Good afternoon,
This week the children listened to the story of the 'Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue.' They then shared their favourite part of the story. This was to support them to achieve the learning outcome, 'I can share my opinion about a story with others.'
For writing this week, the children watched an episode of a vintage cartoon called 'Trapdoor.' The episode was about an enormous creepy crawlie. The children had to watch and listen carefully so they could suggest words that described the creepy crawlie. They came up with fantastic descriptive words including terrifying, gigantic and venomous.
After the discussion about the cartoon creepy crawlie, the children had to invent their own. It could be based on a real creepy crawlie or one they completely made up. They loved drawing a picture of it. The aim of their drawing was to give the children a visual that they could use to help them write a description of their creepy crawlie. As they were working, they developed their ideas through discussing what they were drawing with their peers at the table.
All the wonderful drawings resulted in super, descriptive sentences. Please enjoy reading the results on Seesaw.
For maths this week, the children developed their understanding of recognising, orally saying and writing the decade numbers. They were then introduced to the number pattern that can be used to count in ones between the decades using the digits 1-9. Next week they will practise reading, writing and counting in sequence the numbers up to 100.
In music this week the children learned a simple rhyme. They then added a simple knee tapping and clapping pattern to this which they did with a partner. The aim of this rhyme game was to encourage children to recognise and play a steady beat. They experimented with making the beat faster and slower. Then instruments were added. One child played the drum on the knee tap beat and another played the maraca on the clapping beat.
For project this week, the children learned about different kinds of energy. They learned that there was light, sound, heat and movement energy. The children also learned that some energy is produced by electricity. They also learned that some objects produce more that one kind of energy. For example a light bulb produces light but also heat.
The children also extended their understanding of electricity and how it works. They learned how a circuit is required to make things work. Everyone got to build a simple circuit and learned that to turn something off a switch is required. This breaks the circuit so the electrcity can't flow through.
I do hope you enjoyed visiting the class today. It is always lovely to get the opportunity to meet you and the children always delight in showing you around the classroom.
Kind regards, Mrs Thomson and Mrs Greig
P2 Highlights
