Welcome to Primary 2 Meet the Teachers

Welcome to Primary 2!

Meet the Teachers Miss Cessford – P 2 C Mrs Dalziel (P. E-Thursday afternoon) Miss Nichol – P 2 N Ms Warrender (Thursday) Mrs King (Sf. L)

Meet the other adults in P 2 • Alistair Gorrange • Debbie Alderdyce • Caroline Caddy • Laura Stewart

Literacy • • Silent e with long vowel sounds – a a-e 1 syllable words with soft c and soft g. face/rage 2 syllable compound words. railway 2 syllable words ending in –ing and ed

Literacy • Vowel House/colour coded spelling • Throw it on the wall or magical spelling • Semantic and phonological web

Literacy • Reading 3 times a week at least in the afternoon to build up word level and develop comprehension skills. • Handwriting, fine motor skills straight after lunch everyday. • Writing will be done through Big Writing approach • L&T- talking partners, dinosaur topic talk

Maths • SEAL – Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning within number

Maths • Numeracy will take place alongside practical activities exploring time, data handling, money, pattern, shape & measure. • We started with symmetry this week.

Topics • • Toys Scientific investigators Dinosaurs Scotland France Houses and Homes Healthy Eating

Everything Else- through IDL Health and Well being – P. E, Circle Time, Show and Tell, compliments Expressive Arts – Art, Drama, Music- ukulele , Dance. Technologies- Ipad, clicker, lego, construction activities RME- Dr Barr assemblies and classroom visits Structured play- choice and play

Rewards and Sanctions House points Table points- p 2 N Assembly: Cramond stars certificate Well done tokens- golden ladder - P 2 C

Homework/Homelearning • Reading – We do reading in class at least 3 times per week – so please practise every night. • Spelling Menu of activities followed by dictation at the end of the week. • Tricky word bag – 3 new words per week • Maths – Worksheet in folder linked to weeks learning • Homelearning Wall

Home Learning Wall

Reminders • Lunch orders are due by Thursday for the week ahead • Water bottles everyday • Uniform including a jacket • Indoor and outdoor P. E kit P. E days P 2 C – Mon & Thur, P 2 N Thur & Fri • Signature on reading record

Reading Record

Term 1 • France- flag, language, stories in french, Eiffel tower using lego and by following instructions, capital. Your children would love to know more about French toys and schools. . . • Julia Donaldson- ‘World inside a Book’ • Symmetry • Balls skills, team games- sportmanship

School website • The p 2 page will be updated regularly • Termly newsletters • Pictures and examples of work will be put up. • All information from this evening will be available on the p 2 page • Weekly L. I will be posted- these are flexible. • http: //cramondprimary. co. uk/

School website

School website We will be creating posts like this one so that you can see what we have been up to.

Contact Details P 2 C kari. cessford@cramond. edin. sch. uk P 2 N catriona. nichol@cramond. edin. sch. uk If you have any areas or interest in sharing talents of your own or even helping out in the classroom please drop us an email. We would love to have you.