In literacy this week our spelling focus has been: a-e magic e, words beginning with dr- and words ending with –ad. In numeracy we have been counting in 2’s and 5’s. Our numbertalks focus is subtracting by adding on the difference from the smaller number to the larger number. We have also investigated weight and mass using the balance scales. Everyone enjoyed the World Book Day activities yesterday, especially drop everything and read! Today our assembly was led by Maleficent and lots of children dressed up as a character from a book. After assembly we were all invited to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party!

Emma – I think it was nice to see everyone in costume and acting like their costume.

Nicholas – I liked counting in 5’s. I can count to 50!

Subhan – My favourite book is Harry Potter. I like Harry because he has a wand.

Lois – I like the book My Secret Unicorn. It’s all about unicorns and there is a girl who has got a nan and she went to her Grandma’s house and she bought a unicorn for her.

Austin – I liked World Book Day. When the bell went we had to drop everything and read our books. I was reading Hidden Treasure, it had ship and maps and it tells you where the treasure is.

Isaac – I am reading the Demon Dentist. The Demon Dentist was trying to take peoples teeth out.

Sushanth – I liked the Mad Hatter’s tea party. We had juice and sandwiches. We had a party to celebrate World Book Day!

Sevinc – My favourite book is The Naughtiest Girl by Enid Blyton. My mum read it when she was little and now I am reading it. The girl is really naughty because she does not want to go to school.

Rory – I was thinking why lots of people were wearing Harry Potter costumes today. It is because it is World Book Day. I like Harry Potter because he is a wizard and I like wizards.

Leo – I liked the tea party. We got sandwiches and the sandwiches were really yummy!

Euan – I liked weighing. I weighed lots of things to see how heavy they were. The water bottle was so heavy!

Lewis – I liked weighing. We used the pan balance.  If the arrow is pointing in the middle the things weight the same. If one side goes down it means its heavy and the other side is light.

Charley – I liked the tea party. We were celebrating world book day. We drew our favourite book covers.

Ziva – I liked the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. We were having a party with Alice and her friends.

Coben – I liked the assembly today. We all said our favourite books and we got to dress up.

Kaelan – I liked the assembly because there was a lot of Harry Potters. Mrs Mill was Maleficent. We were dressed up because it was World Book Day!

P2 have been very busy this week preparing for our class assembly. The children really enjoyed sharing our everyday hero message with the school and parents this morning. Thank you to everyone who took time to write such lovely feedback. The children and class teachers really enjoyed reading your comments.

Assembly song links:

 

Leo – I liked the assembly. I liked the singing. Special kind of heroes is my favourite song.

Nicholas – I liked making the alliteration hero names. The words start with the same sound. My name is Nat Nicholas.

Leighton – I liked the assembly. I liked when we were singing the songs and saying our lines. Our assembly was about everyday heroes. My mum is my everyday hero!

James – I liked the assembly. It was about superheroes and we needed to get dressed up in an outfit. You don’t need to wear a mask to be an everyday hero!

Sevinc – My favourite song was the very last one at the assembly.

Emma – I liked the assembly. My favourite part was looking to be like a ladybug.

Sushanth – I liked the assembly. I actually liked the song with Will.i.am.

Charley – I liked saying my part at the assembly.

Lois – I liked the assembly because I liked my speaking parts. It was about everyday heroes. You can share things when you play to be an everyday hero.

Isaac – I enjoyed the assembly because I liked the last song, What I am.

Euan – I liked the assembly. I liked saying my lines.

Austin – I liked the assembly because there was nice songs and we got to say out lines.

Kaelan – I liked doing the assembly. It was all about everyday heroes. An everyday hero is just like me!

Poppy – I liked the assembly today. It was really good. I liked saying all my lines and stuff.

Subhan – I liked the assembly because I liked the songs.

Rory – I enjoyed assembly. My dad was happy that I had some lines and I was happy too.

Ziva – I liked our assembly. I like the what I am song.

Coben – I enjoyed our assembly because it was fun. It was about superheroes and everyday heroes.

P2 used the word WINTER to write acrostic poems this week.

Leighton – You have to spell the word down the side of the poem. You have to think of a word that starts with each letter from the word.

Austin – The words have to be about the topic you are writing about.

James – It does not have to rhyme at the end. It needs to start with the same sound.

Winter is here

In the winter there’s snow

Night early

The snow glows

Everybody comes out

Robin jumping about

by Euan

 

Winter is here

In the snow it glows

Now the people make snow angels

The snow is sparkly

Everybody playing in the snow

Run on the snow

by James

 

Winter is here

I will go out to play

Night snow glows

The snow sparkles

Everyone is happy

Robins peck the snow

by Ziva

 

Winter is here

In the night the snow glows

Now people are making snow angels

The snow  is cold

Everybody plays

Run on the snow

by Kaelan

 

Winter is already come

It is cold

Now the snow is soft

The snow is crunchy

Everybody is playing

Rosy cheeks

by Nicolas

 

Winter is fun

I love winter

Night is glow

Ten robins come

Everyone come play

Rosy cheeks

by Sushanth

 

Winter is the best

It is cold

Now the snow is here

The snow is glittery

Everyone play in the snow

Run in the snow

by Lewis

 

Winter is the best

It is cold

Night snow glows

The snow is freezing

Everyone builds snowmen

Run in the snow

by Rory

 

Winter is here

I love winter

Night snow glows

The snow is cold

Everyone making snowballs

Robin in the snow

by Leo

 

Winter is here

Icicles sparkle

Night snow glows

The snow is cold

Everyone plays

Robin jumps about

by Austin

 

Winter is a season for snow

In winter we have to wrap up warm

Night comes early

The snow shimmers in the sky

Everyone plays in the snow

Rosy cheeks from playing in the snow

by Sevinc

 

Winter is here

Icicles sparkle

Night snow glows

The snow is cold

Everyone make a snowman

Robins peck the ground

by Leighton

 

Winter is here

Icicles sparkle at winter

Night snow glows

The snow gently falling

Everybody playing

Red mittens keep you cosy

by Isaac

 

Winter is here

Icy snow on the ground

Night snow glows

The snow is soft

Everyone loves winter

Red robin taps the ground

by Poppy

 

Winter is here

I go out

Night snow falls at bedtime

The snow falls from the sky

Everyone can build a snowman

Run in the snow

by Coben

In numeracy this week P2 have been making links between number bonds for 10 and 20. In number talks we have continued to add multiples of 10 to any number. In writing the children enjoyed creating their own stories about a wee lassie who swallowed a midgie. In PE the class are continuing to  learn gymnastic balances and rolls. They are working in pairs to make up their own floor routine. We finished the week with a great Scottish focus assembly, with bagpipes, drums, poems and songs. Everyone in P2 thought it was braw!

James – I liked doing art because we were drawing a dragon for Chinese New Year. We had to remember to keep our pencils nice and light.

Rory – I enjoyed PE. This week we learned the dish roll and the rocket roll.

Austin – I liked doing the chunking 10 in number talks.

Sevinc – I enjoyed art. We were drawing a vase for Chinese New Year. We had to keep our pencil marks light.

Lewis  – I liked numeracy. We were making friends of 20. 6 +4=10 so 16 + 4=20!

Leighton – I liked numeracy. We were making friends of 20. If you know your friends of 10 then just add on 10 to make a friend of 20.

Lois- I liked art this week. We were drawing a dragon. I liked how you needed to keep your pencil light. We were making it more detailed.

Leo – I liked the assembly today. I liked our song Three Craws.

Poppy – I liked when we were doing art yesterday. It was a little hard cause you had to use your pencil lightly and do different curves.

Charley – I liked art this week. We were trying the keep the pencil nice and light. We are going to rub it out and add more detail to it.

Euan – I liked PE. We did the dish roll and the rocket. My favourite balance was the stork balance.

Nicholas – I love the Chinese New Year vase. We are drawing a dragon on it.

Emma – I enjoyed everyone singing because they had such wonderful sing in assembly. It was really nice!

Kaelan – I liked creating the dragon on the pot. You actually get to create your own dragon. We will go over it in pen and rub out the pencil marks.

Subhan – I liked writing about the Wee Lassie who swallowed a midgie. I wrote about a highland cow, eagle and a midgie.

Isaac – I enjoyed doing the Chinese vase. We were trying to draw a dragon first really lightly. Then you have to press down harder for the eye and eyebrows.

Sushanth – I liked to do the dragon drawing. We need to make the pencil nice and light.

Coben – I liked number talks. There was 3 and 3 that makes 6.

Ziva – I liked the Scottish assembly. People got to say their poem. My favourite poem was our class winner!

In literacy this week the children did a tricky word spelling test. I will use the results of this to plan our tricky word focus for this term. For writing the children all had a go at writing an exposition piece about having a friend in class. For PE we have started gymnastics and are currently focusing on balancing skills. In numeracy the class have enjoyed the daily flash back 4 revision quiz. Our number talks focus was compensation and our learning focus was counting on using a number line. The children have enjoyed playing Strike it out. You can play at home using this link: https://nrich.maths.org/6589 Leighton – In number talks we were doing some compensation. It’s when you switch the number and they still add up to the same. Lewis – I liked number talks, we were using compensation. For 6+4 you can take 1 away from the 6 and add it to the 4 to make 5. Then double 5=10. Coben – I was breaking numbers into place value.

Nicholas – I loved writing today.

Rory – I enjoyed number talks I know that 10 and 10 is 20 because it’s a double. For 9+11 if you take 1 from the 11 and add it to the 9 it makes 10 and double 10 is 20.

Sushanth – We did flashback 4.  I liked to do 9+4 on the number line.  You can use compensation too. You need to take 1 from the 4 to turn the 9 into 10 then add on 3 to make 13.

James – I liked numeracy because we were doing number talks and we were doing compensation. With 9+11 you can move 1 from 11 to make 10 and then double ten =20. Lois – I enjoyed PE. I like playing the colour game. We are going to move onto gymnastics now. Nicholas – I loved to put the work in order. Charley – We are going to have a reading competition. It’s called the First Minister reading challenge. So we have got to read books and try to keep our library tidy.

Subhan – We get to read books.

Poppy – in PE we were balancing, we did zootz stork balance. You have to put your head straight and your arms out the same height as your shoulders and your knee up with toes pointing down.

Leo – I was reading Tabs kitten. Tabs kitten was sleeping somewhere else.

Austin – We were reading there a Wee Lassie who swallowed a midgie. The story rhymes and we were guessing what she would swallow next. I got a Scottish animal right it was Nessie.

Isaac – In numeracy we were playing Strike out. There was a number line all the way to 20. You have to get a partner.  You need to choose a number on the number line and cross it out and you choose another number to add on and you cross that out. Then you circle the answer. The next person has to start with that number. They cannot choose any numbers that are crossed out.

Euan – I enjoyed PE today. We were doing balances. I liked doing the stork balance.

Ziva – My favourite was gymnastics. We were doing balances. Sevinc – I liked doing the flashback 4. Emma – I enjoyed doing the countdowns this week. Today I managed to get ready in 5! Kaelan – In assembly it was about Jesus. He was giving the man his sight back. Everyone else just ignored the man.

It has been lovely to have the children back and ready to learn after the holiday. I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all the very best for 2020. In primary 2 this week we have been learning about exposition texts and will have a go at writing our own next week. In numeracy we have been adding two groups together by counting on using ten frames and number lines. In number talks we finished off addition by breaking each number into tens and ones. We are now focusing on the strategy of compensation; by removing one addend and adding it to another addend e.g. 5+9 can be changed to 4+10 by removing 1 from the 5 and adding it to the 9. In PE we have been playing some team building and cooperation games with the parachute. The children all have their Scots poems home. Please help your child select one to learn for the Scottish poetry recital completion. I look forward to hearing the children recite their poems from the week beginning the 20^th Jan.

Lewis – I liked the numeracy flash back, I got them all correct.

Nicholas – We wrote about the holidays. I went to five sisters zoo to meet my friends, Lewis, Austin, Kaelan and James.

Kaelan – I liked writing about the Christmas holidays. I got a machine for my Christmas, it’s like a train and when you switch it on it turns into a train.

Emma – In PE we were learning French words for colours.

Subhan – I liked writing about my holidays. I wrote about going to Mill Farm. I saw a lot of animals and I went to fun play.

Leighton – I liked number talks. We were adding by breaking the numbers onto their place value. For 32 + 13,  32 has 3 tens and 13 has 1 ten so 30 +10=40,  32 has 2,  1’s and 13 has 3, 1’s add the 2+3=5 then add 40+5=45.

Isaac – we are learning about exposition.  It has a title, a statement of position, a series of arguments and last a concluding statement. It tells us what the writer thinks.

Leo – In PE we were playing team games.

Rory – In PE we were playing with the parachute. I liked it when it went up and we went under it. It feels all silky.

Poppy – I liked PE today I liked playing the French coloured spots game. You have to shout out the colour in French and then run on the right coloured spot.

James – I liked learning about nouns, they name things people and places. The word ‘friend’ is a people noun.

Ziva – I have enjoyed doing number jumping on a number line.

Sevinc – I enjoyed PE this week. We were playing with the parachute and we played the French colour game.

Austin – I liked doing my learning profile. We were drawing a picture for the wellbeing wheel. I picked nurtured and I drew my house and my mum and dad looking after me.

Lois – I liked using number lines. You had to remember to make a jump when counting on.

Charley – I enjoyed PE this week. I liked the parachute popcorn game. We had to work together to keep the popcorn on or off.

Coben – I enjoyed the assembly this week. It was about when you are worried. When you are worried you can write them down or chat to your friends or my mum and dad.

Euan – In PE we played the parachute game.

Our phonics focus this week has been ‘ew’ and ‘ire’. So far the children have discovered eight different spellings for the ‘ew’ sound! In numeracy P2 have been partitioning a 2 digit number into tens and ones. To help celebrate Scottish Book Week the children have  enjoyed sharing their favourite books. On Thursday we tuned into #AuthorsLive to hear The Gruffalo being read aloud in Scots, we thought it was braw! If you want to watch it again or hear any of the other stories you can access them at: https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and-resources/authors-live. P2 were delighted to receive their Read Write Count book bags today. Happy reading everyone!

My favourite book is…

Charley – ‘The King Cat’ is my favourite book because cats are my favourite animals!

Austin – ‘Steve, Terror of the Sea’ is a good book because every page is funny!

Sushanth – I like the shark story because every page is funny and the giant shark is so huge.

Poppy – ‘Wonky Donkey’ is my favourite story because it is very funny and silly. It’s a rhyming book the words rhyme.

Nicholas – I like ‘Hare and Tortoise’. The rabbit runs then falls asleep and the turtle wins the race.

Lois – ‘The King Cat’ from our Read Write Count bag is good. It really funny because the cat decides its too peaceful when the dog goes away.

Leighton – My favourite book is ‘Spook and Skull.’ They go into a house and there is a person that sees the ghost and skeleton he jumps up and bangs himself on the wall.

Ziva – My favourite book is ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar.’ It is funny when he eats all day, it feels like I want to eat as well!

James – I like ‘The King Cat’. The dog came and the cat is upset because that’s his house and he thinks he is the king of the house. The dog and cat become friends at the end of the story.

Euan – I like ‘Station Mouse’ because the mouse got up to mischief and went around the station.

Subhan – I like the ‘Ninjabread Man.’ When he comes out the oven he jumps out and runs out the door. I read it all the time.

Lewis – I like ‘The Snail and the Whale’. The snail and the whale are friends and they swim around the world. The other snails get to swim on his back and they take turns!

Rory – ‘Steve, Terror of the Seas’ is my favourite book. It’s really funny because everyone runs away from the small fish but we find out it’s really the shark everyone is scared of!

Emma – I like ‘Steve, Terror of the Seas.’ It’s funny it says he is scary but the truth is it’s a shark everyone is scared of.

Coben –’Steve, Terror of the Seas’ is good.  It’s because there are scary parts and there is also a scary fish!

Isaac – ‘Steve, Terror of the Seas’ is funny. Steve is a funny fish because he thinks he is the scariest fish but it’s really George the shark that everyone is scared of. They go everywhere with each other!