P2 Weekly Up date

This week our learning has been sparkling, as we rocket our way through our lessons, glowing as bright as the stars!

In numeracy this week we have started to look at subtraction.  We learned that there are different words that mean take away; subtraction, less than and fewer.  We have been using cubes, counting beads, number lines and our heads and fingers to help us solve calculations. We noticed that if you are using the number line you have to count in the opposite direction (to the left) because taking away makes a number smaller!  Great learning everyone.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Use the above link to go the game Hit The Button, and choose subtraction within 20 to practise some more.

For our spelling this week we have revised our vowel house story and focused on three of the patterns, oo, ee and ai (ay at the end of a word) and we learned the following words – book, look, shook, sheep, keep, seek, rain, pain, gain (play + day).  We completed a range of practical activities to help us learn these patterns.

In our “Our Community” topic learning we have been creating a Map Of Me where we learned about our place in our world.

These flip books start with a picture of ourselves, then a picture of our house, then a picture of our community Livingston, then a picture of Scotland and finally a picture of the Earth.  Thank you Mrs Burchill for helping us produce these.  They have really helped us to understand where our community Livingston is and how it is part of the community of the world.

Next week we will be visiting the cinema on Tuesday, please remember to complete the permission slip and return it to school.  Our writing next week will be all about this trip and the film we see.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Currie