Digital Learning Week

Beebot Programing

 

P2 had lots of fun this afternoon with our Beebots.  Each team had to place a counter on their mat to mark where they wanted their Beebot to travel to.  This involved using the language of directions e.g. forward, back, right turn etc.  The children were responsible for programing accurate directions for the Beebot to follow. 

 

The longer the journey, the more challenging the task proved to be!  

 

Some of our Beebots managed to reach the bank, the petrol station and the florist :)

 

 

WELL DONE BOYS AND GIRLS!!

 



Class Plant

Look at the growth taking place in our classroom plant!  The children have been taking such good care of our pretty plant, providing it with plenty of light and water.  We love the new, bright flowers! 

 

-Friday 3rd June 2016-



Our class plant

As part of our Science focus, the children have been learning about living and non-living things.  The boys and girls are aware of the factors involved in keeping a plant alive e.g. water, light etc.  The children have been taking turns to water our plant and chose to keep the plant on our window sill to allow access to light. 

 

We thought you might like to be kept updated with our class plant's progress between now and the end of term.  The children will post a photograph on our blog each week.  They are all keeping their fingers crossed that we see lots of beautiful flowers very soon.

Thursday 19th May 2016 

 

 



Living & Non Living

This afternoon, we decided to take advantage of the unusually sunny weather. We went for a science walk around our local area to spot both living and non living things.  The children were fantastic at pointing out a variety of things and categorising them into living or non living. Ask your child how they can work out if something is living or non living.  I think I have a class of mini scientists!

Explorers - Tim Peake, British Astronaut

Some fun homework tasks :)

 

(This homework is entirely optional)



* Can you see the International Space Station from Earth?

 

* What does the International Space Station look like inside?

 

* How do astronauts eat, sleep and go to the toilet?

 

*How do you apply to become an astronaut?

 

Co-ordinates

In Maths this term, we have been learning about co-ordinates (grid references).  The children have been participating in different activities to help them develop their skills in locating items on a grid.  The boys and girls can share that to write accurate coordinates, you must go across first, then up.

 

 

Susie the Summariser

As the children continue to develop and build on their reading skills, they will have opportunities to meet some interesting puppets along the way.  Last week, P2 had the pleasure of meeting Susie the Summariser!  Ask your child what Susie's job is :)

 

Here are some pictures of the children working on their summary of a short animation called The Way Back Home.

 

 

Grammar stations - 'a' or 'an'

P2 enjoyed moving round various stations to strengthen their knowledge of when to use 'a' or 'an' e.g. a bike or an orange.  I was very impressed with their grammar skills!  Well done boys and girls :) 

 

 

Icicle collage

We had so much fun creating icicles to hang from our classroom ceiling!  We want to transform our classroom so that it looks like one of the polar regions.  We used various materials and cut different shapes and sizes to make icicles using the collage art technique.  Stay posted to watch our classroom transform infront of you :)

The Northern Lights artwork

Last Friday, the boys and girls in P2 were extremely busy bees, working on their Northern Lights artwork.  They used tree templates and a curved template to give the effect of lights flashing across the sky.  The pupils chose the colours themselves and used chalk pastels so that they could smudge each colour for extra effect.  We now have an amazing display for the whole school to enjoy!
 

A Special Visitor

P1 and P2 were very lucky to have Andy from the SSPCA visit us in our classroom.  He showed us lots of pictures of both injured and healthy animals and gave us some good advice on how to look after our pets.  Andy also advised us to go and visit one of the SSPCA centres if ever we wanted to get a pet of our own.  He told us that there are so many animals at their centres looking for their forever homes!  If we see an injured animal in the street or anywhere else, Andy advised us to inform an adult and for the adult to then phone the SSPCA as soon as possible. 

 

We decided that we are very good at looking after our own pets.  We know how important it is to make sure our pets are fed, loved and cared for :)

 

Maths Problem Solving

The children listened to a story about Spaceman Sid.  In his spaceship, he landed on a planet named Crit.  Aliens inhabited the planet Crit, some with 1 eye and others with 2 eyes.  Sid met some of the aliens and counted 9 eyes in total.  In pairs, the children were challenged to come up with different combinations of aliens with a total of 9 eyes.  How do you think they did?