Burravoe Primary School

At school on the 11th of September at about 11:00 we did a thing called ‘meet the author’ this time it was Jon Klassen. I like his style of books. My favourite book is This Is Not My Hat it’s about a fish who stole a hat from a big fish and he will probably get away with it. Jon Klassen  seems to like hats. He wrote another book called I Want My Hat Back. It’s about a bear who has lost his hat he asks a few animals and the last one had his hat.

Picture by Jon Klassen -Walker Books

On Friday the 3rd of October was the MacMillan Coffee Morning 2014. We did baking on the Thursday  for it and my group make delicious apple and carrot muffins. On Friday then we first washed our hands and then moved the furniture and put  mugs, milk, sugar and napkins on the tables. We then had lots of cakes because some of the parents baked for us, and we laid them out on trays with napkins on the trays. At home I made mars bar squares and chocolate crispys. Me and Kerry were on the raffle. Everybody bought some raffle tickets. After Everyone had left, we cleared up and then went into the classroom to work out how much money we had raised. For the raffle we raised £142.000 and from the donation tin we raised £200.000. In total we raised £324.000.

I then went to the phone and phoned the radio to tell them how much we raised and they are going to say it on the radio tonight.

On Saturday I went to the Yell Show. I went on a quad but it didn’t move, there was one I could fit on. I pretended that me and Emer went on holiday and we packed everything. Me and Emer went on the panda bouncy castle  it was really bouncy and fun. My school won a first prize for our leeks, kohlrabi and courgette. We dug up the vegetables from the school garden.

We went to Lerwick on the bus and we went to Mareel to the Screen Play festival it is where different films from around the world that you would not see but only in the country. The little ones went to the Museum. We went to watch a film in Spanish it was called Anina. It was a bit random because she had day dreams that did not make sense because sometimes she would have day dreams. At the end of the film we got bits of paper to rate the film on. We had to hand in the paper as we came out. At the very end we went to the Museum to meet up with the little ones.

We went to the lifeboat after lunch. We went on the lifeboat and we looked around the outside and the inside. I sat on one of the chairs it was the helm. Then we saw how the crew save the people. I learned that they do it with a hoist and they have to put the survivors into a room downstairs on the lifeboat but we did not go down.  We saw one of the crew jump overboard. We saw how they can get survivors on the Y-boat which is for inshore rescue. We came off the lifeboat and we got our photo taken and we walked over to the lifeboat station. We went into the station. We went to the room where they put on their survival suits. They put powder on the rubber neck of the suit so it does not give them irritation or rashes. Then we went into the next room. It was the history room and we saw loads of old photos of the lifeboat saving people. I learned that there was a man who got loads of awards for bravery. Then we went into the next room where they have meetings. I learned that they have a pager so they can give out massages out to the crew. It had some couches and on a picture there were loads of knots you can do. I learned that there are lots of lifeboats in the UK.

We all went to Lerwick on the ferry. When we got there the bus dropped us of at the museum where P1-P3, Miss Smith and Jennifer stayed to learn more about transport.  P4-P7 and Ms Breyley walked to Mareel to watch Anina which is a screen play film. It was in Spanish so we had to read subtitles. Her full name is Anina Yatay Salas which are all palindromes. We were all given paper to rate the film. The paper had  1, 2, 3 and 4 in the corners. 1 was poor, 2 was okay 3 was didn’t mind it, 4 was loved it. I rated it 4. After that we went to the museum to have our lunch and to meet back with the little ones. After our lunch we got on the bus.

At the pier we went to look at a tall ship. Then we went to the life boat. We were relived it was there so we walked across the pier where we met John who was going to go be our guide. To get on board the little ones got lifted over and the older ones took the ladder where someone met us at the bottom and helped us over. When all of us were safely onboard we went inside. There was a bench which could turn into 2 stretchers.  Also there was a ladder leading down to the bottom of the boat, we weren’t allowed down there. There was also another place which the crew went in they all had their own seats. When they have rescued passengers they put them in the bottom part of the boat to be safe however the passenger are never ever allowed in the room were crew stayed. The doctor has his own seat too. One of the crew members jumped into sea to show us how they rescued people he was called Adrian we had to yell help. The first time he got hoisted up with a hoist we had to help pull him up. Then he jumped in again to show us how they saved people with the y-boat. We had to yell help again. Then the other men Dieter and Iain saved Adrian.  When they were all on the boat Iain climbed up to show us his camera on his helmet that videos everything. He jumped in to the sea to video what it is like to be rescued.

Then we went to the Lifeboat station with John who showed us around. First he showed us the room where they kept the suits. John told us about the powder which stops the rubber rubbing on the crew’s neck and giving them a rash and it also slips on better. Everyone has their own equipment and they have their own pager.  The crew have to be no further than 3 miles away from the station for it to alarm them because they aim for a 9 minute call out. They also have their own locker where they keep their own suit and the clothes to wear underneath too. They are only two women who work there and lerwick lifeboat is the only life boat that has women and when I am older I want to join the lifeboat  as a volunteer.

On Saturday the 8th it was the Yell Show. The Yell show is a show that you can put your baking, arts and crafts, vegetables, photos, animals, flowers, knitting and much more. The flowers, baking, knitting and arts and crafts were in the hall and the animals were outside. There was three sheds, one had stalls and the other one had music the last one had the photos and vegetables. I entered in a hama beads cat head, a loom band fishtail and hexa-fish in the crafts section. For the baking I entered queen cakes with light purple icing and sugar butterflies.

On Saturday 6th September I went to the Yell Show. First my Dad drove Rosie and I to East Yell where the Yell show is. My Dad gave Rosie and I £3.00 to spent, with my £3.00 I got silly putty, some sweeties and a free balloon that said vote YES for independence on 18th September. I got a slushy and Rosie got a twin (by the way a twin is an ice cream with a double cone). I finished my slushy and Rosie finished her twin so we went on the bouncy castle and we met Honor and Emer. We played on the bouncy castle and it was really bouncy. My Dad got Rosie and I some and I finished Rosie’s candy floss because she did not like it. I met up with my friend Ella, Kerry and Honor. We got a slushy, some candy floss we did a luck dip and in the luck dip I got a rubber hedgehog. We had a go at the hook a duck and if you hooked a duck with a star on the bottom you would win a prize. I hooked a duck with a star on the bottom so I won a prize and I won a rubber squishy thing and if you squashed it would make a bubble. I entered a cake and I got a Well Done I was pleased. That was the Yell Show for me.

On Saturday the 6^th of September we went to the Yell Show.  We have been doing a lot of preparations for the past months when I started doing my knitting and for the yell show I had a finished ice cream cone with a scoop of ice cream and a little artist with a paint pallet and brush. I also made a loom band snake. 2 days before the show I baked a cake which I iced with water icing and put on fondant butterflies with silver balls too. I also made biscuits and buns. Soon the 6^th we went to the East Yell hall for the yell show it was filled with things to do. My mum and Lucy were on the lucky dip. I walked around the show a couple time then we went to the hall were all of the entries were and they judging happened there too. For my Little Artist I got a first and for my ice cream cone I got a second. For my cake I got a well done and my plain biscuits got 3^rd alot of my baking were sold  we got back my knitting though I got a 2^nd for  my single flower and for a bunch of flower I got a 3^rd and for my other bunch I got a well done. I had a great day .

At half past twelve I went to the Yell Show. The first thing I wanted to do was eat candy floss but I had to go and see If I got anything I didn’t enter much so I didn’t think I would get anything. I got a well done but so did everyone so i was a bit disappointed. After that I got some money I went to go and get candy floss then I went in the game shed they were some game what I didn’t do but I did do most of them here are some of them the lucky dip was my favourite because I  got a beard it was so lucky. Then I went outside I walked over to the pets and other animals I like looking at the dogs and the cats but I did look at everything they were a girl selling rabbits/bunnies inside a other shed  they were so cute. It was about half past three so I was getting hungry so I had to wait in a huge line but it was worth it because the chips were so yummy then we had to go home it was really fun.

On Saturday we went to the Yell Show. First I looked at the things inside the shed. My digestives said well done but Filips digestives won the 2nd price. Mum’s fruit pizza won 2nd price too but it did not look as good as the day before. My loom band sun won the 3rd price.My dragon tail loom band said well done. Filips picture of a red tractor or racing car won 3rd prize. My picture was about a farm but the farmer was shouting because Pinkie Pie was on the farm but it only said well done.We looked at the ponies and had some fish and chips.  Then we looked at the animals Rosie showed her ponies Blue Bell and Clover. We saw some of our school vegetables and then went to see the cows we went to the ball pool I sunk 3 times and one time fell on the floor but I laghed. We got some Ice  cream and went home.

On Saturday I went to Lerwick with my family.  We  went to Tesco to  buy lots  of food. We went to the Co-op to do a quick shop. We went to the fish and chip shop for lunch. The fish and chip tasted good.I saw a barge it was a zebra I saw a security man . We went to the ferry lane they were no ferry yet we wait for the ferry. I saw the ferry I saw cars we went on the ferry.It was in Ulsta we got home.

Before we went to the Yell Show we had to pick up my sister at the ferry.She lives in Mossbank Chloe and Luke came too. When we got there we met mum. First we went into the big hall with all of the paintings and cakes and lots of other entry’s I got a first 3 seconds and a third. We met Kerry, Phoebe and Rosie there. Next we went to like a fun and games shed with lucky dips and balloons I got a Disney Frozen balloon whacking stick and I also had a go at the lucky dip I got glitter pens and and a play-do roller. At the pet shed I saw kittens, puppies, bunnies, ducks and hens and inside they where selling baby bunnies for £5 but I didn’t buy one because I have a cat. I went on the bouncy castle with Rosie, Emer and Kerry it was a panda bouncy castle and it had a big panda right over the top of it. At the end of the day I took all of my entry’s home and I had a grate day at the Yell Show.