This week in P2/1 we have been leaning how to add two different amounts together. We learned that when you are adding you have to count the cubes or counters until you have counted them all. That will give you the answer. We were learning how to use ten-frames to help us with our adding.

We learned about the sound ‘o’.  To make our sound  we have to make our mouth into a large circle shape.

These things begin with the sound ‘o’ – orange, octopus, on, ox and octagon.  Can you help us find other things that begin with the ‘o’  sound?

We were learning about wild animals and animals are pets.  A pet might live in our houses and can be friendly.  Wild animals don’t stay in our houses and you wouldn’t want to pet one! We learned the names of some of the animals that live in Scotland.  We spoke about badgers, deer, otters, robins, rabbits, snakes and a few others. Next week we will be learning about why it is important to look after our community and the effect that litter can have on our wildlife.

We also took part in a Judo taster session.  We learned some new moves and had great fun. Destination Judo sessions are held in the Bathgate Sports centre (Xcite) on a Thursday night – we will be bringing home a leaflet to explain more!

We also learned how we can keep ourselves safe when out and about at bonfire/firework displays.  We listened to the the story of Welephant and his friend on Bonfire night.  Here is the webpage for the story if you want to share it with me. http://www.welephant.co.uk/bonfirestory000.htm

Shhhh….don’t tell but we have already started to learn our songs for our nativity.

Have a good weekend and stay safe on Bonfire Night!

This week we have been …

• Learning a new rainbow writing skill which we will be using more next week.
• We have been writing about our experiences and costumes at Halloween.
• We have been showing our good listening skills and lots of boys and girls have been getting tokens.
• We have been playing a new game called what’s missing?
• The children really enjoyed taking part in the Destination Judo taster session.

We are looking forward to next week’s fun!! Have a good week.

Primary 2

We have had a short but busy week. Lots of boys and girls have been collecting more ticks for their listening charts and more tokens have been given out.

Deron says we were excited to get our new reading books and will be using our flashcards to help us learn the words. Lilly M says we are excellent readers!

Lily McD liked when we were writing about a journey we have made.

Adam liked it when we were doing number work. We had to remember what the number looked like using resources, in words and also what it looked like in numbers. It was great fun.

Some of us went to the Halloween Party and enjoyed getting dressed up and playing the party games.

We look forward to next weeks fun.

Primary 2

This week has been very busy with Parent’s Nights on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Bowman enjoyed having a chat with all of the mums and dads and telling them what superstars we are!

We have also been….

• Making our own working clocks so we can show you the times we have been learning
• We have been exploring a variety of resources to make owl pictures and enjoyed using tissue paper to make them look fluffy and plump
• We made houses with the correct number of windows to match the number on the door
• Counting to 100 and back again!!
• Everyone did an EXCELLENT job with handwriting this week and Mrs Bowman was very happy!
• We have been using cubes and numicon to make tens and units in numbers

We hope everyone has a good holiday and stays safe.

From Primary 2

We have had such a busy week in P2/1 with lots of rehearsals going on for our assembly and lots of other learning too!

Here are some of the things that we have enjoyed this week:

I loved doing the assembly. – Cooper

I liked playing all of our number games. – Rhys

I liked saying my words at the assembly. – Riley

I enjoyed writing my number 8 and 9. – Kayleigh

I liked going to the dinner hall to eat my lunch! -Ruby

I really liked  doing work with my mummy and daddy (Families Connect). – Brooke

I liked playing outside in the playground this week . – Oliver

I liked doing my work in numeracy and I liked reading. – Skyla

I liked doing the assembly in front of all the grown ups. – Kerryn

I liked playing games in the gym hall. – Harris

I liked finding all of the number 9s in my numeracy activity. – Kian

I loved the assembly.  I liked getting up to say my words. – Aaron

Numeracy was my favourite this week.  I liked writing my numbers. – Lucy

I like playing and I liked getting my Head Teacher’s Award. – Ally

I liked all of school this week.  – Calvin

A HUGE well done to all the girls and boys for your assembly this morning.  You were all stars!

We will be starting our new topic about Autumn next week. If you are out and about have a look for signs that Summer has left (was it even here?!) and that Autumn is well on its way!

Have a good weekend! :o)