Burravoe Primary School

Yesterday we went to Quendale Mill on a school trip, Quendale Mill used to be used for turning cerial into flower. There is a water wheel which powers all of the machinary inside the mill, the wheel wich powers everything is an Overshot Water Wheel. An Overshot Water Wheel is a water wheel which gets the water to power it from above it.

We got a tour around Quendale mill but nothing was working because the mill stoped making flower a long time ago. We got to see all of the cogs that made all of the machinary work.

At Jarlshof   we had our lunch  before we   went on an adventure and have fun . I really liked climbing the spiral staircase  was in  the laird’s house. It  was fun Iwas one of  the three to go up first . I liked looking  at the people  down on the ground we were up high . I got dizzy  climbing  up and down so then when I got  down I  climbed up some rocks and sat on  two rocks And said “I am the Queen” .

When Scamp came to my house, He met my dog called Wolfie.  He went in my tricycle basket, he nearly went to sleep but it wasn’t comfy in the basket, so he quickly ran across to my dogs kennel and slept for 27 minutes. At bed time I took him to bed. I hope Scamp liked his stay.

On Saturday they were a Carnival in Burravoe where everybody dressed up. I dressed up as American cheerleader. We got on the float about quarter to 7 our float was called It’s a  Small World. We had to go on a float from the Burravoe Hall to the Old Haa. Everybodey sat on a bench. I sat by Kay and Brydon on the float. When we got to the  Old Haa we had to wait  for ages for the start. They were 9 floats altogether the Pirates went in front of the procssion because they were playing music. Some of the floats were called Indiana Jones, The Greeks and Steves’s super stars. On the greeks float they were people eat grapes and drinking water. We had to follow pretend vikings as they walked up the road to the Burravoe Hall. A fire engine  followed at the back. There were flares that shot out of one of the floats. Brydon and Kay lost their flags but luckily my flag stayed on the stick.  When we got back to the Burravoe Hall we got told that we were second place and we got fifty pounds to go in to any charity we want. There were a barbecue  at the hall and they were a disco.

When Flat Stanley arrived from Coffs Harbour in Australia. I was very excited to see what lovely flat Stanleys.When I got home on Monday Flat Stanley jumped up and down and even slid down the banister. On Tuesday Flat Stanley was skipping in the kitchen when a rabbit ran past the window. Flat Stanley chased the rabbit away. On Wednesday Flat Stanley had his spelling test he got 3 wrong but got 7 right. On Thursday Flat Stanley played hide and seek. On Friday Flat Stanley was playing Mario Kart he got eleventh place because he kept on pressing the reverse button. On Saturday Flat Stanley ate some homemade curry and it was very hot to eat. On Sunday Flat Stanley slid under the door, under my bed and anywhere there was a hole.

On Thursday we went to M and Ds Theme Park. There was loads of rides you could go on. When we first got there we had piece and a drink and got give in pink wristbands to go on the rides for free so we didn’t have to pay. We had to go in pairs so we wern’t left alone in the theme park. I was in pair with Lucy and Brydon was in a pair with Bryden! We kind of went around in a foursome and went on rides toghether.The first ride we went on was the Magic carpet it was pretty scary. It felt as though your heart stopped when you were at the top and when you went round it would start again. Me and Bryden went on the tsunami while Brydon and Lucy went and watched us. It wasn’t actually as scary as it looks! I thought the Magic carpet was way more scarier!

I think everybodys favourite ride was the wave swinger, I went on it like a thousand times!

http://www.scotlandsthemepark.com/                 Here is the link to the M and Ds theme park website!

On Wednesday we went to Edinburgh Castle, There was guards outside Edinburgh Castle and when their socks fell down another guard would come and pull them up. After Edinburgh Castle we went to Camera Obscura was really good because we saw all sorts of eye ilusions but when we got to the we saw the Camera Obscura every one thought that  it was so cool because you could pick up people and make bridges out of paper which cars drove over. After weed been to Camera Obscura we went to Dynamic Earth, at Dynamic Earth there was a time machine ( a lift with glass windows ) we went into the time machine and watched all olf the historical pictures flash before our eyes. Once we arrived in the middle we watched a program on a big screen when we were watching the movie the floor started shaking and we had to go into the glacier room and then intto a room with a big ice block inside it everyone had a feel of the ice block but thought that it was very cold. We went into a spaceship and then into a tropical rain forest.