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P2 Learning Reflection W/E 14th January 2022

Happy New Year to all the P2 families. Here are the children’s learning highlights for week ending 14th January.

Ella – I liked doing number talks and numeracy at the same time. We were counting on from ten and adding together the ones then the ten.

Georgia – I liked doing number talks.

Jack – I liked making a big Duplo ship. It has wind power and scoop power and it can roll about.

Grace – I liked numeracy this week. We were counting on to add. We were counting on from ten.

Kyra –  I liked free play. I was playing Descendants. I was Evie she has power she can walk over the water.

Willow –  I enjoyed gymnastics. We learned different shapes like star, sitting star, pike alien and a balance called Zoot’s stork balance. I like the balance one the best.

Elyas – I liked doing PE we were doing gymnastics moves. My favourite one was the balance one. The hardest one was the pike alien one.

Olivia – I liked numeracy we have been counting on and adding the ones then the ten.

Rhy-Lee – I liked free play this week. We are playing families. We have a mum and lots of sisters. We were cooking food.

Thea – I liked numeracy this week. We were counting on from 10 to add.

Oliver – I liked PE this week. We are doing gymnastics.

Josh – I liked counting on in numeracy. We were adding the ones then adding the ten to find the total.

Caleb – I liked doing gymnastics. We learned some shapes and a balance. I liked the standing star shape!

Nathan – I enjoyed learning the oy sound. I liked reading Room on the Broom.

Louis – I learned ‘ire’ and ‘ou’.

Alexander – I liked number talks. We were counting on from the bigger number then we used a ten frame to count on.

Arianna – I liked doing writing. I was writing about my magic pot. It can cook McDonalds and pasta!

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P2 Learning Reflection and Highlights for W/E 12.11.21

Josh – I designed a giraffe with a Scotland flag. Giraffes can sleep when they are standing up. They have a very long neck. The have really long tongues.

Georgia – I made a rainbow coloured giraffe. They have a long neck and they are tall. They have a long tongue. They wrap their tongue around the leaves and eat them.

Grace – I enjoyed decorating my giraffe, I did little curls. Giraffes have to stand up so that predators cannot hunt them. They open one eye to look for predators that will sneak up!

Caleb – We learned facts about giraffes. They only sleep for 30 minutes. They have a long neck so they can reach the plants.

Ella – I liked doing PE yesterday. We played birthday games. I liked playing musical bumps. When the music was playing we danced and when the music stopped we had to sit down.

Louis – I liked playing birthday games for Alexander’s birthday.

Rhy-Lee – I liked learning about giraffes. They stand up and sleep. They have long tongues to wrap around and pull the leaves so they can eat them. I did a rainbow giraffe for the competition. They are going to decorate the giraffes and put them around Scotland.

Sebastian – We were doing giraffe pictures that were for an artist. They are going to choose a giraffe and he will paint his favourite giraffe. I did a Scotland design on my giraffe.

Lily – I liked doing PE. We played party games I like musical statues. When the music plays you dance and when the music stops you need to freeze.

Alexander – I liked playing my birthday games for PE. I liked doing duck, duck goose!

Arianna – I enjoyed making the poppy picture.

Jack – I liked doing the giraffes. I did a dot pattern.

Kyra – I liked the party games for PE. I liked musical bumps and musical statues!

Oliver – I enjoyed making the poppies. We use them to remember about people who died in the war. A purple poppy is for the animals who died in the wars.

Olivia – I enjoyed free play. I made pussy cats from paper.

Thea – I enjoyed playing the party games yesterday. My favourite was musical statues!

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P2 Learning Reflection for W/E 26.11.21

Willow – We learned ow and ‘ai’ sounds, cow has the ‘ow’ sound. Snail and rain have the ai sound.

Kyra – I enjoy singing the Nativity songs. My favourite one is Three Kings!

Josh – I liked sewing this week. I am sewing a gingerbread man. It was tricky to do chain stitch so I am doing straight stitch.

Lily – I like sewing. I am making a reindeer. I am good at stitching!

Caleb – I am making a gingerbread man. I am sewing all around it and I have eyes and icing on it!

Grace – I enjoyed sewing this week. I am making a reindeer and am going to leave it out with a note for Santa on Christmas Eve!

Oliver – I like reading. I liked when I saw a funny bit in my reading book. It was about a monkey that can clap!

Olivia – I enjoyed learning the ‘ow’ sound. Cow, now and brown have the ‘ow’ sound.

Elyas – I liked doing PE we were catching animals from the big pond and putting them in our team pond. My team were good at it!

Rhy-Lee – I liked learning the ‘ai’ sound, we made words with it. Spain had the ‘ai’ sound.

Alexander – I liked doing science. I like making bubbles. So you have to get a paper straw and a plastic straw. You get paper and you blow the mixture and it makes bubbles. Then you have to put the paper on top. The paper straw was best for blowing bubbles!

Thea – I like sewing. I am making a gingerbread man.

Jack –I enjoyed sewing. I put on pink jelly eyes. I am sewed it all up.

Georgia – We are painting a Christmas book cover for the lunch hall. I was painting the houses and the sky.

Louis – I like doing science. We were making bubbles. We made circle shapes with them.

Ella – I like doing the Nativity songs. I like all of them!

Arianna – I liked reading. Pip fell off and they all went in the snow.

Nathan – I liked free writing Friday. I wrote I was playing roblox in my house.

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P2 Learning Reflection and Highlights for W/E 12.11.21

Josh – I designed a giraffe with a Scotland flag. Giraffes can sleep when they are standing up. They have a very long neck. The have really long tongues.

Georgia – I made a rainbow coloured giraffe. They have a long neck and they are tall. They have a long tongue. They wrap their tongue around the leaves and eat them.

Grace – I enjoyed decorating my giraffe, I did little curls. Giraffes have to stand up so that predators cannot hunt them. They open one eye to look for predators that will sneak up!

Caleb – We learned facts about giraffes. They only sleep for 30 minutes. They have a long neck so they can reach the plants.

Ella – I liked doing PE yesterday. We played birthday games. I liked playing musical bumps. When the music was playing we danced and when the music stopped we had to sit down.

Louis – I liked playing birthday games for Alexander’s birthday.

Rhy-Lee – I liked learning about giraffes. They stand up and sleep. They have long tongues to wrap around and pull the leaves so they can eat them. I did a rainbow giraffe for the competition. They are going to decorate the giraffes and put them around Scotland.

Sebastian – We were doing giraffe pictures that were for an artist. They are going to choose a giraffe and he will paint his favourite giraffe. I did a Scotland design on my giraffe.

Lily – I liked doing PE. We played party games I like musical statues. When the music plays you dance and when the music stops you need to freeze.

Alexander – I liked playing my birthday games for PE. I liked doing duck, duck goose!

Arianna – I enjoyed making the poppy picture.

Jack – I liked doing the giraffes. I did a dot pattern.

Kyra – I liked the party games for PE. I liked musical bumps and musical statues!

Oliver – I enjoyed making the poppies. We use them to remember about people who died in the war. A purple poppy is for the animals who died in the wars.

Olivia – I enjoyed free play. I made pussy cats from paper.

Thea – I enjoyed playing the party games yesterday. My favourite was musical statues!

Class Posts, Primary 3/2

P2 Learning Reflection W/E 5th November 2021

This week in P2 the phonics focus has been: u-e, i-e and o-e. Our common words were: go, he and baby. We have started learning the songs to our Nativity, we are enjoying being able to sing in class again.  P2 learned how to stay safe during bonfire night and completed the SSPCA #FireworkSafety quiz! Please see below for the children’s learning reflection comments. Remember to, Be Safe. Be Kind. Be Smart. This 5th November!

Josh – I enjoyed talking ‘all about me’. I spoke clearly and I kind of looked at my audience. I used card to help me remember.

Willow – I like the star song we are learning. We are going to do a Nativity!

Oliver – I like building stuff. I am building towers!

Thea – I like doing numbers on my whiteboard.

Louis – We learned the u-e sound, brute has the u-e sound. We were singing, there is a great big star in the star tonight!

Kyra – We learned the split digraph u-e. The magic ‘e’ turns the ‘u’ into an oo sound!

Caleb – I did a class talk. I looked at my audience sometimes and I spoke clearly!

Georgia – I liked singing the songs. We done a Christmas Eve one and we did one about a star. I like the Christmas Eve one.

Jack – We are learning about materials. The paper towel and the cloth were absorbent. They sook up the water.  The plastic sheet was not absorbent.

Ella – We learned the split digraph i-e. Nice has the i-e sound!

Alexander – We were doing number talks. We did doubles and near doubles. I said five plus five equals ten. So I said it was a double!

Grace – I enjoyed the ‘All About Me’ talk. I enjoyed telling everyone the interesting fact about my hip!

Elyas – I liked making ten using number sentences in number talks. We were doing 4+6+4. You can make ten with six plus four, and then add the four to the ten to make fourteen!

Lily – I like doing the Nativity. We are learning songs. I like the great big star song!

Sebastian – I liked singing. It was really fun because I like singing because it is cool. I like the star song!

Nathan – I like playing with the big bricks. I am building a big tower!

Arianna – I liked reading. I like ‘Sam Sat’ because his mum tells him to sit so he does not fall. Sam falls off his skateboard then he gets a bandage on his head!

Class Posts, Primary 3/2

Happy Halloween from P2

This week P2 have been busy making bonds to 10 using the whole-part model and bar model. In literacy, the children have been learning the spelling pattern for oi and a-e words, along with the common words make, what and wash. The children all agree that their highlight of the week was dressing up for a spooky morning of fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Primary 3/2

P2 Learning Reflection for W/E 22.10.21

 

A short but busy week in P2. We have been revising the ea/ee sounds and learning about the common words: all, call and I’ve. In numeracy P2 are exploring number bonds to 10, skip counting in 2’s. Our number talk focus is doubles and near doubles on the rekenrek. There has been lots of activity at our woodwork bench this week. The children have been busy making string art using wood, nails and thread.

Willow – we have been skip counting in 2’s!

Oliver – We were thinking of ways to make 9. 6 and 3 make 9!

Sebastian – I can skip count in 2’s to 20!

Caleb – We made a sleigh with 3 reindeers with horns. The sleigh has a big bit that presents can go in!

Jack – People kept knocking the reindeer down by accident. Ms King moved the table to make more space!

Thea – I enjoyed making a heart with wood. I hammered the nails in a love heart shape. I wrapped string around the nails. I had to pull the string tight.

Josh – We had to rebuild the whole reindeer. We made Rudolph bigger so he won’t fall over.

Rhy-Lee – We learned about number bonds. Two numbers go together to make a number. We made bonds for 9. 8+1, 7+2 and 9+0 make 9!

Ella – We learned the ea sound. Tea, meat and eat have the ea sound!

Kyra – I liked free play. I was in the house corner we played mums and dads!

Louis – I enjoyed playing in the house corner. We are playing family. We make food for people. I like to make soup!

Elyas – I enjoyed doing number talks. We were doing doubles and near doubles on the rekenrek. A double is like 4 and 4 and a near double is like 3 on the top and 2 on the bottom. You can make it double 2 +1 or double 3-1!

Alexander – I enjoyed free play. I was playing in the house corner. We were cooking stuff!

Nathan – I enjoyed playing. I was playing with my model. I made a big rocket, it is going to space. I am going to jump so high up!

Olivia – I am making a love heart. I needed to get nails and hammer them into the wood in the shape of a heart. It was difficult to hammer the nails cause they kept falling out. It worked if I hammered them in a bit harder!

Georgia – I am making a heart at the workbench. We need wood and we had to draw a heart on the wood. Then we had to put the nails in with a hammer.

Grace – I enjoyed painting this week. I was painting a type of big monster for Halloween. The monster has fur all over it!

Class Posts, Primary 3/2

P2 Learning Highlights for W/E 1.10.21

P2 really enjoyed taking part in the  LVPS 20th birthday celebrations this week. Please see below for the children’s highlight of the week comments!

Olivia – I liked playing with the big blocks. We made a marble run. We stacked the blocks then we got a marble and it rolled down it!

Lily – Making the cupcakes. We got frosting!

Alexander – I enjoyed Free Writing Friday. I wrote about the gym and football. I scored four goals. I am good at football.

Ella – My highlight was the schools birthday. I liked dancing to the music.

Oliver – My highlight was painting a house. I painted furniture and the windows are blacked out cause we are watching a movie.

Rhy-Lee – My highlight was eating the cake. I liked decorating it. I decorated a pink love heart. It was delicious!

Jack – My highlight was Free Writing Friday. I wrote about what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be a builder. Builders need problem-solving skills.

Willow – My highlight of the week was painting. I have been doing love hearts and crosses!

Caleb – My highlight was free play. I made a zombie with duplo. It was really tall!

Grace – My highlight was listening to the bagpipes. The children came from high school and played drums and bagpipes. We were celebrating the school’s birthday.

Elyas – Playing with the lego. I made a castle. It has colourful blocks and it has stairs.

Arianna – My highlight was when we were doing the cupcakes. I made pink dots and orange dots all around the cupcake.

Josh – My highlight was decorating the cupcake with icing. I done orange around the yellow.

Thea – My highlight of the week was doing free play. I was playing in the kitchen and painting.

Louis – I enjoyed free writing Friday. I was writing that I want to be a doctor when I am big.

Kyra – I liked decorating a cupcake. I put the number 20 and put lots of flowers, hearts and zigzags. We decorated them because it was the schools anniversary.

Sebastian – I liked decorating the mugs. We got mug designing pens. When you cook the mug we get to bring them home. I did a bunch of smiley faces and a love heart with LVPS inside. We did it for the schools birthday!

Nathan – I like building with duplo. I build lots of big strong things.

Primary 3/2

Learning Reflection for W/E 17/09/21

This week in P2 we have been revising words with the ‘oo’ and ‘ar’ sounds. Our common sight words were: like, her, said.

The class enjoyed ‘Talking for Writing’ to describe, The New Boy and The Witches. They followed the structure of descriptive writing to give their talking text a title, introduction, characteristics and an evaluation. They all worked well together to work out their parts and to build their characters descriptions.

For numeracy P2 have been using number lines and continuing with greater than and smaller than. The children have been skip counting in 10’s and 2’s. The Number Talks focus this week has been sharing strategies to solve number sentences.

Highlight of the Week

Sebastian – I played with the engineering set I was building a fishing rod.

Celeb – I enjoyed working with the wood. I was getting screws in. I used a screwdriver and a hammer. I managed to get one and a quarter in. You have to twist the screwdriver around.

Louis – I enjoyed playing in the garden. I was playing dinosaurs with Alexander, Sebastian and Grace.

Jack – I enjoyed playing in the garden. I was playing tig. We were hiding in the bush to make sure it was our den and nobody claimed it!

Alexander – I enjoyed PE. We were playing with the parachute.

Ella – I was playing in the house corner. I was selling food.

Willow – I like reading.

Lily – I liked painting flowers.

Nathan – I made a witch with a bald head and some arms. My witch has no toes and no shoes.

Kyra – I liked reading Sam Sit. Sam didn’t sit on the magic carpet he almost fell in the river. If I had a magic carpet I would go to Disney Land!

Olivia – I enjoyed painting. We were mixing lots of different colours to see what colours we made. When we mixed the blue and red it made purple. Yellow and red made orange and yellow and blue made green.  Red and white made pink!

Thea – I painted nice flowers and nice love hearts.

Oliver – I liked playing at the bench area. Me and Jack found out two pieces connected with a screw.

Josh – we were having races at playtime. Caleb was the referee; he was the one who says who wins!

Georgia – For free play, I was painting. I was painting flowers with a smiley face.