We had a fantastic day in Kirkwall, learning about comets and space. The children particularly enjoyed the space quilt that was created for the event. They even decided to create their own when they got back to school the later in the week.
You HAVE TO see this!
NFO presentation What a brilliant presentation created by Charlie! Charlie got inspired by the news on Newsround and decided to create the presentation and share it with other pupils. To see the presentation simply click on NFO presentation.
Bag the Bruck
Bag the Bruck is back in Orkney! This year the school participated in the local event, helping to clean our beautiful beach. We had some help from community members and even Pepe, the dog, was trying to help!
Math Easter Hunt with Mrs Bailey!
What a fantastic maths treasure hunt that Mrs Bailey created! And lots of Easter activities during the week!
Another Visit from Ria at UHI STEM Outreach
We have been lucky over the last couple of weeks to have Ria Fitzpatrick from The University of the Highlands and Islands come out to the school and teach us specific lessons focused in the S.T.E.M. areas of the curriculum. S.T.E.M. stands for Science, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics. Previously Ria has used Kapla blocks with …
Notable Numerals
Our P1 children have been reinforcing their understanding of numerals today using lego to model the forms of the numbers they selected as the most tricky for them to write the right way around. Well done P1s!
Talented Authors in our midst!
We were all very exited this morning to receive a letter from Lynsey Evans at Young Writers HQ in Peterborough. She wrote to let us know that some of us had our poetry chosen to be published in the next edition of the Young Writers poetry books; ‘Once Upon a Dream – A Collection of …
Maths Dice Challenges for the Middle School
Our P2-4 children were absolute stars working collaboratively using dice beginning to understand the foundations of multiplication. Some of the boys and girls even managed to extend their own learning independently to move onto double digit multiplication sums!
Teamwork in the Snow!
We had a fantastic day in the snow today building the biggest igloo Mr Wakeling says he’s ever seen! We all worked together and problem solved throughout the day to make sure we didn’t let the construction collapse in on itself! There were lots of awesome ideas to reinforce different parts, and we even used …
School Website to get a refresh!
We’re happy to announce that after a lot of hard work in the background by the technical team for Glow Scotland, Orkney Islands Council and within the staff team at the school, we have now got editing rights over our school website back up and running! Keep your eyes peeled on the page for news …
