So far this term, Primary 2 have been a flurry of activity! Here we are getting outside to take advantage of some sunshine (and still manage some learning!) As part of learning about our town, we took advantage of our lovely views and sketched Stromness from the school. We also measured our shadows to see how much the Earth turns in 2 hours; linking back to our Night and Day topic from term 2. This really helped a lot of children understand how it is not the sun that moves.
We had even more learning about space - we got a sneaky peek inside the solar system dome. Inside we got to take a journey through the solar system, visiting each planet in order. The phases of the moon looked really cool too! (Please excuse the poor pictures - We were in a very dark dome!)
Our maths target had been "I can sort items using my own criteria or the criteria of others"
Hot Chocolate! We used this a stimulus for writing. Each child had to make sure they had each step in the correct order and label their equipment. Some even added safety advice to make their writing more interesting. We used these photos to help us.
Last week we had beautiful weather for our trip to the Stromness Museum. The children had to find the photos of themselves and find out why they were in the museum. Our John Gow character was delighted and has sparked a lot of pirate play in class. Thank you very much to our parent helpers who helped the children to read about their characters.
