Welcome to Primary 2!

1. Welcome to Primary 2!

2. Meet the Teachers Miss Cessford – P2C Mrs Dalziel (P.E-Thursday afternoon) Miss Nichol – P2N Ms Warrender (Thursday) Mrs King (SfL)

3. Meet the other adults in P2 • Alistair Gorrange • Debbie Alderdyce • Caroline Caddy • Laura Stewart

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. Maths • SEAL – Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning within number

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

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

10. 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

11. Rewards and Sanctions House points Table points- p2N Assembly: Cramond stars certificate Well done tokens- golden ladder - P2C

12. 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

13. Home Learning Wall

14. 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 P2C – Mon & Thur, P2N Thur & Fri • Signature on reading record

15. Reading Record

16. 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

17. School website • The p2 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 p2 page • Weekly L.I will be posted- these are flexible. • http://cramondprimary.co.uk/

18. School website

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

20. Contact Details P2C kari.cessford@cramond.edin.sch.uk P2N 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.