Burravoe Primary School

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.

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!

On Saturday I had fish and chips for my tea. On Sunday I made a Hama beads mermaid and I played on my bike we Lily. We had a Garden Party. We had a invatation and we had juice and water and biscuits.

The walk was fun we saw a pony it was cute. It was very cute and its mum was cute to. it was at Jade’s home. It was Jade’s. pony.

Today P1 and P2 and P3 went on the Swan. We put on life jackets so we don’t fall in the sea. We climbed on board. Rory showed us the chart. We sawed Burravoe on the chart. We went to the cabin. We went to sea.  We had to pull the ropes to get the sail up. We had to check on the depth  The ropes were wet. We had to look how muck rocks are they in the sea. We saw the houses. We had to watch the sail going down.  Hannah and Sofia and Emer steered the steering wheel. We were watching the water coming out the swan   We went a little bit to sea. We had to steer the swan. We went past Two green arrows. we were steering the boat to get back . We went back to the pier. We went off the Swan.  We had great fun. Thank you for taking us for a ride.

We went on the Swan it was fun and we saw an otter he was eating food we got to steer the tha whee li twas fun to we had good fun we saw Emer steering and I did to it I was excited it was windy.

Today we went on a trip on the Swan. First we looked at a chart and we saw Burravoe.

This year Emer,Sofia and Hannah  all steered the Swan and we all saw how deep the sea was by looking at the depth counter and when the number went down the we  said aaawww and when the number went up we cheered. We pulled a rope to pull the sail up it was quite heavy and it was really,really,really fun.

On Wednesday we went outside for a visit to the Old Haa. We went inside where there were lots of knitting,crochet,embroidery and there was one knitted rug. We sketched all our favourite things. After we went upstairs there were pictures of people who died in Shetland long long ago in wars. Then we went downstairs and ate some cake. It was fun.

First we came on the stage quickly and quietly I loved doing it.I thought this one went faster then all of the other practices.Then when we played the games most people just wanted to read my instructions and all the people said my game was complicated.I kept winning my game.Next time I will change my game a bit so the other people have a chance to win.Then it was raffles I won jelly babies and love hearts they were both sweets.At the raffle we got £151 money.