On Wednesday 7th June, P5 – 7 pupils went to Kirkwall to take part in a day of STEM activities. They had to complete some challenges, as well as present some of the STEM learning they have been doing in class.

Well done to Miss Angier and the children, who came home with 3 prizes!

We are delighted that we have been awarded the Bronze Award for Rights Respecting Schools.

We went to Kirkwall on Monday 15th May. First we walked through Kirkwall where Miss Angier talked to everyone about different rocks (the older class have been learning about them in Science).

Then we went into the Orkney museum for a quick visit (we would very much recommend it!)

We had a lovely picnic lunch in Tankerness Gardens.

Then we went to the library to meet Joseph Coelho, the children’s laureate. We had a great time hearing about his writing, and we even wrote a poem together with him. We will be using what we learned to write our own poetry in class.

On Friday 12th June the primary children went to Flotta to visit the oil terminal. This was part of the prize that the school won in the 2022 STEM competition. We had a super day, learning about how the terminal works, and about the move to cleaner hydrogen fuel in the future. Highlights also included seeing the many rabbits and seals, and the delicious lunch! Huge thanks to the team at Flotta, we had an amazing day!

On Tuesday 18th April, we took part in Bag the Bruck at Sandgarth beach in Shapinsay. Lots of parents came along to help as well.

We collected 15 bags of rubbish, plus a large quantity of rope.

We also found lots of mermaid’s purses (skate egg cases) which we will be classifying and reporting back to the Shark Trust.

P1 – 3 are comparing life and death in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Orkney. To help find out about life and death in Ancient Orkney, we visited Skara Brae and Maes Howe.

First we went to Maes Howe, which is a bit like the Ancient Egyptian pyramids.

Then we went to Skara Brae, to find out about how people lived in Ancient Orkney.

We all dressed up in a silly or funny way, took part in the Dance Sweepstake and brought in loose change to make a “change snake”.

We raised……

On Thursday 16th March, we were delighted to host a Strings Day. Many thanks to Miss Procter for organising it, and for the teachers and pupils who came to join us from Papdale and Glaitness schools.

P1 – 4 are learning about Ancient Egypt.

We have learned a lot about pyramids.

We learned about Ancient Egyptian beliefs about death and have even made our own tomb, complete with coffin.

We learned about how mummies are made, and are doing an experiment with fruit to find out why the Egyptians used salt to create the mummies.

We researched about the River Nile and wrote non-chronological reports about them.

P3 have chosen a topic about Ancient Egypt to find out more about and they will be giving a talk to the class about that topic.

We had lots of snow, it was fun playing in it!