Dear Parents/Carers,
We have had a fantastic first full week of P2!
The children have been busy learning the names of their new classmates and developing new friendships.
A wee reminder that our PE days are Mondays and Thursdays. Children are invited to come to school dressed in their PE kit on those days.
The children have decided that our class identity will be the P2 Magical Dogs. M for McFarlane and D for Davidson. We have been exploring how to make paw prints with black paint. We have also taken our learning outdoors and used natural materials to make paw prints.
We also enjoyed developing our team work skills in PE through various whole class games.
We read The Colour Monster book and discussed our feelings. We have also created a wellbeing check-in to use each morning related to The Colour Monster.
Numeracy
In our number work we have been revising concepts from P1. In particular we have been counting forwards and backwards.
Suggestions for learning at home:
Count forwards and backwards using different voices (e.g. a squeaky mouse voice, a robot voice, a lion voice). For some children this will be in the range of 0-20, others 0-30 or within 100. Play particular attention when your child is crossing the decades e.g. 31,30,29.If your child is confident in these sequences ask them to count forwards and backwards in 2s or 3s.
Literacy
In our literacy work we have been revising the sounds covered in P1 and blending these together to read words.
Suggestions for learning at home:
Click on this link
Letters & Sounds Bingo (ictgames.com)
There is no need to print the bingo cards. Use the main menu to select a set of words (CVCs which are 3 letter words or if your child is more confident, words containing sh and ch sounds).
Pressing the red button will generate words for your child to practise reading.
Here are a few photos from this week.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs McFarlane
Buckstone Primary School 