Captains meetings: we have one one a month and we have houses in school which are Nave Texa Orsay. We meet in classrooms and ask our house what changes they want to make in school. The right we use in captain meetings are number 12 the right to have you voice heard.

Roles as a captain

Captains don’t just give people points, we have to do roles like we have snack and toothbrushing, lunches and cloak room and finally scrap store. We also tally points; you get points for doing something good. Then on a Friday we go round and grab the sheet and we have this thing in excel that has all the pupils names on it and then we write that amount of numbers that they good and we write the total on a board down the stairs.  The Captains board is also something e have to make sure is up to date.  I like being a captain.

by April

On Friday 26th September our parents came in to the school to do some problem solving with us in the afternoon. We played many different math games such as square it, Rummikub, Got it, Hit the button and Poly plug rectangle. We sat in groups, and we told people how to play. There were six groups, and we all took turns on teaching our parents how to play the games. By the end of the afternoon lots of people were looking at different games. We had bored games and games on our laptops.

There were some hard games and some easy games like fruity totals was a game where you had to try and get the number of the fruit and add them together to make a certain number, and treasure hunt where you had to guess where the treasure is by typing in the correct nets. We could go and see the other classes with our parents to see what games they had.  The games were to help us develop our problem solving skills.

For maths week Scotland this year we were looking at the theme of Wild Maths along with Fin Finity, the Maths Week Scotland Mascot.

In ELC they packed some snack and headed round to the secret garden for a swing in the hammock and to play some number games. The children love playing hide and seek in the garden so they hid all our number spoons round the garden and had to find them. They even hid with their numbers which was also super fun 🤩 we love numbers!

Primary 1 and 2 went on wild adventures with Fin Finity.  They started their Maths Week Scotland adventure to Edinburgh Zoo! They visited the penguins first and had to calculate how many fish the King, Gentoo and Rockhopper penguins needed to eat. They thought that drawing out fish might help them but soon realised it took ages…so they counted 60 fish with cubes instead. They then found out that the King penguins would eat half of the fish, the Gentoo penguins would eat 1/3 and the Rockhopper penguins would have the rest so they needed to work out what half of and 1/3 of 60 was. After that they needed to find out how many fish to feed each penguin. They discovered that there were 6 King penguins, 5 Gentoo penguins and 5 Rockhoppers that were needing feed so we split our totals amount these. Lots of hard work!

In Primary 2,3,4 they worked with their P6/7 buddies to build different 3D shapes using playdough and straws. The children carefully recorded the shape they created, how many straws they used, and how many playdough balls were needed. The children had to problem solve and brain storm how to construct the 3D shapes without them falling/breaking!

Primary 5 and 6 also worked with their buddies on Fin Finity maths challenges, making symmetrical pictures.

Finally on the Friday we invited parents into the school to have a go at some problem solving challenges, and even see if they could beat us at times tables!

On the 8th of September 2025, the P7s went to Smoke Free Me. At smoke free me, they were teaching us about how bad smoking is and how we should never accept a cigarette from a random person or just anyone in general. 

 Instead of them just saying “don’t smoke its bad” they were acting it out and playing games with us. One of the games we needed to ring and bell and tell us the answers that were on the wall, the first question was how much toxic and harmful substances were in one cigarette, everyone was shouting out answers like 50 and 15 but turns out we were not even close! The answer was… 5000! And turns out 50 of them cause cancer. Cigarettes contain 600 ingredients and 4,000 chemicals! including tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide. 

Even though they were being very educational, they were also very funny! One of them dressed up as a dog because he was explaining how smoking can also affect your pets as well, even in the songs they were telling us facts! 

The bad guy in smoke free me was trying to find “replacements” because nearly 228,000 people had stopped smoking, the bad guy was trying to recruit us into smoking but remembering how many chemicals were in cigarettes we all shouted no! Near the end of smoke free me the bad guy was showing the pros of smoking, but the good guys were saying the cons like how Your lung can be very damaged or you could have heart disease.  

Then before I knew it, I got picked to do something for the good guys, me, April and one other person needed to put on something! I needed to put a hand that had bandages around it, April needed to put on a hand that was turning black and then the other guy needed to put on these glasses that were bloodshot eyes! Turns out all these things could happen if you smoke. I think everyone in that moment knew they that they would never touch or smoke a cigarette. 

By not smoking were following Article 24 Right to good health. I loved going to smoke free me I would do it again if I had the chance. 

 

A few weeks ago we had a visitor. His name was Coco. He was a giant African snail and he is very cute but slimy. 

Food 

He likes to eat multiple things. But his favorite thing is cucumber. He can also eat other things like lettuce, carrots, potatoes. Lettuce. Cabbage. Courgettis. Sweet potato. Cauliflower. And many more. He cannot have anything with salt or garlic because it is very toxic for him. 

Hibernation 

Coco only goes to hibernation if he feels scared, if his tank is too cold or too hot, or his environment is too much or too bad for him. How do you know the snails in hibernation? He makes a wee hard shell on the bottom of his thing. How to wake him up from hibernation is a bit harder because you need to check what type of heat. Likes the best heat for him is probably around 18 to 21.  So it’s quite hard to keep his tank the best stat you can or it won’t be safe for him.

I enjoyed bringing in my snail and talking about him.

 

 

 

Today we had a significant guest come and visit us. This special person was none other than Elle McNicoll. Elle McNicoll is an author born and raised in Edinburgh. She is mostly known for writing fictional books about neurodiverse people, her most popular book is called ‘A Kind of Spark’ this was her first book and is based on an autistic person called Addie. She has written seven books in total: A Kind of Spark, Role Model, Like A Charm, Like A Curse, Show Us Who You Are, Keedie, Some Like It Cold, The Trouble with Nina, A Gilmore of Change and Wish You Were Her.  

One of the things that she told us what it was like to be diagnosed at a young age and not knowing about anything About it. Elle explained how she struggled as an autistic child because no one would tell her what it meant as there were no books, no videos, not even documentaries to explain it to her through more details. She also explained it made her feel so out of touch. So, she wanted to write a book about how autism affects her and some of the perks so that if a child that felt the same way could read her books and kind of comfort to it and relate. 

Overall, everybody enjoyed the very thoughtful visit. Not only did she come speak to us she made a little table in the hall and set out books to be bought and signed! She was also very compassionate about being an author and writing about fictional neurodiversity which is an inspirational thing to do, and a lot of people look up to her! 

–Scarlett and Ellouise

Welcome back to a new school year, 2025-2026!

My Endeavour project is the evolution of farming over the years and I chose this because I like farming and wanted to do something related to farming and it is ambitious because connecting all of the cable on the smart farm and on the well i hade to  I have made a smart farm with a moisture sensor, light sensor, led light, animal house, wind turbine on the side of the house, Top tips to make the farm do not connect the cables with out looking at the diagram showing you what cables go where. Also test the sensors and lights before you plug all the cables in test them first. I also built a well and it pumped water for 1 try but then it does not work so i think air is getting in to the tubes and the syringe and it just lets air in so i hade to hot glue gun it together so air does not get in. I am going to think about making a kahoot on what was the first tractor powered bye and what year it was made in and who made it. I will also make a power point on the first tractor made and combines, telehandlers as well.

Archie logan

My topic is I catch sea food then I filet/shuck them then a fish then cook a my sea food. I think it’s important because I am learning all new different skills like cooking skills learning how to fish and I will need cooking skills in life when I’m a dad or cooking for me or my family. I chose this topic because I fish when the boats go out and lift my creels and i love doing that. Also because i didn’t know how to cook anything and now I’ve made fish fingers and in the next paragraph i will tell you how to make it, and i also made lobster mac n cheese. I love my endeavor it’s so good being outside and also being in a boat out at sea. And it’s fun spending time with my papa.

So I caught a lithe and then in school i thought i would make fish fingers so i seasoned the fish with salt then cut it up into wee strips then after i done that i made breadcrumbs by getting bread and wising it up then putting it into a bowl then putting flour into a bowl then whisking up eggs and putting it into a bowl after that I bread crumbed it by dipping the fish into the flour the the egg then the breadcrumbs and i repeated that till all the fish was breadcrumbed. That’s my recipe for fish fingers, your welcome! And that’s what I’ve done right now but we have all still got 5 week left I’ve also done most of my power point. Oh yeah and I’ve also make lobster mac n cheese but I’ve kind of forgot the recipe but i will think on that when I have more time. Also when I remember haha. 

Thanks for listening

FREDDY MUNRO

My Endeavour 

 

My endeavour is hair, and it is working quite well. So far, I have made a how-to video, and I have made a few inspire photo. Also, I have made a poster of what they can have in their hair, and I am going to put ow much it costs when I find out. 

 The only thing that is ambitious is that I will need loads of stuff .And if I’m always practising hair styles and if I’m doing peoples hair then I won’t have as much stuff, so I do need to try and get more posters and so far, I think I have enough, but I do need more. 

 And the reason I chose to do hair is because it’s a skill that I’m surprisingly good at and I do enjoy it. I hope that people like the things that I have managed to do it because I worked hard on it, and I hope that it works out well. 

 

I have learnt new styles and new stuff I have rote to Suzie Mcgill, and she has not rote backer yet buts that’s ok because we still have 4 weeks, so I hope it comes. And I have been practising on my Manicone head doll to try different styles. 

My Endeavor is sea glass Jewelry and  I have a really big sea glass collection. The first thing I did with my endeavor was take notes and write the time line and every day you need to do the daily planer. The sea glass is really beautiful piece of nature and this a picture of what made.

This is a wraped one and i really like my design.

 

Why it is ambitious because it is hard to tie the knots and rap the the metal around the sea glass because it is a weird shape and    I accidently stabbed my self  with this thing that came with the set.

What I should have at the end and poster that is how to make and time line of the different lots of sea glass jewelry presentation and i would like to make a profit and sell out but I need to make enough jewelry to make it to the end of endeavor so that is a lot of jewelry and also need to learn how to drill the sea glass and thread the string thought the sea glass so I better get my head down and get to work that is my endeavor thank you for reading the blog  bye!

My 2025 endevour is easter island, easter island is a small island in Chile with lots of ancient statues. The reason i picked this topic is because i found it very interesting that people years and years ago could build such big statues with volcanic rock and use handmade advanced tools.

What have i already done?

The first thing i done for this topic was taking notes and watching a few videos about the history of easter island and what peoples theory are about how they have moved the statues, one popular answer was tying the statues to a slippery piece of wood making it able to slide over onto the piece of land  they wanted it to sit on. The next thing i done was write a letter to a staff working in the Rapa Nui museum i was asking them about why they picked this job and about the museum but she hasn’t replied yet. i have made a book creator too about how life is on easter island! i have also made a little diorama inside of a cookie jar with a few clay moai statues and moss at the bottom.

How is this project ambitious

This project is challenging because its sometimes quite hard to find the correct information for the topic and finding out information more detail and key details!

What will you see at the end?

At the end you will see many facts and information too see and a small book to read about easter island you will also see a diorama and an animation of easter island people building a little statue and a drawing or a painting of the moai statue, you may also see a little poster too! 

Hi, I am Elijah, and I am going to tell you about my Endeavour. This year I picked crofting because I have always wanted to take care of animals but at the same time, I wanted to grow some crops and take care of them like they are my baby because that is what they basically are. You must feed the baby for it to survive, and you must water the plant to keep it alive. 

I hope to achieve to plant lots of crop and make my own potato salad and sell it at the Endeavour fair and make some money to buy more soil and grow more plants/crops. 

I have grown some crops at my house and also in school but the ones at home are at the point to take them out and wash them then peel them and make chips or make a potato salad.  

The trickiest part of my Endeavour is to find potatoes that have roots that have come out so they can grow more potatoes because you can get about 6 potatoes from one if it grows well in the wright condition and also make sure they have been watered well and to make sure the bed that you plant them in has holes and has rocks at the bottom. 

Elijah Norwood

For my endeavor,  I chose to write a book about Islay history. I chose this endeavor because i am very interested about Islay’s history and what the living conditions were like. I am learning all about Islay’s history and what happened during that time. Then I gather that knowledge and write it down in my book. My format is that I find a point in Islay’s history and put that on my timeline. And when i get to that point, i write a page or two about it and then i move on. I plan to have about 15-20 pages by the end of endeavor. then, i would have covered about all 10,000 years and i will have finished my book.

Hello I am Aidan Ambrose and this is about my Endeavour.

Endeavour is a long-term project where we learn something that we want to learn about and make something about it like a book PowerPoint or model. we all do our own endeavor. I like seeing what everyone does for there endeavour and what we all can achieve.

My endeavor has changed a couple times but that’s fine. My first endeavour was comic writing but it got changed because… um i forgot but anyway, my next endeavor was digital art on the school iPads but it the Apple pencil for the iPad did not work so now i am doing THE HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES... sorry caps lock was on…  I so far have 8 pages done on it with a couple jokes here and there. The reason I chose history of video games is i do game designing… actually if you look at the ling for this post if may say go play monster clicker… might say it ha ha ha ha ha… sorry awkward laugh.

i am aiming to get more pages… And Lots more JOKES… so bye…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Anatomy And Human Body 

 

Hi, I am Honor and my Endeavour is Anatomy and the Human Body I have always wanted to do this as an Endeavour, but I never got a chance because of time. I have always been interested at the skeletal system.  

So far, I have made a skeleton replica of the body, labelled the human body, did a quiz about the human body, coloured in a human body colouring book, wrote about the skeletal system, sent a letter to a girl named Hannah Shaw and learned some first aid.  

My threat is Not getting an interview and not able to get an interview, my opportunities are that I know someone a doctor who can help me. Its ambitions because I need to learn of the bones, Learning CPR, learning code words in hospital and remembering FAST to see if they are having a stroke F= Facial dropping. A= Arm weakness. S= Speech difficulty. T= Time to call for help. 

In the future I want to have an interview and a poster, an animation to show how the human body works, learned all the bones in the skull, learn the hand and feet bones, paint the human body I made and make the patella/kneecap out of polymers clay. 

Honor Hart

 

My endeavour is animal care, the reason I chose this project is because I wanted to share awareness about animals and animal care. Animals are much more important than people think, animals help the world and help produce food that’s why it’s important to care for them right. Another reason of why animal care is important is as their scientific species and deserve to have the right to have protection and care fairly. 

 

So far, I’ve made a few posters about how to care for each family animal like pets I’ve also done a video about animal care and vetinary. I’ve wrote a letter for the Islay vet (Beth Newman) I’ve done my essay which was based around my endeavour Aswell, I’ve wrote notes and researched a lot I’ve also found out some facts of the topic.  

 

I plan to visit the vet to ask a few questions and maybe even look at some equipment. I want to make some more poster of how to care for different animals and maybe even a different video and a presentation.  by Scarlett

My Endeavour is writing a book. I picked  this topic because I really like writing books and stories especially adventure stories with all sorts of mythical creatures.

So far I have done 5 pages of the book  and quiet a few other small things like drawing a pictures and some  diagrams of my characters and lots of notes about the book. characters I have made so far I have a lot more characters planned but so far I have made 3 and two of them are big monster that the main character ben has to fight them on his quest.

What am I planning to do. I am planning to get to page 10 so that means 5 pages a day  my target and the end is 20 pages and draw pictures of the scenes that are going on  in the story. Also I want to manage some more drawings of the characters and label them and make some more characters to help the main character and his quest.

How can I fix the book a little more I could maybe add more adjectives and make the sentences shorter so its more of a picture book than a book with lota and lots of words.

Neil