We did fun activities for Children in Need, and invited people in the community to donate their loose change. We also wore pyjamas to school.
We made a really long change snake (133m!) and when we counted it up we had raised £323.41! What an amazing total!
In the Autumn Term of 2024 the Primary Class topic was “Our Community”. We looked at what makes Shapinsay a great place to live, and what a community needs.
We went on lots of visits, and had a lot of visitors in school. Here is just some of what we did!
We went to the Smithy and learned about jobs there.
We went to the Shapinsay shop and found out how it works.
Liam McArthur MSP came to talk to us about the Scottish Parliament.
We visited the Shapinsay kirk.
We visited the Heritage Centre.
We visited the Fire Station.
We donated some things to Cast Affs.
We learned about the role of the First responders
Alistair Carmichael MP came to visit.
We were lucky enough to have several visits as part of the OISF. We really enjoyed all the activities!
Dr Anne-Marie Weijmans from St Andrews University came in to work with us about space. We identified stars using their co-ordinates and made our own constellations.
We learned a lot about forensics using the Science of Superheroes with the University of Central Lancashire.
We learned about Artificial Intelligence with Claire Griffiths.
Eve Armstrong from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh came to work with us about rainforests.
On Monday 17th June the P7s did some bike-ability because they haven’t done any this year. When they were on their way back from the bike shed, Mrs Bews asked if she could take their jackets without them being suspicious. When they ran round the corner, lots of parents were ready, waiting to soak the P7s. One of the parents even had a freezing cold water tank on the back of a trailer.
On Tuesday the 25th of June our school went on a walk to Balfour Castle. We all ate our snacks in the castle garden and then we went to the cannons and saw the highland coos and the highland calves, loads of people thought they were cute. The cannons were blocked up by concrete and we saw all the flower beds and there were lots of bushes. Everyone had the choice to pick one flower each but not everyone wanted one.
We do the castle walk every year but this time I got to see the back of the castle for the very first time. I also got to see the castle gardens, which I have not seen in years. There is also a very interesting pattern made out of clover next to the castle. It has one big patch in the middle and smaller patches around that.
On Friday, 17th of May, Shapinsay Primary, Papay School and Eday Primary went on a tour held by Glaitness School. The tour guides were dressed in medieval outfits to set the theme of the palaces. They were split into two groups: one group did a tour of the Earl’s palace – the other group did a tour of the Bishop’s palace.
We first got a tour of the Earl’s palace.
Then got a tour of the Bishop’s palace.
This term we are doing work on the ocean.
So far we have done work on the layers of the ocean, the different oceans and plastic pollution and how it is effecting the ocean.
I did very well on the layers of the ocean. We had a choice of how to present our work, so I did an ocean in a box.
On April 29th, until May 3rd P7s from The Hope, Burray, Eday, Rousay and Shapinsay Primary went on a five day trip to hoy to do some activities. Some of the activities were: coasteering, canoeing, kayaking, tyrolean traverse and gorge walking. The teachers that went with the children were Mrs Bews, Mrs Humphreys, Mr Huggard and Mrs Mckenzie. We did two activities a day except fom Monday and Friday because we were only there for half of those days.
