Day: September 24, 2019

NURSERY IN THE COMMUNITY

ICommunity Links

The Nursery visited the council run sheltered housing buildings as part of our work in the community.  This week the blue group, Mrs O’Neill and Miss Vance took the children along just to see the building and grounds, to make the children aware of what was happening and who we were going to be visiting.  The children were excited about the whole idea.

The staff initially visited the establishment, taking all their ideas and putting them to Sandra Ferguson, who is in charge.  We were in the grounds taking photo’s when Sandra invited us in, and the children met some of the residents.  The children were with the Nursery Staff at all times and never left alone with the residents.  The children enjoyed this experience  and it brightened up the residents day, making it an all round successful introduction into East Calder community.   We are looking forward to developing our partnership with this group in our community.

Learning in Primary 2

Article 28: We have the right to learn.

We have been so busy working hard and getting used to our new routines in Primary 2 which means this is our first blog post of the year.

In Literacy and Maths, we have been taking part in learning activities at stations where we are provided with opportunities to say, write, make and do different tasks to help us with our learning.

In Literacy we have learned th, sh and ch words e.g. with, ship, chat. This week, we are learning words that begin with “wh.” Some of us are also practising reading and writing CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant; e.g. cat, mop, bug etc). Please support your child to practise reading and writing these words at home. Your child will also have opportunities to practise their sounds as part of their homework grid. In Maths we have been working on numeral identification and we have been working hard to order and sequence numbers within 100.

Every morning, we take part in Smart Start when we come into the classroom. We work individually, in pairs or groups on different learning activities including games, puzzles, mindfulness colouring, letter formation, quiet reading and making numbers using concrete materials such as cubes, counting sticks or numicon. This helps us to feel calm and ready for the day.

 

Our new Topic is “The Human Body.” So far, we have learned about the brain, the heart and the skeleton. We even made brain hats to show the sides of our brains and how they are used. We worked hard in groups to make skeletons which was a great challenge and we can’t wait to show them off at Parents’ Evening.

 

Just a reminder about our P.E days in Primary 2: P2M – Wednesday and Thursday. P2W – Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

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