  Roman was able to confidently retell the story including lots of details.

We used the formation rhyme ‘Across the sky and down from heaven, that’s the way to make a 7’  Keep practising at home…..we keep getting our 7’s back to front. OOps!

We had a challenge to make a 7 in a team using only our bodies. Charlie was able to lead the learning and his group successfully completed the challenge.

We also discovered that there are seven colours in the rainbow and also seven days in the week.  Chloe was able to name all seven colours in order!!

We learned all about Guy Fawkes and the gun powder plot.  We know a lot about the reason we celebrate Bonfire Night.                                                                    Scarlet explained to the class that they were trying to kill the King.

Kayden- They had 34 barrels of gun powder.

Daniel- They hid it in the basement.

Lexie- The guards wanted Guy Fawkes to tell the truth but he didn’t for three days. We have been displaying our learning through play.                                  These are some of the ways we chose to show what we know.

Lexie drew a bonfire.                               Tadas made the basement and barrel.

Mason made a bonfire collage.             Kullyn practised writing the word firework.

Charlie made some chalk fireworks.

 

 

 

 

What a Spooky Spidery week! We have been busy in Primary 1 and Primary 1/2.

We read the story of  Aaaaaaaaaaargh Spider! We decided to make some spider webs. We used our cutting skills and glued the art straws down onto paper. Lexie said ‘ It was easy to do and I’m proud of my work’.

Later in the week we read the story of Robert the Bruce and the Spider. Chloe explained, we learned it was ever so important not to give up just like the spider in the story.  Kayleigh said  ‘We made spider webs by putting a painted marble in a tray  and rolling it backwards and forwards then putting it in some glitter’.

Charlie – We used our fingers to print some spooky spiders then drew 8 legs on the spiders because we learned that spiders have 8 legs. We also learned the amazing fact that they have LOTS of eyes!!

Sarah Louise – This is a picture of us sharing our home learning with our friends. We went on an Autumn scavenger hunt  to find lots of Autumn natural materials. It was really tricky to find acorns!!

And of course this week was Halloween. We worked hard using our cutting skills to make pumpkins.

Joseph – We used white paper to make the eye balls and then added on the pupils. We drew all the different parts by ourselves.  My pumpkin is called Lewis!

In numeracy we have been learning all about the number 6.  The rhyme says ‘ down we go and make a loop, number 6 makes a hoop’. We found it tricky to give it a curvy back, we need to keep practising and not give up like the spider in the story!

In literacy we have begun to learn vowels. We learned the story of Inky’s Vowel House.  This week we focused on the sound a and we decorated the a’s with ants and a leaf and used the rhyme,

‘Around the apple and down the leaf’

We did a great job at practising in the classroom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week we have been learning all about the Fire Brigade and how they help our community.

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Joseph and Lennon built their own model of a fire station.  Joseph said that the fire fighters were inside the station sliding down the pole getting ready to go to the house on fire.

Tadas, Elkie and Brendan made a building which was on fire. Brendan said that the fire fighters helped put out the fire but the building collapsed. They also built their own fire station.

Lennon designed and built his own fire hose to fight the flames.

Lewis and Aayan drew pictures of fire fighters in their special uniform. Lewis was most proud of the details on the helmet.

We have been learning how to contact the emergency services and also practising our addresses.

In gym this week we have been learning how to move around the gym in different ways. We were excellent at playing follow the leader and displaying all the different ways to move. Mark said ‘ I enjoyed doing bunny hops’. Ivy said ‘I like skipping and I enjoyed being the leader!’.

This week we have been writing about what we are going to dress up as for the School Halloween Disco. Here are some examples of our excellent work.

One of the main skills we have focused on this week during busy start is cutting. Ivy and Chloe had great fun holding their scissors properly and turning the paper to help them cut straight and wavy lines.

Nathaniel has been practising threading  to help his fine motor skills. We had to remember to go up and down and up and down in a pattern.

Jamielee and Rihanna have been practising writing tricky words. Jamielee said ‘ I to write on the big write board because it is cool’. Rihanna now feels confident when spelling some new tricky words.

Tyler and Scarlet have enjoyed playing snakes and ladders with each other. They took turns and practised their counting on skills when using a dice.

What a busy week it has been!

Today we had our novel study assembly and we sadly say goodbye to the Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. Primary 2 really enjoyed learning about how to make a healthy lunch and making up our own imaginative stories about living on an island and working in a lighthouse. We enjoyed using describing words to bring Mr, Mrs Grinling and Hamish the cat to life. We even made our own pesky seagulls! We also used drama activities to show how much we learned about the story.

We look forward to our next topic which is “Toys from the Past”

 

 

 

 

 

The boys and girls have been reflecting on the highlights of their learning this term.

Tyler – ”All of it has been the best”

Lexie – “I enjoyed talking to the audience at the buddy assembly. I felt nervous but it was fun”

Kayleigh ” I have enjoyed PE especially the Jelly Bean game.

Sophie – “ I have enjoyed learning how to draw my mum and dad”

We all had fun learning our new sound p. We made popcorn p’s. Lexie thought they smelled ‘yummy’.

This week we went on an Autumn walk. Joseph enjoyed finding leaves using 4 of his 5 senses. We took leaves back to class and made some amazing line leaves. Charlie was very proud of his leaf drawing and explained that you had to look very hard to see the veins.