On Wednesday 18th May we flew over to Papay to meet up with the children and staff at Papay School and go for a sail on the Swan. You can read a peedie article (on OIC updates) about our trip by clicking on the link below
Yo Ho – A Pirate’s Life for Orkney pupils on board the Swan!
We also wrote acrostic poems about our trip.
Steering was fun because I liked taking turns
Windy day, Maggie’s hat blew away!
And the sea splashed onto the boat and we got sprayed by it
N‘ we got biscuits from Maggie the Captain and everyone got some
By Phoebe
The Swan is a sailing boat
Helping each other put up the sails
Everyone had lunch together and played music
Splash went the sea
Wind was too much to get into the pier in Papay
And we played music
Nigg Bay was the boat we went on back to Papay
The best bit was the music because we all played something
Robin was nearly sick
It was as cold as ice
Papay was windy
By Isabella
The sail blew in the wind from the south
Hoo woo Maggie’s hat blew off into the sea when we tried to pull into the pier at Papay
Everyone went to Westray
Splash went the water in the sea against the boat
Wind blew rough and fast
At lunch time we made lovely music and when the anchor went down it was loud and clanky
Num num we got biscuits on the Swan and my favourite bit was steering the Swan because it was fun
By Robin
A big huge thank you to the crew of the Swan for such a fantastic day, to Jen Austin and Eric Linklater for coming to and all the beautiful music, to Beltane Hostel and Papay School for the kind hospitality and to the North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme for funding our project.
