On Wednesday morning we looked at how sound can travel through solids, liquids and gases. We used the tuning forks again to create vibrations to make the rice dance on our “drums”.
Then we moved on to making some string telephones to see if sound could travel along the string. It was lovely to see everyone working as a team, helping each other to measure the string and build their phones. We developed our skills in tying knots and untying
knots (when the string got in a tangle). Lots of perseverance shown from everyone! Well done!
Our photographer Eilidh, took some great photos of everyone passing on a secret message to their partner.
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Dancing rice!
What is he saying Elle?
We had to make sure the string was tight and that we didn’t touch the string.
Our messages could travel the whole length of the hall!
We had some fun this afternoon learning about sound and vibrations.
It was very interesting listening to the different tuning forks vibrating, after we had tapped them on the floor. Some made a high pitched sound, some were quite low.
We could feel the vibrations in our hands too and when we touched the tip of the tuning fork, the vibrations and the sound stopped.
We all enjoyed being able to test them out in a container of water too…
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Taking turns to listen to the sound from the vibrating tuning fork.
What can you hear Jade?
I think Robbie was surprised by the sound he could hear from the vibrating tuning fork!
Leah and Jessie tapped their tuning forks, then dipped in the water to see what happened…
The vibrations caused the water to spray on to Leah’s nose!
To continue being active this week, we took a walk up to the shop to post our World Book Day author letters. We are hoping that, in time, we’ll get some replies! We took a detour on the way back to make our walk a bit longer. Thank you to John and Eilidh’s Mum for joining us. (1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 1) Loading...
This afternoon, for The BIg Walk and Wheel Challenge, organised by the JRSOs, P1-7 came together to play games in the playground. Such a great way to get active!
The P6 Playleaders got the chance to build on their recent training, leading the younger classes in a variety of games. Everyone did so well to listen to the instructions given by the P6 girls.
In the multicourt, Ms. Scanlan lead a game of dodgeball too with the P4/5/6 and P6/7 classes. We hope to continue with our active times together, as often as we can!
Finding out who would like to be a catcher for “Toilet Flush”.
For the next 2 weeks, the JRSOs are encouraging the whole school to keep active as part of a nationwide challenge called Walk and Wheel.
Not many of us can walk or cycle to school every day, so each class has been invited to try doing some sort of physical activity for about 20-30 minutes.
Today we spent part of the afternoon playing dodgeball with the P6/7s. It was great fun!
Today we celebrated World Down Syndrome Day by wearing odd socks!
Down syndrome occurs when an individual has an extra partial (or whole) copy of chromosome 21. It is not yet known why this syndrome occurs, but Down syndrome has always been a part of the human condition.
World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) , 21 March, is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012.
The date for WDSD being the 21st day of the 3rd month, was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome,
We have had a super day for Ms Henderson’s last day at Dunrossness! The pupils all made a great effort dressing up for the occasion. We enjoyed following the P7 Jarl Squad procession and singing along in front of the beautifully decorated galley. We were treated to musical items in the hall and were delighted to hear Kate and Leah play their violins! Ms Henderson joined us in class for us to play her our PowerPoint poem and join us for a game of Hangman! We had time for Reading and some tessellation work before lunch. We also managed to squeeze in our Recognition Board prize as all the pupils have been setting good examples over the past few weeks. Then it was back for more singing and celebrating in the hall! We will all miss her but wish her good luck in her new job! Three Cheers…Hip Hip!!
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Ms Henderson plays Hangman….Once A Dunrossness Always A Dunrossness!
Superb playing Kate and Leah! Your first big audience!
Well done to Jessie for completing the ‘Active Every Day in February’ challenge set by Active Schools. She was chosen as one of the winners and received a token to spend for her efforts. Very well done Jessie!
Rachel and Kirsty have also been active in the swimming pool. At a recent competition, Rachel was awarded a silver medal for 25m front crawl and a bronze for her 25m back stroke. Kirsty received two bronze medals for 25m breast stroke and front crawl. Well done to you both!
In P4/5/6 this week, we have signed up to the Shetland Sumdog Competition so we made a start at climbing up the leader board on Friday. We are hoping to build on our success in the National Competition last time so it would be wonderful if the pupils could log in at home too and play along. It runs until Thursday 17th. Good luck!
These past few weeks, the class have been learning about 2D Shapes. We have found out about polygons, regular and irregular 2D Shapes, parallel and perpendicular lines, how to find the number of diagonals a many sided shape has and naming quadrilaterals.
All of this helped lead up to this week’s Maths lesson where pairs of children were given either a description of a 2D shape or a specific shape for them to describe using the correct Mathematical terms. They had to use different materials to make them as accurately as they could. I was really impressed with the team work shown and their ability to keep working when shapes did not quite come together and when clues had to be puzzled out. (Sorry for out of focus photos!)
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The pupils were given a choice of materials to make their shapes.
Kirsty and Andrew worked so well together that they whizzed through their clues!
Eilidh and Innes used a lot of tape to secure their shapes.
Always great to see a busy class, just getting on with a task!
Straws were used to make some shapes and we found we could make the more basic shapes easily, by bending and fitting the ends inside.
Sometimes we had to rethink our ideas!
Kate happy at her work, writing her description.
An organised and clever way to display shapes made.
This week, we have been preparing for The Festival of Care 2022. The Festival runs from Friday 18th February until Tuesday 22nd. Our school, along with all the other Shetland schools, have received a pack with suggested ideas for us to work through. The #ShetlandCrew are a group of care experienced children and young adults who are asking us all to think about the different types or combination of families that children grow up in and to be aware that, for some children, growing up can be difficult, especially if they are care experienced.
The theme for this year is, ‘Tending the Light’ and they are asking us to think about the following questions.
Do you have someone who is a lighthouse for you?
What makes them a lighthouse?
How do you think you can be a lighthouse for the children and young people who need it most?
We looked at examples of care experienced characters in famous books and films and spoke about the different families they grew up in and what these characters have in common.
We enjoyed playing some games suggested by the #ShetlandCrew to get us thinking about what it may feel like to be care experienced.
Finally, we created our own lighthouse window art that will be displayed next week to show our support for all those who are care experienced throughout Shetland.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading...One of the games saw us leading a friend who could not see. They had to put their trust in a friend to safely guide them.Everyone was kind and gentle towards those who could not see.It felt strange not knowing where we were going. That was when we had to trust our partner knew what to do!Andrew felt like he was falling but Ryan was there to catch him!I’m right behind you, Eilidh!It was a strange feeling!The second game saw us forming a tight circle around a friend who could not see. They were then spun around and around until dizzy!We spoke about how this felt. They didn’t know which direction to move in. They felt dizzy and a little out of control.As they started their journey to find their place back in the circle, there were kind hands reaching out to guide them and show them the way.There you go Jade! Well done!We started making our lighthouses that will be displayed next week. How fitting to have the light streaming in on us as we worked!Andrew, Scott, Robbie and Ayanda get started.Archie, Rachel, Lily and Freya worked together.Scarlett, Jade and Olga happy at their work!Ryan, Innes and Ruben take a rest from glue and tissue paper!Coming on nicely!Amazing teamwork! Almost done! We look forward to sharing our finished window displays next week!
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