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Shetland Sangwriting Workshop. Claire came in for the morning and we got to hear her play the fiddle and learn we learned about Betty Mouat. We got to dance a Boston Two Step and also wrote our own poems or songs and performed them. There was lots of creativity and original ideas shared.

Brilliant Beetles. For writing this week we focused on Beetles. We found out that there are 400,000 species of beetles world wide and each created a fact file about a different beetle. Have a look at the epic posters below.

World of Work 1. Andrew, Esther and Rebekah’s dad, came in to speak to us on Wednesday. We learned all about different types of engineers and the skills and qualities they need. We also had a lot of fun designing bridges out of one sheet of paper. Nobody thought the hammock bridge would work but it actually did.

Sustainable Squad. We all had a lot of fun making bird feeders out of different junk modeling resources. We’re hopeful that the birds enjoy our new bird feeders.

World of Work 2. On Friday, John and Reece came in to speak to us about their work. We got to solve different problems and all got quite competitive. We even got a chance to use some of the specialist equipment that they brought in to measure the height difference in the playground.

A big thank you to Claire, Andrew and John for coming in to visit us this week.

Thanks for reading our awesome blog!

Hi, this is Freya, Campbell and Rebekah writing. I hope you enjoy reading this blog on what we’ve been doing this week!

World of Work 1. Jennifer Briggs came in to talk about her job and what she does. It was really fun and we learned lots of interesting and gross facts about the human body. We loved it! We all really enjoyed getting to use some of the equipment from her doctor’s bag too.

World of Work 2. Liam Adamson came in and spoke about what he did when he was younger. He explained that after finishing at SJHS, he moved from S4 to S5 at Anderson High School. However, shortly after starting there, an apprenticeship job opportunity came up that he decided to apply for. He only spent around five weeks at Anderson before leaving to begin an apprenticeship. The job involved working on ferries that travelled between the islands in Shetland.

Thanks to Jennifer and Liam for coming in to visit us.

Sustainable Squad. This week for Sustainable Squad we were learning all about Marine animals and their adaptations.  We all created posters about the animals and how they have adapted based on the environment or based on their physical features. Campbell and I used what we learned to make bookmarks for everyone in the class. Here are some of the facts we included.

Bottlenose Dolphin. Fun fact: Their nostrils migrated to the top of their heads to form a blowhole, allowing them to breathe at the surface.

Seals. Fun Fact: To endure deep-sea diving, seals evolved a high tolerance for lactic acid and can store large amounts of oxygen in their tissue and blood.

We hope you have enjoyed reading our blog.

From Freya, Campbell and Rebekah😊😎😁

Homework Projects – A Time in History. On Monday, everyone presented their personal projects about a chosen time in history. We learned about such a wide range of topics and events and I am so impressed with how confidently everyone presented their work. We were even treated to sweeties and jelly during some of the presentations. It was absolutely to see how prepared and organised people were in sharing their work. Great effort!

Maths. For maths, we have been starting each day with our ‘5-minute flash’ task. We have different topics and 5 minutes to complete 30 questions. We are racing against ourselves to get quicker times and it allows us to practice different skills from addition and subtractions to fractions to time. We’ve also been learning about area, perimeter, co-ordinates, weight and volume. We’ve done different practical tasks as well as having a competition to design a zoo, whilst focusing on the area and perimeter of the animal enclosures.

This or That – Habitat Heroes. This week we’ve been learning about ‘The Wetlands’. We got to choose if we wanted to work together or individually to create a poster or presentation about ‘The Wetlands’ making sure to include information about the climate, key features, animals and plants. The results were fantastic and everyone worked hard to ensure their work met all the criteria and was thematic. Well done P5/6/7!

Big Question – Unique Powers – Real-world Impact! This week we have been learning about the different skills and qualities people can have and how they link to different jobs and careers. We created our own superhero posters highlighting our own skills and qualities and linked them to our dream job.

Hello and welcome back to term 4. It’s me, Riley, who is helping Mrs A to write the blog this week.

Morning Movement – Every morning we either do Daily Mile or Just Dance but this week Mrs A found a new challenge to do. We had to do different actions in time with the screen such as jump, duck, smash, dodge and run. I was ready to go back to bed after all the movement! It was tiring but lots of fun!

Speedy Skills – To practice our new speedy skills in maths we played a game of ‘Quick draw’ . Mrs A would say ‘Draw an acute angle’ or ‘Write a number that is prime’ and then we would draw or write our answers within 5 seconds. If we were wrong or didn’t have an answer, we would be out. But if you were the last person standing, you won a prize. Rebekah and Glyn won the prizes today.

Reading – For reading this term we are working on reading stamina. We all choose somewhere that we want to read, get comfy and then have an extended time of reading.

Writing – The Mini World. Our new targets in writing are focused on using a range of descriptive vocabulary and engaging openers. This week we wrote stories about a ‘Mini World’ and had to try and include lots of types of words / phrases (similes, metaphors, alliteration) as well as different openers. Here are a selection of some of the stories written this week.

Big Question – Plants. We have been learning about what makes a plant a plant and it needs uses its leaves to make its own food. Mrs A did some free drawing art with us where we could chose a flower to draw and we got to choose what materials to use as well. Everyone really enjoyed this and the results are brilliant. We then worked in groups to create posters about different types of plants. I worked with Joe and we researched ‘Trees’ and we found out about highly toxic and venomous trees.

This or That. There were lots of people keen to share their independent learning this week so on Friday before lunch some groups presented their research on Rainforests or on Victorian working conditions. It was fantastic to see such a range of things produced by the class.

Thanks for reading our blog this week 😊

We had a busy term in PE taking part in Dance, Handball and Badminton.  Throughout the blocks we covered a lot of our benchmarks, but focused on Motivation, Decision Making and Balance and Control.

Here we are in Handball and Badminton.

What a super busy and fun term we’ve had in P5/6/7. Here is a look at what the class have being doing over the final week of the term.

Wellbeing, connection and support. On Monday, Jennifer from Active Schools came in to talk to us about the benefits of physical activity. We started off by playing some games and having fun in the fresh air. Then we discussed the importance of getting 60 minutes of physical activity each day, whether this was in smaller blocks or 1 big block, all of it counts. We also looked at the benefits to our bodies and minds. It was a super way to finish off our unit on ‘Wellbeing, connection and support.

A morning with Mrs Teale. The kids all enjoyed a morning with Mrs Teale while we were away at Euroquiz. They worked in groups to create ‘something’ to share with each of the other classes about their ‘Wellness, connection and support’ work. They had to ensure that it was suited to the ‘class’ and would be fun for the kids.

Eilidh S, Emma-Lee and Magnus created lots of fun things for the nursery to do.

Ava T and Cheryl wrote and performed a song, with actions, for the P1/2 class.

Eilidh R, Anthea and Alagna put together a fun filled session for P3/4.

Joe, Paige and Esther put together a session for the P4/5 class and have a few bits to finish before sharing with the class.

Euroquiz. On Tuesday, two teams travelled up to Lerwick to take part in the Shetland heats of the Euroquiz. Both teams did amazingly well and finished 5th and 6th overall. Well done to all of the kids involved and a massive thank you to everyone who took time to practice with them at home.

Big Question – The drive to float.  This week, our big question was focused on buoyancy. We also look at why things float or sink. We tested an orange and a grapefruit which both floated with their skin on but sunk when their ‘lifejacket’ was removed. We then did an experiment to see if we could make clay float by turning lumps of it into boats. There were some very successful attempts and some more creative ones. But lots of fun was had by all.

Having an ‘ice’ time. On Thursday afternoon, we had an end of term treat of ‘cups of ice’. This was something the kids all loved at the music festival gala performance and I thought it would be a different kind of end of term fun! I think it is safe to say that it was enjoyed by all.  (We were too busy enjoying our ice and Easter treats that I forgot to take photos.)

Have a lovely Easter break 🐥🐰

Hello and welcome to this weeks blog written by yours truly, Eilidh Reid.

This week on  Monday we attended the music festival it was really good to be there.

On Tuesday all the p7’s went to Sandwick school for a STEM thing. It was really good to socialise with other schools. P7’s opinions Smithy’s “I made a robot called Bob Ross with Lauren from Dunrossness”. Ava’s ” We did work but it was very fun “.

On Wednesday we had Lorna from Clan to speak about her job and we got to decorate stones and draw pictures of people who support us.

We went to the gala concert on Thursday and it was really good but i think they should get more snacks and better air conditioning . I ate radishes, they were good.

On Thursday and Friday, we shared our homework projects in class. Some people even brought in food to eat which was yummy!

On Friday morning, we got to go to the Primary 3/4 assembly all about maths. It was brilliant and they were all amazing!

BYEEEEEEEEEEEE <3

Hello, my name is Magnus and this week has been very busy in P5/6/7.

Wellness, connection and support. This week we have had different guest speakers in linked to our unit on wellness, connection and support. On Monday, we had Freya’s mum Kate, who is a dietician. She was telling us about the different food groups and what we should eat and eat less of. On Wednesday, we had people in to talk about digital wellbeing and living a balanced life. Both visitors were very interesting.

Writing – Wild Isles. We started a block of writing all about note taking. We had to watch ‘Wild Isles’ and take notes about the Killer Whale, Badger and Dormouse. We then used our notes to make posters. Here are some of our posters. They are all great!

The Drive to Move. On Thursday, we were learning about magnetism and static electricity. First, we had to make mazes and try to move a ball through them by using magnetism. Then we did two experiments to see if we could use static electiricy to move things without touching them. We had to do ‘air bending’ and move paper and ‘water bending’ and move a stream of water.

SMUHA . We had a super morning celebrating SMUHA. We also created Viking oil pastel pictures with Mrs A.

Hello everybody! I am Megan and I can’t wait to share with you what we have been doing in P5/6/7 this week.

STEM DAY – Lego Robots. On Monday, a lady called Eleanor came in and taught us about the circumference of a circle. We also got to program Lego robots which was lots of fun.

The Choice to Defy – Gravity and Air Resistance. For our Big Question this week, we were learning about gravity and air resistance. To do this, Mrs A set us the challenge to make a working parachute for a toy figure. Everyone did very well making their parachutes but a big well done to Joe, Campbell, Eilidh R and Eilidh S for their winning designs.

World Book Day. For World Book day, we got to make lots of cool stuff, like wooden bookmarks and gift token designs. Mrs A also set us a competition challenge to design a cover for a book with the title ‘Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast’. The winner will be announced on Monday.

Playleaders with P2. Every Friday morning, the P6s lead playleaders for the P2 pupils. This involves planning games and running the sessions. It also allows the P2s to develop listening skills and being a good sport. We’ve all now had 1 shot at leading and will all have one more before the end of term.

Dogs against drugs. On Friday, Megan from Dogs against Drugs came in to speak to us about her work and keeping safe. We played a game to learn about different situations and what we should do, learned how to do the recovery position and the best bit, got to meet Bravo! He was so cute and playful.

P5 reading buddies. Every Friday, the P5s go to P1 and lead activities linked to reading. Miss Hunter cannot praise them enough and is so impressed with their planning and running of each weekly session. Today they got to go early for lunch with P1/2 as requested by the class.

Thank you for reading and have a nice weekend.

Megan 😊

Hi everyone! It’s Rebekah here writing the blog this week. We’re going to share what we’ve been doing over the last couple of weeks.

Maths – 3D shapes. This last couple of weeks, then we have been revising 3D shapes. For this we might do like a quiz, activities or like colour and build your own 3D shapes. In our textbooks, we did things like learning about vertices, edges and faces😊(I mean like the faces on a the cube), and then had to draw our own 3D shapes.

Writing – Famous People. For our writing, we have been learning about Amelia Earhart and Ada Lovelace. Amelia was the first lady to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean and then disappeared whilst trying to fly around the world. We created presentations about her life. Ada Lovelace invented the first machine that could calculate stuff and we wrote stories about our own machines and then created posters about the goods and bads of technology.

Big Question. The Power to Save and Sustain. For ways to save energy, then we did pictures of the Lorax because he tries to save the environment. We then added in our own ways to save the environment around him.  On our pictures we added things like “Save the trees!” or “Don’t waste energy!” For ‘The Power to Sustain’ we looked at different keystone species and how they are important to the world.

This or That – free choice. This week for our S.D.G. we are working on what ever we want. The reason why we get to chose what we are doing is because it is quality education. People did lots of different topics including Minecrafts, SIX, myths, Gladiators, actors, animals, WW2, famous pianists and much more. We had a lovely afternoon hearing about the different topics.

Thanks for reading our blog.

Anthea and Rebekah