Category: Primary 2/1

This week, Primary 2/1 started looking at early skills for division.

We learned that quantities can be ‘broken up’ by sharing or grouping. We explored how to share/group using counting materials and then began looking at how we could use jottings/pictures to do this too.

All classes will have a ‘Sharing the Learning’ event on Friday morning at 11.20. We would love to see you there!

Check in with us again next week to see what else we have been up to!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂

 

Please use the link below to access the Primary 2/1 learning overview for Term 4.

P2&1 Termly Learning Overview – 4

Miss M 🙂

This week, Primary 2/1 celebrated World Book Day!

We explored one of the World Book Day £1 books, ‘Charlie McGrew & the Horse that he Drew’ by Rob Biddulph. The story follows Charlie, a little boy who isn’t able to have his own pet, so draws one instead! The book is interactive and encourages children to add their own drawings – I think it would be a great use of the £1 book token!

In the spirit of the story, we created our own pet horses, some of which you can see below.

Congratulations to Murray, who was awarded his own copy of the story to take home and enjoy!

Check in with us again next week to see what else we have been up to!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂

Many thanks to all of the parents/carers who joined us on Wednesday for our class assembly – I really appreciate you taking the time to come!

Please use the link below to watch the video of our talking self-portraits (they really are fantastic!):

Miss M 🙂

This week, Primary 2/1 were learning about shapes!

We explored examples of solid 3D shapes and discussed how they were different to flat 2D shapes. We were also able to identify real-life objects that were 3D shapes. Primary 1 children learned the correct names for 3D shapes and Primary 2 children were classifying shapes using their own criteria.

We linked our new knowledge of shapes to castle building and recognised that some parts of castles were 3D shapes (e.g. a cylinder as a tower, a cone as a turret roof, a cuboid as a drawbridge). We then worked in teams and used construction blocks to create our own castle models.

Check in with us again next week to see what else we have been learning!

Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂

This week, Primary 2/1 did some topic-based planning!

Miss McLaughlin gave us a set of clues and from these, we had to work out what our new topic theme was. Can you guess?

That’s right – we will be looking at castle life! Using the clues, we came up with an ‘I think…/I know…/I wonder…’ grid to help us shape our topic.

I think…

• Soldiers needed to protect castles.
• Knights needed to protect the king and queen.
• Knights were used to fight dragons.
• Horses were used to help protect the castle.

I know…

• That inside a castle there is a huge hall.
• That I have been to Balmoral Castle.
• That castles were built using stone and wood.

I wonder…

• How castles were built to be secure?
• If stone was used to build castle towers?
• Who lived in a castle?
• Where food came from in castle times?
• If castles were cold?
• How crowns were made and who would wear them?

Check in with us again to see what else we have been learning!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂

 

Please use the link below to access the Primary 2/1 learning overview for Term 3.

P2&1 Termly Learning Overview – 3

Miss M 🙂

This week, Primary 2/1 were learning about symmetry.

On investigation, we learned that symmetry was like a ‘fold’ and that both parts of a shape/pattern/object had to match each other. We also learned that symmetry is an important part of nature as lots of insects have symmetrical bodies/patterns.

We took part in play-based activities linked to symmetry and created our own symmetrical ladybirds.

Check in with us again next week to see what else we have been learning!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂