Good Afternoon. P2/1 have had a busy week full of lots of learning. In Literacy, P1 have this week learned the sounds ‘g’ and ‘o’ and the tricky word said. We have made the letters with playdough, made a giraffe and an octopus, taught ted and coloured in ‘o’ pictures. We also made words on our magnetic boards using the letters learned so far. P2 have been revising the ‘air’ and ‘are’ sounds. We rolled dice with letters on them to make real and nonsense words, played snakes and ladders, played roll and read and completed a word search. We also did reading.

In Numeracy P1 have been learning about the number 10 and finding the number one after a given number. We have made 10 out of playdough, drawn stories of 10, spun the spinner to find the number after and played a dice game. P2 have been exploring fact families, the part part whole model, writing number sentences using the add sign. We completed a number line worksheet, wrote fact families and completed part part whole models.

In Health and Wellbeing this week we looked at the tool of keep connected. We spoke about people who support and encourage us. We then created our own back up team. We sorted out animals into their habitats. On Thursday afternoon we looked at coding. We had to help Rusty the Robot get to his desk by following a code. We then explored programming a BeeBot.

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I found it tricky when coding Rusty the Robot to get him in the right box.”

“I enjoyed learning about coding.”

“I found it tricky when Rusty the Robot had to avoid his friends and the bugs and we had to turn him left or right.”

“I enjoyed learning the ‘g’ and ‘o’ sounds.”

“I liked making my own Geraldine giraffe.”

“I enjoyed coding Rusty the Robot.”

“I enjoyed making an octopus using breakfast cereal.”

“I enjoyed programming the BeeBot.”

“I liked using BeeBot.”

Have a lovely long weekend.

Miss Maclachlan

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