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Tag: Numeracy
A Busy Week for P5/4
In P5/4, we have had a very busy week with all our learning. On Thursday, it was World Book Day and we celebrated by starting the day with “Relax and Read.” Our favourite thing about this is choosing where in the classroom we would like to read (as long as we choose a safe place.) As you will see from our photos, we chose some interesting places to enjoy a book.
We have been learning how to see ourselves as readers and we know that we enjoy reading more when we get to choose books we like. One of the highlights of our week was our first visit to the library. Unfortunately, Miss Marra forgot to pictures as she was enjoying it so much too. Caitlin proudly cut the ribbon and we were so excited to enjoy our new space. It was hard to choose from so many comfortable and exciting places to read. The choice of books was amazing too. Some of us even chose to read some nostalgic books from when we were younger. One of our favourites was Stick Man and Elmer. We can’t wait to go back for our next visit.
Another highlight in our learning this week was when we engaged in Drama to clarify our understanding of a text. In class, we have been reading the Harry Potter series as our class novels. We are currently reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. We engaged in a “Hot Seat” learning activity in which we chose to be in role as a character from the series and everyone had to ask us questions. Miss Marra modelled our learning first by being “in role” as Draco Malfoy which everyone found hilarious. Our Drama skills were very impressive and we used our knowledge of our chosen character well to engage in this learning activity.
We engage in Mental Maths daily and we have been working hard on using division to solve problems. We are developing our confidence using the “Bus Stop Method” and this is helping us apply our knowledge to word problems.
Our new Maths Topic is “Time.” We started our topic by having a great class discussion about why we need to learn to tell the time. We use time so much in our daily lives! We have been practising some of the different times we already know e.g. o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. We engage in outdoor Maths and Numeracy every Thursday, and this week we practised telling the time in the playground. Struan did the honours, drawing a large analogue clock with our chalk. We then practised different times with some of us representing the hands. We had to jump to the correct number and we were able to talk about why this was the correct number, using the Numeracy skills we know and our prior knowledge of time. Our next step is to move on to five minute intervals.
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P2/1 Learning this week
Primary 2/1 have been working hard this week.
We have taken a small break from our Romans topic and introduced a mini-topic about Pandas in response to questions the children had about the Red Pandas coming to the Five Sisters Zoo. The children were very interested to learn that Red Pandas and Giant Pandas are not related and this made them more curious. We made a list of what questions the children had about Pandas and then decided to watch factual videos to find our answers then make a Fact File about them. The children also enjoyed following an artist to learn how to draw Giant Pandas. So far we have been learning lots about Giant Pandas.
In numeracy Primary 2s are learning about money and Primary 1s are having more practise with addition.
In literacy Primary 1s are making great progress in their reading and our Primary 2s are learning about reading with fluency and expression as well as comprehension techniques.
At the start of the day before Register, the children have also enjoyed finishing off our Roman Colosseum display picture by adding Romans, gladiators and wild animals in the arena.
I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend,
Mrs Meikle
P2/1 Learning this week
Primary 2/1, it was a short week of learning but we still managed to learn lots of new things.
Primary 1s, we worked on our numbers 11-20 and we used our cubes and paired up with a partner to use lots of fingers to show different ways of making the numbers 12 and 13. We enjoy our learning from the board that gives us lots of active learning tasks to practise our understanding and we enjoy our Numberblock videos and our discussions about where we see Numbers outside of the school (shops, buses, doors and registration plates). In Literacy we moved onto a new reading book and practised that alongside our longer sentences from the board. Primary 1s also carried out Class Talks this week on ‘My Favourite Animal’. The whole class had to remember our rules about a quality audience and when presenting you had to remember to talk in a loud, clear voice whilst making good eye contact with your audience. I was so impressed with the amount of facts you could remember and how well you answered the three questions at the end. Well done, Primary 1s.
Primary 2s, we progressed in our learning of the time; quarter to/past the hour and you applied this new learning to your airport/train station theme (where you are applying learning ownership). In writing you practised more of the new phonics from last week (st, ft and mp) and you made some beautiful pyramid writing to learn your spelling words. Primary 2s also carried out some beautiful handwriting whilst learning the spelling of words commonly used.
In our Romans topic we learned about the Roman Army and Forts. We learned all about what they would need to survive in the fort long-term and then we created our own versions of these using card and coloured pens. We had a lot of good discussion on why the Romans used metal in their armour and what the Roman Empire entailed (invasion of countries). We also enjoyed a new Roman mythical story about the Goddess Juno and the Golden Chair. Primary 2/1 are thoroughly enjoying these mythical stories and we will soon transform one of our corridor walls into a storyboard of these myths.
In French we practised our weather question ‘Quel temps fait-il?’ What’s the weather like? We practised our answers Il fait beau, Il fait froid, Il fait gris, Il pleut and Il neige. (It’s nice, it’s cold, it’s cloudy, it’s raining and it’s snowing). We also reminded ourselves of our commands. It was fun doing the actions fast for these!
Have a great weekend,
Best wishes
Mrs Meikle
P2/1 Learning This Week
Primary 2/1 – you have worked hard this week!
In Language, Primary 1 are practising their reading, writing and handwriting each week now. The children are learning to read longer sentences using their phonics to sound out cvc and ccvc words. Some children are also blending and reading much longer words using their phonics knowledge. In writing we are working hard on thinking about all of the sounds in a word as we write it down.
In Language, Primary 2 practised Instructional Writing for the second time – this time we ‘walked through’ ‘How To Make A Jam Sandwich’. The Primary 2s were very wise this week and remembered the rules from last week’s handwashing instructional writing. Primary 2s were also practising spelling with their new phonic sounds – st, ft and mp (e.g. first, lift and bump). They enjoyed learning to use a dictionary to look up some words as part of their Clarifying lesson in Comprehension.
In Numeracy, Primary 1 did more work on learning numbers 11-20 and Primary 2s learned their half-past times on digital. The Primary 2s were also given some learner agency in this area and they enhanced a Time Traveller mini-whiteboard game that was introduced in the class earlier in the week. The children went on to developing it further into an airport and train station context and one pupil created a detailed map of a train station and airport including clocks placed within it. Some rich dialogue around time could be heard during this game.
In our Romans topic the whole class loved the Romulus and Remus mythical story about the alleged Founders of Rome who were raised by a she-wolf when they were babies. The children made their own stick puppets and re-enacted the story through puppet drama.
In French we learned the weather and used weather sticks to interact with one another whilst asking ‘What’s the weather like?’ and to answer these : It’s a lovely day; It’s raining; It’s cloudy; It’s snowing; It’s cold. The children also very much love when Tidot, our French mascot, visits the lesson.
In Word Boost, where we introduce four WOW words in a weekly story, the children very much loved dramatising this at the end of the week. They were excellent at remembering their speaking parts and also used great listening skills whilst others were talking.
I hope you have a lovely holiday weekend, Primary 2/1.
Primary 1s, I look forward to hearing your class talks on your favourite animals next Tuesday.
Best wishes,
Mrs Meikle
P2/1 Learning this week beginning 22nd February 2021
Welcome back class Primary 2/1. You have settled in well to your routines this week and it’s been lovely to see everyone again. This week we focused on overlearn of some of the numeracy and language learning we did during Remote Learning period and we also learned some new things.
Primary 1, in Language we learned our sounds sh, ch and th and practised writing these in our handwriting books. In Numeracy we did more work on subtraction and made a giant flower with bugs for it and red crosses to mark out our takeaway numbers. We used this method for our new subtraction books and we practised takeaways on our mini whiteboards too.
Primary 2, in Language we learned about when and how to use Question Marks and in Numeracy we did more work on Place Value and 2D shapes. In Place Value we had a great conversation about representing the number 23 in cubes. We discussed whether two cubes beside three cubes was 23. We then explored how to represent 23 properly with cubes and began to understand the true value of 2 = 20.
Also, in Language, we started to learn our Days of the Week in French as well as overlearning these in English and our Months of the Year in English too.
We learned lots more about Chinese New Year and the ancient blue monster Nian who was scared of the colour red, fire, noise and bright lights – and that this is the reason why the Chinese use all of these at Chinese New Year e.g. firecrackers and loud drums. We also talked about Fortune Cookies and tried out chopsticks.
We have started to learn about Fair Trade and how chocolate is made and we’ve also started reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl for our 5 week topic.
Thank you for your hard work, Primary 2/1. Have a great weekend.
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
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
Transition Task – Week 2
Week 2 Transition Task – ‘It’s A Seashell Day’
This week we would like you to watch and listen to the story ‘It’s a Seashell Day’ by Diane Ochiltree with your child. The story and learning activities suggested are an ideal way to further develop your child’s number sense and the counting principles. This learning will be revisited when your child starts Primary 1. Please follow the link below to access the story ‘It’s a Seashell Day’. We hope you enjoy it 🐚
https://sway.office.com/P0bIz9oCq1wxW35Q?ref=Link
If you want to learn more about the counting principles please click the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG0jzpZtfgs
We hope you and your child enjoy this weeks story 🙂 Maybe you can continue to find ways to count objects in your house and/or garden or maybe you can spot numbers and collections of objects in your environment or out on your walks.
P2-3 Reading Event
We are looking forward to welcoming our parents/carers to our Primary 2 & 3 Reading Event on Thursday 21st November at 9.00am. Please access the hall via the doors from the quad playground. After a short presentation in the hall with Mrs Donnelly, parents/carers will join their child in their classroom to participate with some literacy activities. Primary 2-3 children will be gifted with their ‘Read, Write and Count Bag’ on Thursday also. We hope they enjoy reading the stories and playing the games at home.
