Category: Primary 2

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”

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Literacy

We continued to develop our skills for narrative writing. We had to write an imaginative story about an accident. We used the narrative story mountain which helps us to develop our story line. We learned about the complication which is the part that makes the reader want to read on.

“We had to write in paragraphs and use the correct structure.”

We have also been learning to use a dictionary to find the meaning of words. During reading, we were sounding out unfamiliar words. We were also developing reading with expression. After we read our stories we had to ask our friends a questions about the text to enhance our questioning skills.

 

Maths

This week, we were continuing to develop our division skills. We were looking at word problems which can be challenging because you are not given the equations. We have to use our problem solving skills to work out what the question is asking and then solve the equation.

“We have been dividing, this is another way of saying sharing.”

“We have been dividing in 2s, 3s, 4s and 10s.”

“We were working as bakers and we had to divide the cakes equally between the people.”

 

IDL

In IDL, we were looking a city landscapes. We were looking at the detail and texture of the buildings. Then, we looked some examples of landscapes and we were given the opportunity to choose a landscape of Edinburgh to represent.

For our world of work topic, we were identifying our skills and linking them to jobs we would like. Then, we had to prepare notes to explain the type of job we would like to our peers.

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”

Literacy

 

We were learning to improve our vocabulary during Word Boost. We were introduced to 6 boost words and their meaning. When we hear a boost word, we have to put our finger on our nose and explain the meaning of the word. We also played the miming game, this is where one person has to mime out the boost word and the class have identify what the boost word is.

 

We were also developing our skimming and scanning skills during our reading comprehension. This is where we have to identify the key words within the question and skim read the text to find the answer.

 

For writing this week, we started learning about narrative writing. We were introduced to the structure we have to use for this genre and we created a narrative piece in small groups. Afterwards, we peer assessed each groups work and identified the areas of success and areas that they could improve on.

 

Maths

 

This week, we continued to develop our division skills. We were using our jotters to solve equations from the textbook. During number talks, we looked at division word problems. This is challenging as you have to initially work out what the question is asking you to do. We then discussed the different strategies we could use to calculate the answer.

 

IDL

 

For art this week, we were creating various landscapes. We were using pencils and we had to use different techniques to create different textures.

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”

Literacy

We have been practising our spelling words this week. We have been practising using our rainbow writing, playdoh writing and writing our words on a whiteboard with our eyes closed.

For writing this week, we were writing an explanation for the role of a firefighter. We had to take notes when we were researching the role. These notes helped us add detail to our explanation sequences.

 

Numeracy

This week, we began our new division topic. Dividing is a way of sharing something. We were learning about different strategies we could use to help us solve an equation. We could use our fingers to skip count. We would count the number of fingers we have up and that would be our answer.

We could also draw circles and then draw dots to share within the circles. We would share these equally and count the amount of dots in the circle.

 

IDL

For our world of work topic, we began researching the jobs we would like to have when we are older. We had to research the skills and attributes required for these roles.

 

For music this week, were we listening to L’hom Arme by Robert Morton. We had to identify the different instruments we could hear. We also discussed how this music made us feel.

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!