{"id":10348,"date":"2019-05-05T22:35:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T21:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/?p=10348"},"modified":"2019-05-28T13:14:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T12:14:55","slug":"term-4-primary-2-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/?p=10348","title":{"rendered":"Term 4 Primary 2 Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Term 4 in Primary 2 Blue<\/u><\/p>\n<p>We have had a lovely break and are looking forward to the summer term! Primary 2 Blue enjoyed our trip to Seaton Park on Easter Monday. We played in the park and participated in a fun run and Easter trail.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10339\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20341.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10339\" src=\"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20341-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20341-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20341-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20341.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Searching for clues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Swimming lessons at the Sports Village have been great fun and the children\u2019s confidence in the water has grown. This term we look forward to visiting the library and we are looking forward to our school trip. Details will follow shortly!<\/p>\n<p><u>Literacy<\/u><\/p>\n<p>This term we will be learning the new sounds \u2013 \u00a0<strong>e-e\u00a0\u00a0 ss\u00a0\u00a0 ll\u00a0\u00a0 ff\u00a0\u00a0 kn\u00a0 \u00a0mb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And spelling words \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>father\u00a0 head\u00a0\u00a0 mother\u00a0\u00a0 jump<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>four\u00a0 miss\u00a0 \u00a0never\u00a0 these<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>well\u00a0 will\u00a0 fell\u00a0 call<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>three\u00a0 room\u00a0 long\u00a0 tree<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>under\u00a0 were\u00a0 thing\u00a0 know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>green\u00a0 people\u00a0 which\u00a0 another<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weekly grammar lessons will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Reading groups will be heard twice a week when possible. Please ensure that your child has their reading book with them every day.<\/p>\n<p>Writing lessons will be cross-curricular and linked to our topic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Numeracy<\/u><\/p>\n<p>We are learning more about multiplication and the link with division. The children will be learning to share numbers equally through various, fun activities.<\/p>\n<p>Primary 2 will also be learning more about measurement. We will be using everyday objects to estimate length, height, mass and capacity. We will also use\u00a0 a range of instruments including rulers, metre sticks, digital scales and measuring jugs to record measurements.<\/p>\n<p><u>Topic<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Our topic this term is \u2018Percy the Park Keeper.\u2019 Percy is a fictional character created by the author Nick Butterworth.<\/p>\n<p>This is a cross-curricular topic giving pupils the opportunity to learn about living things and habitats. The boys and girls will be planting their own vegetables and flowers. They will be learning about mini-beasts, tadpoles, frogs and other wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/percy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10349 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/percy-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/percy-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/percy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>Lessons with Specialist Teachers<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Music \u2013 Mr Dawson\u00a0 (Monday)<\/p>\n<p>Football \u2013 Russell Anderson Development School (Tuesday)<\/p>\n<p>Gym \u2013 Mrs Armstrong (Wednesday)<\/p>\n<p>Drama \u2013 Mrs Hutton (Thursday)<\/p>\n<p><u>Gentle Reminders<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading books and reading records should be brought to school every day<\/li>\n<li>All children should have a gym kit in school<\/li>\n<li>Pierced ears should be covered by tape\/plaster for gym lessons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Term 4 in Primary 2 Blue We have had a lovely break and are looking forward to the summer term!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-p2-b-2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10356,"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10348\/revisions\/10356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-peters.aberdeen.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}