Tag Archives: History

Primary 3/4/5 trip to Mareel and Scalloway castle

Leave a comment

What a busy Monday Primary 3/4/5 have had. Despite chilly weather all pupils were dressed warmly and were raring to go on a very interesting school trip.  First stop was Mareel where we enjoyed the experience of watching the film ‘A Christmas Carol’ in a cinema with our classmates.  Afterwards we went into the projection room, here we found out how films get projected onto the big screen. 

Explaining how 3D films work … and how 3D glasses don’t work if you put them on upside down!

  

view from the projection room (above) and our next destination, Scalloway castle (below)

How many people can we fit in the prison? (above)

admiring the view from the top of the winding staircase (above)

In the chamber (below)

 With a key that big, it can surely only be for a castle door! 

 A little play outdoors before we head home again. 

Week 5 – Primary 1 – Learning (B)log

Leave a comment

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.

 

 

‘Diana’ Tait

Leave a comment

On the 21st of March Aith Junior High Schools upper primary did a play at the walls hall. It was called The Voyage Of The Diana. I played the part of Christopher Tait and at the show I met Christopher Tait’s granddaughter, Rhoda Tulloch. She said she could remember her grandfather even though he died when she was 4. She said when he came home from the being on the Diana he couldn’t sit down because he was just a sack of skin and bones because he couldn’t sit down he had to sit on some sheeps wool. I live near where Christopher Tait lived.

By Sadie Anderson

 

The 150th anniversary of the voyage of ‘The Diana’

Leave a comment

 

    Primary 4 – 7 visited the Museum and archives to find out more about what happened to the Victorian whaling ship ‘Diana’.  Kirsty Clark led a hands-on workshop on what it was like at the Whaling in Victorian times and Mark and Brian Smith shared interesting information stored in the archives. We had a really interesting and informative visit, thank you all!

The Diana left for the Arctic in May 1866. At first the crew did well and they caught a small number of whales, but on the journey back the weather began to get worse and the ship was locked in a sea of frozen ice. It was trapped for over six months. Food was rationed, and fuel was in short supply; the sailors were driven to use anything they could get their hands on for food, even the wood from the ship’s masts and seal clubs.

By the time the ice had thawed and the Diana had finally landed in the Shetland Isles, 13 men were dead including Captain Gravill, the captain of the ship. A detailed log was written by the ship’s surgeon, Dr Charles Edward Smith, after the death of Captain Gravill.

We have entered a play in the Drama Festival which tells the story of the crew, many of which were Shetlanders. Some of the crew are our ancestors.

The play was written and directed by Marsali Taylor, based on the information in Dr Smith’s log entries. Dr Smith’s brother, Frederick Smith was mayor of West Ham and after hearing the tragic story of the Diana’s crew, he paid for a red marble drinking fountain to be erected on Victoria Pier in Lerwick.The memorial reads “The Providential Return of the S Whaler ‘Diana’ of Hull 1866-7”.

News Reports – The Moon Landing

Leave a comment

This week primary 6 and 7 made news report videos about the landing on the moon in 1969. We chose groups and then decided who was doing each role – newsreader, camera operator and director. We had to research the information first, write a script and then record it. We found out that the moon landing was a huge event, with over 500 million people watching it on their televisions. We enjoyed this task because you had to cooperate and also learn about space history at the same time. Written by Sophie and Ewen

Here is Hannah,Elsie and Iona’s news report:

IMG_0553

Horrible Histories with Martin Brown

Leave a comment

When I heard that Martin Brown was coming in to see us I was  very excited! I really enjoy reading the Horrible History books and I think that the illustrations really compliment the book. I like the style of his drawings, they really inspire me. I love to draw cartoons and I really enjoyed it when he showed  us some of his drawing techniques. He was really good at getting your attention when he was explaining something. I really, really liked listening to what he was saying and I would love to meet him again.

Aimee Irvine P7

 

Martin Brown was funny and he is a talented cartoon artist. He told us how to draw a horse, he said, “If you don’t keep drawing a lot then your horse will look like a sausage.”

Scott McKearney P7

I really enjoyed the event. I loved listening to all the horrible facts and doing the fun activities. Martin Brown made the event really fun and enjoyable to listen to. I learned lots from the lesson like how Mary Queen of Scots gave the axeman a gift before her execution. I also learned a lot about drawing such as how to draw a cartoon horse. Thank you very much for coming Martin!

Flora Quinnell P7

 

I really enjoyed Martin Brown coming to the school, he was very funny and he is a very good drawer. He showed us that even if you don’t draw realistically it doesn’t mean you’re not a good drawer. Callum McLean P7

 

I thought Martin was funny, cool and just plain AWESOME! He is oh so good at drawing and he is not boring and I love the Horrible Histories. My favourite one is Edinburgh so keep up the good work Martin! Shay Polson P5