Mission complete in Primary 2!

 

This week we have begun our addition topic. We started off by learning how to add two single digits within 20.

We have recapped our knowledge of how to use a number line as this is something we were finding a bit tricky. We need to remember to only count a jump when we move onto the next number.

 

We have played some great games this week  to support our learning. This game helps us learn our number bonds to 20.
http://www.arcademics.com/games/alien/alien.html

In big maths we have been finding the fact families questions tricky. To help us with working out how to complete fact families we have played this game in pairs at one of our carousel stations. It is importance that we are completing the addition sentences without just knowing where to move the numbers.
Here is the link to the game so that we can practise at home.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families

 

 

You will never guess what has happened this week. Miss Boyes was sent a video of Mrs Wassell stuck up in space. We were set a mission to save Mrs Wassell! To do this we wrote letters to Mrs Wassell which included questions about her journey to space and advice on how she could return back to school.

Miss Boyes sent our letters off and we hoped Mrs Wassell would receive them. Our learning intention was to use the correct punctuation in our letter.

On Thursday we quietly walked along to Mrs Wassell’s class to find out if she had returned. SHE HAD!! We were soo excited to see her and we asked her all about her adventure. We will tell you all about it at home.

 

In topic this week we have been learning about cars from the past. We looked at the film “Cars” and identified an old car and a modern car. We compared Lizzie the model T to Sally the Porsche.

 

Also for topic this week we listened to the story of Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quieten Blake. When looking at the pictures we spotted that Mrs Armitage was not wearing a helmet. We know that our theme for Health and Wellbeing is safety so we spoke about staying safe on our own bikes and why we must wear a helmet. We decided to design a helmet for Mrs Armitage. Our designs are bright and colourful so she can be seen on the road.

Here is the clip of the story to watch at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPQ7dj-_DrU

 

 

Our structured play was great! We chose a task to complete and then we reflected on our learning and enjoyment at the station by completing an evaluation sheet.

 

In music we were learning to play the tambourine along to music. If we did not have the instrument we were clapping along to the beat of the music which Mrs Steel played. We all took turns to play the musical instrument.
Miss Boyes said it sounded lovely!

For European day of Languages we have learnt how to say “hello” in different languages. We found this fun and interesting and enjoyed greeting our friends in the different languages. We also looked at the flags for each country and how they all have different colours. We created our own flags.

 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend from Miss Boyes and Primary 2!