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....Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

Today year 2 and 3 have been investigating how to build a strong structure. Their challenge, set at the beginning of the year, is that there needs to be a permanent way for people on the Isle of Struay, to cross the village bay to get from the shop and post office to the lady...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

Over the last few weeks Class 1 have been visiting the woodland in Sutton-on-the-Forest for their Forest Schools sessions. They have been working in teams to create small hideouts for little creatures, creating pieces of land art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, listening to environmental sounds during ‘Magic Minute’ working in teams to build a tall...Read More

During the first few weeks of the school year, each class has been busy voting in their class representatives for School Council. The children who wanted to represent their class made posters and presented to their classmates why they would make a good school councillor; following this each child voted anonymously for the pupil they...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More