Please find below the link for P2/1’s window into learning for Term 3

2020_01_09 LVPS Window into Learning Term 3

On Friday we had our Scottish assembly. Every class sung a Scottish song and then the winner of the poetry competition recited their poem. Miss Maclachlan would like to say well done to everyone in the class for giving the poetry recital a go. I am very proud of you all. What a lovely way to end a week. This week in Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sounds oo and ar and the tricky words we and to. We have written words to match pictures, built words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have continued to focus on tricky words.  We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in a pyramid shape.  In writing this week we wrote an acrostic poem using our name. In Maths this week we have been exploring time. We looked at days of the week, months of the year and seasons. We matched the months to the correct season, sequenced the days and months. We looked at an analogue clock and said whether it showed o’clock or half past.  In P.E we continued with gymnastics. We looked at different shapes, jumps, balances and rolls. We worked with a partner to create our own sequence. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Teria is our star of the week. We explored rhyme as our book There was a Wee Lassie is a rhyming book.  We also looked at habitats and what they are. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“ I enjoyed the gymnastics sequence with my partner.”

“ I also enjoyed making up a sequence with a partner during gymnastics.”

“ I enjoyed the Scottish Assembly. My favourite part was singing Ally Bally Bee.”

“ I enjoyed P.E because I liked doing the rolls. I liked singing Ally Bally Bee.”

“ I found it tricky learning tricky words.”

“ I enjoyed our Scottish assembly. I was the winner.”

“ My favourite part of the week was assembly.”

“ I enjoyed the assembly.”

This week in Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sounds igh and ow and the tricky word are. We have written words to match pictures, built words on our magnetic boards, looked for words in a word search and played roll and read. P2 have been having a focus on tricky words.  We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in rainbow colours.  In writing this week we worked in partners to write an acrostic poem about winter to go with our wintery scenes from last week. In Numeracy this week P1 were exploring adding to 20. We used the rekenreks to help us, number spinners to add two numbers together and built number bond towers using unifix cubes. P2 were exploring two different strategies to help with adding. We used add by making 10 and add by counting on. We played a number bond game and used 10 frames to help with learning the strategy of adding by making 10.  In P.E we started our block of gymnastics. We looked at different shapes such as sitting star, pike alien and practiced different types of jumps such as the star jump. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Lucia is our star of the week. We have started our Scottish focus and have decided to explore the story of There was a Wee Lassie who swallowed a Midgie. We read the book and discussed unfamiliar Scottish words.  In art we spoke about tartan and then created our own. We went to assembly which was all about how people see things differently. Just a wee reminder to say that poems will be heard in class on Monday 20^th January. Miss Maclachlan can’t wait to hear them. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed assembly.”

“I found it tricky learning the different Scottish words.”

“I enjoyed learning the tricky words.”

“I enjoyed learning both our new sounds igh and ow.”

“I liked P.E yesterday because we were doing gymnastics.”

“I enjoyed learning our new tricky word are.”

“I liked the tricky words we were learning.”

“I found it a wee bit tricky writing an acrostic poem about winter.”

“I enjoyed learning the ow sound.”

Happy New Year! We hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year. In Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sound ee and the tricky word was. We have written words to match pictures, built words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have been revising the last four sounds of Set 3, ure, tion, tious and cious. We looked for them in a word search and created spelling posters.  In writing, we wrote a New Year’s Resolution. These were very interesting and ranged from walking the dog more to getting more sleep. In Numeracy this week P1 were exploring doubles. We built double towers, used mirrors and bears to find doubles and put spots on butterflies. P2 continued to explore place value and ordering and comparing numbers and objects to 20.  In P.E we played games such as cups and saucers, tunnel tig and rotten apples. We had our Star of the Week circle time. In art we created winter scenes using chalk. We went to assembly which was all about talking things over when you have worries. We have been given out our Scottish poems to choose one then learn it. The poems will be heard on the week beginning the 20th January. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Murdo: “I liked creating my winter scene.”

Hiba: “I enjoyed the assembly on the resilience tool of talk things over.”

Olly: “I enjoyed the assembly too.”

Gabriel: “I enjoyed making my winter wonderland picture.”

Christian: “I enjoyed my learning with Miss Whigham.”

Ch: “I enjoyed creating my winter scene.”

Connie: “I enjoyed learning the ee sound.”

Lucas: “I enjoyed learning the ee sound as well.”

In Literacy P1 have been continuing to revise all of set 1 sounds. We have written words to match pictures and played roll and read. P2 have learned the ‘tious’ or ‘cious’ sound. We wrote words on whiteboards and looked for them in a word search. In writing, we wrote a letter to Santa. In Numeracy this week P1 continued to explore subtraction. We have played four in a row and used Numicon to help find the difference. P2 continued to explore place value using the base 10 materials. We continued with rolling a double dice, writing down that number then splitting it into tens and ones. In P.E we did a Christmas themed yoga. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Gabriel is our star of the week. In art we made split pin Christmas puppets. On Tuesday and Wednesday we performed our nativity Fishing for Stars. We thoroughly enjoyed performing in front of an audience. Miss Maclachlan is very proud of us for our fantastic performances. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Sam: “I enjoyed the Nativity.”

Hamish: “I enjoyed revising the nk sound. I enjoyed the nativity as well.”

H: “I liked the nativity. I enjoyed playing my instrument.”

Solomia: “I enjoyed our nativity. I liked dancing on the stage. We got to go on the stage twice. I feel happy when I am on the stage.”

Connie: “I enjoyed our nativity Fishing for Stars. I liked the songs. I enjoyed performing in front of an audience.”

Ayden: “I liked the songs from our nativity.”

Teria: “I enjoyed the Christmas yoga. I liked that it was Christmassy and I really wanted to do it.”

Charlotte: “I enjoyed playing my instrument in the nativity.”

Lucia: “I enjoyed the Christmas yoga.”

Ch: “I enjoyed being an angel in the nativity.”

Alister: “I liked using the base 10 materials in numeracy.”

Lucas: “I enjoyed playing Joseph in the nativity.”

What a quick but busy week for P2/1!  In Literacy P1 have been revising all of set 1 sounds. We have made words on our magnetic boards, sorted ng and nk words, wrote ch and sh words and played roll and read. In writing, we designed a poster advertising our nativity ‘Fishing for Stars’. P2 learned the ‘tion’ sound. We searched for tion words in a word search, played roll and read and made words on the magnetic boards. In Numeracy this week P1 have started exploring subtraction. We have played dice subtraction, four in a row and completed a worksheet. P2 have been exploring place value using the base 10 materials. We have been partitioning numbers into how many tens and ones. We rolled a double dice, wrote down that number then split it into tens and ones. In Science we have been learning about the constellations. In P.E we continued to practise our dance for our Christmas party. On Wednesday morning we performed the story of the lion and the mouse with Dave. We thoroughly enjoyed performing in front of an audience. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Hamish is our star of the week. Practise for our nativity is continuing and we can’t wait to perform it next week. Our nativity performances are Tuesday 10^th at 2.30pm and Wednesday 11^th at 10am.  On Friday we went to P4’s assembly. It was all about St Andrew. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Gabriel: “I enjoyed P4’s assembly. I liked the song I am my country.”

Hiba: “I enjoyed P4’s assembly.”

Ch: “I found it tricky learning the ‘tion’ sound.”

Lucas: “I enjoyed making ng and nk words.”

Christian: “I loved the Primary 4 assembly on St Andrew and the song I am my country.”

Olly: “I enjoyed the assembly all about St Andrew. P4 spoke clearly.”

Lucia: “I enjoyed learning about the nk sound.”

Murdo: “I enjoyed learning the new sound ‘tion’.”

Alister: “I enjoyed learning the ‘tion’ sound like Murdo. I liked P4’s assembly. I liked singing the song Welcome Everybody.”

Another week over already. In Literacy P1 have learned the sounds ‘ng’ and ‘nk’ and the tricky word your. We practised our letter formation, taught ted and wrote words with ng and nk sounds and played roll and read. P2 learned the ‘ear’ and ‘ure’ sounds. They searched for these words in a story, played roll and read, made a poster of ‘ure’ words and made words on the magnetic boards. In Maths this week we have continued to explore information handling. We have explored tally charts, pictograms and block graphs for favourite colours, pets etc. In Science we have been learning about the moon. In P.E we played a game of prisoner dodgeball and started practising our dance for our Christmas party. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Hiba is our star of the week. Practise for our nativity is continuing and it is coming along great. On Thursday we had a special assembly with a visit from Michael Kear. He is partially sighted and a skier. On Friday it was Primary 5’s assembly. It was all about reading.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Ayden: “I enjoyed P5’s assembly. I liked the song Gotta keep reading.”

Hamish: “I enjoyed the video of people dancing with the books during P5’s assembly.”

Connie: “I learned the nk sound.”

Teria: “I enjoyed our learning about pictograms.”

Solomia: “I enjoyed P5’s assembly. I enjoyed the songs.”

Alister: “I enjoyed learning about pictograms. I also enjoyed hearing Michael Kear’s story.”

Charlotte: “I found it tricky learning the ng sound.”

Sam: “I enjoyed all of the songs at P5’s assembly.”

H: “I really enjoyed learning the nk sound.”

Another busy week in P2/1. In Literacy P1 have practiced the qu sound and learned the x sound and the tricky word put. We practised our letter formation, taught ted and wrote words that began with qu and coloured pictures that had x in them. P2 learned the ‘ew’ and ‘ire’ sounds. They searched for these words in a word search, played roll and read and made words on the magnetic boards. In Maths this week P1 explored tally charts and tally marks. We surveyed the class on their favourite song from nativity and created a tally chart. P2 have been exploring pictograms and bar charts. We created a pictogram of our favourite hair colour and created a bar chart on our favourite book from book week. In Science we have been learning about day time and night time animals. In music with Dave we started to put music to a Christmas story. In P.E we practiced dribbling the ball with our hands and played a game of prisoner dodgeball. As part of book week Scotland we have explored the story Monkey Puzzle. We created a door display, wrote a letter to mummy monkey asking her not to leave again, created missing monkey posters and re-enacted the story through drama.  We had our Star of the Week circle time. Ayden is our star of the week. We continued to practise for our nativity and had our first go in the hall. We are starting to practice our lines and acting. On Friday we went to the JRSO’s assembly. It was all about the Green Cross code and road safety. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Gabriel: “I enjoyed making a missing monkey poster.”

Olly: “I enjoyed learning the sound qu and x.”

Murdo: “I learned from the assembly how to stop look listen and think.”

Christian: “I enjoyed assembly. I learned how to keep safe by the road. I enjoyed seeing everyone’s Anti-bullying pictures.”

Hiba: “I enjoyed creating my missing monkey poster.”

Lucas: “I enjoyed learning about road safety at assembly.”

Ch: “I enjoyed creating a missing monkey poster.”

Lucia: “I liked learning qu.”

Oops! Silly Miss Maclachlan posted our learning reflection on P2s page. Here it is

In Literacy P1 have learned the ‘z’, ‘ch’ and ‘qu’ sounds and the tricky word all. We stuck stripes on a zebra, practised our letter formation, taught ted and wrote words that began with qu. P2 revised the ‘ai’ and ‘oa’ sounds. They searched for these words in a word search, played roll and searched for ai words in story. In numeracy P1 have continued to explore adding. We have played games, used counters and screens to make friends of 5 and 10 and used Numicon to make friends of 10. P2 have been comparing number sentences using the greater than, less than and equals signs. We also wrote out the 8 fact families for a pair of numbers such as 7 and 3.  In Science we have been learning about the sun. We completed a true and false task and we coloured in a picture of the sun. In music with Dave we finished putting music to a story about Josh and his granny. In P.E we practiced dribbling the ball with our hands and played games. For IDL this week we were creating our own weather forecasts. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Solomia is our star of the week. We continued to practise our songs for nativity and we put actions to our songs. On Friday we went to P6’s assembly. It was all about WW2. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Hamish: “I found it tricky learning the sounds ch and qu.”

Teria: “I enjoyed Primary 6’s assembly on WW2.”

Lucia:  “I liked learning the qu sound.”

Sam: “I enjoyed the Primary 6 assembly.”

Alister: “I liked going to Primary 6’s assembly.”

Ayden: “I enjoyed the Primary 6’s assembly. I liked the songs they sung.”

H: “I enjoyed learning our new sound qu.”

Charlotte: “I enjoyed learning about the sounds z and qu.”