Conflict Resolution

As part of the Battle of Jutland commemorations, SPS are working on developing our skills in the area of conflict resolution. P4 are taking on a project to develop this in the playground setting and are going to be trained up to be mini playground pals alongside the P7's.  We have had some wooden benches made for the playground to use as Buddy Benches. We are working on some designs and will get them painted up soon. 

Viking Voyage to Stromness Library

P4 have had their model longships on display in Stromness Library during the Easter holidays. Sarah from the library told us the the display has attracted lots of visitors to the library so we are keeping there for a bit longer yet. 

 All the boats look super in our mini exhibition! 

Easter Baking

We finished the term off with some Easter fun. We completed an Easter egg hunt around the playground and made some Easter nests. 

Viking History Trip

At the end of term P4 went on a trip to learn more about Viking history in Orkney. First we visited Maeshowe to see the Viking runes left over from when the Vikings broke into the Neolithic cairn to shelter from a snowstorm.  The the Historic Rangers took us on a tour of Kirkwall town and shared lots of historical facts with us before we finished the day with a guided tour of St Magnus Cathedral.  

We also had a bit of free time and Brandyquoy play park. 

Sport Relief

I'm SPS had great fun celebrating Sport Relief this afternoon. Staff v P7s netball game, stalls, activities and bake off competition...lots of fun to be had by all. 

A big well done to Libby for her super swimming pool cake. Her cake was judged as one of the top 3 in the school. 

Badger the Mystical Mutt

Yesterday P1-4 were treated to a super show by Laura Jackson and her mystical mutt Badger. Laura read some of her first book to us and Badger showed us his magic tricks. 

Maths - area

In maths some of us have been learning all about measuring the area of surfaces. After learning a bit about how to calculate area we had a go ourselves. In 2 teams we worked out the area of our classroom tables. 

It took us a few goes to get it right but worked well in our teams to get us to the right answer in the end.