Last week was another whirwind of activity in Primary 2/1.  In literacy we were learning the new sounds of u and d and some of us were learning about ‘oa’ as in coat.  We were working hard on out letter formation and our spelling using the rules and sounds we have learned.  We have been exploring different letter shapes and trying lots of different reading games.  In our reading work this week we have also been looking at the rhyme ‘Humpty Dumpty’ and worked in trios to identify other possible adventures for the character.

In maths we were working hard on our counting skills.  Some of us were counting groups of objects within ten and making up to ten from different starting numbers.  The other group were making numbers with tens and ones and are really starting to get the hang of counting out the tens first and then adding on the ones.  We also did some measuring during outdoor learning.  We used our hands and fingers to measure leaves and sticks and put them in order of size.

In our topic work we continued to learn about things we have and what we need and this week we were applying our knowledge to the story of Cinderella.  Using our floorbook to work together and record our thoughts we talked about what we think would make Cinderella happy.

Finally a reminder that on Wednesday 22nd November we have a shared start in the morning and parents and carers are invited to join us in the classroom until 9.10 to see some of the learning activities we have been engaged in.