Mid Term Update

So far this term, Primary 2 have been a flurry of activity!  Here we are getting outside to take advantage of some sunshine (and still manage some learning!)  As part of learning about our town, we took advantage of our lovely views and sketched Stromness from the school.  We also measured our shadows to see how much the Earth turns in 2 hours; linking back to our Night and Day topic from term 2.  This really helped a lot of children understand how it is not the sun that moves.

We had even more learning about space - we got a sneaky peek inside the solar system dome.  Inside we got to take a journey through the solar system, visiting each planet in order.  The phases of the moon looked really cool too! (Please excuse the poor pictures - We were in a very dark dome!)

Our maths target had been "I can sort items using my own criteria or the criteria of others"

Hot Chocolate!  We used this a stimulus for writing.   Each child had to make sure they had each step in the correct order and label their equipment.  Some even added safety advice to make their writing more interesting.  We used these photos to help us.

Last week we had beautiful weather for our trip to the Stromness Museum.  The children had to find the photos of themselves and find out why they were in the museum.  Our John Gow character was delighted and has sparked a lot of pirate play in class.  Thank you very much to our parent helpers who helped the children to read about their characters.

End of Term 3 Update

Maths:  I can add smaller numbers to make one big number (the beginning of times tables).
I can take a smaller number and share it equally (the beginning of dividing).
Here are some fun activities that have helped P2 to meet their maths targets:

We have done lots of work looking at what makes a good book.  The class picked their favourite authors to share with the class and could tell us why they chose them.  We talked about why the stories were so good and will be using these ideas to make our own book!  

The whole school has been working on Conflict Resolution.  We have used drama to help us learn about this and Mrs Linklater came in to work with us.  P2 acted out situations when they fell out with friends and came up with ideas to make it better.  I really like some of the faces! Some serious acting going on here.  

Term 3 update

Primary 2 have been very busy this term.  Our literacy and topic work has been based around the Scottish Children's Book Awards.  We have been looking closely at what an author and illustrator does and have been voting for our favourite stories.
Spelling so far this term has focused on learning the long vowel sounds made when you add a magic e.  Along with this we have been learning to type!  The class have really enjoyed using the BBC typing dance mat - you may have been asked to use this at home.

The first part of this term has focused on learning about tens and units in maths.  We have also been learning  the various ways to represent a number - tally marks, pictures, digits, words and tens and units.  

Our other exciting event was having a cosmic classroom! We did a live link up with the International Space Station and saw Tim Peake doing science experiments in space.
Here we are with our 'Mission Patches' on.