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PRIMARY 1/2 POP-UP CAFE

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When Primary 1 and 2 decided they wanted to have a pop-up café at the end of term, we began planning and thinking about what we would need to get and do.  We spoke about foods/drinks which would be easy to make in a busy classroom and also considered food allergies.

This week we have been busy baking and making sandwiches.  Everybody took part and worked really well together.

This morning, we were delighted to see so many people come into the classroom.  We had to have 2 different sittings as there were so many people wanting to come!  We had a fantastic time with everyone enjoying the food and drink and our waiters/waitresses working very hard attending on their tables.  Guests were then invited to go and see all the excellent gardening work they have been doing recently with Duncan in the greenhouse and polytunnel.

Donations given this morning amounted to £176.51 which we will put towards a trip next term.  Sincere thanks to everyone who gave so generously.

I hope everyone enjoyed their morning and will now enjoy a well deserved Easter break.  See you all in 2 weeks!

PRIMARY 2 PICNIC

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What a busy time we’ve had in Primary 2 preparing for our special visitors!

Well done Primary 2 for preparing the menu and writing out the invitations for Primary 1.  We made chocolate crispies and fairy cakes and really enjoyed baking them.  Everybody worked hard and took their time to make the really yummy food.

Here’s what Primary 1 had to say about the picnic:

“I liked the cakes”    “I liked the gummy worms”   “I liked the Haribos”   “It was the best picnic EVER!”  “It was good that they had healthy food”    “I liked playing with the primary 2s in their class”    “Primary 2 were great bakers!”    “Thank you very much primary 2”

SPORTS RELIEF DAY IN PRIMARY 1

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What a busy day we’ve had in Primary 1.  Lots of people came wearing their pyjamas for Sports Relief and also brought money to buy cakes and give donations.  We started the day with 4 laps of the school along with all the primary and secondary pupils.

Afterwards, as a treat, we had hot chocolate.

Some of us bought cakes from the cake stall.

We then enjoyed watching the 2018 Sports Relief song and we also watched a video about where some of the money raised by Sports Relief goes.

These are some of the things we learned about Daniel;

“Daniel lives in Ghana……he is 10 years old……he has to work 8 hours a day……..he has to go down in a deep, dangerous hole to find gold…….he doesn’t wear any shoes or gloves or hard hat……he has to get money for his family to help get food, medicine and let him go to school…….he only goes to school some days…….he is so happy to go to school.”

Arlene came in with a letter to Paddington all the way from Peru.  It was from his Aunt Lucy.  She said she was really missing him and had sent him a ticket to get home.  We thought about it really carefully and decided that we had to let him go.  He leaves Shetland next Friday.

Finally, it was Cari’s birthday today and she chose 2 bakers to help make a chocolate cake.  It was yummy!

Have a good weekend everyone.

Week 5 – Primary 1 – Learning (B)log

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This week we have learned our new sounds – ‘e’, ‘c’ and ‘k.’  We learned about Feathery 4  and then we made some peacock fans.  We have thought about day and night and also looked at how children’s lives have changed from over 100 years ago.

We really enjoyed Roald Dahl day.  We had pink eggs for dinner, painted Roly-Poly Birds and had a fun time up in the library.  We liked playing in the sand tray and making lots of models.  We have enjoyed balancing on the wobble boards, dressing up in the Spanish dress using the castanets “ck, ck, ck” and we have loved sharing some of our favourite books from home with the class.

Next week we would like to make sticky pictures, play with the toy garage and cars, play with Lego and some jelly in the water tray.

 

 

The BIG Breakfast

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Following ‘the mile’ challenge in the beautiful spring sunshine, pupils from Early Years to Secondary 4 and staff returned to school to where the enterprising Primary 3,4,5 classes had organised The Big Breakfast.  Keen to raise funds to develop their butterfly garden as well as help those in need through Sport Relief pupils did a tremendous job resourcing, advertising, preparing and serving at the event.  They wrote to both the Co-op and Tesco who both kindly donated vouchers towards food supply and Shetland Farm Dairies generously donated all the milk for the event.

The menu was (mostly) healthy options which included toast and toppings, pancakes, fruit,cereal, porridge, eggs, yoghurts and a selection of breakfast drinks.

The event was a great success with everyone thoroughly enjoying the delicious food and the opportunity for whole school to mix socially together. A big thank you to all relatives who came along to help out and also to the extremely helpful canteen staff who really did go that extra mile.

Money raised was added together with that from other events held during the day – the Mile challenge, BHF Dodgeball tournament and healthy tuckshop to reach a massive total of £411.11 – Well Done all!

(British Heart Foundation £60, School Butterfly Garden £50 and £301.11 for Sport Relief so far)imageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimageimage

Our Terrific Trip by Eva P.5

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I was so excited once I woke up on Tuesday morning, because we (Primaries 3 – 7)  were going on a school trip to the Sandness Mill and Turriefield.  I had never been to either of them so to me it was going to be one big adventure.

Once I arrived at school I was told we were to leave at quarter to 10, so before we left we did a little maths on symmetry, a few minutes later I was told to grab everything I needed because we were going.  I was really excited and happy.

When we arrived at the Sandness Mill we were greeted by two people, one called Gary and one called Louise.  They told us we were going to be split into two groups.  I was in group one with a few other people and everybody else was in group two.  Group one was with Gary and group two was with Louise.  After that we followed Gary into the mill, first he showed us the weaving loom machine.  It was very noisy and it was so noisy some people had to wear headphones!  Every hour they could have 6 jackets made, I bet you couldn’t do that with your needles!

Gary showed us a few other machines too one of them was the carding machine that makes ‘oo’ into yarn – WOW.  He also showed us a room full of ‘oo’.  The ‘oo’ was very springy and quite spongy. Gary said it also felt all soft like snowflakes.  He told us the ‘oo’ had 3 baths but they were way too hot for us but just right for cleaning the ‘oo’.  They could also dye the ‘oo’, they could make lots of colours and Shetland colours too.  There were lots of other machines like the jumper making machine and they said the Fair Isle was the most complicated and this is two of the most interesting things that one of the machines was 100 years old and another thing was the Sandness Mill is the only place in the whole of Europe where you can see the whole process from ‘oo’ to woolly jumpers and the finished product is also sold in the shop.

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Sandness mill was marvellous and I called it the Super Sandness Mill.  I was sad to leave but happy because … Next up Transition Tuffiefield.

 

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Before we went to Turriefield we went to a beach to eat our snack.

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I had an apple and once I had finished it we were off on the bus again.

I was very excited once I heard all of everyone else’s comments about Turriefield.  We were greeted by two people, one called Penny and one called Alan.  First they took us to see the turkeys –   gobble gobble   Turkey (2)

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then they showed us a few different tools and let us try to lift the heavy steel weed cutter and ploughs

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They also showed us the vegetables they grew.  They grew melons, garlic, beetroot, kale, chillies, peppers, leeks, marrows, sweetcorn, peas and a few other things

P1030303 P1030332 IMG_2611( I almost forgot about pumpkins and broccoli and aubergines). Also they showed us inside the politunnels and said they (by they I mean two of them) are jungles then they showed us the ducks and explained a bit about Turriefield.  Back up at the shed they gave us all

peas in a pod to try . P1030340 They were outstanding.  So good I called Turriefield Terrific Turriefield and it certainly was.  I was very sad to go I had a spectacular trip.

I would definitely do that trip again.  Some of the highlights of the trip was looking at all the food, trying the peas and learning how to dye the ‘oo’ and the big room that was full of it!

But now I was back on the way back to the school and by this time I was very hungry but I was lucky because once we arrived back at the school we were going to have our lunch.

At the school I ate my lunch and then I had my break.  At break I wrote Peerie Filskit Tammie and when I got home I told my mam all about it.

I felt happy and excited for our next trip.

By Eva