Category: Primary 2

Numeracy

In numeracy this week, we have been working on subtraction. It has been tricky but the children have enjoyed our numeracy stations. This is where we spend 10 minutes at each table working in our workbook, games to support our learning, laptops and much more!

Literacy

In literacy this week, we have been continuing with summarising. We have been summarising the key points from our reading books. It is Scottish Book Week, so we picked our favourite word boost book, Manfred the Baddie, and created our own ending for the story.

School Challenge

At the beginning of November, the whole school were set a challenge to collect as many crisp packets as possible. We are then going to turn them into survival blankets for the homeless! I am so proud to say that Primary 2 collected 224! Thank you for all your support and sending them in from home.

Have a brilliant weekend :).

Primary 2!

Hooray! Primary 2 are finally up and running with the blog after some technical issues!

We have had such a busy week. In number this week, we have been focusing on place value. Some of us have been looking at tens and ones and others have been working on hundreds, tens, and ones. We have been challenging ourselves with different numbers and adding them together.

In literacy, we have been very busy working on sentence structure using our core writing targets. We are working very hard to remember a capital letter, finger spaces and full stop in all of our sentences. We have also been looking at summarising the key parts of our reading book and adding detail to our pictures.

In writing, with Mrs Lockhart and Mrs Morrison, we have been working on persuasive writing. Last week we argued why fireworks are dangerous and this week we argued that dogs are good pets.

We have also taken part in Yoga this week and are working on moving our bodies in different ways. The children enjoyed acting out different animal poses and being the teacher!

Our word boost book this week is ‘Manfred the Baddie’, which is the children’s favourite book so far. Manfred is a baddie that turns good but is still a little bit naughty! Ask your child what their favourite part of our word boost book is.

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

Literacy

This week in reading, we have been continuing to develop our reciprocal reading skills. During our class novel ‘Charlotte’s Web’, we were stopping at various points in the novel to made predictions. We had to provide evidence to support our predictions. We also creates questions about the chapter to ask to our friends.

 

This week in writing, we were continuing to develop our narrative writing skills. We had to read our feedback from last week and apply it to this week’s written piece. We then created a plan for our stories ensuring that our writing followed an appropriate structure.

Maths

In maths this week, we continued to learn about fractions. We were learning about thirds, sixths and eighths. We have been drawing shapes and colouring a given fraction. We linked our fractions to our world our work topic as we were working in a pizza parlour. The customer would write the fraction of pizza they would like to buy and the chef would need to cut the pizza into the correct fraction.

Literacy

We have been learning to spell our new spelling words accurately. We have also been practising our words daily through rainbow writing, Play-Doh writing and quizzing our friends.

In writing this week, we were developing our skills to create a narrative piece of writing. We had to look at our feedback from last week to develop our writing. This week, we had to write about getting lost. We used our plans to develop the characters, settings and story line.

In reading, we were developing reading with expression. We were echo reading which is when the teacher would read a page with expression and we would echo it back in the same way.

Maths

In numeracy this week, we started our new topic about fractions. We have been looking at wholes, halves and quarters. We have been splitting shapes into these factions and also writing fractions.

We also had to colour a shape representing a whole, half or quarter. We then gave the worksheet to a friend and they had to write the fraction of the shape shown. After they had wrote their answers, we had to mark the sheet and give peer feedback.

IDL

During our world of work topic, we were learning about interviews. We were learning about how to apply for an interview, what type of questions will be asked and how we should dress.

During art, we were using watercolours to add shading and texture to our landscapes of Edinburgh. We were experimenting with the paints to make different colours using the primary colours, black and white.