In Numeracy this week we have continued to learn about subtraction. We have been learning how to take 1 single digit away from a teen number.
To help us learn about take-away sums we have been taking part in roleplay to find how much change we should receive in the P2 shop. We will continue to practise this and gradually increase the amount of money we use at the shop.
We have really enjoyed working out how much change we should get from our money when buying things at the shop.
We took our spelling outside this week and wrote our words with chalk on the ground. This has helped us learn our spelling patterns for the week.
Marcus- “This was fun because it was good for our learning.”
We also found our spelling words in the sand pit, we read the words and wrote them out on our whiteboards.
Our writing lesson started off with an exciting stimulus.
Mrs Gardner brought us a letter from the school office at the start of our writing lesson. The letter was addressed to Primary 2 and it was from the Train Conductor of the Polar Express. He has asked if we can learn about the North Pole (Arctic) and he would like to learn with us. So we will keep him up to date with what we learn each week.
The train conductor also asked how we would feel if we ever had the opportunity to climb aboard the Polar Express. After watching a video clip from “The Polar Express” film we then wrote a letter in reply to the Train conductor. We had to make sure that we formed our letter correctly.
We sat at our tables which Miss Boyes had turned into little steam trains with a sign at the front.
On our topic plan we have shared that we would like to learn about the weather in the Arctic. So, this week we took a thermometer outside with us to record the temperature. We have learnt that you have to read the numbers up the side to find out the temperature and that the numbers on each side mean something different (degrees and fahrenheit). We took turns to read the temperature and found out that it had dropped quite a bit from leaving the classroom. We will be comparing the temperature of Scotland to the Arctic and looking at how the weather affects the Arctic (Climate change).
In PE we have continued our fitness block, we have been training and exercising our muscles at different stations. This will allow us to work on different muscles in our body. We have really enjoyed the different stations, here we are doing some step ups.
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend from Miss Boyes and Primary 2!
I love hearing about your new topics! This will be an exciting term for sure.
It was great to see your planning and all the questions you want to find out about. Great thinking skills.
You have been learning some important life skills this week too – letter writing and temperatures. These are things I use as an adult. I must admit, I prefer the higher temperatures in the summer! It’s been a chilly end to the week!
Keep up the super work everyone.
Mrs P 🙂
Alice, thank goodness you had your warm jacket to stop you getting cold !!