1. Mathematics and Numeracy
Primary 2
Literacy
Listening and Talking, Reading and Writing Skills (Ongoing)
Book study: The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark – book study activities
Using adjectives
Personal writing
August to
December
Term
Mathematics and Numeracy
Number and Number Processes
2D and 3D Shape
Angle, Symmetry and Transformation
Ideas of Chance and Uncertainty
Estimation and Rounding
Fractions
Measurement
Time (Night and Day)
Mental Maths Skills (Ongoing)
Health and Wellbeing
Keeping Safe (with a focus on our senses)
Emotions and Feelings friends.
PE – Movement skills, social dancing
Modern Languages
French will be introduced by 2020
Contexts for Learning
The Senses
Night and Day
Hallowe’en
St Andrew’s Day
Christmas
Technologies
Technology in Society – helping our senses.
Develop simple computer skills.
Art, Drama and Music
How artists use colour and tone.
Mark making
Music – social singing games .
Drama – creating simple roles, The senses, night and Day, Patterns
Carols and Craft Concert
Sciences
Body System and Cells – The 5 Senses experiment
Energy Sources – The Sun
Space – Earth and the Moon, the different planets and Seasons
Religious and Moral
Christian beliefs and values
Christian festivals -Christmas and gift giving.
The creation and looking after the world.
Social Sciences
Nocturnal animals
Outdoor Learning
Senses Walk
Owl pictures and Owl houses linked to The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark
Other Learning Links
School Charity Days: Children in Need;
Community Links
Christmas Concert
Christmas Nativity Service

2. P2 went on lots of adventures in their space rocket
Primary 2
We enjoyed doing science experiments to find out if two eyes were better than one.
We made a nest like Plops from our class novel The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
August to
December
Term

3. Mathematics and Numeracy
Primary 2
January to
March
Term
Literacy
Listening and Talking, Reading and Writing Skills (Ongoing)
Scots Poetry
Weather forecast presentations
Descriptive writing about the weather
Mathematics and Numeracy
Number and Number Processes
Expressions and Equations
Angle, Symmetry and Transformation
Fractions
Money
Time
Measurement (The Weather)
Mental Maths Skills (Ongoing)
Modern Languages
French will be introduced by 2020
Health and Wellbeing
Social Wellbeing – relationships
Medicines, germs and diseases.
PE – use of control and space, large ball skills
Road safety. Keeping safe in the home.
Contexts for Learning
The Weather
Comic Relief
Scots Language
Easter
Technologies
Computing skills – using 2simple and textease inserting text and clipart
Performing a weather forecast and filming with the flipcam
Camera skills
Art, Drama and Music
Drama – creating and expressing simple roles.
Music – play a range of simple instruments, use notation
Art – Colour mixing, line and shape.
Sciences
Topical Science: The Water Cycle
Identifying different types of weather and extreme weathers; different weather symbols
Sort and test materials: waterproof or not?
Religious and Moral
Christians stories – Gospels Jesus as a friend and friendship.
Easter- Palm Sunday
Other World Religions - events
Social Sciences
People, place and environment e.g. Scotland’s climate and others across the world.
How weather affects us and living things
Other Learning Links
World Book Day
Comic Relief: whole school Activities
Community Links
Sport Relief Assembly
Performance
Hosted Sport Relief activities and sold wrist bands for the rest of the school, raising £604.
Outdoor Learning
Experiencing different weathers and measuring weathers using instruments.

4. We ran a photo booth to raise money for Comic Relief.
Primary 2
On World Book Day we made ‘Wild Things’ masks.
We did research about nocturnal creatures.
We practised our Scots Poem Nessie by J.K. Anand and made pictures of her.
We ran a photo booth to raise money for Comic Relief.
January to
March
Term

5. Mathematics and Numeracy
Primary 2
April to
July
Term
Literacy
Listening and Talking, Reading and Writing Skills (Ongoing)
Connectives and sentence openers
Alphabetical order
Postcards from the seaside
Creating posters
Mathematics and Numeracy
Number and Number Processes
Expressions and Equations
Measurement
Data Analysis
Mathematics – its impact on the world
Mental Maths Skills (Ongoing)
Modern Languages
French will be introduced by 2020
Health and Wellbeing
Gymnastics, athletics, potted sports, sports day
Circle Time – expressing our thoughts and feelings in a respectful way
Keeping safe: Strangers, safe places to play, water and sun safety.
Contexts for Learning
The Seashore
Book Study: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
Sports Afternoon
Technologies
Solving practical challenges in groups; model making
Internet skills: searching for information
Art, Drama and Music
Art:, observational drawings and using different media
Music: social singing games
Sciences
Physical features at a seashore
Sea creatures and their habitats
Simple food chains
Floating and sinking
Religious and Moral
Looking at other world religions Judaism.
Festivals and celebrations: Shabbat and Hannukah.
Social Sciences
Seaside Holidays from the past – compare and contrast the differences
Other Learning Links
Scavenger Hunt with the National Trust Rangers at Rockcliffe.
Community Links
Beach Visit with National Trust
Rangers
PTA Summer Fete
Outdoor Learning
Beach visit to Rockcliffe
Exploring the rockpools at the shore

6. Primary 2 April to July Term
Sports Afternoon and family picnic lunch
Investigating sea creature habitats and building simple food chains.
We have been very busy in Primary 2 and we learned lots of new things.
We have measured things using hands, feet, straws and cubes.
April to
July
Term

7. Magic Memories from Primary 2
“going to Rockcliffe”
“playing with the marble run”
“learning about numbers to 100”
“We thought Plop the Owl was funny“
“making seaside pictures and drawing around our feet”
Magic Memories from Primary 2
“learning about doubles in maths”
“making weather posters”
“Doing our Comic Relief Assembly”
“The Seashore Topic”