Both Primary 6 classes were recently paid a visit by children’s evangelist Gordon McCracken and his collection of puppets! Pupils were given some tips on ventriloquism and how to pronounce tricky letters without moving their lips, before being given an opportunity to operate the puppets themselves.
Pupils from Primary 6 recently took part in the annual Euroquiz competition at Islesburgh Community Centre. The event encourages children to broaden their knowledge of Europe, including subjects such as history, geography, sport, culture, languages, and the European Union.
The Euroquiz is open to P6 pupils from all over Scotland, and this year 12 teams participated in the Shetland heat. The representatives from Bell’s Brae performed brilliantly (often out-scoring the teachers in attendance!) and only narrowly lost out in the final round.
Well done!
Just before the October holidays, P6n undertook the “mannequin challenge”… It required a lot of concentration!
In December, Primary 6 and 7 at Bell’s Brae took part in a “reverse advent calendar”, where pupils were invited to bring in one food item on their allocated day, which was added to a box with contributions from the whole class. On the last day of term, the contents of these boxes were donated to Shetland Foodbank, who sorted the contributions into emergency food parcels to be given to people in need.
More information on Shetland Foodbank is available here:
https://shetland.foodbank.org.uk
https://www.facebook.com/Shetland-Foodbank-905238629610418/
Pupils in P6n created their own French Christmas cards to send to a class at École Élémentaire Gambetta – a primary school near Bordeaux! We have received cards from their class, written in English, in response. The children in both classes did a great job!
This term P6n have been taking part in the Active Schools “Young Leaders” programme at the Gilbertson Park Games Hall. This training qualifies the class to plan and deliver games and activities to the younger pupils in the school, as they become playground leaders (buddies). P6n have worked hard during these sessions and are looking forward to putting their new skills into practice!
