It has been lovely to have everyone back and we’ve had a very busy and productive week.

Big Question – Shetland’s Landscape. We watched a tour video all about the different features of Shetland’s landscape. We made our own notes and then used these to create our own tour guides for Shetland. There was excellent creativity on show and we had leaflets, posters, fortune tellers, and bookmarks.

This or That. This week we had to choose between cats, gladiators and Ancient Rome for ‘Be our Quest’ and Japan was the focus for ‘A Whole New World’. Once again, lots of creativity and out of the box thinking from the class. Have a look at some of our learning below.

This week has been very busy with lots of creativity in our ‘This or That’ tasks, some Easter activities and creating science report posters. A big highlight has been the Amazingly Wonderful presentations.

Amazingly Wonderful. This week the pupils all shared their home learning about different neurodiversities. Everyone presented their poster or PowerPoint with confidence and it was great to see the range of neurodiversities spoken about. Well done P6/7!

Big Questions this term. This is our finished ‘Big Question’ wall for the term. I just love the range of learning and how the pupils chose to share it.

Music Festival. The pupils performed their percussion piece ‘Island’ at the Music festival on Monday. They did a fantastic job and it was lovely to see the team spirit between the class.  Well done P6/7!

Holi. Our Big Question this week has been around the Hindu festival of Holi. We watched a short video about why people celebrate Holi and then we learned about ways it is celebrated in Scotland. The pupils then made very colourful posters about the festival.

Floating Wind Turbines. We’ve been doing more experiments this week in connection with the Climate Smarter project. We learned about floating wind turbines and then pupils worked in groups to create their own. There was a lot of trial and improvement until they could get the turbines to float upright, but great to see group problem solving and communication skills to work it out.

‘Embrace’. This week, along with P4-5, we watched the film ‘Embrace’ all about young people in Shetland living with different neurodiversities. There was a lot of great discussion about the film and our own experiences. We would definitely recommend a watch if you can.

Climate Smarter. This week we’ve been doing some activities for our Climate Smarter project linked to solar power. The pupils worked in groups to create circuits powered by a mini solar panel and then had to see where the could get the highest amount of power from the sun.

Writing – Poetry. For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been focusing on poetry in our writing. We’ve worked on nonsense poems and limericks. Below are some examples of the poetry created by P6/7.

31 for 31. We all enjoyed an afternoon in the sunshine this week for 31 for 31. As it was such a nice day, all of the classes ended up outside and the pupils all played brilliantly together.

Well, it has been a very busy week in P6/7. 

Fabulous Fundraising. The pupils did an amazing job before, during and after the coffee morning and I’ve heard even helped with the baking at home too. It was a fantastic morning that the pupils all enjoyed and I am so proud of how hard each one of them worked. Great effort and an amazing amount raised. Well done P6/7 (and parents)!

Active maths. This week we have been revising addition and subtraction by playing different games and completing activities on the laptops. We also had some ‘Stopwatch Olympics’ as a warm up activity in our maths this week which was very much enjoyed by everyone. The competitive natures of some very much came into play :).

Polytunnel trips. This week both the whole class had the opportunity to visit the polytunnel and do some different jobs there. Pupils were involved in making, sanding and painting planters and some had the opportunity to plant things as well.

Symbols of Hope. With the clay now dry, we were able to paint our symbols of hope this week and they look great.

World Book Day. We celebrated World Book day on Friday this week. Some pupils choose to come to school dressed up or in their pjs. We also had a World Book Day quiz which Innes, Calen, Rocco and Mark were the winners of. We all enjoyed a ‘Reading Café’ in the afternoon where we had hot chocolate and biscuits and had time to read our books with some of the younger pupils too.

SMUHA. We had a great day celebrating SMUHA in school with a visit from the Jarl Squad in the morning and then our own galley burning in the afternoon.

Class Assembly. This week has been spent planning and preparing for our class assembly. The pupils all took responsibility for their own parts of the assembly covering democracy, gods and goddesses, culture, food and myths. They all did an amazing job and I am so proud of each of them for doing something they were confident and comfortable to do.

Setting up for the Fundraiser. We’ve been busy setting up for the fundraiser for P7’s trip to Unst. The whole class were keen to get involved and have created signs, planned games, set tables and more. They have learned some great teamworking skills as well as how to stack cups in a ‘fancy’ way (to the amusement of some). We hope to see you there 🙂

Drumming. This week was our final drumming lesson and we performed our piece to the rest of the school. The drummers all worked so hard on keeping in time with each others and the dancers did a fantastic joy at listening to Joy’s drum telling them what moves to do and when.

Big Question. This week we’ve been learning about different Ancient Greek myths and mythological creatures. The pupils have been working on presentation skills in their literacy so we combined the two and they created posters about mythological creatures. They put in so much effort and the results are amazing!

We also watched the story of Pandora’s box and then created our own symbols of hope out of clay. We are still waiting on them all being fully dry before we paint them.

Active Spelling. We’ve been doing some active spelling games this week to help with learning our spelling words.

Big Question. This week in our Big Question we’ve been learning about different gods and goddesses from Ancient Greece. Pupils worked in pairs to make fact files about some of the most well known gods and goddesses and then they created their own.

This or That. This week our tasks included learning about the Trojan War and linked to National Radio Day. Some pupils decided to work together and create their own radio shows all about the Trojan War whilst others created their own  radios using junk modelling.

Jigsaw completed! It’s been a team effort to get this 1000 piece puzzle completed. Unfortunately, there was 1 piece missing on completion but the class have loved having it to work on.

Big Question. This week we have been learning all about different aspects of war in Ancient Greece. We learned about ‘Hoplites’, researched some famous wars and also created our own ‘Hoplon’ shields.

Snow. Here are some photos of the fun we’ve had in the snow this week.

African Drumming. This week was week 2 of our African drumming block and we’re certainly being challenged by Joy with the complicated rhythms we have to learn. It is all starting to come together and next week we’re hoping to add in some dance moves.

All about Vikings! We had a fantastically busy day on Tuesday as we worked with P4/5 to create our own Viking gallery. In groups, we created 3 exhibition pieces and in the afternoon P1 – 3 came to our open day. The creativity and team work on show was incredible and it’s safe to say, a lot of fun was had by everyone!

Democracy in Ancient Greece. This week we’ve been learning all about Democracy in Ancient Greece which has raised a lot of good questions and interesting discussions. The class had to watch a video and write their own notes before using these to create their own posters.