By Hannah, P1
June 23, 2015
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June 23, 2015
by Neil
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Wawel Dragon
We started the dragon story on Thursday. The dragon story is a legend tale from Poland. We were learning about Poland. Here is my version of the story.
How The Legend of the Wawel Dragon Ended
The Wawel dragon was orange and fierce. The dragon scared the people in the country of Poland. Krak was trying to scare the dragon. Krak was giving the dragon a sheep filled with meat. Then the dragon ate the sheep. There was poison in the sheep which made the dragon sick. So he went to a pond and drunk the water in the pond. Then the dragon tried to breath fire but the only thing that came out his mouth was smoke and died. Than everyone cheered because they didn’t like the dragon so they were happy he was gone.
By Neil P3
June 22, 2015
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Making Polish Lunch
On Friday we made golabki and strawberry pierogi. Golabki is cabbage wrapped up with meat, (herbs parsley, marjoram) and onions and a little bit of pepper. Strawberry pierogi are strawberries wrapped up with pastry mix. First we cut the cabbage but we had help for that from an adult. We finely chopped onions then we put it into 2 bowls to make more mixture. Honor and Rosie got the meat and put half of the meat in each bowl. We put the parsley and marjoram in the bowls then we beat and cracked the eggs. When the cabbages were ready from cooking in the oven, we pulled the cabbage leaves carefully off so the leaves didn’t snap. Then we put the mince mixture in the cabbage leaves and wrapped the mince in the leaves like a parcel then we put them in the oven.
The strawberry pierogi is very easy to make. You get warm water and get pasta flour in a bowl and mix it together and you knead it and keep putting in more warm water. Then you roll the mixture to make it thin and you cut the strawberries in half and quarters. You then get a circle cutter to cut circles out of the pastry then you put the strawberries in the middle and pinch it around the edges. Then the pastry goes in the oven.
I enjoyed baking the golabki and the strawberry pierogi.
June 22, 2015
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Cooking Polish Food
Today we cooked Polish Food Karolina came in to teach us how to cook Polish food. We washed our hands. We got the ingredient. We the bowls and things that we needed first. Then we got the meat packed open. We split it up so they are two bits of meat that needs to go in the bowl. Then we put some pepper parsley and onions over the meat. We put half a tea spoon of herbs and spices. We mixed it together. Then we got cabbage and we tared the leaves off. We had to make sure that they were no leaves tared because the meat would not go in the leave. Then we put the meat in the leaves and we wrapped it up and we put it in a tray. Then we made the pudding. It was strawberries with pastry around it. We took the leaves of the strawberries. Then we cut them up into small bits. Then we made the pastry. We cut holes in the pastry. Then we wrapped the pastry around the strawberries. Then we put it on the plate to cook. Then we served the cabbage with tomato sauce. 
June 22, 2015
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Polish Dishes
on Friday we were doing Polish cooking with Karolina. She came in and we made a main course and a pudding. The main course was mince, rice, onions, parsley, marjoram and pepper and it was in a cabbage shell. We had to boil the rice first and the cabbages (2). We then had to peel the onions and chop them and some of us cried! We had the little ones peeling and the older ones chopping. We put the mince in and after that we put in the herbs and we then mixed it together.We split the rice in half and then put it the mixture. When the cabbage was done we picked the leaves off and put a big spoon full of the mixture inside and wrapped it up and put it in the oven.
We made a pudding that was pastry with strawberries inside. We made the pastry by putting pasta flour in a bowl then getting boiling water and then we put butter in it and mixed it until the butter had melted then we put it in the bowl with the flour. We then needed it and made it quite wet and we then rolled it our and cut them into circles with cookie cutters. We next put half a strawberry inside and wrapped the strawberry in the pastry.
When the meal was ready Karolina worked with it and served it. It tasted very different to the food we have here!
June 17, 2015
by Neil
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Burravoe Carnival 2015
We had a carnival. This years theme was Toy box. I was buzz light year. We were starting at the Burravoe Hall and finished at the weaving shed. They were a barbecue. We went to our Toy box. We played a pirate game. We were on our float. Then we went home.
June 17, 2015
by Sonia
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Morning Run
As soon as we get to school we get ready to run outside. We have to run for 5 minuets mostly every day. When we run Miss Smith writes down how many laps we have done. We get sheets to record how many laps we have done. I really feel tired after the run.I think step by step I am getting better at running.
June 17, 2015
by Emer
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The Carnival
On Saturday it was the carnival.The theme was toy box. For the carnival I was a robot, Lily was a fairy and Honor was Barbie. We started at the hall and and finished at the pier. When we got to the pier I saw my cousins Maddy Merran and Loudon and Christopher and Elizabeth at the pier. We came second place on the float. It was a windy day but nice. I had fun.
June 12, 2015
by Emer
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PE on Monday
On Monday we did P.E outside the school. We played circus catchie. Circus cachie is when two people are clowns and the others half to run away. If a clown catches you, you have to run around the circle and then you can play again. We played circus training. Circus training is when the worker has to run on the outside of the circle and the ringleader has to run on the inside of the circle and coach the worker. It was very tiring. We are working on fitness.
By Emer, P2
June 3, 2015
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Kenyan Visit
Yesterday two Kenyan ladies came, they came to talk about Crofting Connections. They were called Nancy and Agnes. Nancy worked as a teacher and Agnes was a community worker and politician. Two other ladies came their names were Pam Rodway (head of Crofting Connections) and Mrs Simpson (head of Dunrossness School) We had shown them the garden and we had gone down to The Old Haa.
I learned that…
- Some Plants in Kenya germinate within 5 or 6 days
- PiliPili Manga means Black Pepper in Kiswahili
- Kiswahili is one of the languages Kenyans speak
- The children learn how to hunt from as soon as they are able to walk
- The children learn what fruits they can eat from as soon as they can walk
- The most common fruit in Kenya are Mangoes
- They catch Gazelle
- They have animals that look like otters. They live in Lake Victoria and are smaller.
- Pam sends out a lot of the seeds that we grow
We came back to the school and entered the classroom. We sat down and Agnes and Nancy sang and played Phoebe’s drum. They sang a greeting song and Cultural song both in Kiswahili and just before they left the sang if your happy and you know it in English. I really enjoyed it!
June 1, 2015
by gw14smithlauren3@glow
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Scottish Skoolbo Challenge
All students at Burravoe Primary School have taken part in the Scottish Skoolbo Challenge. With one day remaining, will the students of Scotland complete the challenge?
Follow Scottish Skoolbo Challenge Blog to find out what P1, P2 and P3 think about Skoolbo and how Burravoe School have been doing.
May 26, 2015
by Sonia
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The Walk to See Houses and Homes
On Wednesday the 20/05/15 we went for a walk around Burravoe and spoke about the homes belonging to people.We spoke about what they are made of and are they detached,Semi-detached,Terraced,Bungalow,Flats,Caravans or other.Other are like the Old Haa or a shop. We all had clipboards so we wrote down or ticked the box which said the right kind of house. A detached house is when its stands all alone by itself. A semi-detached house is when they are two houses joined up. A terraced house is when there are lots of houses joined up. A bungalow is one house with no stairs and flats are houses one on top of each other.
We saw 5 detached houses, 16 semi-detached houses, 1 row of terraced houses,2 bungalows,0 flats, 1 caravan,1 other which was the Old Haa. Kerrys house was a church and now she lives in it.
On the walk we saw sheep, cars, fields, people, flowers, boats, clouds.
I enjoyed the walk because I liked seeing the houses.
The first photo is a house but it used to be a church. The second photo is a detached house. The third photo is houses joined up together which is called terraced houses.
May 19, 2015
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Our Water Cycle Rap
Water Cycle Rap
Created and Presented by Phoebe, Abby and Melissa.
May 19, 2015
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The Swan 2015
On Wednesday 13th May we went on the Swan. I learned about the reason you turn the coil over after you do it is because its easier to undo it. We had to shout 2,6 PULL 2,6 PULL until we had gotten the sail up and down. The wind was blowing us onto the side slightly so we got splashed by the water a lot. When we were having a go at steering the boat we went by the light house in the distance and we had to make sure we could pretty much see it to make sure we were going straight. We had to tuck the sail under the crease and then tie it up ready for the people. We were looking at the echo sounder and we learned about how it sends a sound under the water and it measures by the echo how deep the water is. It was on a screen and it changed the whole time. We watched it for a while. We saw lots of wildlife like: a gannet, oyster catcher, bonxies, seagulls and tysties. We went out for 1 hour 45 minutes from 11.15 – 1.00.
May 19, 2015
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Sullom Voe P4-7 Trip 2015
On Monday the 18th of May we went to Sullom Voe with Cullivoe Primary and Mid Yell primary 5, 6 and 7 but Abby tagged along with us.
When we arrived at Sullom Voe we had to go through security and they took anything that had batteries because it could mess with their systems.
When we had passed through security we went and did a safety check. We got split into 3 groups and my group went to the control room.
In the control room we first went to look at everything the lady called Kirsty did. She took us around her desk and showed us the kind of things she had to do. She told us that they have 6 phones and they have 1 emergency phone and to ring that you have to dial 222. They had a board with red lightbulbs on it showing every place there was a fire or smoke alarm.
We then went downstairs and we went to the fire department. We worked with the fire extinguishers. There are 2 types, Water and C02. The firemen did an experiment with real fire. We then tried on the suits and the gas masks and he but on the air for us sowe were breathing through the mask.
We then went to the ambulance and he showed us all the equipment they had. We went inside the ambulance and pressed all the buttons inside and we learned that they have a camera inside the back so that the driver can see how the patient is getting on. They have a spare ambulance because of they have so many workers now with one ambulance might not be enough so they are keeping the other one on supply.
We then had our lunch (Which was AMAZING!) and then went back to the bus and went on a site tour. We saw loads of pipes, the pipes were carrying oil from different parts of Shetland. We saw a huge place that was storing Crude oil.
When we finished our tour we went to the pollution unit and we saw an experiment when he put a chemical into a tank which had water with a layer of Crude oil on the top, when the chemical mixed with the oil it dispersed . They needed to get special permission from the government to use the chemical because it could harm the environment but the pollution team at Sellaness believe it was better to leave the chemical in the long term.
My highlights were putting on the gas mask because it was so cool and weird at the same time when it was on your face, going in the new ambulance because it was so cool inside and you could make the lighting really cool and the dinner!
Next time I would like to learn a bit more about the fire engines and the workers shifts. I liked the idea of driving the ambulance but not being paramedic trained.
I would like to thank all the staff, workers and cooks that gave us such a great experience!
