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Lots of fraction activities going on just now. We are learning lots about identifying and finding fraction of amounts. We have also been comparing the size of a fraction and remembering how the bigger the fraction, the smaller the portion.

We have been doing some Scottish dancing in PE. We learned some dances with Miss Gifford and in these pictures are doing a great job of Strip The Willow. Mrs Kirkness has been also been doing some dances in class to keep us all active during these inside days.

Elsie has been working away on a junk project. It started after we introduced our new topic of fairyland. She began creating many of the places being discussed and added characters and objects in. Quite a few class members got involved and added to fairyland.  Some finishing touches were added to it this week including… Continue reading The end of Fairyland

Hi everyone, another day of snow.  Very cold today.  I have been outside taking some bonnie pictures of the snow.  Please share any you take.  You can email them to the school or you can share them on here.  Below I have added a few more snow day activities for you to try if you… Continue reading Tuesday 6th January – Snow Day 2!

Happy New Year P2-4.  Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. I hope you are all out enjoying the snow.  There is lots of it.  Here are some activities you could try when you are out and about:  Make some snow sculptures either an animal, a shape or write the first letter… Continue reading Snow Day!

Fairyland This term we have been doing lots of activities around the theme of Fairyland. It ties in so well with our Christmas Concert. We have letters and packages arriving often with messages for us. These often link to a fairytale and then off we go carrying out lots of tasks around the stories.  Our… Continue reading November/December

Tuesday is our Science and Technology time so this week we started by getting into groups of 3. Mrs Kirkness gave us a pot of Lego and we were given some shiny paper which was to be the water. We then made a bridge that could go over the water and could hold and transport… Continue reading Stem Tuesday

The first part of the term has been spent getting to know each other and getting to know our surrounding area. We have spent time looking at maps including the map of Vidlin. We have been learning rhymes and ways to help us remember the compass points which help when talking about places on maps.… Continue reading Our Community

Today, the pupils were set the challenge of designing and creating their own mazes. They were each given a paper plate and some straws. They had to decide how to fasten these on and consider the layout of their maze. They then had a chance to test these out.