This week primary 2 have been learning about the properties of 2D shape. We have been describing the number of edges and corners of squares, circles, rectangles, triangles and hexagons. We have been for a shape hunt in the playground to find examples of 2D shapes and used 2D shapes to design a robot. We listened to a live broadcast from the author Kes Gray who told the story ‘Quick Quack Quentin’. We listened to the story ‘Room on a Broom’ by Julia Donaldson and drew and labelled a picture of the Witch with adjectives from the story.
In our final week before half term we were very busy :
- We completed our newspaper reports on the sinking of the Titanic and typed them up
- We revised mental strategies that we could use for mental addition of three and four digit numbers
- We tried to solve this weeks Daily Rigour Maths Challenge
- We carried out research for our essay on ‘Make A Difference’ we decided to focus on how we could make little changes that would help to save the planet -some of the things we investigated were non- renewable and renewable energy sources, how we could reduce, reuse and recycle materials, and how we could walk instead of driving everywhere!
- We continued to make our 3D Titanics..
We still have to look at the the lessons that were learnt from the sinking of the Titanic and we will finish our topic after the holidays…..
During our last week in Primary 1 before the October break we have been enjoying more Colourful Consonant games and keeping our Pupil Profiles up to date. We have been writing a personal story about our weekend and investigating 2D shapes. Listening to Katie Morag stories inspired us to create kilts; we think Katie Morag would love wearing them! One of our P7 buddies wrote a special story and came to read it to her P1 buddy. During our Class Talks we have found out lots of information from where family members live in Ireland to Panda’s and their habits. In RE we thanked God for the wonder of Autumn. In PE we have been practicing ball skills. On Thursday we had a reward afternoon which was great fun. Mrs McGonigal came in to share the story of Little Red Riding Hood; we have lots of actions for the characters now! We have had a busy, but fun, first term. Have a restful October holiday, see you all after the break!
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