Welcome to our P2/3 class blog. We will be sharing lots of our learning here over the year, we hope you enjoy seeing what we have been doing.

9.6.22

The P3 children from both classes had the opportunity to work with David from Aberdeen Football club. They worked on skills and played some mini games. I was very proud of how encouraging and enthusiastic they were during the games and the sportsmanlike behaviour they all demonstrated.

P3 were doing football training with David. Calum

We did football matches at the end. We were working on our accuracy. Johnny

We were working really hard and we had lots of fun. Cara

We had a Jubilee Picnic in the playground. We had some food and we had drinks. We did some games including Pin the Tail on the Corgi, Building the Royal Guard's Hat, Queen Tag and the Queen's Royal Tea. We also saw the Queen who gave everyone a 'Royal Wave'. Zoe, Johnny Lexi and Merab.

We have been working very hard to learn all about fractions. We have been using counters and showing different fractions by putting them into coloured groups. We made fraction walls and some people thought they looked like burgers!

24.5.22

Last week we were learning about and then drew the Eiffel Tower with Mrs Henderson. Mrs Henderson took us through a step-by-step lesson. Our pictures were super.

This week we used our pictures to help with a construction challenge. In groups, we created 3D Eiffel Tower models using different materials. We worked together really well. It was interesting to discuss which types of construction worked the best for this type of challenge. If only we had cement!

18.5.22

We have been learning about the body parts. We have been learning about the organs and the bones. Merab

It was fun. We used lots of stuff from the Willow Den to make a body. We used a brain, a heart, lungs, kidneys and bladder. Kira

We have been learning what is inside our body. Ellis B

We have been learning what the different parts of the body do. Isabella.

18.5.22

We have been learning how to do gardening and we have to use our water bottles to water the plants. Calum

We have put in fences and planted plants. As part of our homework we made signs so people don't wreck our garden. Cara

We were making a garden for our school, planting plants and beans. We also painted the fence blue. Alyxis

We planted plants that were green and spiky. We filled the tyres with compost ready for more plants. Some spiders are living in it! Johnny

29.4.22

We thought about our 'Big Questions' from our Planet and Beyond topic. We decided to make some slides to share our ideas.

22.4.22

Our garden project has begun! Last term we created some amazing designs for our garden and this term we are going to take the best bits of everyone's designs and make our fantastic garden beside the blue container. So far we have dug the soil, painted the fence, and planted some flowers inside welly boots. We have also planted lots of flowers and vegetable in seed trays. Once these have grown enough, we will transfer them to outside. Thank you so much for all of the generous donation of time and resources. We wouldn't be able to re-create our designs without support from our parents and carers.

1.4.22

We were making wind turbines and they create electricity. They can also lift objects left on the end. We worked very hard to make them. We made them with different kinds of materials. We made them with our buddies. Evie, Amira and Dhiya.

22.3.22

We enjoyed reading and exploring the story 'Hamilton's Hats' by Martine Oborne. We were learning how to recognise what makes us feel positive. After discussing positive emotion words, we made our very own 'feelings' hat. We showed we were able to draw something that made us feel good! I wonder if you could guess what our positive emotion was by looking at our hats when we wore them home?!

18.3.22

We have been working in teams to create seasons collages. We have even been learning the months of the year in French.

18.3.22

We took part in an outdoor challenge. We drew our shadows on the ground and thought about what would happen to them after lunch. Nathan D

16.3.22

We have been learning how the sun, moon and earth turn round. We watched a video and then we went outside and pretended to be the sun, moon and earth. We used split pins and paper we had cut out and made a model that shows the sun, moon and earth spinning. Nicolas

25.2.22

We were thinking about Danestone as a community. We made our own communities. We worked as a team to decide where to put the houses, river, roads, trees, bushes and lakes. We had to think about where to put the shops, hospital, the police station, bakery, fire department, post office and banks.

18.2.22

We went to the gym hall to play some games with the P7 Sport Leaders. It was really fun, my favourite game was the football and practising taking the ball through the cones. Zoe

8.2.22

Today we made Valentine's cards, using stippling to add interesting detail. We had a look at some of Roy Liechtenstein's amazing pop art to give us some inspiration first! I think you'll agree they look really effective. Lucky people getting these cards on Febraury 14th!

4.2.22

We had something special in the playground today. It was a Lion Dance. A man used a fan to make the dragon move to the noise of the drums. It ate a lettuce and spat it out at the nursery and P1 children. Lexi

4.2.22

Mrs Blair set us the challenge to build a stag out of newspaper and masking tape. It was tricky but it sure was fun! We worked with 3 people. Jacob

It was a team effort and some people even got theirs to stand on their own. Isabella

3.2.22

We were using sticks, pegs, string and tarps to build a den. We worked with our buddies it was tricky but good fun! We were making cool dens with our buddies and it was really fun. Some of the buddies in our den read us a bedtime story. Nathan D and Amira

We build tents from Lego and other materials. It was a timed challenge from Mrs Kerr. We needed a bit of extra time but we all managed. Isabella and Nicolas' tent was amazing! Merab, Johnny, Alyxis and Nicolas.

27.1.22

We watched a film clip from the Literacy Shed and then used the 'Summarising Squirrel' strategy to work out what the important parts of the story were. We created story boards with drawings and writing and shared these with a partner. We then peer assessed our partner's work and gave them feedback on their work.

25.1.22

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Today, we shared the parable of the lost sheep. This prompted lots of discussion about how everyone is special, never giving up and the importance of forgiveness.

The challenge that followed was just a bit of fun! Each group had to draw the 99 sheep (who stayed with the shepherd) as quickly as possible!

Although fun, this challenge included many skills, such as team work, problem solving and counting. The first team to finish took 12 minutes 30 seconds. They were so close with 94 sheep! It wasn't as simple as we first thought!

14.1.22

We have been learning about numbers and played an odd and even game outside. We had to put beanbags in hoops- the back one was the even one and the front one was odd. Calum

We wrote number in chalk and jumped up and down the line- we hopped on the odd and even numbers. Lexi P3 children hopped up and down the line jumping on numbers from the 2 and 4 times tables.

14.1.22

We had pieces of paper with heads and trees on them. We used leaves to make to funky hair and funky beards and to make the trees have lots of leaves. Evie .

29.11.21

We made vegetable and lentil soup. We peeled and chopped the vegetables. -Isabella

It also had stock cubes in it to make it tastier.- Alyxis and Calum

We had to put it in a pot. When it was ready we blended it so that it wasn't lumpy. -Tziona

We blended it so it was all in little pieces. Ellis B

It had lots of vegetables.- Amira.

26.11.21

We made ladders with our buddies. We were being engineers.- Calum

We were testing to see what material was the strongest. My group found out that the string was the strongest. -Nathan D

Our group found out that the green twine was the strongest.- Joshua and Johnny

Yesterday we were with our buddies, we made a ladder to be engineers.- Alyxis

We didn't try the paper because we knew it wouldn't work. We thought the wool was the best.- Arran

25.11.21

We have been learning a lot about Sustainable Development Goals 13, 14 and 15 and thinking about how we can make the world a better place to live in now, and for the future. We have all made promises to help the environment and we would like adults to join with us and make their own promise to be more sustainable. We found an app which we think will help you on your journey. We hope you enjoy our video telling you all about it.

23.11.21

Last week we hosted a Pudsey day to raise money for Children in Need. We made posters advertising the day and asking people for donations. We collected the funky hair and spotty clothes donations and used skip counting to work out how much we had of each coin. We also collected all of the coins from the Penny Pudsey, we haven't got a final total yet so look out for our final total announcement soon!

23.11.21

On Wednesday we met out reading buddies from P5/6. They gave us our Book bug bags and helped us read.- Amira.

It was like seeing a new friend to help us to read. - Johnny.

My favourite book was Octopus Shocktopus by Peter Bently. It is happy and funny.- Alyxis

We loved meeting with our new buddies and look forward to learning lots of new things with them.

10.11.21

This week we had our first outdoor assembly in the Willow Den. We talked about Climate change and Mrs Blair read us a book called the Bug Catcher. Words by Calum and Bella

11.11.21

We had a drumming workshop. We drummed along to lots of different songs. My favourite part was the Sea Shanty song. Words by Joshua.

Feedback from our parents

"The drumming workshop looked like so much fun! Joshua is listening to the Sea Shanty song lots at home! "

9.11.21

Today we were learning to understand the importance of accepting and respecting others, and their differences. We read 'The Ugly Duckling'.

After reading the story, we discussed the types of things the six fluffy ducklings might have been saying to the 'ugly duckling' by looking at the pictures only. In pairs we wrote in speech bubbles what they might have said. After sharing these, we discussed how these unkind words might have made the little grey duckling feel. In p2/3 we know that it is important to accept and celebrate differences. We know we should treat others how we would like to be treated.

Before we finished we also filled in some speech bubbles to show how the beautiful swan might have felt at the end of the story. We love a happy ending!

Feedback from our parents

"I enjoyed seeing the children's work on "The Ugly Duckling" and I am pleased to hear they are learning about being kind and celebrating each others' differences. "

4.11.21

We wanted to tell you all about our Climate Challenge. "We have been learning that due to climate change there has been lots more flooding. We worked in teams to make a walkway that we could use to get to safety if we were in a flood. It had to be off the ground and hold the weight of 2 people. It had to be sturdy. We also learned how to carry the planks of wood safely between us. We used planks of wood, crates, plastic tubes, a rope, cable reels and bits of tree trunks. It was lots of fun." - words by P2/3 in our class discussion.

Well done to team 1 who after careful consideration were voted the winning design!

Sharing the Learning Assembly - Nov 21

29.10.21

This week we have had lots of fun during our maths challenges. We used leaves to calculate the area of shapes and measuring jugs to work out the capacity of different containers. We also worked together to calculate how many seeds are inside a pumpkin. We discussed the best way to sort and record the numbers so we didn't lose track. We were shocked to find out that 365 seeds fitted inside our pumpkin.

7.10.21

We have been learning a song about Mr and Mrs Twit. We thought you would like to see a clip of our performance.

1.10.21

We have had lots of fun during Maths Week Scotland. We have been developing our knowledge of measure by making playdough and using the playdough in measuring challenges. We also used grams and kilograms when weighing out sweeties in the role play area. We practised forwards, backwards and skip counting by bouncing a tennis ball with a partner.

30.9.21

This term we have been reading 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl. We have really enjoyed finding out about all of the terrible tricks the characters have played on each other! We have been learning to use lots of different reading strategies to help us understand the story better.

Metacognition- We used Link Maker Lion to suggest lots of alternative titles for the story.

Summarising- We worked in teams to retell the important events in the correct order. We had lots of discussion as there was some disagreement about the right order!

25.8.21

We have created our class charter. We talked about how lots of adults in countries around the world made a list of things that they thought were important to keep children safe; The UNCRC. We then looked at the SHANARRI wheel and discussed how adults in Scotland think children should be treated. We then created our own P2/3 charter using the articles we thought were most important for our classroom. We discussed how we can respect these Rights and Miss Miller wrote a Duty Bearer pledge with a promise of how she would respect our rights.