Category Archives: Storyline

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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Our Learning This Week

Posted on March 4, 2011 by kpearce

Jack and the Giant e-book We have now sold 76 copies of our own e-book, with all profits going to support the important work of Save the Children. In class this morning we posted on the Amazon thread to say … Continue reading →

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P2P take Jack and the Beanstalk to New Heights

Posted on February 22, 2011 by kpearce

As a fitting end to our fun-filled  Jack and the Beanstalk storyline we made a whole class ebook for the mysterious Keeper of the Stories to replace the story of Jack that had gone missing from the Land of Fairy Tales. We … Continue reading →

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What we have learned

Posted on February 11, 2011 by kpearce

 We shared what we had learned during our topic this morning. We have learned …that we can make model castles out of cardboard.  Kira ….about plants at the Botanic Gardens.  Nathan D …that beans grow with soil, water and light.  Ross … Continue reading →

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Jack’s Cottage Role Play Area

Posted on February 9, 2011 by kpearce

Here is the cottage role play area that we have made for our storyline. The children have enjoyed playing with the puppets and dolls in this area as well as acting out the story themselves.

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Vanilla Bean Cakes

Posted on February 9, 2011 by kpearce

Following last week’s visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens, today we made cakes with real vanilla beans. We remembered how the beans grow in pods and scraped them out of dried pods to mix into our cakes. Yum! They were … Continue reading →

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Maybe our beans were magic after all?

Posted on February 8, 2011 by kpearce

We planted beans in January and after many days of waiting  they finally began to germinate last week. Jason’s was the first to germinate and so we are tracking the growth of his bean and making a bar graph to … Continue reading →

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Fairy Land is Nearly Finished!

Posted on February 5, 2011 by kpearce

As we have nearly finished rebuilding Fairy Land, parents are invited to come and share our learning on Thursday, 10th February from 1:45 until 2:45. All classrooms in the school will be open to receive visitors. Parent and carers will … Continue reading →

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From Tranent to the Tropics: Our Visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Posted on February 2, 2011 by kpearce

Today Primary 2P visited the glass houses of the Royal Botanic Gardens to learn about plants that we eat. We have planted our own beans (which should begin to grow soon!) and we know about some fruits and vegetables that we grow, … Continue reading →

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Fairyland Grand Finale- a date for your diaries!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by kpearce

Dear Parents and Carers, We will be celebrating what we have learned and achieved during our Fairyland Storyline this term on Thursday, 10th February beginning at 1:45 pm. Please come and see what P2P have been learning. Then feel free … Continue reading →

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