Category: Primary 2 Learning

Welcome back! We were delighted to see everyone after the holidays.

Our Learning

This weeks red words: want what

Stars – We have been looking at the ch sound. Some words to practice: rich chin chick lunch

Moons- We have been revising our vowel digraphs: igh ow. Some words to practice: flight bright flow grow

Rockets- We have been revising our vowel digraphs: air ir. Some words to practice: hair chair bird skirt

Maths – We have been ordering numbers and recognising number names. Here is a game we have enjoyed https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/early-math/number-words-fruit-splat-game/

We have been celebrating Autumn this week. We found leaves outside and described them – lots of fantastic adjectives were shared. In art we drew oak leaves and explored line, and warm and cold colours.

Have a great weekend!

The P2 Team

Happy Friday! We wish you all a lovely October Break and we will see you on Tuesday the 20th of October.

Our Learning

Writing – This week we wrote about a Halloween scene and we were very impressed by the independent and creative ideas.

This weeks red words: are of

Stars – We have been revising our initital sounds and consonant digraphs: sh. Some words to practice: shop, fish, dish

Moons- We have been learning the digraphs: ay ee. Some words to practice: play, tray, stay, bee, tre, three

Rockets- We have been revising our vowel digraphs: ar, or. Some words to practice – jar, start, car, door, sport, port.

Maths – We have been continuing to learn about place value. We have been partitioning into tens and ones and ordering numbers.

Space – We looked at a picture of the moon and talked about the shape and colours. We then painted our own moons. We took care mixing our paints, used a dry brush for texture and talked about cold colours.

Have a great weekend.

The P2 Team

It was great to see some of you today at parent’s afternoon and we are looking forward to seeing everyone else next Wednesday.

Our Learning

Writing – We have been developing our sentences and writing about a forest scene. Fantastic independent sentence writing!

This weeks red words: said was you your.

Stars – We have been revising our initial sounds and consonant digraphs. Some words to practice: tip pat sat this chat.

Moons- We have been revising our consonant digraphs: th ch sh qu ng nk. Some words to practice: sink, ping quiz, push.

Rockets- We have been revising our vowel digraphs: ee ay igh ow. Some words to practice: stay, green, fight, blow, throw.

Reading – Thank you for bringing in reading folders every day.

Maths – We have been learning about place value. We have been describing numbers and using lots of different resources to build numbers. Here is a game to play at home https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

Space – We have been learning about the moon and finding out why its shape changes throughout the lunar month. Some children spotted the moon in the sky this morning and shared that it was a quarter moon! Some children have painted pictures of the moon and its craters.

Have a great weekend.

The P2 Team

We hope you have been able to spot the moon. It’s a full moon on Saturday (the Harvest Moon), you might find this website useful https://science.nasa.gov/moon/daily-moon-guide/

Our Learning

Writing – We have been developing our sentences and writing about an underwater scene.

This weeks red words: said, was.

Stars – We have been focussing on reading and writing words with t I n p and learning the ch and ng sounds. Some words to practice: pit, sat, tin, chip, sing.

Moons- We have been revising the sounds ch and ng. Some words to practice: chop, church, pinch, thing, sing, sting.

Rockets- We have been revising the sounds igh and ow. Some words to practice: high, night, fight, blow, snow, throw.

Reading – Thank you for bringing in reading folders every day.

Maths – We have been celebrating Maths Week Scotland by reading ‘How Many Legs’ by Kes Gray mixing up groups with the P3s and looking at patterns on a number square. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

Space – We have been learning about orbits and that it takes the Earth 365.25 days to orbit the sun.

Have a great weekend.

The P2 Team