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.

 

Winter Festivals (R.M.E)

Primary 2 have been learning  about winter festivals.  This week we learned about Diwali and in groups, made our own rangoli patterns.  These patterns are drawn at a doorway as a symbol of welcome.