Update on learning this week

Sorry folks, not had any posts on here this week - been busy moving into and out of another classroom but that is us all settled back into our own classroom.  Here is what we have been up to since my last update:

On Friday we worked on being super speedy at maths.  I took small groups of children and gave them mental maths challenges.  While I was working with groups the rest of the class played maths games. Here are Thorfinn and Alida being super speedy at solving sums.

On Tuesday we had Karyn Tait visit us to talk about Oral health.  The children joined in well and were an enthusiastic audience.

Busy day

Busy day today!
1.  We welcome Katie to our class, thank you to everyone for being so welcoming.
2. We learnt lots about Russia, we even learnt some Russian words!
3. Found out we have a disco on Thursday night, so get your dancing shoes ready for that (eldest and only's got a letter tonight about this)
4.  We have done really well with our long 'a' words.  Here we are practising the 'ai' sound.

 

Having fun with halves

Today we learnt how to half a shape.  We realised that it gives you two pieces and they are equal.  Everybody had a shape to half, then we put them together to make some pictures.

Tasting Herbs

We have been growing a basil and strawberry plant in class, we don't have much to show for it yet but the children were curious about what basil was and asked about some other herbs.  I brought in some basil and parsley, our cleaner Rosemary brought in mint and chives from her garden.  I took in some cherry tomatoes to have with the basil.  Children tasted and smelled the herbs and talked about if they had eaten them before and what kinds of food it would be nice with.

Recent art work

After reading 'The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark' the class made their own owls in art.  Here are some of the class sharing their pictures.

P2's very own book!

Primary 2 have made their very own book; Moppie Visits Stromness.  Claire has worked really hard over the holidays to turn our handmade copies into a professional, finished product.  The class are delighted with the book and soon we will host an assembly to share our new book.
Thank you so much Claire and very well done to Primary 2.

Welcome back

It was nice to see everyone back after the holidays, ready to start a busy new term.  Today we began  spelling with 'wh' words.  Some of us found it tricky to hear if it was a 'w' or 'wh' word but we will be practising a lot through the week and the homework will help too.  Today we played Chinese Whispers, trying to pass round a 'wh' word we had thought of.

Here is the action to help children remember the 'wh' sound.  You can feel your breath on your hands if it is a 'wh' word.