Christmas Church Service

Primary 2 helped with the Christmas service today by lighting and blowing out the candles and reading from the Bible.  You all did really well! 

Last P.E of 2014

P2 had lots of fun today in the hall for P.E; playing parachute games.  Thank you very much to the P4 helpers for setting up the comfy mats to sit on and tidying up at the end. 

Primary 1 and 2's Christmas party!

We had great fun this afternoon!  We danced, played musical statues, Christmas corners, Reindeer dash and chose the best dancers in p1 & 2.  Then we got to choose some crisps, biscuits, sweets, jelly, ice-cream and a drink! 

Maths This Week

We have been learning about how to tessellate shapes and measure area using squared paper.  We will be doing Christmas symmetry later in the week too.  Here is P2 working hard on their maths. 

Christmas Dinner & Santa visit

Friday was a very exciting day.  We had our Christmas dinner AND a visit from Santa!

Art Appreciation

Today we looked at painting by Vincent Van Gogh.  The class had some really interesting ideas and thoughts about what they saw.

Panto Pandemonium Outfits

Just a reminder to wear your school uniform (red jumper with black trousers) for the Panto Pandemonium performances this week on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Maths: Measuring Area

This is a very busy week in Stromness Primary School but P2 have done very well so far to keep focused and learn something new.  We are learning about how to measure area.  We have started today by finding the area of a sheet of paper using some flat shapes.  At the end of this activity children were able to say that circles were not a good way to measure area because they left too many gaps but squares were good.  Here are Primary 2 having a go at measuring area.

Lots of concentration!

Topic

We have been doing 3 topics this term!  Day and Night, Materials and Be Safe, Be Seen.  Here is an activity that has incorporated all 3.
  The children have made their own night time street with stars.  They have had to consider what materials to use, and what materials the people should be wearing to Be Safe and Seen. 
The stars are shining above the street and we have learnt how light pollution can affect looking at the stars.  We can see the 'stars' better in a darkened class than when lights are on and curtains open.