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!
Bag the Bruck, April 2023
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 trip to Maes Howe and Skara Brae
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.
Red Nose Day 2023
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……
Strings Day
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 – 3 Ancient Egypt project
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.
Snow!
We had lots of snow, it was fun playing in it!
World Book Day 2023
The Library Committee organised our World Book Day activities on Thursday 2nd March. Everyone dressed up, brought in some books for a book swap, did some book related activities and we had a visit from Sheila Garson to talk about her Shapinsay A-Z book.
Burns’ Night 2023
P5 – 7 children performed the Address to the Haggis to the younger children and to Lunch Club. They also created their own portraits of Burns.
Christmas 2022
We have been busy getting ready for Christmas!