Welcome to our
๐ P2 class!๐
Mrs Fennell
kfennell458@c2kni.net
OUR CLASSROOM
ASSISTANTS
Ms McMullan
Ms McNamara
โค๏ธ Wonderful Me
and My Family โค๏ธ
HAPPY
6th BIRTHDAY
๐ฅณ EVA ๐
SUPER STUDENT
๐ฅ AWARD ๐ฅ
PLAYGROUND
๐ AWARD ๐
๐Happy 6th Birthday๐๐ Cora-Leigh ๐
๐ Great first day! ๐
Take a ๐ at our new P2 class!
๐คฉ SUMMER
is here!! โ๏ธ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ
What a great day today ๐ถ dancing, ๐ ๐ partying and making summer bracelets! The children had lots of fun! ๐
โ๏ธ SUMMER FUN โ๏ธ
NUMERACY
Topic: Exploring Symmetry
๐ MINIBEAST TOPIC ๐
PLAY BASED LEARNING
โก๏ธ STATIC ELECTRICITY โก๏ธ
โฐ Time in P2 โฐ
Today we made our very own clocks in class.. ๐ What a talented bunch!
Our Butterfly ๐ฆ Life Cycles
Our P2 Trip to the Butterfly ๐ฆ House
๐ฃ HAPPY EASTER ๐ฃ
๐ฐ ๐ฐ ๐ฐ
Today P2 pupils made their very own Easter ๐งบ Baskets. They decorated them and added their own personal touches, very colourful creations! ๐ฐ
Narrative Writing โ๏ธ
We have focusing on our independent writing skills over the last week. We discussed how we need to
incorporate characters, a setting and an interesting plot to write a story.
We introduced the topic by getting the pupils to work in groups and select 4 character pictures and a setting. They then worked in teams to develop an interesting story.
For the plenary of our lesson each team verbally presented their story to the class! ๐ Superb presentation!
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For our next Literacy lesson we focused on the importance of ‘Character Profiles’ - behaviour, personality, traits and what they look
like. P2 worked in pairs and individually to develop their own ‘Character Profile’.
PDMU
We are all unique. In class we have been discussing differences and similarities between our friends. We talked about physical differences ie. hair colour, eye colour and height but also discussed how we are similar. The children in P2 came up with lots of ideas. ‘We like similar games and sports โฝ๏ธ and favour certain subjects in school ๐ซ’. These are all the types of things that make us unique.
P2 pupils then designed their own unique, creative Elmer for our class display… ๐…
STEM
We carried out an experiment in class to find out if certain objects would SINK of FLOAT. We each made our own prediction and then tested it to find the correct answer. The children were extremely enthusiastic and really enjoyed the experiment…. ๐…
VENN DIAGRAMS
This week we introduced Venn diagrams and made our own. We sorted different types of animals - farm animals, pets or both.
WORLD BOOK ๐ DAY 2023
ELMER
We are all unique.
๐คฉ๐คช๐๐๐๐ค๐
We have been reading stories about Elmer and his friends. We discussed similarities and differences between our friends and what it means to be UNIQUE.
We created our own funky, creative ELMER’s for our class display. They were amazing! ๐คฉ
DATA HANDLING
๐ ๐ Our Favourite Fruit ๐ ๐
in Primary 2
PANCAKE TUESDAY
๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Happy pancake ๐ฅ Tuesday everyone ๐ ๐ ๐
Today we sequenced the instructions on how to make pancakes! Look at our great work! ๐…
๐ World Around Us ๐
OUR SENSES
๐ ๐๏ธ ๐ ๐ค ๐
We have been learning about our senses. We labelled our own personalised picture for our class display ๐
๐ PHYSICAL EDUCATION โฝ๏ธ
LITERACY
Rhyme - we sounded out the words and matched the correct rhyming picture ๐๐๐
Play Based Learning
The Gruffalo
๐ฆ LITERACY ๐ฆ
This week we have been making ‘Owl Baby’ puppet sticks and getting the children to act out the story with their friends. They did a splendid job and really got into character ๐… Well done P2 ๐๐
We completed an ‘Owl Research Report’ detailing lots of facts we could remember about ๐ฆ owls. We then presented our finished pieces of work to the class! Ready get set action… ๐ฅ … ๐…
LITERACY
We have been extending our phonics learning by introducing lots of new digraphs. This week we played lots of fun digraph sorting games to help us… ๐…
NUMERACY
This week we have been a lot of class group work on addition and subtraction using our cubes and number lines to support us and make the learning fun! ๐คฉ
Play Based Learning
Christmas Festivities
๐๐ถ๐
If Santa Got Stuck up the Chimney what would you do? …. I would…
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
It’s beginning to look
a lot like Christmas ๐ …
NUMERACY
๐ฐ MONEY ๐ฐ
In Primary 2 we have been learning the value of coins and matching their correct amounts.
We played shops using priced toys and toy money, it was a big success!
ACTION MENTAL
HEALTH
VISIT P2
A big thank you to Katie from AMH who visited our class this week. We chatted about feelings, emotions and useful strategies we can use to calm down and relax... such as .. dino ๐ฆ breathing and the ๐ข roller coaster! Great ๐ก ideas!!
๐ฆWORLD AROUND US๐ฆ
We have been learning about owls this term. We have researched lots of new facts about owls, made our own unique owl and our very own owl ๐ฆhouse ๐ก. Our bird/owl houses were fantastic … take a look ๐….
๐ ๐ ๐
Today we had a special visitor…. Mrs Simpson and her baby!
The children just loved ๐ฅฐ meeting baby Thea for some cuddles (the adults too!)
๐ Mummy and baby and doing great! ๐
๐ฅ๐ฅโ ๏ธ SHAPE ๐๐งฎ๐งก
We have been exploring the properties of 2D and 3D shape… We had fun guessing the shape by hearing about its properties using a hidden drawstring bag. Next up was our shape hunt around the school grounds and the Eco Garden. We found lots of 2D and 3D shapes ๐ …
We also made cool shape monsters using a variety of 2D shapes. The pupils had so much fun… ๐…
๐คฉ PLAY BASED LEARNING ๐คฉ
ODD SOCKS DAY!
We are all different but we all belong ๐
โ๏ธ LITERACY โ๏ธ
This week we have been working on our sentence structure. When we are writing โ๏ธ sentences we need to remember our 3 rules - capital letters, finger spaces and full ๐ stops.
Look at some of the sentences we made …. ๐
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
๐ ๐ป ๐
A great party ๐ day was had by all. Check out our fun day ๐…
All the children ESTIMATED how many cubes TALL and WIDE our class pumpkin ๐ was. We recorded all the results and will present the winners ๐
at our P2 Halloween ๐ป Party on Thursday! ๐ป Best of Luck ๐ค๐พ P2!
Very well done to our P2 winner's today ๐๐๐
Congratulations to Bria-Rose, Charlotte, Finnian and Fionn who all estimated correctly! Super guesses! โญ๏ธ
๐งโ๏ธ SPOOKY CAULDRON ๐ป
Number Bonds to 10
P2 had a number challenge to make sets of creepy crawlies with only 10 legs. They had to see how many different variations they could make. What a challenge and what an outcome… they exceeded my expectations I’m delighted to say! Super range of answers P2!!
๐ AUTUMN ๐
Our Autumn Table
Check out our cool pumpkin ๐ carving by Miss McMullan in P2. I think you will all agree she is very talented! It is most definitely the NO.1 Winner ๐ from all of us ๐๐๐
๐ป SPOOKTACULAR ๐ป
GHOST AND
PUMPKIN ๐ MAKING IN P2!
NUMERACY
We have been ordering items according to size. First we ordered the pupils in our class from smallest to LARGEST. Then we ordered the ๐ฟ squirrels from smallest to largest.
๐ฑ WORLD AROUND US ๐ชด
Look how well our ๐ซ beanstalks have grown….
We have a winner!! ๐
CHARLIE and ODHRAN
Their beanstalk reached the castle first! ๐๐๐
It took 17 days! Hooray!!
Well done to everyone in P2. By ‘day 20’ I think all the ๐ซ beanstalks had reached the castle! Super magic beans! ๐๐๐
This week in P2 we have had lots of fun exploring measurement using a wide range of practical ๐ก ideas!
Let’s take a look ๐
๐ฑ BEANSTALKS๐ฑ
Our magic beans ๐ซ have started to sprout roots… ๐๐๐๐๐๐
This weeks gardener Charlie has been looking after them well by watering ๐ฆ them ๐…
Halloween
๐ CVC ๐ป
๐ป Caldrons ๐
…with cats and rats and lots of bats ๐ฆ
OUR P2
abc PUZZLE abc
Look how many words we found… add, at, net, it, top, on, as, I, cat, the, he, sun, day and a, to name a few!
PATTERNS
This week we have been making repeat patterns using colours, shapes and identifying differences in pictures by spotting the ODD one out.
๐ ๐ AUTUMN ๐ ๐
This week we went on an Autumn walk to the Eco Garden and to
Ardglass Community Garden in search ๐ of Autumnal changes. We โ ticked the thinks we found off our checklist…
๐ชด BEANSTALK PLANTING ๐ฑ
This week in class the children planted their very own ๐ซ magic beans. The challenge is in to see who’s beanstalk will reach the castle first! The excitement is bubbling!!!
๐ AUTUMN ๐
This week we have been discussing autumnal changes to our weather. We talked about ‘harvest’ time and what this means.
We read the traditional story
‘The Enormous Turnip’ . Some of the children retold the story and we all sequenced it correctly.
123 NUMERACY ๐งฎ
We have been using our number fans today in class to make double digit numbers and number recall and… show me, show me ๐… Our number this week is 12 ๐ Great work P2! ๐๐๐
โ๏ธ LITERACY ๐
This week we have been reading CVC words and match them to the correct pictures. P2 have worked very hard to stretch and blend the sounds to heat the words. Super work P2!
๐๐๐
NUMERACY FUN
We have been reinforcing number recognition. Today we had some fun playing a competitive game against our partners to see who could find the number first ๐…
๐ ๐ FREE FRUIT ๐ ๐ Fridays!
Today at break time the P2 children enjoyed delicious healthy snacks provided by the school to continue our promotion of healthy eating. All the fruit was a ‘big hit’ with the kids, it was a delight to observe! ๐
๐ค Thinking Skills ๐ค
Structured Play in P2
โ๏ธ HANDWRITING โ๏ธ
P2 have been working hard on their letter formation and basic handwriting skills… ๐ They are making great progress! ๐…
โฝ๏ธ PE GAA Skills โฝ๏ธ
P2 had great fun practising their GAA fundamental skills with Liam. They are working so well in PE and displayed improved listening skills! ๐๐๐๐
PLAY BASED LEARNING
ECO GARDEN FUN!
What a fantastic first day in Primary 2
Let’s take a look ๐ at today’s fun activities…
๐จ OUR P2 ๐จ PORTRAITS
๐จ ๐จ ๐จ
This week we have been painting our own portraits for our classroom display. The finished pieces were fantastic ๐…
SUPER STUDENT
Award goes to …
MICHAEL
๐๐๐๐๐๐
PLAYGROUND AWARD
Goes to…
CHRISTOPHER
๐๐๐๐๐๐
STATIC ELECTRICTY
โก๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธ
We have been learning about static electricity. We demonstrated using balloons ๐to make our hair stand up and lift the wings on our butterflies ๐ฆ
Our School Trip To The BUTTERFLY ๐ฆ HOUSE
๐ฆ NUMERACY ๐ฆ
This week we have been learning about symmetry. To introduce the topic we made colourful symmetrical butterflies!
๐ฆ ๐……
๐ฃEASTER CRAFTS๐ฃ
In our class we have had lots of fun making ๐ฃ Easter baskets, painting eggs and Good Friday Fingerprint crosses as part of our ‘Grow in Love’ lesson.
๐๐ MINIBEASTS ๐ชณ๐
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ชฑ๐ชฐ๐๐ฆ๐ชฒ
Our new topic this term is MINIBEASTS. This week we went on a minibeast hunt in our eco garden to see ๐ what we could find…
๐ฆ CATERPILLAR ๐ HANDPRINTS
NUMERACY
PROBLEM SOLVING CHALLENGES
Our Numeracy Challenge this week was to find different ways of sorting flowers into vases (DIVISION). Primary 2 worked in terms to complete the challenge! Super work P2! ๐๐๐
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๐ธ HAPPY MOTHERS ๐ธ ๐บ DAY ๐บ
To all our Primary 2 Mums ๐ฅฐ
๐CONGRATULATIONS ๐
TO THE WINNER OF THE SPAR MOTHER’S DAY COLOURING COMPETITION….
๐ฅณ NINA ๐ฅณ
Friendship Circle Time
๐ Compliments ๐
Today we talked about kindness and our golden rule ‘treat people the way you would like to be treated’. We used our talking ball and gave each other lovely compliments.
โฝ๏ธ ACTISPORT FUN ๐
IN P2
Tug of war challenge!
๐งฆ PULL UP YOUR ๐งฆ SOCKS FOR ODD SOCKS DOWN SYNDROME DAY 2022!
PLAY BASED LEARNING
HAPPY
โ๏ธ ST PATRICK’S DAY โ๏ธ
WORLD ๐ BOOK ๐ DAY
Congratulations to Conall on winning ๐ฅ our World ๐ Book ๐ Day Colouring Competition๐๐๐๐๐
๐ ELMER ๐
๐ณโ๏ธ๐จ๐ป๐ฆฑ๐ฉ๐ฆณWE ARE ALL ๐จ๐ฆฐ๐งโ๏ธ๐ง
UNIQUE
WORLD ๐ BOOK ๐ DAY
๐Mad Hatter’s Tea โ๏ธ Party ๐
SUPER STUDENT AWARD๐ฅ
to
CAOIMHE
Our Playground Award goes to…
REILLY
PANCAKE TUESDAY
๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
ECO Garden ๐ชด
Play Based Learning
๐ฐ Tick Tock goes the
CLOCK โฐ
๐ช FUN ACTISPORT
ACTIVITIES FOR P2๐ช
PLAY BASED LEARNING IN P2… ๐
DATA HANDLING IN P2
Our Favourite
๐ ๐ ๐
LITERACY
Our focus in Literacy this week has been on storytelling and getting into character ๐ญ. We read the traditional story of The Three Little ๐ท Pigs and worked in teams to retell the story. Fantastic expression and enthusiasm P2! Lots of budding actors and actresses! ๐ญ
๐
PUPIL OF THE DAY ๐
As Conall was today’s’Child of the Day’ he got to count our Friday pom poms! P2 got a whopping amount and got their Friday treat! Horray!! ๐ ๐ฅณ ๐
๐Well done everyone super behaviour P2! ๐
๐ DAY and NIGHT ๐
This week we started our new topic - Day and Night. We have our new role play area which is now an ๐ International Space Station. The pupils have had great fun being NASA astronauts.
๐ WORLD AROUND US ๐
This week we have been learning about the OUR 5 SENSES. We had a blindfold testing to encourage the children to use adjectives to describe the tastes ๐ ….take a look at what we’ve been up to ๐…
NUMERACY
We have been busy little ๐ bees this week carrying out lots of mathematical investigations. In an attempt to bring the learning to life we carried out lots of practical activities based on real life situations, what better way to learn. P2 had fun participating and competing lots of mathematical challenges that really got them thinking ๐ญ ๐ ๐…
๐ถ๐ฒPLAY BASEDโต๏ธ๐ด
LEARNING
๐ LITERACY ๐
This week we have been learning about DIGRAPHS. We played a lot of team games and had fun sounding out the new words to gain points for our team.
๐ฅณ โญ๏ธ ๐
Welcome back all our P2 pupils!
๐ค
๐ ๐๐
We have had a great first day back. It has been fun sharing all our Christmas news and seeing our friends again after a long holiday break.
๐ฅ SUPER STUDENT AWARD๐ฅ
to
๐ฅณ CHRISTOPHER ๐ฅณ
Our PLAYGROUND AWARD
๐ฅณ goes to…. ๐ฅณ
JAKE
๐ฆ OWL HOUSES ๐ก
We have been learning lots of interesting facts about ๐ฆ owls. We have been reading ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ and ‘Owl Babies’. This week the children completed a homework project - make a bird ๐ก house for an Owl ๐ฆ… ๐
they worked so hard and presented some fantastic creations!
INSTRUCTIONAL โ๏ธ WRITING
In Primary 2 we have been following a set of instructions to make a Christmas decoration. We followed the step-by-step instructions and then completed our Literacy instructional writing task. ๐
THE DEEP DARK WOOD ๐ชต
During this topic we have been learning all about the various animals who live in the woods. We read the story THE GRUFFALO and made our very own woodland display with a range of different nocturnal animals. We also created our own terrible creatures and described their main features.
some truly scary monsters!
๐ CHRISTMAS IS COMING! ๐
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Primary 2 had lots of fun preparing Santa letters today. Hopefully we will get a reply from him before the Christmas holidays! ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐
FUNKY ๐ฉ ๐งข ๐ HAT DAY!
Thank you for all the donations ๐คฉ
โ๏ธ HANDWRITING โ๏ธ
โโโโโโโ
๐คFRIDAY BRAIN TEASER๐ค
Well done to all our P2 pupils for finding all our hidden words! Superb! ๐๐๐
ANTI-BULLYING WEEK
IN PRIMARY 2
โญ๏ธ PDMU โญ๏ธ
Reaching for the Stars P2
In class today we completed a personal plan about our favourite things, what we are good at and what we would like to be when we grow up. The children presented our finished pieces in front of the class! ๐ก ๐ฅ action ๐ค
There were some fantastic answers! We had Animal ๐ฆ Rescuers, Police ๐ฎโ๏ธ Officers, Fire Fighters ๐ฅ , Farmers, Ballerinas ๐ฉฐ and lots of Teachers to name a few.
NUMERACY
This week P2 have been working with our DIGITAL LEADERS from P6 who have been helping us navigate the BEE ๐ BOTS and learn about CODING. The children had a lot of fun! ๐
ABC abc LITERACY ABC abc
Capital letters and lower case letters. What needs a capital letter?
๐ฅ SUPER STUDENT AWARD ๐ฅ
๐ฅ SUPER STUDENT AWARD ๐ฅ and PLAYGROUND AWARD
this week goes to….
๐ ODIN ๐
๐ฅณ BRIANNA ๐ฅณ
This weeks PLAYGROUND AWARD goes to … EMILY ๐ฅณ
๐ฅณ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ๐ฅณ
to MICHAEL who celebrated his birthday over the Halloween break! ๐ป
NUMERACY
NUMBERS TO 20
We have been focusing on number recognition within 20. We looked at numbers before, after and between and used a variety of fun ways to count within 20 ๐…
LITERACY
In P2 this week we
have been learning about ADJECTIVES, describing words. We have completed a lot of group work on describing words in preparation for creating our own terrible creatures and writing our own description. The finished pieces were fantastic! ๐
๐ GROW IN LOVE ๐
Today’s lesson was learning all about selfless acts of kindness from Mother Theresa. We went out to our new prayer benches to have our lesson and say our prayers before lunch.
๐ AUTUMN ๐ HEDGEHOGS ๐ฆ
๐ ๐ AUTUMN ๐ ๐
We have been discussing the weather and ๐ looking for seasonal changes. We went on an Autumn walk with our class. We made a planning board and asked lots of questions…
How many seasons are there? How do we know it’s Autumn? What changes can we see outside? What happens to the trees? What colours do we see? How does if differ from the colours we see in Summer or Winter?
We gathered lots of AUTUMN ๐ leaves ๐ ๐ and made our own leaf rubbings using Autumn colours.
๐
2D and 3D SHAPES
MEASUREMENT
We have been learning about non-standard units of measurement. We have used a range of measuring tools to estimate different lengths. As a team we set ourselves a challenge to organise the class from the SMALLEST to the TALLEST.
Leila was in charge as she was The Child of The Day, she did a great job! ๐๐คฉ
Fun P2 ๐คฉ BINGO ๐คฉ
….and the winners are Brianna and Tianna ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
โฝ๏ธ PE - BALL SKILLS ๐
PLAY BASED LEARNING
Our new topic this term is THE DEEP DARK ๐ชต WOOD. We have been reading the Gruffalo and have turned our role play area into a Gruffalo Cafe. We also have lots of fun related games and activities linked to the story, take a look at what we have been up to so far… ๐
๐ฅ SUPER STUDENT AWARD๐ฅ
GOES TO SOPHIA ๐
P2 PLAYGROUND IS AWARDED TO CIAN
๐ HALLOWEEN PARTY ๐
๐MATHS WEEK๐
We have been introducing out new topic on measurement this week. As it is nearly ๐ HALLOWEEN ๐ we estimated how TALL and how WIDE our class ๐ was using non-standard measures (multi link cubes) … And the WINNERS are Cian and Amy ๐๐๐๐
The WINNERS will be announced in ๐ฅ Friday! ๐ฅ
In Primary 2 we have been measuring how tall we are using a range of non-standard materials such as ๐ leaves, โ๏ธ pencils, โ๏ธ scissors and multi link cubes.
We made GHOST POPPERS and tested how far they could make the Pom Pom travel.
๐ป It was great fun! ๐ป
SUPER STUDENT AWARD
This weeks award goes to …
๐CONALL ๐
PLAYGROUND AWARD
Well done ๐
LEILA
๐HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY ๐
SOPHIA
123 NUMERACY 123
Practical, fun activities bringing maths to life!
๐ Check out how tall our BEANSTALKS are growing ๐ …
ART
๐ป Ghost Creations ๐ป
HANDWRITING
Super letter formation in class this week from our wee โญ๏ธ stars!
โโโโโโโ
PLAY BASED LEARNING
๐ฅ SUPER STUDENT๐ฅ
AWARD
๐ODIN๐
For his excellent Numeracy work this week! ๐๐๐
PLAYGROUND ๐ฅ AWARD
Goes to TIANNA
for her kindness and good manners. ๐๐๐
P2’s JUNK ๐ผ ART MASTERPIECES
NUMERACY
This week we have been learning our number bonds to 5. We have been introducing +, - and = symbols. Primary 2 have been busy little ๐ bees! ๐
PE Fun ๐ช Parachute Games
Happy 6th Birthday
๐ฅณ LILA ๐ฅณ
Thank you for all the yummy buns from all your friends in P2!
๐ฑJACK AND THE BEANSTALK ๐ฑ
This week we have been busy working on our monthly topic. We’ve been reading traditional stories and writing about our favourite part of the story, as well as making our own alternative endings for our class display. The children came up with some fabulous ๐ก ideas!
WORLD ๐ AROUND
US
We have been learning all about growing and living things. We discussed what plants ๐ชด need in order to grow - water, sun โ๏ธ light, soil/cotton. We then planted our own magic beans and predicted how long they would take to reach the castle ๐ฐ
๐ …
๐ฐ MONEY ๐ฐ
We have been learning all about money. To encourage coin recognition we played lots of games and activities.
PLAY BASED LEARNING
โญ๏ธ โญ๏ธ โญ๏ธ
SUPER STUDENT
๐ฅAWARD๐ฅ
โญ๏ธ โญ๏ธ โญ๏ธ
ARABELLA
For her super work and behaviour
๐๐๐
๐Happy 6th Birthday ๐
Brianna
โญ๏ธ โญ๏ธ โญ๏ธ
SUPER STUDENT
๐ฅAWARD๐ฅ
This weeks award goes to
๐๐ Michael ๐๐
PLAYGROUND AWARD
This weeks award ๐ฅ goes to CHLOE for her kindness in the playground. ๐
๐ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ๐
AMY
Play Based Learning
โ๏ธ in the โ๏ธ
Eco ๐ชด Garden
๐ SUPER STUDENT ๐
This weeks award goes to….
๐CAOIMHIM๐
๐ชดECO GARDEN FUN๐ชด
SIGN LANGUAGE LESSONS
Today we started our first sign language class with our visitor Yanihir. She taught us how to sign a new song today - ‘Hot Cross Buns’
๐ ๐ ๐…
High Frequency Word Building
Busy little bees ๐ ๐๐
Number Revision 0 - 20
Fun mathematical learning games in P2! We have been playing BINGO and team games to find the number tiles … ready, steady go!!
Letter Formation
This week we have been busy practising our initial sounds and letter formation is creative fun ways. The children all worked so hard, a super effort by all! ๐
๐ SUPER STUDENT ๐
This weeks award ๐ฅ goes to ANNA
๐๐๐๐
A great week settling into Primary 2!
๐
P2 PORTRAITS
We have been painting ๐ผ self portraits for our class display. P2 produced some super materpieces! Take a ๐…
World Around Us
We ventured out to our Eco Garden this week to help Jack pick some berries that had grown on the over grown beanstalk. We couldn’t believe our ๐ eyes. There were loads. The children thought it would be a great ๐ก idea to make blackberry jam! ๐ (Next week).... to be continued...
Our new Primary children have settled well. They have had a busy few days reconnecting with all their friends and playing lots of fun games and activities.
Thank you
Mrs Grant ๐
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ DARRAGH โญ๏ธ
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ TEAGH โญ๏ธ
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ PRESTON โญ๏ธ
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ MILA โญ๏ธ
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ NOAH โญ๏ธ
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ DARRAGH โญ๏ธ
Happy 6th Birthday to AMBER, NOAH, JONNY and TEAGH who all celebrated their birthday in April!
๐ฅณ Happy 6th Birthday ๐ฅณ
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ HARRY โญ๏ธ
We have been busy looking for minibeasts in our Eco Garden and watering out plants. ๐ชด
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ JOEY โญ๏ธ
MINIBEASTS
๐ ๐ ๐ท ๐ชฑ ๐
Our new topic this term is ‘MINIBEASTS’. This week we went on a minibeast hunt in the Eco Garden with our checklist to see how many we could spot! ๐ We also talked about minibeast life cycles, painted caterpillars ๐and made a class pictogram of our favourite minibeasts for our class display.
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ AMBER โญ๏ธ
BEE BOT TRAINING
๐ ‘Our Senses’ ๐
P2 Group Presentations
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
โญ๏ธ OISIN โญ๏ธ
For your super mental maths strategies and 2x tables. Keep up the great work!
Primary 2 enjoyed an active scavenger hunt looking for rhyming words in our Eco Garden. This provided a great opportunity to revise their weekly spellings, it was great fun!
๐
Take a look at the fantastic work happening in
Primary 2!
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
๐’MILEYโญ๏ธ
For your excellent behaviour and hard work on your weekly spellings. Great Work Miley โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Art with Martina
It was a lovely to see Martina, our Arts and Crafts teacher who came in to visit today. She made fantastic St Patrick’s Day ๐ต rosettes with Primary 2. They were amazing and the children had so much fun making them! Thanks Martina โ๏ธ๐คฉโ๏ธ
We have been comparing numbers and deciding which number is GREATER and LESS than. To consolidate the learning and make it fun we competed against each other! Learning objective successfully achieved โ Great work Primary 2 ๐๐๐
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
๐’ADAM’๐
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
๐’SONNY’๐
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
๐’JASMINE’๐
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
๐‘HARRY’๐
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
๐‘DANIEL’๐
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
๐JONNY๐
๐You are all ๐
SUPER
This weeks SUPER STUDENT is awarded to
๐๐๐AMBER๐๐๐
๐A GREAT FIRST WEEK
HOME SCHOOLING
IN PRIMARY 2 ๐
๐SUPER STUDENT AWARD๐
Well done Noah ๐๐๐
RISE
https://view.pagetiger.com/RISENI/parents
The website is for the parents and carers of children in mainstream nurseries and primary schools (up to P4). It promotes development of:
• speech and language
• fine and gross motor skills
• social and emotional well-being
Wishing you all a very
๐ Merry Christmas ๐
ECO GARDEN ๐ฆ OWL HOUSE ๐ฆ
Thanks to Mila and her family for donating her cool owl house to our Eco Garden. What a fantastic addition, the birds will love it!
๐ฅSUPER STUDENT๐ฅ
IS AWARDED TO...
ELSIE
๐๐๐๐๐
๐ถ Our Christmas Song ๐ถ
We have had fun rehearsing our Christmas song this week ... check out our photos...
๐ It’s Christmas! ๐
Making fun decorations...
Our Instructional Writing โ๏ธ on how we made our decorations:
NUMERACY
โฐ TIME โฐ
Over the last few weeks we have been working well on our new topic ‘TIME’ learning ‘o’clock’ and ‘half past’ times. Primary 2 have enjoyed learning and the minute and hour hands, reading and setting our interactive clock, as well as making our own. Let’s take a ๐...
๐ณ THE DEEP DARK WOOD๐ฒ
As part of our topic we not only created our own Deep Dark Wood...
As a whole class we read the GRUFFALO and discussed the story and the characters. The pupils then created their own scary character using illustrations and sentences to describe their unique characteristics.
๐ก Owl Bird House Project๐ก
๐ SUPER STUDENT ๐
This week goes to...
ISLA
Well done, keep up the great work!๐๐ซ
๐ Christmas Mass ๐
in Ardglass
A sincere thank you to Father McCloskey for a beautiful service, not forgetting Cara and Kaley who sang beautifully ๐ถ
Well done Primary 2 for the super behaviour during the online service!
๐ฒ OUR CHRISTMAS DOOR ๐ฒ
Primary 2
PLAY BASED LEARNING
IN PRIMARY 2
๐ฅ SUPER STUDENT AWARD๐ฅ
ADAM
FRIDAY TEASER
Our teaser this week was to read and unscramble the sentences!
Our winners...
Harry, Elsie and Freddie
Super ๐๐๐
We received a lovely letter this morning from our class ๐งโ๏ธ fairy ๐งโ๏ธ BLUEBELL! She is loving our song practice and kind compliments in class! The excitement was priceless! ๐งโ๏ธ๐งโ๏ธ๐งโ๏ธ
We even got our fairy a Christmas Tree ๐ present from P4 so that she can join in the festive activities! Thanks Miss Somerville for the kind donation๐ฒ we think Bluebell will ๐ it! ๐
๐ฆ WORLD AROUND US๐ฆ
We have been learning all about NOCTURNAL and DIURNAL animals. We found out lots of interesting facts about OWLS and compiled our own factual report. We had lots of fun making our very own owls for our class display.
.
LITERACY
UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCES
Primary 2 have worked so well on their focus this week. We began with lots of practical jumbled sentences leading up to our ‘Friday Teaser’ - they have all worked so hard and achieved so much! Well done P2!! ๐ keep up the great work! ๐ ๐ ๐
LITERACY
โ๏ธ NARRATIVE WRITING โ๏ธ
This week we again our focus on narrative writing. We discussed using a range of templates and referred back to our planning board to help scaffold our ideas. To help spark our imaginations we used story cubes to help us choose characters, places and describe our scenes. As a whole class we started with a shared piece of writing and then worked in pairs to make our own.... ๐ at the super stories we came up with!
2x TABLES
BIG COMPETITION IN P2
๐ฅ SUPER STUDENT ๐ฅ
This weeks award goes to...
๐ FREDDIE ๐
..for his fantastic behaviour and excellent spellings this week. Keep up the great work!!
๐ ANTI-BULLYING WEEK ๐ 2020
16th - 20th November
LITERACY
This week we have been learning our CAPITAL LETTERS ๐
NUMERACY
2D and 3D SHAPES
Primary 2 are working hard to recognise shapes by their properties.
๐ฌ M & M Lesson ๐ฌ
Today we taught a lesson using M&M sweets to show children that you can’t judge friends by how they look. I offered the pupils 2 boxes - 1 crinkled, shabby box and the other nicely wrapped in shiny paper. Although the shiny box looked nice in the outside it was filled with rubbish and orange peels inside. However the shabby looking box ๐ฆ had yummy M & M ‘s that they all got to enjoy! A value lesson for all!
PLAY BASED LEARNING
This weeks we began our new topic ‘THE DEEP DARK WOOD’. Primary 2 have had lots of fun engaging in our new play based activities. Take a Look ๐ ...
DINNER MENU
๐ฝ Week Commencing 16/11๐ด
๐ฅณ SUPER STUDENT ๐ฅณ
This weeks award ๐ฅ goes to MILEY-ROSE for her excellent spellings this week! Fantastic work Miley ๐๐๐
NUMERACY
2D and 3D SHAPES
The pupils had lots of fun with our new topic - SHAPE. They made ‘Shape Monsters‘ and went on a ‘Shape Hunt’ around the school. They found lots of interesting 2D and 3D shapes. Take a ๐ look ๐...
PDMU
In class we have been talking about feelings that are COMFORTABLE and feelings that are UNCOMFORTABLE. Today we discussed feeling EXCITED, a comfortable feeling! The pupils all shared stories about a time when they felt this way... Santa was a big winner!! ๐ Ho Ho Ho!!!
๐PE๐
We have been fortunate enough to have GAA coach Liam in to help us with some new skills and techniques!
Play Based Learning
๐ค ๐ญ Friday’s Primary 2 ๐ค ๐ญ
BRAIN TEASER
Well done everyone! You are all getting good at these. ๐๐๐๐ฅณ
PROBLEM SOLVING
FRIDAY
Can you make 2 plates that match??
๐ฅณSUPER STUDENT AWARD๐ฅณ
Well done
๐ฅCONOR๐ฅ
This weeks playground award goes to...
ELSIE
...for being a great team player and caring friend to everyone ๐๐๐
๐ AUTUMN WALKS ๐
HEDGEHOGS
We went on an autumn walk and ๐ looked for signs of autumn.
We gathered lots of autumn leaves and began to make a planning board of things ‘WE KNOW‘ and things ‘WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW‘. We then made leaf rubbings and Autumn ๐ฆ Hedgehogs to add to our display.
LITERACY
We have been working on sentence structure. We sorted the jumbled sentences and read them to make sure they made sense.
Our invented ๐งนBROOMSTICK ๐งนIdeas๐ก
1๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃโSUBTRACTION โ3๏ธโฃ4๏ธโฃ
This week we have been working very hard on subtraction and number problems. We began using our bus ๐ template, stopping to get off in Ardglass and writing the sum.
BEST WISHES DEVON
Primary 2 would like to wish Devon and her family the best of luck โ๏ธ We will miss you! Take care and stay safe. From all your friends here at St Nicholas’ PS.
๐CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ๐
Magic Bean Winner
๐ฅณ FREDDIE! ๐ฅณ
We each planted a magic bean in a cup and waited to see who’s magic bean would reach the castle first. I don’t know what he was feeding it but Freddie’s bean just grew and grew!! Look how tall it grew.... ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฑ
Congratulations Freddie you are our winner ๐๐๐
A VERY WARM ๐WELCOME ๐TO OUR NEW PRIMARY 2 CLASS ON THEIR FIRST DAY!
THIS WEEKS ๐HALLOWEEN ๐
๐ฅณSUPER STUDENT AWARD๐ฅณ
Goes to...
โญ๏ธ PRESTON โญ๏ธ
๐ป๐น HAPPY HALLOWEEN๐ฟ๐
SPOOKTASTIC FUN PRIMARY 2
๐น๐๐ป๐คก
๐PUMPKIN CHALLENGE๐ WINNERS!
The Primary 2 pupils all participated in a MEASUREMENT prize challenge. They guessed how TALL and how WIDE our class pumpkin was using multi-link cubes. The winners were FREDDIE, MILEY, JOEY and CONOR. Super guesses! ๐๐๐
๐ป Halloween๐
PROBLEM SOLVING
Tabitha’s Caldron. How many different ways can you make 10 and 20 using the creatures legs.
NUMERACY
MEASUREMENT
We have been using non-standard methods to measure a variety of every day objects.
We all guessed who we thought was the tallest and smallest in our class. Take a ๐ look....
Devon was the tallest....
Jonny was the shortest.....
๐Happy 6th Birthday ๐ฐ
ISLA
๐SUPER STUDENT๐
This weeks super super student is Darragh for his excellent behaviour and super handwriting!
๐ LITERACY๐
Imaginative writing โ๏ธ in P2.
๐PHONICS๐
Excellent segmenting, blending and sounding out to make sentences. Amazing work Primary 2! โ๏ธ๐๐๐๐ Take a ๐...
๐ HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS ๐
๐ช๐จ PLAY BASED LEARNING ๐โฝ๏ธ
๐ฅSUPER STUDENT AWARD๐ฅ
๐CHARLIE๐
This weeks SUPER STUDENT AWARD goes to CHARLIE for his fantastic sentences with capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Super work! ๐๐๐
BALL ๐พ SKILLS
We have been practising our bouncing and catching skills. We started with 1 bounce/catch progressing to 3 bounces and a catch! So many super Gaelic players in the making ๐ณ๐ฌโฝ๏ธ ๐ณ๐ฌ Well done everyone!! ๐๐๐
Making Repeating Patterns
๐๐ฅณ๐๐ฅณ๐๐ฅณ
PLAY BASED LEARNING
This week Primary 2 have been swimming with sharks, catching fish in their nets and trying to escape from the Megalodons. In the construction area they were busy building brick walls, measuring, levelling and mixing cement! What a busy few day!!
๐ฅ SUPER STUDENT ๐ฅ
This weeks award goes to SONNY for his excellent sentences, imaginative stories and spellings. Fantastic! ๐ฅณ
๐จPLAY BASED LEARNING ๐ญ
๐ HANDWRITING PRACTICE ๐
We have been discussing TALL letters, small letters and letters that fall below the line. We put this into practice writing our names... take a look ๐....
LITERACY and ICT
In P2 we have been using the Puppetpal App to make our own fairytales. The pupils came up with some fantastic story lines. They selected their own characters and recorded their voices using great expression. They then shared the finished masterpieces with the rest of the class. Excellent fun! ๐คฉ
๐พ PE ๐พ
This week we have been busy practicing our throwing and catching skills. Super Primary 2 ๐
NUMERACY
NUMBER RECOGNITION TO 20
This week we played silent bingo to encourage number recognition to 20. We had lots of fun particularly the silent cheers of ‘BINGO’ when the pupils filled their boards.
๐ฅSUPER STUDENT AWARD๐ฅ
This weeks SUPER STUDENT AWARD goes to MILA for her fantastic creative writing and super spellings. ๐ Keep up the great work! ๐๐๐
๐ฑ World Around Us ๐ฑ
Today Primary 2 children visited the new Eco Garden to replant a pumpkin plant from Mrs Fennell’s garden. It will need plenty of TLC, sunlight and water - P2 are confident that they are ready for the challenge. To start us off today our ‘Child of the Day’, Noah worked his magic with the water ๐ฆ hose! ๐
A very enjoyable afternoon ๐..
This weeks star ๐ SUPER STUDENT ๐ goes to JOEY for his fantastic listening in class and excellent work on CVC words! ๐๐๐
NUMERACY
We have been ๐ making sets of numbers. We also took the learning outside to focus on our number bonds within 3 to 10 and practice read number sentences... ๐
๐ Competitive Number Games to help with number recognition 1-30 ๐
๐ Happy 6th Birthday ๐
SONNY
๐ SUPER STUDENT AWARD๐
Our award this week goes to TEAGH for his excellent manners and positive attitude to work. Well done!
Numeracy
This week in Primary 2 we have been working hard on on number recognition, ordering and formation with 10. We are learning to recognise numeracy symbols + , - , = and read the number sentence correctly before giving the answer. We also embedded the task getting the pupils to make, read and answer human sums!
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
What makes s a good friend... Here is some of the great suggestions Primary 2 came up with: Be kind, share, help your friends, play nicely with friends and be fair!
๐ LITERACY ๐
P2 have also been making good progress focusing on initial sounds and handwriting formation. Take a ๐ look ๐...
๐FRIDAY BRAIN TEASER๐
Look at the fantastic words our P2 children came up with!! Super!!
๐ถ MUSIC๐ถ
Today we had fun using percussion instruments to follow a beat! ๐
๐ SUPER STUDENT AWARD๐
Our 1st weeks award goes to OISIN for his excellent manners and positive attitude to work in class! Fantastic! ๐๐๐
๐คพโ๏ธPLAYGROUND AWARD โฝ๏ธ
On the 1st week back the award was presented to a super boy in P2 - ADAM ๐๐๐ Fantastic!
PRIMARY 2 OFF TO A GREAT START!!
On Friday I challenged the class with a ‘Brain Teaser’. Their challenge was to find as many words from the grid as possible! Here is what they came up with:
HOME SCHOOL LEARNING
Primary 2
โญMRS FENNELL'Sโญ
PRIMARY 2
๐๐คฉ CLASS OF 2020 ๐คฉ๐
What a year!
It is so hard to believe that it is the end of the school year. A big thank you to all the children, Mums and Dads who have worked so hard at home schooling over the last few months, not an easy task.
I would like to wish you all a fantastic, well deserved Summer break and look forward to seeing you all in August.
All the very best Primary 2 Class of 2020. You will always hold a very special place in my heart!
โค
DATE: MONDAY 22nd June
Hi ๐คeveryone ๐ค, it is so hard to believe that we have reached the final week of our summer term! What a crazy year it has been.
This week I would encourage all P2 children to focus on their READING. A fun, exciting and free way to enhance and develop these skills is through our Reading Challenge! ๐
The Reading Agency and Libraries have announced their 2020 Reading Challenge!
This is a great opportunity to promote reading for children of all ages throughout the summer! Reading is such an important skill for all children and should feel fun and exciting! Therefore, we are asking you all to take part in 'The Silly Squad!'
'The Silly Squad' will focus on funny books, happiness and laughter! It will be run through a safe online platform which allows for exciting interactive reading experiences, including eBooks and audiobooks. There will be online activities, videos, quizzes, games and rewards to unlock along the way. Every child who completes their own Challenge will receive a downloadable certificate.
When creating an account, select Libraries NI as your local Library authority!
Sign- up for FREE at: https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
DATE: MONDAY 15th June
Hello everyone, this week we are introducing a new 1/4 zip O'Neills school top that can be worn not only on PE days but every day! All tops will have your childs personal initials. To place an order pease ๐ look ๐ at the details below:
https://www.stnicholaspsardglass.com/news/detail/launch-of-new-pe-14-zip-for-pupils/
Our Weekly Task:
This weeks task is a fun one about ๐PERCEPTION ๐
Visual Perception
What is Visual Perception?
Visual Perception refers to the brain’s ability to make sense of what the eyes see.
Now for the fun part. Look at the picture below and tell me what you ๐see๐???
Please email me your answers on kfennell458@c2kni.net
In addition to this task please revise your 10, 11, 5 and 2 times tables and continue to read and spell the high frequency words included in your packs.
Best of luck!
Mrs F
DATE: MONDAY 8th June
Hello ๐คEveryone๐ค
I hope you are all safe and well. Here is the focus for this week:
NUMERACY
Venn Diagrams - Watch the Power Points below and sort the shapes/sweets using the Venn Diagram.
LITERACY:
This week we are going to look at using the correct punctuation in sentences. We need the correct punctuation to ensure that our sentences make sense. For example:
What is your name. X ๐
What is your name? /๐
Watch the Power Point below and see if you can pop the correct punctuation.
Take a look at the sentences below and see if you can decide what is missing. ๐ค Think and ask yourself does it need a FULL STOP, EXCLAMATION (SHOUT) MARK or a QUESTION MARK?
Read the sentences above with your child. Ask them to work out the punctuation that is missing, after you/they could make up some of their own.
Have a great week, missing you all loads!
Take care and stay safe.
Mrs F ๐ค
DATE: Monday 1st June
Hi Primary 2 ๐ค,
I hope you are all getting on well with your packs (please continue to do 1 page of Literacy and Numercy daily) and enjoying the glorious โ๏ธsunshine โ๏ธ. In school this Friday we would have been having SPORTS DAY!!
So instead of missing out, our challenge this week is to practice for the big day.
We will have 4 races:
* OBSTACLE COURSE
* SPRINT
* EGG/POTATO AND SPOON
* BOOK/ SOCKS ON HEAD
(Be as creative as you would like)
Please email some photos of your super SPORTS DAY races, or fun attempts ๐We'd love to see them...and most importantly have lot's of
FUN
๐คฉ๐๐คฉ
๐๐๐คฉ๐๐๐คฉ๐๐๐คฉ๐๐๐คฉ๐๐๐คฉ
DATE: Monday 25th May
kfennell458@c2kni.net
Hi Primary 2,
I hope everyone's keeping well. Thanks to all the children who emailed me their picnic photos, fantastic!
We have compiled the last Home School Learning Pack including End of Year Assesments. The pack is available for collection from 12 -1pm tomorrow -
Monday 25th May.
WAU
This year our end of year topic would have been UNDER THE SEA. As a fun task for P2 I would like you all to complete a project on sea creatures. The details are also included in your pack.
LITERACY
This week we are looking at SINGULAR and PLURAL nouns. Please take a look at the links below.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7oPWiXt4CmQ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hVDIH8NXi8
NUMERACY
This week we will be revising our number bonds within 10 and 20. The worksheets are included in your pack.
DATE: Monday 18th May
kfennell458@c2kni.net
Hello Primary 2 ๐ค,
Thanks to all those children who have shared their work with me, amazing to see! Please do keep emailing. ๐๐คฉ๐
This weeks challenge is a fun one. We would like you and your family to prepare and have a virtual picnic....
Please take a ๐look ๐ at the links below to help you plan your family picnic. The Literacy and Numeracy links will help you to write your picnic shopping list as well as some fun counting by number picnic scenes, crosswords and much, much more! ENJOY!!
DON'T FORGET TO SEND US A PHOTO OF YOUR FAMILY PICNIC!
DATE: MONDAY 11th May
Hello Primary 2 ๐ค,
I hope you are all keeping well. I know you are all working so hard and hopefully getting out to enjoy the beautiful May ๐weather๐. This week I would like you to focus on:
LITERACY:
Write an ACROSTIC POEM using your friends name. It would be great if you could write your poem about a friend in P2 to brighten each other's day!
Send them to me and I will add them to our school Facebook page.
Here are some examples below:
NUMERACY:
This week I would like you to revise our MONEY topic. Firstly ensure you know all the coins, you were all very good at this in class ๐. Next, I would like you to look at the ice-cream cones, add the coins and enter the totals. Good luck!
GROW IN LOVE:
May is the month of Mary. The Catholic Church sets aside the entire month of May to honour Mary, Mother of God. With your family say Mary's prayer 'The Hail Mary' and colour some of the May pictures below.
DATE: Monday 4th May
Morning ๐ค P2 ๐ค,
I hope everyone is safe and well! This week I would like you all to focus on the following areas:
LITERACY
This week I would like you all to focus on RECOUNT WRITING. To do this you could record like a typical day of lockdown in your house. Remember FIRST, THEN, NEXT and FINALLY (see writing template ideas above)
You could start by writing about the morning, ie. Breakfast then reading, perhaps lunch and off for a family walk to the beach/golf course/picnic in the garden etc. Then for example end the story by writing about dinner and bedtime. Just an example, you get the idea! Just use your creative imaginations P2. Don't forget to add a lovely illustration to go with your story.
Best of luck, I can't wait to read these masterpieces!
NUMERACY
The focus for this week is to have a go at finding numbers before and after. This is a mental maths challenge for you all and can be adapted very easily depending on how good you are at it.
Let's show an example: Tell me/write the number before/after: 17, 73, 104, 287. Stay on teen figures until you are confident then progress to doubles then hundreds. Write the less than 10: 90 = 80, 110 =100.
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/new-zealand-maths-stage-3-more-or-less-to-20-butterflies-activity-sheet-nz2-m-254
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-n-7071-find-and-highlight-the-number-before-0-100-challenge-cards
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-2545728-100-square-more-and-less-activity
...AND REMEMBER TO READ,READ,READ!!!
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
COLLINS CONNECT:
Best of luck everyone don't forget to send me your great work!
kfennell458@c2kni.net
Missing you all ๐คฉ
Mrs F ๐
DATE: Monday 27th April
Hello everyone
,
I hope you are all keeping well, working hard and keeping up with your READING
. I have refreshed the Collins Connect login below to help you access a range of fun books:
COLLINS CONNECT LOGIN DETAILS:
LITERACY:
Our phonics focus this week is on 'ff' and 'ss'.
huff, puff, cuff, cliff, stiff, off
hiss, kiss, miss, less, mess
Use the words above to write sentences or even make up a story using the ff and ss words. For example:
"I walked along the path and suddenly heard a huff, a puff and a hiss coming from behind the cliff. What could it be? I decided the less I knew the better. I'd rather not know. I picked up my pace and hurried off to school before I missed registration."
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/za-l-20-grade-2-phonics-ff-ss-spelling-pack-e
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-52381-digraphs-ff-ll-and-ss-activity-pack
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-5053-new-colour-by-phoneme-pirate-ship-phase-2-h-b-f-ff
NUMERACY:
Time - Revision on what we already know about time . A clock has 2 hands:
- LONG HAND is the minute hand
- SHORT HAND is the hour hand
Revise o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock
https://www.visnos.com/demos/clock
https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/e4/9b/t-n-7165-o-clock-half-past-and-quarter-past-times-activity-sheet-_ver_1.pdf?
WAU:
This week we are focusing on our new topic of minibeasts. In your pack you will find a Minibeast Hunt Checklist. Can you go on a minibeast hunt around your garden, or grassland close by and see how many minibeast bugs you can tick of the list. See if you can match the minibeast to their habitats, follow the link below:
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-5109-minibeasts-and-their-habitats-worksheet
Have some fun with the interactive power point guessing the minibeasts!
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-526327-the-cautious-caterpillar-what-am-i-powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-5145-minibeasts-what-am-i-interactive-powerpoint-game
Please feel free to share your work by emailing:
kfennell458@c2kni.net
Hello ๐คeveryone๐ค,
I hope you are all keeping well and in good spirits. Please can I also remind children to continue revising initial sounds and blends, practicing their handwriting and reading daily! You've got this! ๐
Best wishes Mums and Dads!
If you have any questions or concerns, or you would like to show your work, please feel free to email:
kfennell458@c2kni.net
DATE: Monday 20th April
Hi to all our P2 children ๐ I hope you all had a great Easter and that the Easter ๐ฐBunny๐ฐfound her way to your ๐ house ๐ค.
This Wednesday we will be handing out another Home Learning Pack for the Summer Term. Details regarding the collection of packs will be posted closer to the time. This terms pack includes LITERACY, NUMERACY and WORLD AROUND US.
LITERACY/WAU:
Weekly Focus:
* Rhyming words
* Writing Poems
This week I would like you to find words that rhyme and make a list. Then complete our Spring Topic by writing a poem. The Spring template is included in the new pack.
Try to include lots of things that remind us of Spring - daffodils, chicks, eggs, bunnies...etc. For an added challenge you could also include some rhyming words in your poem, bunny - funny, roll - foal, lamb - calm...you get the idea!
NUMERACY:
Weekly focus:
* Dara Handling
* Number bonds to 10/20
Included in the pack is an A3 Venn Diagram with an A4 sheet of Spring animals to sort. In addition to this please continue to revise your number bonds, times tables, addition and subtraction.
READING:
Remember to keep up your reading at home. You can login to Oxford Owl using the link below and choose a book from the bookshelf to read this week.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Keep up the great work P2 and please remember to send me any finished pieces!
Missing you all ๐คฉ
Mrs F
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DATE: Monday 6th April
Hello ๐ค everyone, this week I have a Literacy target for you. In addition to continuing with your packs, I would like you all to focus on your sentence structure. Write 2-5 sentences about your favourite toy, film/book, hobby, or something of your choice. You could also add a lovely picture at the end! When you are writing your sentences please remember the 3 rules - CAPITAL LETTERS, FINGER SPACES AND FULL STOPS - using your best handwriting.
Best of luck and please feel free to send them to me @ kfennell458@c2kni.net
I love to hear how you are all getting on so please feel free to send me any photos or work as I would love to see it!
Here are some the photos I have already received super! ๐ค Thank you Curtis and Gabbie!! ๐คฉ๐คฉ
DATE: Monday 30th March
This weeks focus for P2 is to revise their 2x tables and number bonds within 10 and 20. Here is the topmarks link to help you all have some fun with your learning!
* 2x tables: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
* Number bonds to 10/20: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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GROW IN LOVE - FREE
FREE access to Grow in Love Online
https://app.growinlove.ie/en/user/book-themes/3
TWINKL FREE ACCOUNT:
CODE : UKTWINKLHELPS
FREE PHONICS PLAY:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
NOW FREE! Username: march20 Password: home
PHONICS PLAY SONGS:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCib2P_sJbxH9tJ3fpww-jKQ
NUMERACY:
BLAST OFF:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off
COUNTING IN WORDS
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
TIME
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock
MENTAL MATHS TRAIN
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
2X TABLES
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
NUMBER BONDS TO 10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
NUMBER BONDS TO 2O
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/place-value-odd-and-even
MONEY
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=howmuchleftv2
LITERACY:
PHONICS GAMES - PHASE 2/3
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase2Menu.htm
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm
JOLLY PHONICS ~ PRACTICE INITIAL SOUNDS
WORKSHEETS
https://www.worksheetsworksheets.com/literacy-worksheets/
READING AND COMPREHENSION
https://www.jumpstart.com/parents/worksheets/reading-worksheets
COLLINS CONNECT READING
How to access Collins Connect:
1. Go to https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/portal.aspx
2. Click on circle marked ‘student’ login.
3. In the bar, type in the postcode of our school- BT30 7SF.
4. Then enter the appropriate details for your child- please note that any Primary 6 and 7 pupil will come under the Year 6 year group option.
5. Enjoy a variety of texts which can be read independently or together!
OXFORD OWL (highly recommended)
1. Go to www.oxfordowl.co.uk
2. Select login for Oxford Owl for School
3. Enter username and password for your child’s class:
Primary 2 Username: ccurran822@c2kni.net Password: Ardglass21
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BUG CLUB
https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk
(All login ins available and lots of fun texts to be read independently or together)
World E Books- free access to thousands of free electronic books, both fact and fiction
ONLINE SPELLING, PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR WEBSITES
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=40
https://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames.html
https://www.homespellingwords.com/spelling-games
https://www.turtlediary.com/games/spelling.html
http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames.html
ONLINE PHONICS WEBSITES AND SONGS
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCib2P_sJbxH9tJ3fpww-jKQ
https://www.youtube.com/user/breakthruchris
WORLD AROUND US ~ ‘DAY AND NIGHT’:
We have been learning about nocturnal animals. What things do we do at daytime and night ie. flying a kite, we can only do this during the day. We explored the solar system, the planets and the first moon landing. What is an Astronaut? What do they look like? Travel to space. What would you bring? Design your own rocket.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM/ PLANET EARTH
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zdrrd2p/articles/ztsqj6f
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwccwmn/articles/zqbxb82
PLANET SONG
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94
FIRST MOON LANDING
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-48232624/how-the-first-moon-landing-was-saved
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S9HdPi9Ikhk
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/andys-secret-hideout
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000g8q0/dog-loves-books-
PE
GO NOODLE
PE or a brain break during lessons.
World Book Day
2020
LITERACY
๐ทThe Three Little Pigs๐ท
This week we have been focusing on the traditional story of 'The Three Little Pig's. After reading the story we highlighted the main characters and events. The children then got into role acting out the story for the rest of the class. Oh! such talented actors in our class! ๐ท๐ท๐ท
NUMERACY
MONEY
Over the next few weeks we will be working with money. All the children are currently learning how to identify the coins and their value. We will be exploring different ways of making a total amount and working out what change is needed when items are purchased in our role play shop.
Money Bingo
Legomen Scientific Experiment
In P2 today we had great fun trying to free the Legomen from the great boulders of ice. The challenge was to firstly predict what would be the quickest way to melt the ball of ice - salt, vinegar or using an ice-pick.
๐HERE IS THE WINNING TEAM๐
They were the quickest to free their Lego Man using.....SALT!
NUMERACY
๐๐๐DATA HANDLING๐๐๐
This term our new Numeracy topic is on Data Handling. We began the topic with a fruit tasting and asked the children to select their favourite. We then collated the information and entered the results using a class pictogram.
๐๐OUR SENSES๐ ๐๐
Following on from our fruit tasting lesson, using the sense of ๐ TASTE, we decided to explore our other senses.
SIGHT, SMELL, TASTE, HEAR, TOUCH
The children were each given one of the 5 senses. They then worked in groups to devise a senses poster and present their work to the class. They were fantastic!
๐คฉPLAY BASED LEARNING๐คฉ
The children in P2 are having great fun learning through their play based activities. Its all fun and games in our class!!!๐๐๐
PDMU
We Are All Unique!
Catholic Schools Week
This week we have been talking about personal qualities and what makes us special and unique. We read the story of Emer and reflected on how it is good to be different and unique. Wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same!
We also had fun making 'Unique Elmers' for our P2 class display.... ๐ And to top it off some Grandparents visited for 'Grandparents Day' and gave a helping hand with our Elmers!! SUPERB!!
NUMERACY
This week in P2 the children have been extremely busy problem solving and investigating different sets of numbers. They worked so well on individual tasks and in teams. Super mathematicians in the making!
In our class we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We have been guessing shapes using a feely bag and by their properties. Using venn diagrams also enabled the children to organise information visually so they were able to see the relationships between two or three sets of items. They were then able to identify similarities and differences. We also had a lot of fun on our shape hunt around the school, take a look at what we found!
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What a fantastic production from P3,P2 and P1. All tiny superstars who performed so well on stage under bright lights and lots of glaring faces, daunting to say the least! ๐ฌ Truely amazing kids! ๐ญโญ๏ธ
Can I just take the opportunity to also thank all the staff behind the scenes (music ๐ถ, lighting) who year after year make it all possible. Here’s to great teamwork!
Thanks Everyone!! That’s a rap! ๐๐
Numeracy
2D Shape Monsters
Just some of the fantastic creations that P2 made today. Amazing monsters!
Our Owl Houses ๐
Wow!! Such amazing owl masterpieces made by P2. The Owl Houses are fantastic. The attention to details is superb and they really enjoyed showing the class and talking about their creations today. Well done everyone!!
๐๐ Getting Festive in P2๐๐
In preparation for our instructional writing P2 carried out the fun, practical part - ’How to make a Christmas Tree Decoration’.... Well let’s see ๐ง ....Sparkles, pom poms and loads of glitter is a good place to start! Check out our super creations!
โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธLet it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!.....โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
Check out our P2 ‘Christmas Decorated Door Competition Entry’. A winner for sure! ๐
Look ๐... We had some tiny visitors today to judge our ๐Decorated Door โ๏ธcompetition โ๏ธ๐ค...
Literacy
To bring the learning to life today we introduced a game of pairs CVC Bingo and a team game of CVC ‘Read and Run’. It most definitely brought out P2’s competitive side! It was a lot of fun and a great way to reinforce our phonics.
Anti-Bullying Assembly in P2 Congratulations๐๐๐ Super proud of you all!
โ๏ธ Handwriting Practice โ๏ธ
P2 are working really well practicing their handwriting and the formation of their names.
Keep up the great work P2! ๐๐๐
P2 Autumn Hedgehogs
We have been busy spotting signs of Autumn. We discussed the terms ‘hibernation’ and ‘nocturnal’ as well as various animals such as bats๐ฆ , hedgehogs ๐ฆ and foxes ๐ฆ.
๐ข Numeracy ๐ข
Number bond classroom challenge. The children were each given a random surprise number and had fun completing the challenge of finding their matching partner.
๐ฆท ๐งโ๏ธ๐ค
A big day for todays ‘Child of the Day’ - Conor who lost his first tooth in class today! Hope the ๐ฆท ๐งโ๏ธ arrives later Conor fingers crossed ๐ค
๐ป ๐ Happy Halloween ๐ป ๐
from all our scary mini monsters in P2. Have a safe, enjoyable fun break everyone! ๐ป
๐ป ๐ ๐ป ๐๐ป ๐๐ป ๐
๐ Our prizes for fancy dress in P2 went to Shea and Molly. Congratulations to you both! Cool ๐ ๐ Shea... amazing!
๐งฎ Numeracy ๐ข
Problem Solving in P2
Our ๐ Competition Winners!
For guessing the correct height and weight using multi-link cubes was ..... Brooke, Tamara and Sarah. Congratulations girls, fabulous estimations. Well done!! ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ Applefest Fun ๐ ๐
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Castleward
What a great day for P2. The children had a busy, fun packed day. They made lots of apple crafts, searched for the hidden apple treasure and squeezed in some quality playtime in the park before hopping back on the ๐.
Learning together workshop
A huge thank you to all the parents, grandparents and guardians who were able to attend. They all participated so well in all our tasks and fun activities. What a great way to motivate the children and promote positive learning in class. It has been an enjoyable afternoon for all!
P2 Autumn detectives ๐ต๏ธโ๏ธ on a mission. Let’s take a look ๐
Jam tasting day has arrived in P2!! ๐
Whoopie!! A unanimous verdict from P2 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Play Based Learning
๐ at some of our recent creations...
NUMERACY
Our P2 class have been working very hard on their Number Stories within 10. Take a ๐ Fantastic work everyone!
โ Numeracy โ
Skipathon Practice in P2
World Around Us
We ventured out to our Eco Garden this week to help Jack pick some berries that had grown on the over grown beanstalk. We couldn’t believe our ๐ eyes. There were loads. The children thought it would be a great ๐ก idea to make blackberry jam! ๐ (Next week).... to be continued...
๐ฒ Numeracy ๐ฒ
P2 enjoyed making human number lines and ordering themselves from the smallest to the largest using numbers within 30.
We also enjoyed a competitive game of 123 number 123 bingo. The activity not only focused on number recognition but our listening ๐๐ค๐ skills.
The new P2 pupils are a delight and have all settled in so well. Here are just a few photos of the children in action today during our Numeracy Mental Maths session and Play Based Learning.
โ๏ธ Phonics Fun โ๏ธ
The children worked so hard focusing on their alphabet letter formation today.