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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 2A Phonics

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. Please see the Spelling words for each group below. This week, our Phonics sound is oo and some children also continue to practise reading and writing CVC words. Please support your child to read and write these words at home.

Spelling Words oo

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. Please encourage your child to bring their highlighted Fry’s words sheet to school each week so new words can be highlighted.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Marra

P2A Phonics

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are ready for another great week. Please see this week’s Spelling words below for each group. This week, the children are learning the “oi” and “oy” sounds. Some pupils are also practising CVC words. Please support your child to read and write these words at home. The “Create an Activity” task on the homework grid provides opportunities for the children to use a strategy of their choice to practise their words e.g. painting, writing in felt pen, writing in chalk outside, going on a word hunt around the house etc.

Spelling Words oi and oy

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Marra

Primary 2 Phonics

Dear parents/carers,

We are so proud of all the children for working so hard this term and settling back into school so well. They are a pleasure to have in our classes. Earlier in the week, we added Phonics words lists to show wh and qu words which the children have been learning this week. Here are the other sounds your child has learned in class with the word lists included for each group. So far, we have learned sh, th, ch, wh and qu. When possible, please support your child to read and write these words. More photographs of learning to follow after or October break.

Below are some examples of different ways to practise reading and writing these sounds at home.

Word detectives – try to find as many words as you can from your list in books. Write down any words you find.
Rainbow write – use three colours to practise writing your words on paper. Try to write over your word three times to create rainbow words.
Bubble words – Write your words in bubble writing and colour them.
Word hunt – write your words on small pieces of paper and ask an adult to hide them around the house. Try to find your words and read them aloud when you find them.
Sugar words – pour sugar on to a plate and use a straw to practise writing your words in the sugar.
Anagrams – ask an adult at home to write your words with the letters mixed up. Unscramble the words to write them correctly e.g. ipsh – ship.
Bake a cake and practise writing your words on the cake with icing.
Phonics interactive game – Fishy Phonics. Link below. Or https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/fishy-phonics?phase=2

Thank you for your continued support and have a lovely October break.

Miss Marra and Miss Walkingshaw

Primary 2A and 2B Phonics

In Primary 2, we have been working really hard to learn our new sounds this term. We take part in lots of different learning activities to practise reading and writing our sounds.

Our sounds this week are wh and qu. Some of us are also practising CVC words. Here are our words lists for this week. At the end of the week we will add more word lists to the blog to allow our parents and carers to see all the words we have been working hard to learn. Please note that Literacy groups for both classes are included; however, we all know the name of our group and should be able to tell you.

Spelling Words 1

Please help us to practise reading and writing these words at home when you can. One of our favourite tasks is being word detectives. This is when we try to find the words from our list in books. It is great fun and we would love to do this at home too.

Thank you for all your support.

Miss Marra and Primary 2A

Miss Walkingshaw and Primary 2B

We love P2A!

We have been really busy since we started Primary 2. We have been working hard to make sure we feel safe and happy at school. We have also been working hard on our learning. Here are some of the learning and activities we have enjoyed so far in Primary 2A.

I like playing in the “safe Corner” with my friends. Hugo

Kites use push and pull to move in the air. I have learned this in Science. Alex

In Science, we learned about push and pull forces. When we you use a bow and arrow, you pull to start with and then you push at the end. Jasmine

I like building with the straws that connect together. I like doing this with my friends. Harry

I like how we have a moving word when Miss Marra finishes giving us instructions. When she says the word, we can start to tidy up and move. Today, our moving word is monsters. Leila

I learned how to play Rob the Nest in P.E with Mr Millar. Ollie

I like Writing and I like playing with my friends. Isla

I like playing with the straws and the blocks. I also like Writing. Oscar C

I liked when we made the kites in Science and I also like P.E. Bruce

I like playing and I also like drawing. Noah

I like drawing and playing with my friends. My friends are Isla, Isabella, Lacey, Carly and Jasmine. Perry

I like Play Time outside. Jaysiel

I love playing with the cubes. Matthew

I like Break and when we play. Carly

I enjoy playing with my friends at break and after lunch. I also like playing football. I also like Maths and Play. Harris

I like doing Writing and Maths. Isabella

I like P.E and I also liked when we made our table names. Lacey

I like playing with Frankie. Oscar M

I like Maths. Cameron

I like playing and doing P.E. I like doing Science with the kites. I like football which I play after lunch when I go outside. I like when we go outside after lunch. I like nature too so I like going outside at school. I love Jasmine too. Jamie

I like playing football. Harley

I like when it is lunch time and story time. Isabelle

I like Writing and playing outside at break. I like Maths too. Frankie

We have had a fantastic few weeks in Primary 2A and we all work so hard.

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Article 19: We have the right to be safe.

Happy Holidays P2M!

Happy holidays everyone! Thank you for all your amazing efforts during this time and throughout the year. You have worked so hard and you have been very resilient during lockdown. it has been so lovely to talk to you over the phone and it was great to see so many of you yesterday. Thank you to all of you who have up your time to come and see Miss Walkingshaw and I in the playground.

Here are a few final photos from this week. Have a lovely summer everyone and I look forward to seeing you in August when you are all big Primary 3 pupils! You are all amazing and I am so proud of you.

Love from Miss Marra

You were really enjoying your Maths this week. You have really developed your confidence in Maths this year and you are smashing those missing number sums. Well done for all your hard work!

You look so proud of your Roman shield. I can see you worked so hard on this and it was lovely to see photos of you making it. You seemed to really enjoy the process and look at the result. Well done!

P2 Home Learning Grid

Happy Monday everyone!

We hope you have had a lovely weekend and have enjoyed some of the beautiful weather we have had. Here you have the last home learning grid of Primary 2. Thank you to all of you for your hard work and your efforts during this time. We know how difficult it can be when learning at home but you have done a fantastic job and it is lovely to see you all doing fun activities at home with your families.

Enjoy your last week of Primary 2 and we look forward to seeing some more of the activities you are doing throughout the week. We also look forward to seeing some of you in school this week if you are able to make it on Thursday for a catch up between 12 – 1:30pm (see box on grid.)

The only other attachment you will need this week is the Spelling words which includes revision of magic e/CVC words. There is also another copy of the resilience alphabet attached if needed.

Have a great week:)

Miss Marra and Miss Walkingshaw

Grid 13

Grid 13 Spelling Words

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Home Learning and Fun in P2M

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you have had a great week and have had fun at home with your families. Thank you to those who are still sending photos of home learning and other activities you have been doing. It is lovely to see so many people still working hard on their learning and I have also enjoyed seeing other activities you are doing at home. Here are a few examples from this week.

Farah has enjoyed working through the resilience alphabet. F has been her favourite so far. This is a great “to do list” of fun activities you can do at home. It looks like you managed to do all these activities throughout the week. Well done!

Your rainbow vegetables are growing so much. You look very proud of your hard work and you should be. This is a great way to demonstrate sustainable living. Well done for all your hard work.

Hudson has also been very busy and working hard this week. He sent a photo of a bird feeding table he made with his dad in the garden. It looks great and he was very proud of himself. Well done Hudson!

Have a great weekend everyone! One week to go until the Summer holidays.

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