Some of us have been working on strategies to support adding two 2 digit numbers. We know to add out tens together we add our ones. We use these answers to calculate the total

We have been working on recognising and using greater than, less than and equal to signs as well as adding 3 single digit numbers

As the weather is getting colder can I please ask that you practise at home to ensure your child can zip up their own jacket and if possible practise tying shoe laces.

As part of Scottish Book week we are hosting a school Read-a-thon and a Get comfy to read dress down day on Friday 21st

After ordering our animals Alphabetically we drew them in our jotters.

We have been learning about Alphabetical order. Today we worked in pairs to order four under the sea animals into Alphabetical Order.

Sumdog- there will be no Sumdog homework task set this Friday as we are using Sumdog in class for assessment. If I can ask that you do not play Sumdog at home this week till assessments are complete

I hope everyone in P2M has a lovely October Break whether you are off on holiday or going lots of exciting things at home. We had a fantastic morning at the Gruffalo Clubhouse! I look forward to seeing you all in two weeks to start Term 2

⭐️Word Walls⭐️ A reminder that once your child is confident reading their current word wall to please bring in to school so I can asses and issue the next stage

We have been learning all about adjectives this week. We know that adjectives add description and make sentences more interesting for the reader 📝✏️

In maths we have been rounding to the nearest 10. We know if a number have 4-0 in the ones column we round down. If we have 5-9 in the ones column we round up. We used this 100 square today to support us. Feel free to practice this at home! 🏠

The children have enjoyed exploring the new pumpkin patch in the hive today. 🍁

Look at this awesome tower built during our time in the hive 🐝🐝

Thank you so much to everyone who supported MacMillan today. We still have lots of cakes and will be offering them for sale before break tomorrow for a small donation. If your child would like some please feel free to send them in with spare change which will go to the funds raised for MacMillan 🧁

P7 and P6/7 have organised our yearly Macmillan coffee morning this coming Monday. They would be really grateful for any donations of home baking if you are feeling in a baking mood over the weekend 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳

Look at this fab creation in our construction zone created by some of the children during Hive time today 🚧 👷👷‍♀️🦺🐝🐝

🙏Dice Hunt All but 1 of our class 20 sided dice have disappeared. Can you please keep an eye out for these and return any to the school if found.

Our small world area is set up for a dinosaur adventure this week! 🦖🦕🦖🦕

Today we talked about different strategies to support our addition. We then played an addition game with a partner where we could choose the strategy to best help us. ➕🧮🟰

🏡📝Homework has been handed out today. This includes a letter detailing what homework will consist of, log in details for Sumdog, a word wall and spelling grid.

🍫 A reminder that Friday is our Wonka Day where the PTA will be handing out pre ordered Wonka Bars in the hope to find a golden ticket. If you haven’t already handed in your slip and payment for this please do so as soon as possible 🍫🎫

We have had some exciting renovations to our Hive. Our dramatic play area is now a Hospital and we have expanded our small world area 🐝🐝

On Fridays we play a game of Bingo. This is a fun way to end the week while also helping us with our number recognition 🔢

Look at this fantastic train track that some of our boys created using Kapla while in the Hive 🐝

Can we please ask that all children come to school with a jacket as they will still be outside if there is light rain

We have found missing pages from a Red Ted reading book on Friday. If this is your book please bring it in on Monday and I can sort this

📚Reading Books have been handed out today. Please try to find time to read this with your child over the week. Books should be returned each Friday for a new one to be issued📚

🥰Can you help?🥰 We are looking for donations of items for our P2/3 Hive Play Space. If you have any of the items below please send them in over the next few weeks 💕 ⭐️Wooden Trains for train tracks ⭐️Corks ⭐️Beads ⭐️Milk Bottle Tops ⭐️Off cut of Artificial Grass ⭐️Measuring Jugs

This week we are revising the sh phoneme. Ask us what words have this phoneme

Look how tall some of our pupils were able to build their tower during Hive Time 🗼🗼

Reading 📚📚 Digital Reading Books will be issued each Tuesday (more information in letter home tomorrow) and a physical reading book on Fridays. We will re-start Word Boxes after the September Weekend Holiday

We had a great taster session with Steven from Future X today. Leaflets on how to sign up to classes if interested are in school bags 🏋🚴🏃🏽🏃🏽‍♀️

In numeracy we have been working hard to identify tens and ones 🧮

We are so excited to share all that we are up to in P2 this year!