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Year 2/3 had a very interesting challenge set by Miss Hodkin last week. They had to use their knowledge of the properties of materials and their scientific investigation skills to work out how to separate four different materials that were mixed together. The children had to separate peas, rice, sand and paperclips using any method...
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Class 1 were very excited to see a fire engine parked on the school playground. We found out how fires were put out and about the special safety equipment that is used. The firefighters told us about some of their daring rescues and about fire safety rules. We have been very impressed with the stories...
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Some year 2s and 3s used Numicon to investigate patterns with numbers. They looked at counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and whether the numbers in each sequence were odd, even or both. We had a go at counting backwards and forwards from different points in our sequences too, which was tricky but good fun....
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Class 1 had great fun on their superhero day. We danced to superhero music, worked on our superhero balancing skills and poses. We also made a baddie trap in our outside classroom.  
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Year 2/3 have been reading some of the Katie Morag stories by Mairi Hedderwick and have enjoyed learning about the Isle of Struay, where the books are set. We decided that it would be a great idea if everyone visited the Isle of Struay and researched, planned and wrote pieces of persuasive writing to convince...
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Years 2 and 3 were set some science inquiry questions this term by Grannie Island from the Isle of Struay. She tasked them with finding out which material would make the most waterproof coat and which material would make the best packaging to help post a packet of biscuits to Katie Morag. The children were...
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Super science club has been experimenting with lots of different things this half term. We have learnt about the forces acting on a rocket balloon, the science behind magic milk, which shape is the strongest and how to build a structure that can support a soft toy using just blu-tac and match sticks! The children...
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On Thursday class 1 had a visit from Mrs Border who came to tell us about her job as a doctor. We found out how doctors can save lives and some of the things that we can do to stay fit and healthy. The children had great fun trying on the surgeon outfits and practiced...
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As part of our topic on superheroes class 1 have met some real life heroes. We had a visit from Inspector Pointon and two of his colleagues to talk about how they help to keep us safe. The children had great fun trying on the different helmets and they used the walkie talkie to contact...
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Year 2/3 have been learning all about islands in geography lessons, in particular Scottish islands and their human and physical features. We have studied aerial maps of the Isle of Coll and hand drawn maps of the Isle of Struay (where Katie Morag lives) to create our own play dough islands, labelled with both physical...
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