Category: Primary 2

P2D Reflective Friday 1.09.23

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a lovely week.

Information

• Next Wednesday (6^th September) we will have Loose Parts. Please ensure that your child comes appropriately dressed for this.
• As part of our topic on houses and homes we are planning to do a visit around the local area to identify different types of houses (we will be working this in class)on Thursday 14^th September( afternoon). To comply with our outdoor learning ratio we will need some volunteers. If you think you can help please email the school office quoting P2 visit to the local area. Please if you haven’t returned your child’s Kic Form do it as soon as possible as your child requires this to be able to go on the walk to the local area, thank you.
• Please ensure that all your child’s items are labelled.
• Please bring empty carboard boxes (not too big please!) for junk modelling in our STEM area. We are planning to build houses.
• If you have any questions or worries about your child please don’t hesitate to contact me. I would really appreciate if this could be arranged at the end of the day.
• As you might know I have the Leadership role for the Pupil Equity Fund in the school and to be able to carry on this work there are days that I will not be teaching in class. I will be posting in advance those dates: Next date is Wednesday 6^th September. Please note that if you need to contact me for any reason on those days I will be in school.

Here is a summary of our learning this week.

Maths

We are learning to continue a number sequence. We are working on reading writing, ordering and reciting whole numbers to 100, 30,10, starting from any number in the sequence.; could be forwards and backwards, starting a different points from 100, 30 or 10. We also have worked on counting how many jumps are from one number to another number, e.g.: how many jumps are from 14 to 17? How many jumps from 25 to 19?

We are working on number formation as we have noticed that children are not forming them properly or reversing numbers. This is normal at this age however it is helpful to remind the children about to do right number formation.

Homel learning ideas:

• It would be fantastic if you give your child two numbers between 0 to 10 (30, 100) and ask him/her to count forwards and backwards from one number to another. Look for numbers in buses, houses, car plates and use them as a starting point.
•  Some children are finding hard to understand the concepts before and after therefore it would be helpful to emphasize this at home with routines: you put your socks before your shoes, etc.
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares
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Literacy

This week we have revised some sounds that after our initial assessment we thought the children needed some reinforcement. We have worked on sounds th, ch, sh, wh, oo and ee.

We have revised the spelling of tricky words (common words) from P1.

At story time our focus has been to explain preferences for particular texts and authors. We read books written by Nick Butterworth

Our piece of writing was “When I go home”. When writing our focus is to use our knowledge of phonics and spelling strategies when spelling familiar and unfamiliar words.

Home learning ideas:

• Please continue to read stories to your child at home. This will help to increase your child’s vocabulary. prediction and summarising skills.
• Ask your child to think about words that have the sh, ch, th, wh, oo and ee sounds. They can try to write them too. Write words with those sounds and ask your child to find a given sound.
• For working with the above sounds:

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html

Other areas

Social Studies /Art

We have started our topic on Houses and homes in our community. We have talked about what the school looks like and we have been out in the playground looking at our school building. We drew pictures of the front door of the school. Look how talented we are!

Wellbeing wheel

We have continued to learn about what to be safe, healthy, active, nurtured, responsible, respected, included and achieving looks like in our class.

ICT

We have started to use the Ipads independently when leading our learning in the room. We now know how to log in and play an specific game. We are learning to share the Ipads using a timer so it is fair for all.

French

We have learned how to count to 10 in French. We can now say Bienvenue and Bonjour.

Independent Learning

Most of the photos below have been taken by the children. When the children are leading their learning and they want to record their achievements/findings they take photos of it so it can be shared with the class later.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs de Bonrostro

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 Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 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 Dolphins. P2D D for Mrs De Bonrostro. We have decorated our own dolphins and made a lovely display.

We also enjoyed developing our team work skills in PE through various whole class games.

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.

In our literacy work we have been revising the sounds covered in P1 and blending these together to read words. We also have written our first piece of writing: ‘I feel happy when’.

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.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs de Bonrostro

P2 Reflective Friday 23.06.23

Things to remember:

• Loose parts on Monday 26^th June
• School finishes on Wednesday 28^th June at 1.00 pm
• Please bring a carrier bag on Monday as the children will take home all their personal items.

We cannot believe that this is our last P2 blog!

It has been a pleasure to do this P2 journey (some of them P1 too!) with your children. I feel privileged to have shared this time with them. We all have grown together; we have learned from each other and …we had fun too!

Here a summary of our learning:

This week has been an unusual week and our focus has been working on transition into P3.

All children were very excited to meet their new teacher: Miss Kelly. The children had a lovely time with her.

This week we have worked on the story: The Koala Who Could.

This is a story about a koala who is scared and a bit worried about things changing and trying new things.  

The link is below. 

The Koala Who Could – YouTube

We are fast approaching the summer holidays which is exciting, but it can also be a nervous time for some as we are starting to think about moving onto our new teacher and classroom in August. 

As Kevin learns in the story, change can be scary but also exciting and fun. 

Have a chat with an adult at home about how you are feeling about moving into P3. What are you looking forward to? What are you unsure of? It is important to share how you are feeling with someone as that often makes us feel better. Can you think of another time where something new was happening or something was changing? How did you feel after it happened? e.g were you nervous to start Brownies but now you love it and can’t wait to go every week?

The end of term is also a time to look back and reflect on the year we’ve just had. 
Can you think of a time in P2 when you were really proud of yourself/really happy?
Can you think of a time in P2 when you found something tricky but you managed to overcome it? 
What are some of your favourite memories of P2?

You can talk to your adult, write down or draw some of your memories from Primary 2. 

We wish you all a wonderful summer!

Thanks again for your support throughout the year.

Kind regards,

Mrs de Bonrostro

Dear Parents/ Carers,

We hope you had a nice week.

Here is a summary of our learning:

Maths

We have continued to learn about money: We are learning to identify and use all coins and notes to £20 and explore different ways of making the same total. We have noticed that lots of children are still not sure of how to write the £ sign. We have also been working on how to write different totals, for example with 75p the pence sign goes at the end but with £18 the pound sign goes at the beginning.

At First Level your child should be able to recognise and use all coins and notes to £20.

Try one of these activities at home. It is best if real coins can be used for these activities.

· Present a simple shopping list, e.g. milk 86p, paper 75p, sticky tape £1.20. Ask your child to select the coins they could use to pay for each item.

· 3 Coins Challenge

Ask your child what values (up to 50p) that they can make using exactly 3 coins.

Literacy

We are learning to read and spell words with –ed. This week we will be finding out about words in which the ed letters make the sound ‘t’. For example wished.

We have also been learning that if the root word has only one consonant after the short vowel then we need to add another consonant before adding -ed. For example flip becomes flipped. We must add an extra consonant or magic e will be able to work its magic and change the sound of the vowel!!

In writing we have continued to work on descriptions and using adjectives. We have described an underwater scene.

We continued to listen to the oral presentations. The children are doing a fantastic job at presenting and listening to others!

Ideas to do at home:

Ask your child to describe something and work on using interesting adjectives.

Ask your child to change these words to the past tense by adding ‘ed’.

· wish

· poach

· zip

· kick

Other areas

In PE we are focusing on games and athletics skills.

We enjoyed making Father’s Day cards.

We had a great session of Loose Parts.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs de Bonrostro

P2 Reflective Friday 9.06.23

Dear Parents/ Carers,

We hope you had a nice week.

On Wednesday you received your child’s report and the learning story folder. Please return the Parents’ comment sheet (you should keep your child’s report) and the learning story folder as soon as possible. Thank you.

Loose Parts on Friday 16^th June.

This is a summary of our learning:

Maths

We have started to learn about money: We are learning to identify and use all coins and notes to £20 and explore different ways of making the same total. Some children are finding hard to understand the concept of value: two 1p coins is the same as 1 2p coin.  Please practice this at home if possible.

At First Level your child should be able to recognise and use all coins and notes to £20. 

Ideas to try at home:

Give your child the opportunity to handle different coins and notes at home and ask them to add up different collections of coins and notes.

Your child should be able to make the same total in different ways, using different coins, recognising that finding the fewest number of coins is usually the best way to pay.

Money is a practical skill used in everyday life so the best way to support your child is to involve them as much as you can when dealing with money. 

• Allow your child to pay for goods in shops.
• Talk to your child about where your money comes from.
• Teach your child how to budget spending.

If you don’t have coins at home, you could try this online game, however using concrete real material would be helpful to your child

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Literacy

We are learning to read and spell words with –ed. This week we will be finding out about words in

which the e in ed is silent. It just sounds like d!

Example:

hug  

• If this happened in the past, then we need Old Uncle Ed.
• hug becomes hugged.
• Count the number of sounds: h – u – g – d (4 sounds)
• Even though the last sound sounds like ‘d’ it is written as ‘ed’.

At writing we have continued to work on descriptions and using adjectives. We have described Hansel and Gretel’s house.

We have started to listen to the oral presentations by all children. All children are doing a fantastic job at presenting and listening to others. We will continue to listen to the presentations during the next weeks.

Ideas to do at home

Ask your child to describe something and work on using interesting adjectives.

Look for verbs that have the sound d at the end ( when using the past tense).

Other areas

On Wednesday we attended the P7 show. It was brilliant and the children have a great time.

In PE we are focusing on games and athletics skills.

Our butterflies finally come out of their chrysalis and we released them outside! It has been amazing to be able to observe the life cycle the butterfly at school.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs de Bonrostro