Pier Arts Centre Visit

This afternoon we went on a visit to the Pier Arts Centre to do our bit in creating Stromness Primary School's 'Inspired By' exhibition.  We looked at some pieces of art and then worked in small groups to create colour collages.  When we had finished the collages, we went on a treasure hunt around the Pier Arts Centre and looked for some other pieces of art.

Thanks to everyone who helped on the trip and we look forward to showing off what we have done during the exhibition later in the month.

Maths

'I can sort in a variety of ways according to my own and others' criteria.'

In maths we have been sorting lots of different things.  We have sorted shapes on a Carroll diagram, animals into hoops and we even sorted us by walking along a road and splitting off according to the signs.  We discovered that some criteria were better for sorting than others.  For example if we used 'has a dog' and 'has a cat' criteria for sorting ourselves, where would all the people who have hamsters go! 

World Book Day

Last Thursday we all dressed up for World Book Day.  During the week we had enjoyed looking at and buying books from the book fair and altogether the school spent over £1000 on books!  This amazing amount will mean that we receive money to spend on new books for our library.  Thanks to everyone for supporting this and thanks to P5 and P7 for organising the week.

Sorting Shapes

In maths we have been reminding ourselves of the names of some 3D shapes and how to describe them.  We know about a cube, cuboid, cylinder, cone and sphere.  We made a Carroll diagram by sorting the shapes into different groups (cube or cuboid or not cube or cuboid).  Then we played a game where you had to close your eyes while someone swapped a shape around.  When you opened your eyes you had to find the odd shape out.

A Special Visitor

Sofia's granny came to school to help Sofia with her Show and Tell today.  She took in lots of things that belonged to her when she was a little girl.  She didn't watch TV or play computer games like boys and girls do now!  Here are some of the things that she played with.

 She showed us a little egg that had a chick inside.  You could only see the chick when the egg spun round.

When she went to Stromness Primary, Sofia's granny sometimes wore a school tie.  Here is Sofia trying it on!

Grandparents

We are learning about what life was like when our grandparents were peedie.  This week we have started Show and Tell and we are all taking in photos or objects to help us learn more about the past.

Emilie and her mum told us all about Emilie's grandparents yesterday.  Through the photos, we learned that cameras couldn't take colour photos, that wedding clothes are quite similar to present day and that babies didn't sit in car seats!  

Snowdrops

On Friday Miss Pirie noticed a sign in her garden that Spring will be coming soon - snowdrops!  She took in some snowdrop bulbs and we planted them in pots.  We spoke about the parts of the plant including the roots, bulb, shoot, leaves and petals.  We are hoping that they continue to grow outside the classroom.