It has been a very busy week in P2A. Please take a look at what we have been up to!
On Monday we went out to the field with some P7’s and took on the big challenge of picking up all the litter in the field. To help us pick up the litter we used litter pickers, bin bags and gloves. We were able to pick up at least a bin bag full of litter between the whole class. We couldn’t believe how much litter we picked up in such a short amount of time. Hopefully we can go out again soon and pick up even more litter!
We had lots of fun playing with the rock pool this week in class. There were shells, rocks and animals in the tuff tray. We were able to work together to name the animals and say some of the food they would eat. We enjoyed having the water in the rock pool although the floor got a little wet at times! There was even a light house on top of a rock. We think Mr Grinling is watching over the animals.
In Numeracy and Mathematics we have been investigating 10 more than and less than any given number within 100. We learned that the units stay the same when taking away 10 or adding 10 but the tens change. Some of us were doing so well with this that Miss Muir asked us to be ‘mini teachers’. We were able to explain this strategy well to our classmates who found it challenging at first. Also we have been comparing numbers within 100, identifying the largest and smallest. We really enjoyed playing ‘Coconut Ordering’ during free play to help us with this.
During story time we read a book called ‘Dylan’s Amazing Dinosaurs’. In the book he has a fact file all about T-Rex’s. As we talked about beach habitats last week and the animals that live on the beach a fact file would be a great way to show our learning. We learnt about what we should include in a fact file and how to pick key information to write one. We either chose to write about an otter or a puffin. After we wrote our fact files we played a game of ‘Guess Who?’ We were very good at guessing each other’s animals from the descriptions.
Also we enjoyed being reporters for the Springfield Herald and Reporting Scotland this week. We played different roles when presenting the news: reporter, camera operator and script writer. We even used microphones and wore a sparkly bow tie to complete our reporter’s outfit!
In P.E we were improving our balance and control on Tuesday with Miss Muir. There were different activities such as hopping, passing/catching a ball to a partner, ‘copy me’ and bean bag throw. We were able to discuss what we found challenging when practising our balance and control. We then discusses what we could do in our next P.E lesson to overcome our challenges.
We can’t wait to see what next week brings.
P2A and Miss Muir 🙂
