Category Archives: P2

Hi all,

Let’s hope that this week is a bit warmer than last week although the snow must have been great fun for the children!

Homework this week:

Spelling – List 21 ‘igh’

Reading – Please check book bags as usual for reading book updates and there is also now an extra week to practise the poems sent home last week.

Numeracy – there’s no set homework this week but, in class,  we will be working on place value to 100 and ‘bridging decades’ which follows on naturally from ‘bridging 10’. So, for example, 50 + 12 is the same as saying 50 + 10 + 2.

PE is on Wednesday and Thursday.

Thanks for your support,

Miss Sara Brunt

Hi all,

This month, the whole school is having a Scottish focus. We have been looking at where Scotland is, where Loanhead is and what makes us ‘Scottish’. This week, we’ll be reading and writing Scots poems, learning some traditional Scots vocabulary and making a class dictionary about this. Children will all choose one Scots poem to take home to read and learn from memory, if possible. Children will be encouraged to then add expression as they try and recite their poem out loud. We’ll work on this in class but must practise at home too.  I’ll be choosing two confident, expressive pupils to perform their poem at a Scots Poetry assembly the following week.

Therefore, I won’t send home a new reading book for anyone this week but keep reading through current book to the end please.

Spelling – List 20 ‘ea’

Numeracy – Sumdog Challenge – ‘Addition within 20’ There’s a target of 250 this week as I really want the children to become quick at working out these sums. We have been working on various strategies to do this. Children have been talking about the best strategy that suits their thinking.

Money Monday will focus on change from 20p. Fraction Friday will focus on halving even ( and odd) numbers.

PE – Wednesday and Thursday

Library – Please return any books from 2017! Children may choose a new book this Friday.

Thanks for your support,

Miss S Brunt

Hi all,

Happy New Year to you all and many, many thanks for all the wonderful gifts I received for Christmas. Here’s looking forward to another busy and fruitful term.

This month, our whole school will be studying Scotland and so, will be reading, writing, singing and dancing with a Scottish flair! If anyone has any favourite Scottish children’s authors/books or poems you’d like to share, please send these in.

Reading– All children will be given a new book this week, hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday.

Spelling – unless otherwise indicated, the next spelling list is List 19 ‘ay’.

Numeracy – please revise number pairs to 10 eg. 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7 etc. This week we’ll look at ‘bridging 10’ so, for example:

6 + 8 is the same as 6 + 4 (10) +4 = 14

7 + 6 is the same as 7 + 3 (10) +3 = 13

PE returns on Wednesday and Thursday this week.  Please remember to bring kits back after their holiday wash! Don’t forget indoor shoes/gym shoes!

Thank you,

Miss Sara Brunt

**Congratulations to P1 and P2 for putting on such a marvellous nativity performance last week. We really were so proud of our pupils for fantastic singing, dancing and remembering lots of lines! **

The final week has arrived! Here is a reminder of things that are happening.

Christmas Party for P1/2 – Wednesday 20th ( after lunch). Children may bring party clothes to change into. Santa should arrive at around 2:30pm to give out his gifts to the children. Parents may come and watch!

Church – Friday 22nd- Our school will walk up to the local church for the Christmas service.

There will be no homework as such, although I have put a little challenge on Sumdog which has 50 simple data handling questions. Children will also be able to access this in school.

***Term ends on Friday 22nd at 12 noon***

Pupils resume on Tuesday 9th January 2018.

Wishing you all a merry Christmas and best wishes for 2018,

Miss S Brunt

There’s just wo weeks of term left and such a lot to pack in! This week has many exciting events for the children.

Monday 11th – Infant Nativity – 2pm  ” Lights, Camel, Action!” We look forward to seeing you there; our dress rehearsal was great fun and it has a real ‘feel good’ vibe to it.

Tuesday 12th – Hopscotch Theatre visit LHPS in the afternoon to present to P1-4,  Aladdin.                  ( Oh yes, they are!)

Wednesday 13th – Christmas Jumper Day ( or T-shirt) and Christmas Lunch. Remember, P2 do not pay for their lunch but should have made their menu selection by now.

Reminder– P1/2 Christmas Party is the following week on Wednesday 20th     ( different day from P3-7). If not paid already, can you hand in £1 towards cost please. Children could bring in their party clothes in a bag and change at lunch time if you like. Santa usually finds time to drop in too, to give out a small gift. Parents are welcome to watch this part but the time is yet to be confirmed ( he is such a busy man at this time of year…) It may be 2:15 0r 2:30ish or so….

Homework:

Spelling – please complete the second set of 6 ‘tricky words’ sent home last week.

Reading – continues as normal- just check bags daily for updates.

*There will be no new homework next week*

Thank you,

Miss S Brunt

Nativity – We have a very busy week of rehearsals ahead of us with our first performance to the school on Friday! So much still to do but it’ll all be worth it in the end! Remember, the performance for families is on Monday 11th December. If you were asked to provide a costume/outfit can you please send this in ( in a labelled bag) ASAP.

Xmas Party – Thanks to all who have paid £1 towards the Xmas party and  there’s still plenty of time to hand this in.

Athletics and PE – will be on Wednesday and Thursday respectively ( though this may have to be the last week for athletics).

School Fair – It was great to see so many people at the fair and we managed to raise over £1500 profit for the school. Thanks!!

Homework –  Reading – Please continue with any reading homework as highlighted on the post-it notes in books. I may not be able to hear reading as often as I usually do due to the rehearsals this week so please support at home.

Spelling – We have finished the current phonics list and so I’ll send home ‘tricky word’ lists on Tuesday to be completed over 2 weeks ( there will be no homework at all in the final week).

Numeracy – Well done to those who took part in last week’s Sumdog challenge. I won’t set any numeracy homework now until the new term in 2018 but take any chance you can to practise arithmetic in everyday situations with your child – counting out, using money, playing board games at Christmas, using an Advent calendar and so on…

That’s all for now…I think!!

Thanks for your support,

Miss S Brunt

News/ Events

Children were sad to say goodbye to Miss Jeffcott, our student teacher, last week.  We are nearly finished reading The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark and so it will be time to turn our attention to the inevitable Christmas activities!

School Xmas  Fair – The school fair starts at 12:30pm this Friday and will be spread over both halls and the dining room. Please collect your child promptly at 12:25pm as usual and take them around the fair if you wish. Thanks for all the unwanted toys handed in thus far ; you have a few days left to donate any more. The toy stall will be held in the small hall.

Athletics and PE – These will be held on Wed and Thursday respectively.

Spelling and Reading homework continues as normal.

Numeracy – I have set another challenge on Sumdog, called P2 Round Up 26.11.17.

100 points to collect!

That’s all for now,

Miss S Brunt

**Dates for Diary**

Nativity 2017 – slight amendment*

P1 and P2 will be performing ‘Lights, Camel, Action!‘ on Monday 11th December at 2pm. Each pupil can invite 3*  members of his/her family to come and watch. More info will follow about parts, lines, costumes etc.

Christmas Fair

The Christmas Fair will be on Friday 1st December from 12:30pm. Once again, P1 and P2 will organise the toy stall so if your child has any unwanted toys in good condition, please send these in. Thanks in advance!

Homework this week

Spelling – List  u– e. Magic ‘e’.  This turns a short sounding vowel into a long sounding vowel. Children will be taught a little memory aid: ” The  e at the end turns the ‘u’ into a ‘you’ sound. This particular rule can prove tricky!!

Reading – as normal. Please send book bags in daily. Children should practise reading daily.

Numeracy – Number Tennis– please play this game with your child- it’s free and needs no resources! Pairs to ten; you say 6 and the child should say 4. You say 5 and the child should say 5.  You say 7 and the child should say 3…and so on! The aim is for instant recall.

EXTENSION TO THE ABOVE GAME –

• If you know your bonds to 10, then try bonds to 9 by subtracting one from the second number of the pair.
• If you know your bonds to 10, then try bonds to 11 by adding one to the second number of the pair.
• If you know your bonds to 10, try ‘decade’ bonds to 100 by pairing up 30 and 70,  60 and 40,  50 and 50 etc…

PE – Wednesday (Athletics) and Thursday (PE with Mrs Duncan). The athletics sessions have been going very well with Craig and he has been working P2 very hard!

Topic – We have been reading ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark’ and should read more chapters this week. Our student teacher Miss Jeffcott has many more fun activities planned covering astronomy ( constellations) plus light and shadows in science and art. Sadly, this is Miss Jeffcott’s final week and we thank her for her hard work and wish her good luck for the future.

Road Safety Week – Hi-viz walk – The whole school is participating in a road safety awareness event on Thursday afternoon. Can children wear any bright, reflective clothing they have to go on a short walk, promoting ‘Be Bright, Be Seen’.

Thanks for your support,

Miss S Brunt