Category Archives: Literacy

Our Library Project

Posted on July 1, 2011 by kpearce

Parents, staff and pupils at Sanderson’s Wynd have been working really hard to get our new library lending system installed. Thank you to all the parents from P2P who have volunteered this term! To celebrate all the progress we’ve made … Continue reading →

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Jack and the Giant Fundraising for Save the Children

Posted on June 28, 2011 by kpearce

Today Mrs. Claire Gobourn came to speak to Primary 2P on behalf of Save the Children. She told us about the work that StC does both in Britain and around the world. She gave us a really good idea of … Continue reading →

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Budding Authors Launch Books @ Sanderson’s Wynd

Posted on June 23, 2011 by kpearce

Today we opened up our classroom to family and friends to share our new books. Parents, carers, other family members and staff came to hear our young authors read their latest books, which were about meeting aliens. They wrote book … Continue reading →

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Sneak Preview: Alien Stories

Posted on June 13, 2011 by kpearce

We have been working really hard on our Alien stories for two weeks now. Some of us have nearly finished the writing. Tomorrow we will be creating our book covers with an eye-catching design on the front and a blurb … Continue reading →

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New Topic: Our Journey into Space

Posted on May 7, 2011 by kpearce

We are now finally underway with our new topic, Our Journey into Space, after a very fragmented first two weeks of term! We have now shared what we already know and have formed lots of questions that need answering. Below … Continue reading →

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What we have learned

Posted on April 7, 2011 by kpearce

Today we have been thinking about what we have learned during this very busy half of the term. These are the favourite things we have learned: I have learned how to plant different kinds of seeds. Sam M I have … 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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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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Learning about Wiggly Worms

Posted on March 16, 2011 by kpearce

  As part of our Growing Topic we are learning about earthworms. On Monday we read an interesting text about earthworm biology on our interactive whiteboard. We practised scanning to find key words and highlighted them. We watched a short … Continue reading →

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