Author: Miss McLaughlin

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Transition Time – P1 & P2

As part of the Transition Challenge, Primary 2 were asked to provide information to children in P1M & P1S about what they could expect (and look forward to!) next year.

They each made little posters containing information about:

  • learning in number and literacy
  • topics they enjoyed learning about
  • rules and expectations in Primary 2
  • routines
  • their ‘magic moment’ in Primary 2.

They presented their posters to a P1 buddy, answered any questions they had and then went out for a joint P1/2 outdoor play!

Thank you also to Primary 3, who made fantastic powerpoints about their experiences this year. We are definitely looking forward to next year’s adventures!

Miss M 🙂

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Morning little ones!

Molly has now arrived at Edinburgh Airport to begin her journey to Russia for the FIFA World Cup. Thank you for your hard work on the suitcase task – she now has everything she needs to travel!

She was very excited (but also very tired) when she reached the airport this morning. Her teacher, Miss Russell, has promised to keep us updated with all of the exciting things they get up to!

For now Molly, Прощай (‘proshchay’ – goodbye in Russian)! Have a wonderful trip and we will see you soon!

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Primary 2 Make Medicines

What were we learning?

To create a solution for a design challenge.

How would we know if we were successful?

  • We used our knowledge of plants, herbs and spices to choose ingredients that would help Molly.
  • We created a plan to show which ingredients we had chosen.
  • We used our plan to make the medicines.

What did we do?

Molly is still feeling the effects of the flu, so Miss McLaughlin gave us a design challenge – make a medicine to help her feel better! We used her symptoms list and chose ingredients that would fix these. We chose things like lavender, which would help her sleep. We chose willow bark, which would help with aches and pains and fever. We also collected daisies from the grass outside, which would help with fighting the flu. We then collected our ingredients, and mixed them together in our own medicine bottles.

Miss McLaughlin sat with Molly while she taste-tested the medicines (it was definitely not easy!).

Molly had to make a decision on which medicine she felt helped her the most and had a clear plan to match it.

She chose Peyton’s medicine! Well done – you’ve earned 5 Dojo points!

Primary 2 will be hosting a ‘sharing the learning’ event on Wednesday 27th June at 2.00. Parents are invited along to learn more about our medicines and join us for some afternoon tea. Miss McLaughlin will also send a letter home this week with the date and time. We would love to see you there!

Check in with us next week to see what we are learning!

Until next time…
Primary 2 & Miss M 🙂

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Primary 2 – DYW Photos

We got to meet lots of interesting people this week and learned lots about the different jobs they do!

On Tuesday, Mrs Edwards came in to develop our team-building skills! We had to work as groups to build different transport using only marshmallows and spaghetti! We then talked about what behaviours worked well for team-work (e.g. taking turns, good listening) and those which didn’t (e.g. people being left out). Thank you for coming to work with us!

Can you guess which form of transport each group made?

We also learned more this week about manufacturing, the different jobs a fire fighter has to do and the role of a midwife. Thank you to Kristy and Jane from Dawnfresh, Mr Fish and Mrs Gent for spending time with us!

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Digital Learning & DYW Week – ‘The Apprentice’ Challenge

What were we learning?

To create a solution for a design challenge.

How would we know if we were successful?

  • We would be able to work as a team to share ideas and make decisions fairly.
  • We would be able to make sketches of our ideas.
  • We would be able to use digital technology to create them.

What did we do?

We were challenged to create a new character for a computer game. We sketched our ideas on our own first, then worked as a group to pick the best parts of each person’s plan. We then used the ‘Cartoonify’ website to practise creating our characters digitally. When we were happy, we worked with Miss McLaughlin to finish and save them. We voted as a class to pick the two teams who would represent us in the ‘Apprentice’ challenge and they did really well at Friday’s assembly.

Everyone did an amazing job – check below to see all of the different characters we created!

 

Primary 2… You’re HIRED!

Check in with us next week to see what we are learning!

Until next time…
Primary 2 & Miss M 🙂

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Science & Digital Learning Week

What were we learning?

We were learning:

  • About how the Earth gets daytime and night-time
  • How long it takes for the Earth to spin.
  • How long it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun.
  • How long it takes the Moon to orbit the Earth.

How would we know if we were successful?

  • We would be able to present this information in the form of a film/iMovie.

What did we do?

We used papier mache to make models of the Sun, Moon and Earth. Then, we worked in groups to plan the different jobs we would have for the film. We practised our script with our group and our models and then Miss McLaughlin filmed us.

Watch our videos below. Did we include all the right information?

Check in with us next week to see what we are learning!

Until next time…
Primary 2 & Miss M 🙂

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Primary 2 Listening & Talking Homework

Last week, Primary 2 were set a listening and talking task (to be completed for Thursday 17th May).

Just in case your child has lost, misplaced or wasn’t given their letter, please find a copy below. It has all the details you need, but if there is anything you would like to know, please come and ask!

Enjoy the long weekend!

Miss M 🙂

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Primary 2

What were we learning?

New songs about things like forgiveness, friendship and differences.

How will we know if we were successful?

  • We can listen carefully to the song instructions.
  • We can sing in a loud, clear voice.
  • We can perform the actions.

What did we do?

Chloe and Glyn have been working with us all week! We learned lots of different songs (‘I’m so Glad’, ‘Never Give Up’, ‘Bullies ain’t Big’, ‘Hey, Hey, I’m OK!’ and ‘Let’s all be Friends!’). These songs gave us lots of different messages, such as to be kind to others, to be forgiving, that it’s good to be us and to keep trying. They try to makes us more confident. Every day, there was a different challenge, including the ‘Chubby Bunny’ challenge and the Rap Battle wih Mrs Campbell and Miss Mulhern. Yesterday, we got to be like real rockstars and record our own CD! Next week, we even get to dress up and star in our own concert! We hope to see you there!

Check in with us next week to see what we are learning!

Until next time…
Primary 2 & Miss M 🙂

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Hello little ones! Just posting to give you a little update on Molly!

We visited the doctor on Friday afternoon as she was still feeling unwell. The doctor checked her over and asked us to describe her symptoms:

  • sore throat
  • aches in her legs and arms
  • fever
  • headache
  • sore stomach
  • not feeling hungry

For now, the doctor has prescribed Molly lots of rest and to keep drinking water. If she doesn’t feel better in a few days, she might have to take medicine to help.

Molly is looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow, but we will have to keep a special eye on her!

See you then!
Miss M 🙂

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Primary 2

What were we learning?

To learn more about emotions we can experience.

How will we know if we were successful?

  • We can use lots of different ‘emotion words’.
  • We can talk about how our body feels.
  • We can talk about how we show our feelings.

What did we do?

We looked at the emotion ‘grumpy’ and brainstormed all of the different words we knew that meant the same thing, like ‘fed up’ and ‘annoyed’. Miss McLaughlin was so impressed with the words we knew! We discussed what being grumpy feels like (our body sensations) and came up with words like ‘shaky’, ‘warm’ and ‘tingly’. We then read the story of ‘Mr Grumpy’ and began to talk about how he showed how he felt (his behaviours). We will be using lots of ‘Mr Men’ and ‘Little Miss’ stories to explore our emotions and build our vocabulary.

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