Burravoe Primary School

On Friday the 1st it was Derek and Elena’s wedding. My hairdresser Carris came to our house to do up my hair. I got it up in a bun on the side of my head and in had a pleat at the side and I got twist in gems to put in it. Sofia was a flower girl and she got her hair done and so did Mam. We went straight up to Unst and we stayed in the Saxaford houses. They were really good! We went to the kirk and we were there for about 2 hours. The person who was playing organ’s keyboard broke while in the process of changing the keyboard setting to the organ. It took ages but it was really funny. After the service then we went outside and threw confetti at them and gave them their horse shoe. When we went to the hall for the meal we got love hearts and ring Haribos. My auntie said the grace and then we ate. Me, Melissa, Bradley, Leah, Neil, Conrad and Kieran were playing in the entrance. I had a dance with my cousin who was a best man and then it was coming to the end and everyone did Auld Lang Syne. My head was sore at the end because I had to have all of my hair held together with 48 kirby grips.

On the second day I went to play fiddle to Bill and Thelma. After that Lisa, Daryl and Daniel came to visit. It was funny because most of the people staying in the houses were from Yell for the wedding so we went to play with them. My cousins and my Granny and Daa were staying next door to us. When it was time to go to the hall at 8.00pm then it was pretty much the same as the night before. At mid night then we all sang Happy Birthday to Kim because it was her 18^th birthday. The best men made her up a horrible cocktail for her. It was a late night.

When I woke up I had to rush down to my house to pack and then go to Lerwick because it was Fiddle Frenzy!

I was staying at my friend Anya’s house all week. It was late nights and early rises every day. The tutors I got were Bethany and Jenna Reid (the organisers), Maggie Adamson, Jenny Keldie, Lois Nicol and Catriona MacDonald. We went to Mareel at 9.30am and did a practise for the final concert until 10.00am. Me, Anya, Louise and Emma normally were next to each other. I was in the intermediate group as was Anya. We went straight to the lesson after the practise. It was lessons from 10.00-11.00 and then there was a half a hour break then it was 11.30-12.30 then it was a hour and a half break for lunch and then it was 2.00-3.00 then half an hour then it was 3.00-4.00. There were concerts every night and I went to them all. The concerts usually started at 8.30 and finished at 10.00.

I went to Fiddle Frenzy last year and really enjoyed it and I will be looking forward to Fiddle Frenzy 2015!

Here is a video of some on the Students playing at the Sumburgh Lighthouse. We had to carry our fiddles on our back all the way up the hill and all through the Lighthouse but it was well worth it in the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYV7bK6E0w8

We have had a postcard from Kemba Noel-London, the Trinidad and Tobago hockey team medic and an email with photos from Andrey Rocke, the hockey team goalkeeper to say how much they liked having the posters in their rooms!

Swimming With Mum Honor and Emer

In the summer holidays I went swimming with my mum, Honor and Emer. When we got to the Mid yell Leisure Centre we put our swimming suits on and our goggles and went in the pool. It was freezing cold but when we got swimming it was not so bad. In the pool we played catchy but you had to swim instead of run which was quite hard but fun. We also played a funny hair game and lot of other funny games. When we had to get out of the pool it was even colder than when we got in. When we got changed we went to the bouncy castle ourselves because mum was still changing. We got coloured bands to show when we went on. When mum had finished changing we went to the vending machine and got sweeties. Soon after that it was time to go for lunch. So we drove to the Gutcher Goose Café. Along the way we saw ponies. When we got to the Gutcher Goose Café it was just closed and we were all so hungry. So we went to links house to get a sandwich. On the way back we went to Aywick shop to get fuel so we got sweeties. They were yummy. We got to Honor’s house after a long drive. When mum and I got home we took out the swimming bags and we had Emer and Honors swimming bags.

We went to Brae then we got to the Hoky pitch and I went to the leisure  center we were on the bouncy castle  in the suach cort and I was at the play park I was in the car I was driving in the be tent car and I went back to the leisure center and I went in the bounsey castle and we went to the play park I went on the slide and I went in the car I riving the car and I wen in the house and I had lunch and I had fruit and we went to the hoky pitch.

Last night we had a school concert. We preformed Minnie ‘o shirvas cradle sang, individual peaces, our animations, Peerie Mix and then the song we made up. At the music festival we won a gold plus for Minnie ‘o shirvas cradle sang. Kerry, Mia, Melissa, Abby and me. It was an amazing night every one enjoyed it.

Today is my last day in Burravoe, it is very sad. We are going to spend the last part of the day playing Just Dance on the Wii, I have Burravoe for 7 years!