South Mainland Virtual Sports Day

I hope you are all getting excited about our annual sports day? Please click on the GREEN – South Mainland Virtual Sports Day. There is nothing to stop us from enjoying this annual event. We can do this. The  focus will be on FUN and involving as many of the FAMILY as possible.

All we need is:-

1 A fine day  (picked by the children)                                                                        2 An organiser (children’s responsibility);                                                          3  Equipment (children’s responsibility);                                                              4  Picnic Food (children’s responsibility)                                                                5 Music (picked and set up by the children)

The Powerpoint Presentation in GREEN above, shows your children how to host their own sports day so that you, the adults, can sit back and watch them and RELAX. After they have finished their 10 selected events, the children then prepare a PICNIC for you and them to ENJOY whilst relaxing music is playing in the back ground. It’s not finished yet, then children organise an obstacle course for anybody to join in safely. Adapt the course for different ages and abilites and strengths. Last of all, the children CREATE their own race / event and adapt it so everyone can join in, adapting it where necessary.

There will be a certificate for all who took part including family. There will be certificates for the funniest  photos, happiest group, best obstacle course, best event created and BEST PICNIC. Please send to me on gw08smithjoan@glow.shetland.sch.uk

Guess who has to tidy up? Yes you are right, the children have to tidy up the equipment and the picnic. There is one last important part to be done:-

Fill in the SCORE SHEET and the REFLECTION SHEET in your child’s Class Notebook in the HWB pupil section in TEAMS.

I am looking forward to seeing and hearing all about the sports days that took place and the memories created.

Thank you for reading this, Mrs Joan Smith PE Teacher

Please find the links to the parental questionnaires below. Thank you to everyone who has responded the primary one already. The nursery team as amended the questions to better suit our nursery parents.

These have been shared via email also.

Nursery Parents Questionnaire

Primary Parents Questionnaire 

Education Scotland are producing a weekly newsletter to support parents and carers in these uncertain times. The first addition can be found by clicking the link below. You can sign up to have them emailed to you.

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Please follow the steps below if you would like access to e-books and audio books.

If you need any help, please contact the Lerwick Library.

shetlandlibrary@shetland.gov.uk

Tel: 01595 743868 (Library)

Click the link below to enjoy a bookbug session.

https://www.facebook.com/shetlandlibrary/videos/200515991230086/

How is everyone doing? If you have any issues or need to get in touch please email us: dunrossness@shetland.gov.uk

Here are some suggestions from Ms Burr:

MAKING an ART DIARY

1. Make a Sketchbook/Diary/ Scrapbook
2. Use 5 pieces of paper or more -paper for 5 days title Monday.Tuesday.Wednesday Thursday,Friday
3. Big or small it doesn’t matter
4. Date each drawing and give it a title.
5. Think about Themes to explore in drawing /collage and if you have paints and crayons use them.
6. Explore outdoors what do you see?
7. Art is all about looking/discovering/examining/collecting
8. Enjoy making something
9. Read and draw something you see or feel.

Shetland Islands Council’s Children’s Services Department is closing some of its schools and Early Learning and Child Care Settings to children and young people from Monday 16 March to Friday 20 March for operational and resilience reasons. Dunrossness Primary school will be closed to pupils.

We have issued learning at home packs with each child. There is a letter inside each pack explaining what we would like pupils to do. If your child is absent today and does not have a sibling in school, please come and pick up your pack from school. The office will be open on Monday from 9.00am to 3.30pm.

Children’s Services will be issuing further information to parents and carers at the start of next week. We will endeavour to keep you updated.

If you need to contact the school for any reason, please use the Dunrossness Primary School email address. durnossess@shetland.gov.uk

Thank you for your understanding,

Andrea Henderson
Head Teacher