Primary 2/3 have had yet another busy week! On Monday we began our investigation into our new topic, Scottish Islands. Prior to this we all had a discussion as a class about what we thought we already knew about islands, what we wanted to find out and how we could learn it. Some of the most common answers were that children wanted to find out about how islands are formed and about life on an island. Children are also keen to research this information through using technologies as well as atlases and information programmes. We have also been enjoying the Katie Morag stories which tell us all about a little girl who lives on the Isle of Struay. We are going to be sharing some of this information that we have learnt at our assembly on February 11th!

In numeracy we have been looking at telling the time. We have been making our own paper clocks and had a discussion about the different vocabulary associated with time. We also spoke about what we do at different time intervals during the day and the importance of time in our everyday lives.

In literacy we are moving onto the new reading skill of making connections. Making connections while we read enables us to make better sense of what we are reading as we can connect with the text. It also encourages us to draw on our prior knowledge and become more engaged in our reading.