A huge well done to the P6/7 class who won the Orkney Sumdog Maths competition.

There were schools from all over Orkney taking part in the competition.

There had to be 10 pupils in the class, or more, taking part and their combined scores were pitched against the other schools.

Firth P6/7 were out in front early on as they started with great enthusiasm and no-one could catch them as they continued to work hard!

Once 10 pupils had signed up they were top of the leader board and that is where they stayed for the remainder of the week.

It was very exciting as the pupils climbed the board, overtaking and challenging each other, even.  Once they had run out of questions, each pupil being allowed 1000 each, they had reached their place.

A proud teacher moment for me!

This was a fantastic effort from our school community.  We had photos from lots of different people all having a go and we ended up with some spectacular images.

It was the most difficult job to decide on some winners.  There were 3 judges and each person had a different idea about what ‘lockdown’ meant to them, and then they considered the age of the photographer and then the photography skills.

So, after a few discussions and lots of debate, the judges eventually came up with a few photos which they have chosen for prizes.

NURSERY PUPIL – ALEC

PUPIL P2 – THORFINN

PUPIL P5 – ELIN

PUPIL P6 – FREYA

SECONDARY PUPIL – YOLANDE

STAFF – MISS MOODIE

ADULT – KAROLINE WATSON

All the other super photos can be seen in the photography gallery at the bottom of the home page.

Thank you all very much for your contributions and efforts to support our school.

Our Junior Road Safety Officers are not sitting at home resting from their duties, oh no!  They have continued to be active and have been creating animations to raise awareness of safety measures for people out and about.

You can see what they have been up to by looking at the first of a few animations being produced for your information:

Out and About – Walking

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/402360733

by Calvin

Out and About – Shopping

by Scarlett

The new P6 JRSO group are have also just started their duties.  They are busy working on ‘Return to School’ activities which you will see on the transition page.

Our school magazine group also wrote an article about the role of the JRSOs at Firth Primary.  As we didn’t have time to complete the magazine before lockdown, you can view the page here too:

Magazine Group – JRSO Article

Keep in touch to see some more amazing animations and important safety information.