Remembrance Day 2021
Today primary seven visited the Shetland War Memorial for Remembrance Day. Whilst there pupils took part in acts of remembrance including a two minute silence, poetry reading and laying stones they had decorated with symbols of remembrance.
Pupils then had a chance to explore and record some the names on the war memorial. They were very interested and keen to find out if any of their ancestors names were included. We plan to look at the WW1 Roll of Honour next week, to find out more details about the servicemen.
Sign of the week for 8/11/21 is ‘Our world’.
Sign of the week for 1/11/21 is fireworks.
Sign of the week 25/10/21 is Halloween.
Finalist in the Education Award Category
Bell’s Brae Primary School is a finalist in the Education Award category in the Helping It Happen Awards 2021! Organised by Scottish Land & Estates, the awards are now in their fifth year.
The winners will be announced at a free virtual ceremony at 19:00 on Wednesday 27 October as part of their online celebrations, in lieu of a physical ceremony and dinner.
This award celebrations our partnership with the Lerwick Port Authority and Shetland Amenity Trust to plant around 70 trees and shrubs at Holmsgarth, assisting the port in rewilding an unused area of the port estate. This planting was very relevant to the primary 4 classes work on ‘Living Things’ and their current work on ‘Recycling and Climate Change’.
Anyone interested in viewing the ceremony can register interest here. A joining link in advance of the ceremony will be provided, when this is confirmed.
What a busy afternoon making smoothies in P5n!
Sign of the week 4/10/21 is ‘eat’ by P7s
P7 Water Safety
This term, primary seven were treated to a demonstration of a sea rescue by the coastguard and police. This involved a coastguard volunteer being rescued from the sea at the Sletts. Primary seven learnt lots about water safety and the role of the coastguard. They found this extremely informative and were able to use their knowledge and understanding of this to create water safety posters. Primary seven now all feel confident about the procedure for contacting the coastguard in an emergency. Many thanks to the coastguard and the police for this very interesting experience.
