Swan Trip

We started our day by getting on the bus and going to the pier to meet the Swan. At the pier there was a big ship which was loading old cars to take them away. We went off on the Swan in two groups, one went in the morning and the other one went in the afternoon.

Both groups sailed the Swan from the pier, around an island and back again. The morning group got hot chocolate and the afternoon group got to have their lunch on board!

We learned how to put up the sails (well.. the first group did, the second group had some problems with a knotted up sail!!), tie some different knots, coil ropes and steer the boat. It was really fun and we got to see  seals and we passed the ferry going back to Unst. The ferry beeped its horn at us!

Here are some photos:

Astronomy for Remote Island Schools

Today we have been really enjoying a visit from Chris. He’s an astronomer and has been teaching us about stars, planets, moons and our solar system!

We’ve been using technology to learn more about each planet in our solar system, made scale models of our solar system using playdough, learnt more about the night sky and the star consellations we can see and P4-7 have been doing some work using robotic telescopes!

Here are some pictures of a great day full of learning!

P7 Transition

On Wednesday we hosted our first transition day for all of the p.7s. We did lots of activities to get to know each other better. First we played ice breaker bingo, we had to go around everyone and ask them questions. Then we got put into our groups. We had to come up with a team name and a chant to present to everyone else. We then had to create a team flag. By then it was snack time and we all played together. When we came back we had another activity that involved putting pictures of Mid Yell school staff on a poster so that we were familiar with them. After that the teachers revealed the project we would be working on over the next few months. Throughout the day we had visits from Mrs. Tulloch, Mr. Anderson and Ms. Hart who told us more about secondary and about the subjects they teach. We had a fun day!

Collecting Seaweed!

This afternoon we went to the Voe to collect seaweed which we are going to be using in our garden to help fertilise the soil. It was lovely to have Dot and Albi, from our community, join us on this trip!

We were lucky to get a beautiful sunny day for our trip and we managed to fill over 10 bags of seaweed!

We really enjoyed looking at the different creatures that live on the beach – from seals, to crabs, to insects!

To finish up we had a stone skimming competition. Everyone picked 3 stones to try skimming… Some people had more luck than others!
Our winners were Jasmine, Hunter and Lee who all managed to get 3 skims!