Here is an overview of some of the learning P2 have been working on this week :
Numeracy – For our Number Talks we have been looking at dot patterns, the question we are asked is “How many dots do you see?”, but the main focus is us describing how we have reached our answer. It is amazing to see all the different strategies that the children use to count. Here is an example of a Number Talks we completed this week and some of the strategies we discussed.
Now try this Number Talks at home with your child,
We have also been continuing to focus on numbers to 100. This week we have been counting large amounts by grouping in tens and then counting in tens and adding the ones (units) at the end. This is leading us on to understanding more about the place value of Tens and Units.
Literacy – We have been starting to learn the key vocabulary words for P2 (there are 28 words that we would ideally like children to be able to read, spell and use in their daily writing by the end of P2). The words we have focused on this week are but, can, came, for and had. In our writing this week we worked hard to make sure that we use capital letters and full stops in our sentences and we all can now use I when writing a personal story. Next week we are going to write a set of instructions about looking after a dog (pet). We will use the Charlie and Lola story We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog as our context to our writing. You can have a chat at home about this to help your child be prepared for their writing.
Health and Wellbeing – In PE the children have been focusing on hand eye coordination. They have been using bean bags and balls to practise throwing and catching. Just to confirm our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. The children have also been continuing to discuss feelings using Charlie and Lola as our focus.
Next week it is our Feast Day Mass on Friday in school to celebrate St Ninian, so the children will be doing a lot of learning all about St Ninian’s life and work. It is also Maths Week Scotland so the children will be engaging in a wide variety of practical numeracy , exciting problem solving and maths games…it is going to be lots of fun!
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Currie
Great update on what has happened this week in P2 & lots of ideas for learning at home. Eve is excited to write about looking after a dog, we have discussed how she would look after Coco, her Nana & Papa’s dog.
I can’t wait to talk about and read about all her ideas about looking after a dog.
I agree brilliant update for the week. Yasmin is excited to write and explain about the dog that she had called Brook.looking forward to hearing about her explanation.
I am also looking forward to hearing her explanation. Great to hear that she is excited by her learning experiences.
Thanks for the information, great to have lots of ideas for home learning. Christopher recognised 3 different ways to add the dots for number talks, mum was very impressed.
Well done Christopher on finding three ways to add the dots! I am also very impressed.