Numbers to 100!

We are very busy learning all about numbers to 100 in Primary 2. We are learning to count to 100, identify numbers before, after and in between AND we are practising counting in tens and units.
Here are some games we have been using to help us grow in confidence in these areas.

Finding numbers on the 100 square:
http://www.ictgames.com/100hunt2.html


Counting in tens and units:

http://www.ictgames.com/sharkNumbers/sharkNumbers_v5.html

Welcome to Primary 2!!

P2 have been very busy settling into our new class. We have been working hard on our sounds and our numbers. We had some time to make some beautiful art to decorate our new class. We created pictures of ourselves and decorated them.


                                                Meet the P2 class 2014.

Primary 2 are scientists!!!

Primary 2 have begun a joint project with Primary 6 in which we are participating in a national British survey. It is a survey by the British Science Association and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology to gather data and investigate the diversity of bumblebees in the UK. They asked schools to join in and help test the hypothesis that the diversity of bumblebees is affected by their immediate surroundings and the wider landscape.

The children have already begun going out to our newly potted lavender plant with P6 pupils (and Mrs. Robson) to observe the movements of the bees. P6 have been helping us collect the data and upload it online.

If you would like to partake in the survey with your child you can request an observation worksheet from Mrs. Baxter. Each observation requires a minimum of 5 minutes and we welcome you to complete these observations before school begins or just after school has ended. Completed observation sheets can be returned to Mrs. Baxter and we will help her upload the information.

Please help support our experiment.

Time

We have spent the past few weeks learning about time. We have been learning about analogue and digital clocks. We have been learning to tell the time at o' clock and half past. Learning half past the hour was a little tricky because the hour hand points in between two different numbers.

This is the link to a game we have been playing in class to help us identify times on digital and analogue clocks.

http://resources.oswego.org/games/StopTheClock/sthec1.html

Katie Morag

Since Christmas our topic has been about Katie Morag, a little girl who lives on a fictional island near Scotland. We have learned about how to get to the Scottish islands, what kind of buildings they have and what kind of wildlife they have.
"I learned that the Isle of Struay is really the Island of Coll."  - Hana

"I learned that there are lots of farm animals on the Isle of Coll"- Loukas

"I didn't know that there are bottlenose dolphins near the Scottish islands" -Anita


We worked in groups of four or five to make a short film to share some information about Katie Morag and life on a Scottish island, although our writing was beautiful it hasn't come out very clearly on the videos. We hope you enjoy watching our Katie Morag videos anyway.

Please watch them and leave us some comments.

Counting Songs!

We have been learning to count in groups. We are practising counting in 2s, 3s , 4s, 5s, 6s and 10s.

"We like counting in 6s best because my brother  likes it too" - Matthew G.

"I like counting in 10s because it is easy" - Oliwier

"I like counting in 10s because we count up to 100"- Alicia

"I like counting in 5s because I like singing the song" - Hana

Here is the link to songs we use for counting in5s and 6s in class.

Counting in 5s

Unfortunately the song we have been using is no longer available online. We hope to find another one soon.


Counting in 6s:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpbc-1a7lMo

Welcome back!

Welcome back from your Christmas holidays!! We have returned from our Christmas holidays and have been very busy. As you will have seen from the homework recently we are practising ordering and spelling the months of the year. Here is a link to a game we have been using to help us in the class.

http://www.abcya.com/months_of_the_year.htm

Also well done to Mrs. Lawrie for answering all of our riddles - she will be receiving a special sticker from Primary 2.

Challenge Time!!

We have been learning about "What Am I?" riddles in Primary 2 this week. We worked really hard with our friends to write a "What Am I?" riddle about different Christmas items. We have a challenge for all the mummies and daddies - we would like to see who can answer some (or all) of our riddles. Please write us a comment with your answers.

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P2 Toy Museum!

What a fantastic day! We had so much fun showing our mums and dads some of the things we have been learning about in our Toys topic. Our Jack in the Boxes were a great hit, and well done to all the mums and dads who joined in our hobby horse races. We had great fun making them but even more fun racing with them. All the boys and girls were great tour guides, explaining all the different activities and things we had learnt about. Thank you to all the parents who came to visit our class and well done to all the boys and girls for all their hard work.

Educational Games

Listed below are the links to some fantastic educational games sites to practise and consolidate skills, knowledge and understanding.


Literacy


http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-owl/expert-help/phonics-made-easy- Information for Parents about a synthetic approach to teaching phonics and reading

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html- Phonics - recognising real and nonsense words

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saF3-f0XWAY– Early level Phonics Song

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-initial-sound-game-1.html- Initial sounds

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/index.shtml- First Level Phonics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/postcard/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/magicpencil/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/print/index.shtml- Printable worksheets

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/

http://www.ictgames.com/phonemeFlop_v4.html- Early and First Level Phonics

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html- Phonics Games

http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames.html- Grammar Games

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games- More Grammar Games

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm- Grammar and Punctuation activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/- Spelling and Grammar activities

Maths

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/index.htm- Maths games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/- First Level Maths games

http://www.primarygames.co.uk/- More Maths games

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween from Primary 2!! We were so excited because it was Halloween today. We thought it was very funny that Mrs. Baxter , Mrs. Robson and Ms. McKenzie all dressed up like witches. We wrote Halloween stories about a silly ghost in the morning and in the afternoon we had lots of Halloween activities. We made spiders using hand prints and paint, we coloured some spooky pictures and we played puzzles on the smart board. What a fun day!!!

Numbers to 100!

We have been working really hard learning our numbers to 100. We have been learning what the numbers are and look like and how to identify the number before, the number after and the number between two other numbers i.e. What is the number between 80 and 82? Answer: 81. This can sometimes be tricky though, so we are trying to use tools to help us such hundred squares, and the class number line on our wall.


This is a link to a game to help us practise recognising numbers to 100 and identifying their correct place on a hundred square.

 

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/games/mend.shtml

We are also working hard on finding 10 more than. This is a link to a game we play at school on the Smart board. The game times us while we identify 10 more than as quickly as we can. We like trying to beat our time. The best time in the class was 2 seconds!!!!

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/numbers.htm

Our Class Assembly!!!

P2 Assembly- Be Yourself!

Friday 25th October 9.45 am

St. Cuthbert's School Hall

We are all very excited about our class assembly tomorrow. We have been so busy rehearsing lines, practising dances and making costumes and props. We hope to see lots of Mummy's, Daddy's, family and friends there to cheer us on.

Digraph fun!!

We have been practising lots of the different sounds and digraphs and we have enjoyed finding new ways of practising our sounds in Primary 2. We like listening to songs about sounds and playing interactive games. Here are some links to games you might like to play too.  Most of the websites mention the initial sounds (alphabet letters) and digraphs (2 letter sounds).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjKq8s8154s

(this is a link to YouTube which has the Jolly Phonics digraph songs which will help you make the correct digraph sounds)

http://www.ictgames.com/phonemePopLS_v2.html

(choose sounds you wish to practise, this game encourages you to identify the correct sound as it reinforces the sound throughout the game)

 

http://www.starfall.com/

(an American site which gives examples of all the initial sounds and some of the digraph sounds in the “Learn to Read” section. It also provides opportunities to read words and have them read back to you in the “Fun to Read section”)

Have fun!!!

Our Gym Days!!

We are really enjoying our gym sessions in Primary 2. We have been learning how to travel, jump and how to throw and catch a ball. We do lots and lots of running around during gym and it is really important we have our gym kits. Please help remind us to bring our gym kits on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Thank you.

Primary 2

Primary 2 Get Creative!!

Primary 2 Personal Learning Plans!!

 

We are very excited to be starting our new Personal Learning Plans (P.L.Ps) in Primary 2. We have lovely new scrap books in which we can display our targets and achievements. To help us have ownership of our new P.L.Ps we have been creating front covers using different media. We have coloured our names, drawn pictures on the Ipad to stick on the cover and taken photos too. We can't wait to start adding our targets too. 

 

 

 

 

 
                                                  
 
                                                 
 
                                                 
 
                                                 

Hard at work in Primary 2!

The Rainbow Fish

Today in Primary 2 we listened to the story of The Rainbow Fish and discussed how he made friends with the other fish by being kind and sharing his shiny scales with them.  In our class we want to be kind like the Rainbow Fish and share what we have with others.

Here is a display of our beautiful rainbow fish with their shiny scales.

Maths

In Primary 2 today we also practised our number bonds to 10 and to 20 by playing a co-operative game in partners.  We formed an inside and outside circle.  Each person had a card with a number up to 20 on it.  The inside circle turned round to meet their partner and showed them their number.  The outside partner had to read the number.  The inside person then had to ask, 'How many more do I need to make 10 or 20?'  After the outside person had answered they swapped round and the outside person showed their number and asked, 'How many more...'  Whilst doing this activity the children supported and praised each other.  When both partners had completed their questioning the outside children moved one place to the right to meet their new partner and repeat the process again.  The children really enjoyed this activity and all children were engaged and active in the task.  I as the teacher could monitor  the children's responses and give support where needed.

Another great day!

All the boys and girls in Primary 2 were working really well today.  In Literacy we revised our sounds and practised using them to sound out and spell words.  

Try this phonics game to help with your spelling.

Deep Sea Phonics


Everyone tried hard writing their weekend news and it sounded like a fun weekend for all, with trips to East Links Family Park, Five Sisters Zoo and visits to the new Sainsbury's!

Llama at East Links

Goat having a swing at East Links

In Numeracy we practised our number bonds and doubling and halving numbers.  We also learned how to count in 5s.  We tried to beat last week's score in our "Beat That" challenge!

Here is a link to another game we tried this week.

Jet Ski Addition

In the afternoon we made friendship wristbands and wrote adjectives to describe our friends.  We had a hymn practice for our Mass on Wednesday to celebrate the Feast of St Cuthbert.  The singing was wonderful!

Well done everyone.  Remember to keep working hard!

Today in Primary 2 we were practising our spelling of 'th' words and 'sh' words by writing them in rainbow writing.

thing     shop    with     share

The children could try practising writing some rainbow words at home.

We also used a phonic game on the Smartboard to practise our spelling.  Here is a link to the game we used.

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/games/ch_sh_wh_th_sounds.jsp



In Maths we were continuing with our adding and tried to beat our score in the 'Beat That' challenge.

Here is a link to some games to practise your number skills.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/

What are we looking forward to in Primary 2?

We have been very busy getting to know each other in P2. We have been chatting about all the things we will be doing this year.  We are really looking forward to :

"playing in the Ipad and the computer" - Struan
"choosing time" - Mikey
"adding and taking away" - Loukas
"looking after the P1s" - Judith
"choosing time, computer time and numbers" - Matthew Z.
"art" - Bethel
"playing on the Ipad and the computer" - C.J
"choosing time" - Natasha
"looking after the P1s" - Grace
"looking after the P1s" - Judith
"computer and play time" - Patryk
"learning numbers" - Sophie
"playing in the shop" - Ciaran
"art" - Hana
"playing with P1s" - Lewis
"making things in art" - Alicia
"looking after the P1s" - Matthew G
"learning my numbers" - Shannon
"practising my letters"- Amber
"playing with the new toys" - Kuba
"looking after P1s" - Francesca
"drawing things" - Oliwier