P2/3
Science experiment 👩🔬👨🔬
Primary 2&3 have been looking at the traditional tale ‘The Three Little Pigs’ in Literacy. For our World Around Us this week, we tested different materials to see which was strongest for building a house. Mrs McNiece’s hairdryer was used as the Wolf to try and blow each house down. Like the story, the house made of bricks stood still.
Adjectives 🐷🐺
Today for literacy we used the app Just2Easy to illustrate the Big Bad Wolf from our focus text ‘The Three Little Pigs’. We then used the microphone to record ourselves using adjectives to describe him.
Nouns
Last week in literacy we were learning all about nouns. We know a noun is a naming word such as the name of a person, place, thing or animal. We worked together to sort nouns into these categories. We were then challenged to think of more nouns and draw them under the correct heading.
Art 🎨👩🎨🧑🎨
For the past two weeks, we have been focusing on the famous artist Kandinsky. We looked at some of his work and realised he liked to paint with shapes and colours. His work is what we call ‘abstract’. So the boys and girls made their own versions of his famous ‘Squares with Concentric Circles’ using oil pastels and then cutting and sticking with coloured paper.
World Around Us 🌎
Today the boys and girls went for a walk around our local area looking for different types of houses. We saw lots of terraced houses but very few semi-detached houses.
P.E. ⚽️🎽
We were working on our handling skills using the beanbags this week. We had to aim and throw the beanbag at different targets, including a quoit and a ball.
World Around Us 🌎🏠
As part of our Houses and Homes topic, we worked in pairs to explore our local area (Bessbrook) on Google maps. Not only were we able to strength our mouse skills, but we were able to spot various buildings and houses from Bessbrook. Some children even found their own house! 🏠
Say “Cheese!”
Our first I.C.T. lesson involved using the iPads to take a selfie. We had to ensure we only captured from our neck up. We then used our selfies to draw a self-portrait. 📸✍️
First day photos 📸
