Monthly Archives: March 2011

A Visit from the Dentist

Posted on March 30, 2011 by kpearce

Today Mrs. Golightly came to visit Sanderson’s Wynd with her cheeky friend to talk to pupils about caring for their teeth. Primary 2P enjoyed our visit with her and her monkey. We learned that we should be brushing our teeth … Continue reading →

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Fruity Sense Poems

Posted on March 30, 2011 by kpearce

As part of Health Week today we had a fruit tasting session. We thought about how each type of fruit tasted, smelled, looked and felt in our hands. We wrote down our describing words at each fruit station and then … Continue reading →

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Yee haw Y’all!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by kpearce

As part of our Health Week activities Primary 2P took part in line dancing this morning in order to raise money for Child Line. We learned a two wall dance (complete with lasso action) and a more complicated four wall … Continue reading →

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Sanderson’s Wynd Health Week

Posted on March 28, 2011 by kpearce

Our whole school Health Week was kick-started this morning with outdoor aerobics! It was fabulous fun and also somewhat exhausting! We have set some healthy challenges for ourselves this week. The first is for everyone (including teachers!) to only have … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 25, 2011 by kpearce

Yesterday Miss Patterson from P4K came to speak to us about what is was like to live in Malawi. She showed us some photos of houses and we thought about how houses and schools in Malawi are different from our … Continue reading →

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Squirmy Worm Shape Poems

Posted on March 24, 2011 by kpearce

We have been learning about poetry recently in Primary 2P. As we are also really interested in the worms living in our classroom wormery, yesterday we wrote some shape poems about the way our worms looked and felt in our … Continue reading →

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Spring Acrostic Poems

Posted on March 20, 2011 by kpearce

Primary 2P are exploring different types of poems over the next few weeks. We have been noticing signs of Spring and have used our observations to write acrostic poems to celebrate the new season. Have a look at some of … Continue reading →

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What we’ve been up to

Posted on March 20, 2011 by kpearce

For the last three weeks Primary 2P have been learning to write an account of a visit or trip. First we wrote a whole class account of  our Royal Botanic Gardens Trip on the IWB. Then we wrote about a … Continue reading →

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Making Beautiful Music with Mrs Payne

Posted on March 18, 2011 by kpearce

This week we enjoyed our third session learning songs with our Music Specialist Mrs. Payne. Can everyone think of something yellow to contribute to the song ‘What is yellow?’ next week?

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Primary 2P at Sanderson’s Wynd Celebrate Red Nose Day

Posted on March 18, 2011 by kpearce

The whole school celebrated Red Nose Day with crazy hairstyles to raise money for Comic Relief! This week in P2P we have been learning about the important work that is supported by money raised for Comic Relief. We also brought … Continue reading →

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