Burravoe Primary School

On Wednesday I had to be on the bus at  7:20 outside of my house we had to pack spare clothes and we could take money and cameras. When we got to Ulsta we meet Melissa, Leah and their Mum. Melissa sat by me on the bus. When we were waiting for the other ferry because the one at Ulsta was broken. There was some tourist that were pointing at something but we weren’t quite sure what it was in the water. A lady went over to our bus and said that there were some killer whales in the sea. Everybody was so excited it was the first time some of us has seen a killer whale and I was one of them. The killer whales were hunting in a pod near to an island not far from Yell. We got on the ferry to Toft that took 20 minutes. We first went past Voe on our drive, Then Tingwall, Then Quarff, then Cunings brugh, then Dunrossnes and then finally we got to Sumburgh. It took over 1 hour and a half because we went to the toilets. We first went to Sumburgh Head were the RSPB were they worked in a bit of the  Light House . Rebecca told us about birds we first played a game were we were sander lings and the teachers had a blue material  and when we are running over to get some paper food before the teid  comes in. We walked up the path and saw some Guillimots, Fulmor and Razorbill. Unfortunately there weren’t many Puffins but we did get to see 2 puffins close up. Next we went  Jarlshof that wasn’t that far from Sumburgh light house. We sat down and had a snack I had a tuna sandwich. We heard a helicopter noise flying ahead of us we thought that it was going to Sumburgh airport but insted it flew into Sumburgh hotel which was right next to Jarlshof. At Jarlshof  there is a little gift shop and a museum they is also very old houses with round houses, wheel houses, Laird’s house.

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!