Category: Achievement

This week in Primary 2 we have been looking at our persuasive writing. We watched a reading of the book ‘Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus’ and then identified all of the ways the pigeon tried to persuade us to let him drive the bus. We then worked together to come up with a list of reasons for why we thought he shouldn’t drive the bus. #effectivecontributors

After we had our list of reasons for both sides, we had a go at being persuasive ourselves, by writing a letter to the bus driver. Our letters had to either persuade him to let the pigeon drive the bus or persuade him not to let the pigeon drive the bus. We used out knowledge of the four sections of persuasive writing (Title, Statement of Position, Series of Arguments and Concluding statement) to help us structure our letter. Here are some examples :

This week we have been learning to multiply 2 digit numbers by 10. We have been using concrete materials to demonstrate what is happening. By using concrete materials the children become confident individuals because they can see what is happening,

  These are the fantastic WW2 Anderson shelters that were brought in as part of the class home learning, choice board tasks. I am absolutely delighted at the work and detail that has gone into making these. We have all really enjoyed this topic and will be able to apply some of what we learned to our new Discrimination topic.

This week in Primary 2 we have been listening out for our word boost words in our story Goat Donkey and the Noise Downstairs. We have added them to our word wall alongside the words we have learned from our first two stories (Who’s at the door & The Storm).

In numeracy we have been learning about place value. We are practising using concrete materials as well as digital resources to help us work out our hundreds, tens and units.

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Please use the link below to see the fantastic work P3 have done throughout their IDL topic ‘Ranger Jane’. #responsiblecitizens

We have started our new class novel which is ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ by Ross MacKenzie. The children have been demonstrating how they are successful learners by demonstrating their art skills by using a range of media to create the ‘Nowhere Emporium’.

LI: Develop our art skills

SC: I can…. use a range of media

P4 have been successful learners by comparing and contrasting ‘The Cook Up’ from George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, with ‘Double, Double Toil and Trouble’ by William Shakespeare.  They used a key to identify and highlight repetition, onomatopoeia, alliteration and rhyming patterns.  Then they transferred what they had learned to create their own poetry using these literacy techniques.  Finally, they created a PowerPoint document in their Teams folder with a spooky background to present their poems.

Here is an example of one of the poems by Naomie.

My Mysterious Potion