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P2A Remote Learning

You have been working so hard on your learning at home Primary 2A! I have been so impressed with your hard work on Seesaw and in class this week. In Literacy, we have been learning to read and write soft g words. You all worked so hard to write a fantastic description of a family member this week. I saw lots of brilliant connectives which was our Success Criteria challenge. Next week we are going to begin writing an imaginative story.

In Numeracy we have been learning to make equal groups. You all know this means you were dividing and this week, we have been learning to divide by 2. You used concrete materials at home to practise sharing equally and I was impressed with how hard you all worked on this task. We have also continued with our number talks too.

I am glad so many of you asked for more French target tasks and you all put in so much effort to your French learning this week. I have loved seeing everyone being so creative in your learning. Here are some examples of your amazing work on Seesaw.

Alex worked really hard to build a house for the Three Little Pigs. This was Mrs Beattie’s STEM challenge this week. Super effort Alex!

Isla used her nail varnish collection to spell soft g words. I love her creativity and she has a very impresive collection. Super spelling Isla:)

Harry read this book himself at home this week. I am very proud that you were practising your reading Harry and choosing to read a book for enjoyment:)

Jaysiel worked hard to sequence numbers from smallest to largest in Numeracy. This was a great challenge and you could order all the numbers in the correct order. Well done:)

Have a great weekend everyone:)

Article 29: We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.

Aargh Primary 2A!

In Primary 2A, we have been learning about pirates as our Topic. We were very excited to receive a letter from a real pirate who is going to help us with our learning.

We decided what we would like to learn about pirates and some of our questions have been answered in the interesting non-fiction book we have been reading. We even learned about some real famous pirates from the past. Blackbeard sounded the scariest. We wrote fantastic descriptions about him in Writing last week. Well done to Oscar C, Matthew and Isabella who were our amazing Writing stars last week. I wonder who will be the Writing stars this week?

Our pirate also asked us to learn about why pirates have flags on their ships. Well done to Hugo who knew that the reason for this is so that other ships would know pirates were approaching and the flag would scare them. Our pirate asked us to design a new flag for her ship using black paper and oil pastels or chalk. We used no more than two colours each and we did not share to make sure everyone was safe. We used pictures of pirate flags on the Smart Board to help us with our designs. We worked very hard and did an amazing job! We are still waiting to find out the winner. That will be a very hard decision.

Article 13: We have the right to find out things and share what we think with others.

Primary 2A Phonics

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below for our new sounds this week. We are learning “igh” and “y” and some pupils are also continuing to practise CVC words. Please support your child to read and write the words in their list. One of the activities the children have enjoyed the most in class is going on a word hunt, with their words written on small pieces of paper for them to find and read.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Marra

Spelling Words igh and y

Primary 2/1 – P2 Phonics and Spelling

Good morning,

Please find attached our new sounds and spelling for this week: ‘igh’ and ‘y’. Some of our children are practising cvc words for spelling but all are learning the new sounds for this week together.

Please support your child to practise reading and writing these words at home. Try to focus on sounding out each sound then blend the sounds together. If the children are confident reading and writing the words they may wish to write sentences with their words to challenge them further.

These have also been posted on Seesaw for you too.

P2 Spelling igh and y 7th December 2020

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Meikle

P2/1 Learning

Dear Parents and Carers,

Primary 2/1 have been working hard this week and are also very excited about the Christmas period (and a special daily visit from a mischievous Elf called Jingle).

Numeracy

Primary 2s are learning about Arrays and finding different ways to experiment with this using the Smartboard, counters, whiteboards and Numicons. Primary 1s have been introduced to more Mathematics and learning about Weight and the concepts of Lighter and Heavier. The children have enjoyed using classroom objects to experiment with this and deepen their learning.

Literacy

Primary 2s have been using different techniques to practise their spelling words. Primary 1s have been learning the sounds ‘w’ and ‘v’ and been trying out more cvc (consonant vowel consonant) words e.g. van and win etc.

Social Studies

In Topic Primary 2/1 are enjoying learning about Pirates and made a super effort in creating their own Treasure Maps after learning about the saying ‘X Marks The Spot’ and how this was made popular by Robert Louis Stevenson in his famous book Treasure Island from 1883. The children are keen to read this book when they are older. The children added great detail to their maps, such as, volcanoes, bridges, rivers, palm trees etc. The children then crushed their sheets to make it look ‘authentic’ and we discussed this fantastic word too!

Mrs Meikle

Primary 2/1 – Primary 2 Spelling

P2 Spelling ow and ou 30th November 2020

Please find attached our spelling words for this week ow (as in owl) and ou (as in cloud). Some of our children are practising spelling cvc words.

Thank you for your support.

Mrs Meikle

Primary 2A Phonics

Good afternoon,

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. Please see below for this week’s Phonics sounds. We are learning “ou” and “ow” in class week. Please support your child to practise reading and writing these words at home. In class, we focus on sounding out to blend the sounds together. If the children are confident reading and writing the words, they may wish to write sentences with their words to challenge them further.

Spelling Words ou and ow words

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Marra

Primary 2A Phonics

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. This week in Primary 2, we are learning the ee and ea sounds. Please see the list below and support your child to read and write these words at home.

Spelling Words ee and ea

Thank you for your continued support with this. Please remember to check Seesaw for your child’s homework grid for the next two weeks. More blog posts to follow now that we have our ipad fixed and we can now upload pictures. Keep checking our blog for regular updates on our learning.

Thank you.

Miss Marra

Primary 2/1 – Primary 2 Spelling Words and Homework Grid

Hello Primary 2s in my P2/1 class,

I hope you are all well and have had a lot of fun at the weekend. This week our Phonics sounds are ee and ea. Please see the Spelling words for our two groups below. Some children also continue to practise reading and writing CVC words. Please support your child to read and write these words at home.

P2 Spelling ee and ea 23nd November 2020

Please also continue to support your child to read Fry’s sight words at home. They do not need to practise writing these words until they are confidently able to read them.

Below Homework Grid is for Monday 23rd November through to Friday 4th December. I hope you have lots of fun trying out some of these activities at home.

P2 Homework 23Nov20

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Meikle

P2/1 Learning

Primary 2/1 have been working very hard this week for Mrs Turner.

Literacy

Primary 1 have been revising their phonics this week and Primary 2 have been learning the sound ‘oo’ with words such as look and book. Primary 1 have also been practising their blending of sounds to sound out words. The hula hoop jumping activity for this was much enjoyed.

Numeracy and Mathematics

Primary 2 have been doing more work on learning their doubles and near doubles. They are also learning to count in twos. Primary 1 have been learning more about Number Bonds to 10, for example, different ways to make 10. 6+4, 7+3 etc. They have also been introduced to 2D shapes.

Road Safety and Book Week

It’s been a fun week for P2/1 with lots of fun activities to learn about Road Safety and reading opportunities for Book Week. Primary 1 took home their BookBug gift bag and Primary 2 took home their Read Write Count gift bag. We hope that children and parents enjoy these gifts from the Scottish Book Trust.

Pirate Topic

The children enjoyed painting parrots as part of their learning about pirates and these have been displayed on the wall.

Mrs Meikle