P2's very own book!

Primary 2 have made their very own book; Moppie Visits Stromness.  Claire has worked really hard over the holidays to turn our handmade copies into a professional, finished product.  The class are delighted with the book and soon we will host an assembly to share our new book.
Thank you so much Claire and very well done to Primary 2.

Welcome back

It was nice to see everyone back after the holidays, ready to start a busy new term.  Today we began  spelling with 'wh' words.  Some of us found it tricky to hear if it was a 'w' or 'wh' word but we will be practising a lot through the week and the homework will help too.  Today we played Chinese Whispers, trying to pass round a 'wh' word we had thought of.

Here is the action to help children remember the 'wh' sound.  You can feel your breath on your hands if it is a 'wh' word.

Enjoy your holiday

Hope you all have a nice Easter break and I look forward to seeing you all again next term.

Walk down the street

We had a very short walk along the street today to have a good look at Stromness - we went to Julia's to warm up with some hot chocolate and a tasty tray bake.  Here are some pictures of us enjoying ourselves.

Show and Tell

We had lots of lovely news today and have seen lots of nice things during show and tell.  Murray got an extra big round of applause because he decorated an Easter bunny for everyone in the class.  Here we are enjoying our personalised bunnies.  Thank you Murray :)

Eclipse

SPS had great fun experiencing the solar eclipse today.  We had a few different ways of doing this; pinhole camera's, welders glass, eclipse glasses, colander and a welders mask.
Despite a lot of cloud cover, the children were able to get a good view of the moon passing the sun.

Visiting Author

Claire came to visit our class today and answered a lot of questions about her job as an author and illustrator.  The class listened really well and asked lots of sensible questions.  We are making a book as a class and Claire has helped us.  She also kindly gave each child 5 postcards of Moppie in different places in Orkney.  Later the children used these cards to help them with their own art projects.