Today was Cross Arthurlie fun day, Primary 2’s theme was a day at the seaside. In the morning we made different crafts and we visited the fun fair, where we played lots of different games such as hit the bulls eye, knock the cups and fish out the rubber ducks. Primary 7 also organised some outdoor stations and races for the whole school. After lunch, we had a visit from the ice cream van and we all got a tub of ice cream! What a busy day we all had, it really was a great way to celebrate the end of Primary 2. Thank you for all your hard work this year, we will miss you!

Today we learned how to play some popular childhood games from the past. Some of us already knew these games and others were learning them for the first time. We played marbles, snap, memory game, the hoop and stick and dominos. Marbles was most people’s favourite!

We have had a busy few weeks settling back into school. We have started our new IDL, Now and Then. Today, we enjoyed looking at artefacts and making predictions of what we thought each object was called and used for. Take a look at our pictures below and see if you know what each object is. The answers are at the bottom of the post.

Object 1 is a rug beater. Object 2 is a school desk. Object 3 is a wash board. Object 4 is a hoover. Object 5 is a radio. Object 6 is a potato masher. Object 7 is a school bag. Object 8 is binoculars. Object 9 is a infant toy. Object 10 is a television. Object 11 is a phone.

This morning the boys and girls were challenged to build a sleigh for Santa. The sleigh had to fit two presents, stand on its own and have a seat for Santa (Buddy the elf visited to try it out for Santa). Pupils chose to work individually, in pairs or in small groups. They planned their sleigh on whiteboards and discussed which construction material they were going to use. Everyone was successful in building their sleigh!

Primary 2 had lots of fun dancing and playing games at our Christmas Party today. We even had a special visit from Santa!

To all our Primary 2 parents and carers, since we are unable to welcome you into our classroom in person we wanted to share it with your virtually. Follow the link below to explore our fabulous classroom. We hope you enjoy!

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Today, we had lots of fun following a map to find stars hidden round the outdoor area. When we found a star we labelled that section of our map.  We have been learning that a good map is a map that is labelled clearly.  When we got back to class we added any finishing touches to our map.

We listened carefully to the story “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” and took notes on our whiteboard about the places the characters passed on their bear hunt. We used our notes to create a map. Check out our fantastic maps below.