Kung Hei Fat Choy! ( Happy New Year! )
P1/2 have been celebrating Chinese New Year with a special visit from Roxy, the Chinese Shar-Pei dog. Chinese New Year is an important festival celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar.
Drama Festival Rehearsals
On Thursday 5th of March primaries 3,4,5,6 and 7 went to the Garrison Theatre to have a dress rehearsal for Rumpelstiltskin the P3,4 play and our play The Stubborn Little Girl and the Spider’s Web. When we were backstage we were all a bit nervous. The stage was really big, there was a lot more space than we were used to. Backstage in the wings were a little bit cramped as we waited for our cues. Rob the technician was in charge and if we were noisy he said, “Quiet in the wings please!” Thomas was in charge of the lights and sounds and Izzy and Marsali were helping us get into position on the stage. In the dressing rooms it got very hot because the little bulbs on the wall got hot and heated the room up. We watched the primary 3 and 4 class doing their play Rumpelstiltskin and it was very good, they thought our performance was very good too. Watching each other gave us tips for our shows next week. The P3,4s will be the first play of the Drama Festival on Monday night and P5,6,7 will be on the final night on Thursday. We all enjoyed our trip out and can’t wait to do our performance next week in the Shetland County Drama Festival.
By Sophie
Aith walk
For the social studies project we are doing with Mrs Mouat, we went for walk around Aith to find out information. We had to find out places to work, relax and interesting places to visit. We visited Michael’s Wood and the lifeboat station and some people asked Ray and Betty Ferrie and Hylton Henry questions. In our pairs we had to make a presentations with the photos and information when we got back. We really enjoyed the trip out. By Sophie Bain
Be my Valentine
It is Valentines Day tomorrow, we hope everyone has a lovely day!
Schiltrons!
Primary 3 and 4 have been finding out about William Wallace and the Scottish Wars of Independence. Here they are demonstrating what a schiltron looked like. It was a great circle that bristled with spears like a giant lethal hedgehog – yikes!
Up helly Aa Day
Primary 1 and 2 enjoyed a busy but fantastic trip to Lerwick. They saw the Up Helly Aa procession, spoke to the Jarl squad and then went to the Shetland Museum in the afternoon where they looked at lots of very old toys.
Bloggers this week were Peter and Asia
Burns Day Lunch
On Monday we had a very special lunch. Mrs Taylor came in and addressed the haggis the dinner ladies cooked for us.She read the poem called Address to the Haggis. The haggis tasted delicious! Then back when we were in class we drew little Rabbie Burns pictures and wrote one of his poems around them. By Asia and Joann
Visit to Total Green Awards
On the 21st of January primary 6 were invited to Mareel to see the Total Green Awards. When we got there we were given stickers saying our school name and biscuits and juice. We watched some science tricks while we had those. One was an optical illusion. Val spun a magic wheel and we had to stare at it for 20 seconds then straight at a small rabbit. The rabbit instantly grew! When we spun the wheel the other way the rabbit got smaller. We saw a balloon trick too. In the auditorium we watched an animation made by Ollaberry who won last year. It was called ‘A Turtle’s Tale of a Plastic Bag’. It was about litter in the sea and it was very good! We can’t wait to take part in this competition. By Holly, Joann and Sophie.
Our Shetland dialect books
Primary 5, 6 and 7 made Shetland dialect books with Mrs Nicolson. First we translated the English to Shetland. Some people used dictionaries to help them. We could choose to draw pictures ourselves or photocopy them. We wrote them out on paper and then on the computer or just by hand. After we have finished all our books we will read them out to primary 1 and 2.
Science
On Tuesday Mr .Rose came into our class, primary 5,6 and 7. He talked about living things and how animals evolved into humans.He also talked about classification and we sorted things out into organic and inorganic piles. It was very interesting and we can’t wait to have him next week! by Scott and Emma
