Hello, I am Mrs Smith and I am the
Primary 2 teacher at
Peterhead Central School.
Our main aim is for the children to feel safe, happy and confident. The children are encouraged and supported to learn through a variety of fun, practical activities while developing all the skills needed to help them become successful, confident, independent learners.
I am happy to chat at the end of the day, once I have dismissed all the children if you have any questions.
Primary 2
Our class photo
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Congratulations to our recent
Star Writers
Week 10
Star of the Week
Just catching up with the certificates to go with our "Friday Good News" chats.
Week 11
The dragon brought us a puppet of himself to remind us of our time with him
During 'Fun 31' some of us decided to draw pictures of him. We hope he likes them.
We had a fantastic trip with Primary 1 to the Fairy Woods. We looked for clues to rescue George the Bear. Click the arrow to see more pictures.
The weather was kind to us and we had a great day. Here are a few pictures of us.
Friday 24th May 2024
The Friendly Dragon has been helping us to learn lots of things through reading Fairy Tales. We shared our learning with the rest of the school and our families.
We really enjoyed the experience of 'performing for an audience'.
click below to see the slides
After transplanting our bean plants into compost they are growing fast.
We put them on the window sill so they got lots of light and made sure they had plenty of water. They started to grow very tall so we took them home.
Now we are waiting to see if they grow up to the clouds, just like Jack's one. 🤞
Click below to see more photos of our 'giant beanstalks' !!
Fairyland
The Troll is very sad. He thinks everyone is scared of him. We drew these pictures of him to cheer him up.
"The 3 Billy Goats Gruff"
Click below to see more pictures of our Trolls.
Edinburgh Science Centre Visit
We were learning about
'Climate Change'.
Jack's Beanstalk has disappeared. The Dragon has asked us to plant 'magic beans' and grow him a new one!
We planted the 'magic beans' in clear pots initially so we could see the "roots" and "shoots" developing. Now we have transplanted them into compost.
Click below to see more photos of us planting our 'magic beans'.
The 'Friendly Dragon' asked us to help the Bad Queen from the "Snow White" story.
She had broken her magical mirror and could we make new ones for her. But they have to be
'Symmetrical'
We folded and cut shiny paper to make a 'symmetrical' frame and then decorated it with jewels being careful to keep the 'line of symmetry'.
Click below to see more photos of our beautiful 'symmetrical' frames.
Symmetry
We learned to make symmetrical pictures using tiles
We also used games on the 'Clevertouch' computer screen
We drew the other half of pictures - making sure they were symmetrical
A 'Friendly Dragon' has been visiting our classroom leaving us fairytales to read and often challenges to help his fairytale friends.
The first Fairytale friend who needed our help was 'Baby Bear' from "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears". We had great fun working with our partners to build a new chair for him.
Click below to see more photos of us building chairs together.
Money - we have been learning to recognise all the different coins and notes as well as using our maths strategies to count the value of sets of coins when playing shopping games.
Developing our Literacy skills
using
Read, Write Inc
Teamwork is one of our values and a skill we work
on a lot in class
Chinese New Year 2024 - The year of the Dragon
We really enjoyed watching the Dragon Dance.
We used our art and craft skills to make our own dragons too.
Concentrating hard!
Brilliant dragon
So pleased with our efforts
Learning
Maths Strategies
to help us with our addition skills
Displayed in class to help us remember
To celebrate Robert Burns Day on 25th January, we looked at all things Scottish, including kilts, tartan and Scottish food. We baked our own shortbread with Mrs Whitham. It was yummy!
Open Day
25th January
Thanks to all the parents who came to visit us.
click to see lots of photos of us learning as we play
Below is a copy of our Homework Grid for Term 3 (it has also been sent home, more information is in the pack). We would encourage the children to do their reading books and Sumdog regularly, every week. The other activities are suggestions you can pick one or two from each week, as you wish.
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Using Read, Write Inc
Thursday 30 November 2023
Thank you to all the parents who came to visit our classroom.
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We have a new display board in the class, where we celebrate the children's achievements linked to our values as well as their learning and skills.
We write comments on their 'bees' and add photos as soon after as possible.
Sharing the lovely Autumn art work we did during Term 1
Mrs Smith collected lots of Horse Chestnuts so we could all open one and find the conker inside. So much excitement!
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Alison from Child Smile came in with her puppets to help us learn how to look after our teeth properly.
We enjoyed a great visit from the local firefighters and learned all about their important job.
Working together to create our
School Value Character
So proud of our achievements - click on the arrows to see more pictures of us being creative.
We have the right to be safe, healthy, learn, play and many more under the UNCRC.
We worked together to come up with our class rules to ensure everyone's rights are respected.
Maths Fun
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