Visit to St Magnus Cathedral

We have been reading stories from the Bible and learning about the different ways Jesus helped people.  On Friday we went to St Magnus Cathedral to look at the beautiful stained glass windows and look to see if they told us a 'story'.  I wonder what we found out?

 

Class 2/3's Assembly

Here are some photos of our class assembly. 

We shared what we have learned about the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Games. 

It was lovely to see so many people there.

 

Learning to follow maps

We went to the Peedie Sea on Wednesday to practise our orienteering skills.  We had to work with a partner to follow different routes on a map.  As we went around the course we counted up the points on different cones.  It was great fun with lots of laughter and teamwork.

 

Fun in the Outdoors

We have had a busy week in the outdoors. 

On Wednesday we walked up to Muddisdale and did some orienteering activities.  We worked in pairs to read the maps and match the cards.  Everyone tried very hard.

 

 

Then on Friday we went to Picky for Sports Day. 

 It was a good day with lots of happy but tired faces the end of it!

 

 

 

 

Overnight visitor in Class 2/3

Last Friday, we came in to the classroom to find complete chaos.  There was food on the table, bean bags covering the floor and something that looked like a bed in the quiet corner.  On further investigation we found a letter from the Clyde the Commonwealth mascot!

 

He left us some tasks to do which included making up a fact file of one of the Commonwealth countries and planning an assembly for our parents.  Thankfully, we had lots of ideas and worked hard on each of the jobs.

 

We hope the grown up will enjoy seeing our work in a few weeks time.

Commenting on our blog

We have been learning how to put a comment on our blog page.  We all wrote interesting pieces which we then published for everyone to see.

 

Sharing the Message

Last week a few of us went down to the nursery/pre-school to tell them about the Pick Up 3 Pieces campaign.  We talked about what we have been doing and why it is important to collect litter.

 

The Early Settlers in Orkney

We had a busy and interesting day last week visiting historical sites from five thousand years ago. 

First we went to Maeshowe in Stenness.  It was fun crawling along the short tunnel to get in to the chambered tomb.  Everyone listened carefully to the custodian and asked questions about the people who may have used the site.  We also looked at the Maeshowe dragon 'drawn' on the wall.

 

 

 Then we travelled to Skara Brae.  Here we looked at the displays and went into the replica house. 

We spent time thinking about how the people might have felt in their homes.  We all agreed it would have been dark and smoky.

 

Then we walked along to the village.  It was very interesting listening to the custodian tell us how the land would have been shaped very different.  We were all keen to share our knowledge about the different furniture in the houses.

 

 After our lunch we went down on to the beach.  

Some of us built models of the houses and the Ring of Brodgar.

 



Finally, we went to the Ring of Brodgar. We played a game counting the number of stones and decided if statements, we were told, were true or false.   

 

 

We returned to school tired but having learned lots!

Investigating the Early Settlers

We have had a busy week learning about the Stone Age.  On Monday we went to the museum and looked at all of the evidence.  We recorded what we found out in pictures and notes.  Then on Friday one of the rangers from Historic Scotland came and showed us lots of different replica artefacts. 

It was very interesting learning about life in Orkney 5000 years ago!

 

First few weeks of term four

This term our topic is called 'Early Settlers'.  We are very fortunate to have so many historical sites in our local community we can visit.  To help us think about the past we have been making our own timelines and examining different historical artefacts.

 

 

 We have also been doing some work on fractions.  We have played some games to help us think about how to make halves and quarters.

 

Easter time

Our first week back after the holidays was spent getting ready for Easter.  We read the Bible story and talked about how we celebrate the Christian festival.  Then we had some fun making cards and decorating eggs with Mrs Reid.

 

Building a shelter for Clyde

 

We received a challenge from Clyde, the Commonwealth Mascot to build a shelter which he can stand up in.  We only had a few materials to complete the task but we worked hard and built interesting constructions. 

Which one would you like to stay in?

 

The Construction Thinking Key

Our challenge, last week, was to work in teams to design and build a long bridge.  We had one sheet of newspaper and ten straws to build our structure.  Everyone had different ideas but tried hard to create a group bridge.

 

 

Orienteering in the playground

Last week we worked outside to learn some skills in orienteering. We hope the weather will be kind to us soon and we can go to Muddisdale and the Peedie Sea to do some more activities.

We began this task by working with our friends to read a map and simple key.

 

 

We had to remember what piece of equipment we needed and run to collect it from the containers.

 

Then we went further up the playground and put the object in the correct place.

After a short while and a few challenging moments,  we had all made different clown faces. 

Job well done!