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!

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.

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.

We have been busy getting ready for Christmas!

Well done everyone!

The Pupil Council sold Children In Need wristbands, badges and rulers. People were invited to wear pyjamas to school and some parents came in to do face painting. Everyone from Nursery to P7 joined in some creative Pudsey challenges and riddles. All together, the school raised a  massive £100!

Today we all had an amazing time with Joe, who came in to talk to us about Judaism. Both primary classes learned a lot about the Jewish faith, and were able to ask some really good questions.

We can’t wait for our next visit from Joe!