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Short week 😆

A short week for the children but still packing a punch with our learning!

A STEM challenge turned us into budding architects as we tried to build the Eiffel Tower! 🇫🇷 We used spaghetti and marshmallows, straws and blu-tac, Lego, K-Nex, play-doh and cocktail sticks and Jenga blocks! Some of our buildings became really tall, others fell down, we explored which materials are best for building and how to make our structures strong!
We also continued to work hard on reading and writing our ‘tricky’ words. We played games, practiced rainbow writing ✏️ 🌈, look, cover, write, check, sounds cubes and hiding our words inside shapes.
We explored the emotion of Embarrassment. After reading our Pufferfish poem, we discussed times when we can feel embarrassed, how our bodies react and then how to overcome embarrassment. Sometimes it’s best to just laugh it off and know that everyone gets embarrassed at some point!

Well done P2, you are all STARS ⭐️

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Primary 2 Learning ❤️

Primary 2 are back to business with another busy week of learning and fun!🌈

France 🇫🇷 is our new topic! On Monday we discussed what we already know and what we would like to find out about this country. We have learned some fun facts and coloured in the flag! 🇫🇷 We have also learned about the Eiffel Tower, how it was built, who built it and why it was built. We then created silhouettes of the Eiffel Tower against chalk pastel sunset backgrounds. We were very pleased with our efforts!🎨

In our Health and Well Being lessons we have been thinking about our emotions. We read a fantastic poem called ‘A is for Angry’ It was based on a lion and described how we feel and how we act when we feel angry. We shared examples of when we feel angry, and how our bodies react. We explored what we can do when we feel angry to help us feel calm again. We loved colouring in a lion 🦁 and creating a word bank. Next week we will be reading ‘E is for Embarrassment’ We really enjoyed this learning 👍🏻

In Maths we have been learning about sharing equal amounts. We used practical materials to help us and we enjoyed working in groups to explore this new concept. We have also been learning about collecting data to create bar graphs. We learned why organising information into a graph can help us to understand the data. We really enjoyed collecting data on eye 👁 colour and turns out the most popular eye colour in P2B is blue 💙

Both Primary 2 classes are working hard in class and we are very impressed. Long may it continue 🌈

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Busy Bees in P2!

Primary 2A and 2B have had a busy week!

We have been learning about compound words and have enjoyed crashing two words together to make a new word with a new meaning! We have played matching card games, jigsaw games, guess the word, practiced writing the words and using them in sentences!✏️


We have continued our learning on measuring – last week it was length, this week it’s all about weight! 🏋️
Using scales, we have explored heavy and light using cubes, blocks, apples, milk cartons and even shoes!! We have tried to make the scales balance and understand what happens when one object is heavier than the other.


The children had a real treat as we were lucky enough to have Mrs Campbell, our Outdoor Learning Teacher working with them. She introduced the children to animal adaptation 🦔

Through outdoor activities and games including hiding caterpillars 🐛 and using Owl 🦉 eyes and Deer 🦌 ears the children learned how different animals adapt to keep safe. We drew labelled pictures to show their understanding. It was such a FUN and interesting day!

Finally, we have designed patterned hatching eggs and feathery chicks 🐣 just in time for Easter!

We are delighted with the children’s engagement in all their learning – long may it continue!

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Working hard!

Since returning from our October break, Primary 2B have been working their little socks 🧦 off!
The children LOVE to learn and continue to show enthusiasm and a boundless amount of energy for learning new things!
The list could go on but here is a snapshot of some of our learning 😊

Place value – how numbers are made – how many tens and ones are in each number. Learning to read the time – o’clock and half past on both analogue and digital clocks ⏰ Number word recognition and counting. Magic e – how the letter ‘e’ can change the sound of words – LOTS of writing ✍️ and reading 📖 here! Phases of the moon 🌙 using Oreo cookies 🍪 Remembrance Day silence and poppy craft. Catholic Education week 🙏🏻(16th November) learning about St Teresa of Calcutta and how we can follow in her footsteps.

I hope the children are telling you about their days in school 🏫! It’s a happy and safe place to be 😊

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Busy, Busy!

It’s all about symmetry this week for our learning in Primary 2B! We drew invisible lines down our bodies and explored how to make ourselves symmetrical! We made mirror images of Mrs Gargaro and each other. We then used shapes, cubes, colours and figures to practice making them symmetrical. Outside, we looked for symmetry in nature and drew symmetrical pictures. It was really fun!

As part of our Health and Well Being work, we chatted about how we can all fall out with friends at some point and we all can have problems that need to be resolved. We chatted about how this is just part of life but more importantly we worked out HOW TO FIX IT! We know that using our words is the best way and using our ‘emotion’ words helps too. We made puppets and acted out an argument and then how to become friends again 💕👬